PROSSIE NAKAWUKA P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Phone: ;

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1 EDUCATION PROSSIE NAKAWUKA P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Phone: ; Ph.D. Biological and Agricultural Engineering (GPA 3.98 / 4.00), Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, May 4 th Dissertation title: Effect of deficit irrigation on yield, quality and grower returns of native spearmint and hops in Washington State. B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering (GPA 4.17 / 5.00), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, October 27 th Thesis title: Assessment of the quality of drainage water from paddy rice fields for irrigation re-use at Tilda Uganda Ltd. CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES Certificate of completion of training on Integrating Gender into Biophysical Research from the CGIAR Research Program on Drylands Systems, th November 2014, Dubai, UAE. Certificate of completion of the Introductory SWAT Course and the Advanced SWAT Course from Texas A&M University, 1 5 September 2014, College Station, Texas, USA Certificate in Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), December 2012, USA. PROFESSION EXPERIENCE 1. Post: Post-Doctoral Fellow Irrigation Organization: International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Duration: July 2014 to Present Design and implement field plot tests of technologies and methods for water management interventions in smallholder agricultural systems in Ethiopia and Tanzania Design appropriate irrigation and agronomic interventions for small scale farmers in rural communities of Ethiopia and Tanzania Analyze the technical/socio-technical aspects of irrigated agricultural production systems Contribute to strengthening capacity of partners and stakeholders on irrigated agriculture Implement research activities for hydrological and agronomic modelling of the small scale irrigation and agronomic interventions Co-advise 3 PhD students and 6 Masters students in hydrology, irrigation and drainage and water resource management disciplines from Bahir Dar University and Arba Minch University in Ethiopia. Also, teach these students irrigation fundamentals, soil-water-plant interactions, field water management and soil moisture monitoring, field and watershed instrumentation and monitoring for hydrological and agronomic modelling. Communicate research results from pilot interventions to the wider research and development community Prepare research reports, conference/seminar reports and journal articles for publication 1

2 2. Post: Post-Doctoral Research Associate Organization: Washington State University, Prosser, WA 99350, USA Duration: May 2013 to May 2014 Design and manage field studies on runoff reduction in Center Pivots using booms on the outer spans of the Pivot laterals Manage field trials on reduction of water use in surface-drip-irrigated hops through deficit irrigation Design and manage trials that compare furrow and drip irrigation systems in mint production in terms of yield quantity, water use and water use efficiency Obtain crop coefficient (Kc) data on several crops including switch grass, mint and hops from water use studies conducted at the Washington State University s Prosser research station. Communicate technical information and research findings to stake holders including growers, project funders, and other interested scientists and researchers. 2. Post: Graduate Research Assistant Organization: Washington State University, Prosser, WA 99350, USA Duration: January 2010 to May 2013 Design, develop, and manage field trials on deficit irrigation of specialty crops like mint and hops: including design, construction and management of the irrigation systems, irrigation scheduling and soil water monitoring. Collection of data from field plots, data analyses, reports writing and presentations. 3. Post: Engineering Trainee Organization: Agricultural Engineering and Appropriate Technology Research Institute (AEATRI), Kampala, Uganda Duration: July 2004 to September 2004 Design and fabricate appropriate technologies like peanut shellers, maize mills, treadle pumps, animal feed mixers, rain water harvesting technologies, and small scale irrigation systems for rural and low income communities in Uganda. Teach farmers skills on mechanized agriculture through workshops and agricultural machinery exhibitions and fairs. 4. Post: Engineering Trainee Organization: Tilda Uganda Limited, Bugiri, Uganda Duration: July 2003 to September 2003 Irrigation management in paddy rice fields Led a project that analyzed the quality of drainage water from paddy rice fields for irrigation re-use. 2

3 AWARDS Won 3 rd place the Graduate Student Oral Seminar presentations in the Biological Systems Engineering Department of Washington State University, December Conference registration grant ($100) from the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) of Washington State University, September Travel grant ($400) from the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) of Washington State University, September Partial scholarship for the Future Leaders Forum, Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD), Washington DC, June Graduate Assistantship, Washington State University, January 2010 to May Undergraduate scholarship, Government of Uganda, September 2001 to July Outstanding student scholarship, Trinity College Nabbingo, Kampala, Uganda, February 2000 to December HONOR Member of the following professional organizations: Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD), and American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). General Secretary, Makerere University Agricultural Engineering Students Association (MUAESA), 2004 to MEETINGS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Appropriate small-scale irrigation technologies to improve livelihoods in rural communities in Ethiopia. Poster presented at the CGIAR Research Program on Drylands Systems Gender Workshop in Dubai, UAE, November 27 29, Efficacy of Boom Systems in Limiting Runoff on Center Pivots. Paper presented at the Irrigation Show and Education Conference of the Irrigation Association in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, November 17 21, Mint yield and water use in drip vs. furrow irrigation. Paper presented at the Washington State Mint Commission s field day at the Washington State University s Prosser Research Station, June 4 th The impact of deficit irrigation of hops in the Yakima Valley, Washington State. Poster presented at the Academic Showcase, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, March 29 th Water stress for improved profits in spearmint. Papers presented at the Washington State Mint Commission and Grower fields day at IAREC, Prosser, WA, June 6th 2012 and at the Washington State Mint Convention in Pasco, WA, December 4th Response to water availability challenges in irrigated agriculture: A case study on response of native spearmint to deficit irrigation. Paper presented at the 2012 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Annual 3

4 Meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio, October Poster available at: f%20mint.pdf. Effect of applying different water stress levels at different timings on drip irrigated native spearmint in the Pacific Northwest. Poster presented at the USCID Water Management Conference, Austin, Texas, April Response of drip irrigated native spearmint to different water stress levels applied at different times. Poster presented at the Academic Showcase, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, March 30 th Water stress for improved profits in spearmint. Papers presented at the Washington State Mint Commission and Grower fields days at IAREC, Prosser, WA, June 6 th PUBLICATIONS Nakawuka P., T. Peters, S. Kenny, D. Walsh Effect of deficit irrigation on yield, water use efficiency and economic returns of four different cultivars of hops in the Yakima Valley, Washington State. Manuscript under review. Prossie, Nakawuka; Romulus, O. Okwany; Troy, R. Peters; Kefyalew, Desta; S. Hossein, Sadeghi Efficacy of boom systems in controlling runoff under center pivots and linear move irrigation systems. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 30(5): (doi: /aea ) Nakawuka P., T. R.Peters, K. R.Gallardo, D. Toro-Gonzalez, R. O. Okwany, D. B. Walsh Effect of deficit irrigation on yield, quality and costs of production of native spearmint. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Vol. 140, No. 5, May 2014, CID: , (doi: Nakawuka P., T. R. Peters, K. R. Gallardo Effect of deficit irrigation on the cost of producing native spearmint oil in Washington State. Washington State University Extension Publication FS130E. Nakawuka Prossie Effect of deficit irrigation on yield, quality and grower returns of native spearmint and hops in Washington State. Ph.D. Dissertation. Available at: pdf?sequence=1. Trapp J., P. Miklas, C. Urrea, T. Peters, P. Nakawuka Screening Buster/Roza rils for drought stress resistance. Annual report of the Bean Improvement Cooperative (BIC), Vol. 55, pp Nakawuka Prossie Assessment of the quality of drainage water for irrigation re-use in paddy rice fields at Tilda Uganda Limited. Bachelor s thesis. Unpublished. 4

5 SPECIAL SKILLS Proficient in SAS, Minitab, R Project, Fortran, ArcGIS, SWAT, WEPP and GEO-WEPP and MS Office suite Languages: English (fluent) and Luganda (native). PERSONNAL PROFILE Sex: Female Date of Birth: March 13 th 1982 Marital Status: Single Birthplace: Entebbe, Uganda REFEREES 1. R. Troy Peters (Ph.D., P.E) Extension Irrigation Engineer/Associate Scientist, Biological Systems Engineering Dep t, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, N Bunn Rd, Prosser, WA 99350, USA. Phone: Fax: troy_peters@wsu.edu 2. Nicholas Kiggundu (Ph.D.) Lecturer, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda. Phone: kiggundu@caes.mak.ac.ug 3. Kefyalew Desta (Ph.D) Cropping Systems Specialist, Montana State University-Northern Ag Research Center, 3710 Assinniboine Road, Havre, MT 59501, USA Phone: kdesta@montana.edu 5