BERNADETTE W. SABUNI Senior Lecturer Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Director, Quality Assurance - MMUST About Me I am Kenyan citizen with teaching and research experience at university for 15 years. My interests are in engineering structures and building materials. The cost of building materials is on the rise becoming unaffordable to majority of our population. Use of alternative building materials and technologies is recommended to reduce cost of construction. While at Housing and Building Research Institute, University of Nairobi, I worked with a team that researched and disseminated low cost building materials which included stabilized soil blocks and pozzolana cements. It is worth noting that the cement we use is now pozzolanic one, where the manufacturers use natural pozzolanas. Stabilized soil blocks are now in use. My research interest currently is in the use of artificial pozzolanas especially ashes from agricultural wastes such as sugar cane bagasse, rice husk ash in construction. Qualifications Currently PhD student, MMUST. Research Area: Structural Response of Black cotton soils treated with lime activated sugar cane bagasse ash Geopolymer cement. Master of Philosophy (Mphil) at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, U.K. (1992) Specialized in building materials and technologies. Researched on lime stabilized murram soil for the Kenyan building Industry. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Nairobi (1989). OTHER TRAINING East African Quality Assurance Officers Training Part I 28 th August 12 th September, 2007, Oldenburg, Germany Part II- 27 th January -2 nd February, 2008, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Part III 6 th -12 th July, 2008, Entebbe, Uganda. Internal Quality auditor Training, MMUST, 2011 Lead Quality Auditor Training, MMUST, 2011 WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Engineer II Nairobi City Council
Chief Technologist / Materials Engineer at Housing and Building Research Institute. Research Fellow/Materials Engineer at Housing and Building Research Institute, University of Nairobi Chairperson and Lecturer at Civil and Structural Engineering Department, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. Teaching theory of structures, Strength of Materials and structural design. Team leader, tender evaluation committees, for the following projects at MMUST:- 1. Construction of 1000 women s hostel (Jan 2011) 2. Construction of Multi-purpose hall (March 2011) 3. Construction of Main Gate and attendant works (Feb 2012). 4. Supply, Installation and commissioning of Mechanical and Electrical works for Multi-purpose hall. (April 2012) Designer and supervisor for construction of Laboratory and Tuition Block LBB Phase II at MMUST. Team member for supervision of Student Hostel (Hall 3) in MMUST Team leader, MMUST Library construction. Co-ordinated of the construction team and the consultants. Supervised construction works Coordinator, Quality Assurance, MMUST. Coordinated establishment of Quality Management System in MMUST. Spearheaded ISO 9001:2008 certification process. SELECTED PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS 1. P.M Syagga, G.N Kamau, B Waswa-Sabuni and S.O Dulo, (2001) Potentials of Burnt clay pozzolana in Kenya, Discovery and Innovation, Vol.13 No.3/4. 2. B. Waswa- Sabuni, P.M Syagga, S.O. Dulo and G.N. Kamau, (2003) Rice Husk Ash Cement- An alternative pozzolana for Kenyan building industry, JKUAT Civil Engineering Journal Vol.8. 3. B. Waswa-Sabuni, L.U Shihembetsa, J.G. Mutanga and D. Kuria, (2004) Production Mannual for Production of Stabilized blocks from quarry waste fines Prepared for East African Portland Cement Company. 4. L.U Shihembetsa and B. Waswa-Sabuni, (2004) Appropriate Building Materials and Technologies for low cost housing: Sugar cane Bagasse ash Pozzolana for alternative cement, Paper presented at a research presentation workshop organized by AICAD at JKUAT. 5. G.N.Kamau, B.Waswa-Sabuni, J.C. Ngila, G.E. Ekosse and S. Coetzee, Mineralogy, Chemistry and Micromorphology of ashes obtained from sugarcane bagasse and Rice husks from Kenya. 6. S.K. Makhanu, Eng. M. K. Mukangula, B.W. Sabuni, (2006) The Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005: Implications on Procurement Projects in Public Institutions. Paper presented IEK Conference, 2006
7. B.W Sabuni, S.G. Waweru, S. Omuterema Evaluation of Burnt Clay Brick making Technologies in Western Kenya Paper presented at Centre for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Workshop, 2006 8. S.K Makhanu, B.W Sabuni, M.K Mukangula, G. Waswa, G. Mwasame, G. Masinde, (2007) Building collapse in Kenya: Who is to Blame in a Liberalised market. Paper presented at IEK conference on The Engineer in a liberalized market, April 2007, Inernational conference, Nairobi, Kenya. 9. Onyancha C., Khaemba A, Sabuni B, (2008) Geographical Information System Application in Artificial Groundwater Recharge: A case study of Kilifi District in the Kenyan Coast. Journal of Science Technology Education and Management, ISSN 1991-2889. 10. S. K. Makhanu, B.W. Sabuni, B. M. Mwanajuma, Infrastructure for Physically Challenged Students in Kenyan Public Universities: A Prerequisite for Vision 2030, Paper presented at IEK Conference, May, 2008. 11. S.K Makhanu, M. K. Mukangula, B.W Sabuni, MMUST Experience with different types of Civil Engineering Contracts: Lessons for Vision 2030, Paper presented at IEK International Conference, May 2008 12. S.K Makhanu, B.W Sabuni, M.K Mukangula, (2010) Design Statement for Project Conceptualization as a Prerequisite for Preparation of Design Documents under the Public Private Partnership: Case of Engineering Laboratories in Public Universities in Kenya, Paper presented at the Institute of Engineers of Kenyan conference, Mombasa, Kenya, 22 nd -24 th April 2010. 13. S.K Makhanu, B.W Sabuni, M.K Mukangula, Public Private Partnership development : case of Build Operate and Transfer of ATM facilities at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Paper presented at the Institute of Engineers of Kenyan conference, Mombasa, Kenya, 22 nd -24 th April 2010. 14. S.K Makhanu, B.W Sabuni, M.K Mukangula, Design statement for project conceptualization as a prerequisite for preparation of design documents under the Public Private Partnership: case of engineering laboratories in public universities in Kenya. Paper presented at the Institute of Engineers of Kenyan conference, Mombasa, Kenya, 22 nd -24 th April 2010. 15. B. W. Sabuni, S.G Waweru, M.K Mukangula and G. Mwasame, Management of Infrastructural development at Public Universities: Case of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology In-house construction Proceedings of the 1 ST Engineering, Science and Technology Conference, MMUST, Kakamega, Kenya, 9 th 11 th June 2010. pp. 126-131. ISBN9966-779-11-6 16. D.K Kamau, B.W Sabuni and N.K. Maritim, Potentials of using molten plastic as a binder in the construction industry, Proceedings of the 1 ST Engineering, Science and Technology Conference, MMUST, Kakamega, Kenya, 9 th 11 th June 2010.. pp.289-301. ISBN9966-779-11-6
17. C. Onyancha, A. Khaemba and B. Sabuni, (2010) Aquifer Storage and Recovery and Surface Basins for a Greener Kilifi District. Nile Basin Water Science & Engineering Journal, Vol.3, Issue 3, 2010. ISSN: 2090-0953. 18. R. Onchiri, J.Kiprotich, B. Sabuni, and C. Busieney, (2014) Use Of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash As A Partial Replacement For Cement to Stabilize Self-Interlocking Earth Blocks International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, Vol 5, Issue 10 (2014), pp.124-130. 19. B. Sabuni, T.N. Mauti and R. Onchiri. (2014) Use Of Ground Nut Shell Ash as a Partial Replacement For Lime To Stabilize Black Cotton Soil. International Journal of Civil Engineering Research, ISSN 2278-3652 Vol. 5, No. 1 (2014), pp. 65-76. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member Engineering Board of Kenya and Institution of Engineers of Kenya Member - Association of Disaster Management and Conflict Resolution of Kenya. WORKSHOPS/ SEMINARS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED (in the last six years) 1. Good governance as a strategy for sustaining Quality University Education, Workshop for MMUST Council members, Deans and Directors, 26 th to 30 th January 2009. 2. Fire risk Mitigation and Preparedness, 24 th 26 th June 2009. 3. 1 st Engineering, Science and Technology Conference. 9 th 11 th June 2010. MMUST 4. ISO 9001:2008 Implementers Training Seminar, 14 th 16 th March 2011 5. Internal Quality Auditors Training Seminar, 23 rd 25 th March 2011 6. Lead Auditors Training Seminar, 4 th 8 th April 2011. 7. 1 st High level forum on Quality Management in East African Higher Education. The future of the East African Quality Assurance Initiative, 23 rd 27 th May 2011 8. EDULINK Information Workshop East Africa 2011. A tool for Quality Development: EDULINK Partnerships between East Africa and Europe 9. 1 st meeting of the East African University Quality Assurance Coordinators Network. From Quality Assurance to Quality Management. At the Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi, Kenya. 23 rd 27 th May 2011 10. Workshop on Intellectual Property Policy Development and Patenting, 1 st 2 nd December 2011 11. MMUST Staff seminar. Presented paper on course evaluation by students at MMUST. 5 th Jan 2012 12. Disability Mainstreaming Workshop, 1 st 2 nd March 2012 13. Quality Assurance Workshop in Entebbe, Uganda 14 th to 18 th May 2012
14. 20 th Institution of Engineers of Kenya Conference held at Tom Mboya College, Kisumu. Presented paper on Use of Molten Plastics in developing alternative building materials, 2013 OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES I have been a Board of Governors member to the following institutions 1. Sangalo Institute of Science and Technology 2. Sigalagala Technical Training Institute 3. St. Cecilia Girls High School- Misikhu 4. Kibabii Diploma Teachers Training College