CURRICULUM VITAE. Abuodha Silvester Ochieng Profession: Civil Engineer Marital Status: Married Date of birth 12 th March 1963

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Abuodha Silvester Ochieng Profession: Civil Engineer Marital Status: Married Date of birth 12 th March 1963 Nationality Kenyan Languages English, Kiswahili EDUCATION : University of Nairobi; Department of Civil Engineering 1 st Class Hons. B.Sc. Civil Engineering. 1990: Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India; Post Graduate Certificate Course in Transportation Management : University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology: Department of Civil Engineering M.Sc. in Structural Engineering : University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology: Department of Civil Engineering PhD in Structural Engineering. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT 1984: Gandhi Smarak Award Best Student in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nairobi. 1992: Overseas Research Student Award University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology.

2 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 1991: Registered Engineer, Engineers Registration Board of Kenya. 1991: Member of the Institute of Engineers of Kenya. 2000: Registered Consulting Engineer, Engineers Registration Board of Kenya. 2001: Licenced Water Engineer EMPLOYMENT RECORD August 1984: Employed by the Ministry of Works, Housing and Physical Planning as an Assistant Structural Engineer. Aug Dec 1999: Employed by Kenya Railways Assistant Design Engineer Bridge Engineer Senior Design Engineer Civil Engineering Services Manager. Jan March 2009: Employed by University of Nairobi - Lecturer in Civil Engineering - Convenor of Structures Group ( ) - Co-ordinator of postgraduate programmes in the Dept of Civil Engineering ( ) - Member of the faculty postgraduate committee ( ) March May 2010: Employed by University of Nairobi - Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering

3 (1) General research interests Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering Materials and Finite Element Analysis. (2) Specific research interest- Finite Element modelling of material behaviour, Use of appropriate materials for structural use, Behaviour of concrete steel and timber materials. TEACHING INTERESTS Finite Element Methods, Strength of materials, structural analysis, structural design CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS (1). The behaviour of reworked steel in reinforced concrete structures. (2). Evaluation of shell elements with six degrees of freedom. (3). The torsional response of concrete beams, reinforced with mangrove poles. PUBLICATIONS S.O. Abuodha, J.N. Mwero, and G.N. Manguriu (2009). Behavior of Reworked Steel Reinforcement Bars in Reinforced Concrete. Journal of Civil Engineering Research and Practise, Volume 6, No. 1, April 2009 S.O. Abuodha and F.M. Burdekin (2004). A Local Approach Methodology for the Analysis of Uncracked Tubular Joints. Journal of Civil Engineering Research and Practise, Volume 1, No. 2, October 2004 S.O.Abuodha (2004). Determination of stress characteristics at Connections of Welded members using Finite Element Method. Journal of Civil Engineering Research and Practise, Volume 1, No. 1, April S.O. Abuodha and F.M. Burdekin (2001). Finite Element Analysis of Tubular joints in offshore Structures, Journal of Civil Engineering, JKUAT, Volume 6, March 2001.

4 K.M. Entwistle, H. Silyn-Roberts and S. Ochieng Abuodha (1995). The relative fracture strengths of the inner and outer surfaces of the egg shell of the domestic fowl. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 262, pp ,1995. POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION MSc Supervision (1). John Nyiro Mwero,2007, Investigation Into the Residual Strength of Reworked Reinforcement Bars in Concrete Structures, MSc thesis. (2). Luke Imbati Imenje, 2008, Formulation of a flat shell rectangular element with twenty four degrees of freedom using Yuan s non-conforming shape functions and evaluation in open source software, MSc thesis. (3). Justus Omuga Musakala, 2009, Comparison of different cement types for stabilization of the different road sub-grade soils, MSc Enviromental Chemistry PhD Supervision (ongoing) (1). Geoffrey Manguriu, The behaviour of beams reinforced with mangrove poles in torsion, supervision in association with Prof. Mutuku, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. (2). John Mwero, The behaviour of sugar cane waste fibre ash as a cementing material, University of Nairobi.

5 REFEREES (1). Dr. Patts Odira, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nairobi. (2). Prof George Rading, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nairobi. (3). Prof Walter Oyawa Chairman Department of Civil Engineering, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology P.O.Box , Nairobi.