Dr. Abraham Mutunga Nyete

Dr. Abraham Nyete graduated with PhD and MSc degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in 2014 and 2016 respectively, both the areas of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He also Holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Nairobi (First Class Honours). He has been engaged in teaching and research related activities at the University of Nairobi, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering since 2010. He has previously served as the departmental postgraduate studies coordinator and the Chairman of the faculty Postgraduate Studies committee at the faculty of Engineering, University of Nairobi (2018-2024). He is currently serving as a senior lecturer and the Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering. His teaching interests are in Electronics and Telecommunications. His Research Interests are in Powerline communications, radio wave propagation, Power systems and applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to a wide range of real-life problems in health, Engineering etc. Dr. Nyete has been involved in a number of consultancy projects and has won several research grants. He has also published widely in peer reviewed journals and conference papers in the research areas above (Over Forty Publications). He has also published two book chapters.  He has supervised to completion one PhD student and seventeen masters students. He has extensively examined both PhD and MSc students at the University of Nairobi and externally in different capacities including internal examiner, external examiner, board member and senate representative. Dr. Nyete is also involved in community engagements and outreach projects.