PROF DOMINIC BERNARD ONYANGO KONDITI :: :: STAFF EPORTAL

Faculty:	ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
School:	Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Department:	ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Current Designation:	Professor, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Office Telephone:	+254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672
Official Email:	dominic.konditi@tukenya.ac.ke
Consultation Hours:	8AM-5PM MON - FRI

Level	Qualification Name	Institution	Year
Post Doctorate Certificate	Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference	Dresden University of Technology(Germany)	2005
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING	INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE(India)	2000
Master of Engineering (M.Eng)	ENGINEERING IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING	TOTTORI UNIVERSITY(Japan)	1991
Higher National Diploma	ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING	MOMBASA(Kenya)	1983
Diploma	Telecommunication Systems	SELF- STUDY-Kenya National Exams Council Certificate(Kenya)	1980
Certificate	PRE MSC CERTIFICATE IN COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING	TOTTORI UNIVERSITY(Japan)	1989
Certificate	EACE A - LEVEL	Kenyatta University College (HSED)(Kenya)	1973
Certificate	EACE O - LEVEL	CARDINAL OTUNGA HIGH SCHOOL(Kenya)	1971

Period	Institution	Position
Jan.7, 2020 - To Date	The Technical University of Kenya (TU-K)	Director, Centre for Open and Lifelong Education (COLE)
Jan. 22, 2015 - To Date	Technical University of Kenya (TU-K)	Professor
June 17, 2019 - Oct. 31, 2019	The Technical University of Kenya (TU-K)	Ag. Exec. Dean, Faculty of Engineering Science & Technology (FEST)
Feb.01, 2008 - Oct.31, 2008	Jomo Kenya University of Agriculture and Technology	Ag. CHAIRMAN, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Oct. 30, 2017 - June 17, 2019	The Technical University of Kenya (TU-K)	Ag. Director, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Sept.1, 2009 - Jan. 21, 2015	MULTI MEDIA UNIVERSITY OF KENYA	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Jan.01, 1975 - Jan.01, 1983	Kenya Posts & Telecommunication (former, East Africa Posts & Telecommunication) Corporation	Radio Communication, Technician
Jan.01, 1974 - Dec. 31, 1974	Olare Secondary School	Untrained Teacher
2012 - 2014	MULTI MEDIA UNIVERSITY OF KENYA - CENTRE FOR WSUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES	Ag. DIRECTOR
2009 - 2011	MULTI MEDIA UNIVERSITY OF KENYA	DEAN
2001 - 2009	Jomo Kenya University of Agriculture and Technology	SENIOR LECTURER
1992 - 2001	Jomo Kenya University of Agriculture and Technology	LECTURER
1992 - 2001	Jomo Kenya University of Agriculture and Technology	LECTURER
1983 - 2001	Jomo Kenya University of Agriculture and Technology	LECTURER
APRIL 1991 - 1992	Jomo Kenya University of Agriculture and Technology	ASSISTANT LECTURER

Title	Link to pulication
Performance Analysis of MUSIC, Root-MUSIC and ESPRIT DOA Estimation Algorithm	http://www.waset.org/publications/9997885
Analysis of electromagnetic transmission through dielectric filled apertures of arbitrary shape in a thick conducting screen	http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2005athens/cscc/papers/497-203.doc
ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) ISSUES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, DATA AND COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS	http://www.eaco.int/docs/assemblies/2014_ElectroMagnetic_Compatibility_Issues_in_Telecommunications_2.pdf
Fuzzy Logic Based Traffic Balancing in a GSM Network	http://jkuat-sri.com/ojs/index.php/sri/article/view/83
Electromagnetic transmission through apertures of arbitrary shape in a conducting screen	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02564602.2001.11416960
Performance Analysis of A Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna on Different Dielectric Substrates	http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/ISDE/article/view/2496
Radiation through waveguide-backed apertures of arbitrary shape in a conducting screen	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03772063.2002.11416255
Variation of Input Impedance with Feeding Position in Probe and inset-Fed Microstrip Patch Antenna	http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/ISDE/article/view/2254
Analysis Of Electromagnetic Transmission Through Dielectric Filled Apertures Of Arbitrary Shape In A Thick Conducting Screen	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/34678
Analysis Of Waveguide-backed Apertures Of Arbitrary Shape In A Thick Conducting	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/34670
The Effects of a Human Hand on a Wireless Mouse Antenna	http://repository.tukenya.ac.ke/handle/123456789/962
Hybrid Method Analysis Of Electromagnetic Transmission Through Apertures Of Arbitrary Shape In A Thick Conducting Screen	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/34687
Designing Cavity–Backed Slot Antenna Array: A Numerical Implementation Using ADI-FDTD Method	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/36565
The Effects of a Human Hand on a Wireless Mouse Antenna	http://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/ISDE/article/view/20599
Effects of Varying Angle of Incidence on Wireless Signal Propagation	http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.420.1907&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Malignant Tumor Detection Using Finite Volume Time Domain	http://elearning.jkuat.ac.ke/journals/ojs/index.php/jscp/article/view/671
Closed-loop transmit diversity (transmit beamforming) for mitigation of interference and multipath fading in wireless communication systems	http://ir.jkuat.ac.ke/handle/123456789/612
Combined field integral equation formulation for broad wall radiating slots of arbitrary shape	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5308211
Real Time Traffic Balancing in Cellular Network by Multi-Criteria Handoff Algorithm Using Fuzzy Logic	http://www.jkuat-sri.com/ojs/index.php/proceedings/article/view/160
A Constant Current Source for an External Cavity Diode Laser	http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.optics.20140403.01.html
ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) ISSUES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, DATA AND COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS	http://www.eaco.int/docs/assemblies/2014_ElectroMagnetic_Compatibility_Issues_in_Telecommunications_2.pdf
D.B. Konditi and S.N. Sinha: Radiating slots of arbitrary shape on the broad wall of a rectangular waveguide. World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) Trans. on Communications, issue 4, vol.2, October, 2003, pp. 539-545.	http://iit.roorkee
D.B. Konditi and S.N. Sinha: Electromagnetic Transmission through apertures of arbitrary shape in a conducting screen, published in Technical Review Journal, Institution of Telecommunications and Electronics (IETE) Vol.18, No.2&3, pp.177 – 190, March-June, 2001.	http://iit.Roorkee
17. D.B. Konditi and S.N. Sinha: Radiation through waveguide-backed apertures of arbitrary shape in conducting screen,published in IETE Journal of Research, Vol.48, No.1, pp.45 – 57, January-February, 2002.	http://iit.roorkee
D.B. Konditi and S.N. Sinha: Moment – method analysis of waveguide diaphragms of arbitrary shape, IEEEAFRICON 2002, pp. 517 – 524.	http://ieee.explorer
3. Konditi, D B O, Markopoulos E., Javier B. L., Controlling project progress, management & cost by pivoting the requirements process, JKUAT Scientific Technological & Industrialization Conference, JKUAT, October, 2007.	http://www.jkuat.ac.ke
A. Saito, D.B. Konditi., Yamamoto and Emura, Magnetic Properties of bent amorphous ribbons, Elsevier studies in applied Electromagnetics in materials, Elsevier publishers, B.V., pp197 -206, 1992.	http://www.tottori.jpn
Saito.A., D.B. Konditi, Yamomoto and Emura, Large stress Effects on Magnetic properties of Amorphous Ribbons, Elsevier studies in applied Electromagnetics in materials, Elsevier publishers, B.V., pp. 221- 228, 1992.	http://www.tottori.jpn
1. Solomon T. Girma, Dominic B.O. Konditi and Edward N. Ndungu, Real Time Traffic Balancing in Cellular Network by Multi-Criteria Handoff Algorithm using Fuzzy Logic, Inter.Jour.of Emerging Technology & Advanced Engineering, ISSN 2250-2459, Vol. 4, Issue 4, April, 2014.	http://Inter.Jour.of Emerging Technology & Advanced Engineering
The Effects of a Human Hand on a Wireless Mouse Antenna	http://www.Innovative Systems Design and Engineering
EFFICIENCY DYNAMICS OF WIRELESS MOUSE ANTENNA IN FLUENCED BY POSITION OF USER’S INDEX FINGER	http://www.O-IJTPE ISSUE 23 VOL17 No.2
A 28 GHz Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna for 5G Applications O Darboe, DBO Konditi, F. Manene	http://www.irphouse.com
A Small Dual Band (28/38 GHz) Elliptical Antenna For 5G Applications With DGS Pierre Moukala Mpele, Franck Moukanda Mbango, Dominic Bernard Onyango Konditi	http://researchgate.net
A 28 GHz Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna for 5G Applications	http://irphouse.com/ijert19/ijertv12n6_20.pdf
1. 2019 Solomon G. Teshome, Dominic B. O. Konditi, Ciira Wa Maina, A Novel Radio Wave Propagation Modelling Method Using System Identification Technique over Wireless Links in East Africa, Inter. Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 2018, Article ID2162570, Hindawi Publications	https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2162570
3. Fuseini S. Ibrahim, Dominic B O Konditi and Stephen M. Musyoki, Smart Irrigation System using a Fuzzy Logic Method, Inter. Journal of Engineering Research Technology, ISSN 0974-3154, Vol. 11, No. 9 (2018), pp. 1417-1436	http://www.irhouse.com/
4. 2018 Roger Doum Kemtchang, Dominic B. O. Konditi, Elijah Mwangi, Design of a 2GHz Microstrip Antenna for Wireless Application using Cross-shaped Patch Aperture International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology ISSN 0974-3154 Volume 11, Number 5 (2018) pp. 805-818 ©International Research Publication House	http://www.irphouse.com
5. 2018 Eva Asiimwe, Elijah Mwangi and Dominic B. O. Konditi, A Matrix Pencil Method for the Efficient Computation of Direction of Arrival Estimation for Weakly Correlated Signals using Uniform Linear Array in a Low SNR Regime. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-3154 Volume 11, Number 9, pp.1347- 1361 © Research India Publications.	http://www.ripublication.com
6. 2018 Kiprotich R. Bob, Dominic B.O. Konditi, H.Ouma Absaloms, Modeling of 60 GHz High Speed Communication Beam - Formingfor Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 13, Number 2 (2018) pp. 855-860 © Research India Publications	http://www.ripublication.com
7. December 2017 - Joseph Paulin Nafack Azebaze*, Elijah Mwangi, Dominic B.O. Konditi, Performance Analysis of the LMS Adaptive Algorithm for Adaptive Beamforming, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 12, Number 22 (2017) pp. 12735-12745 © Research India Publications	http://www.ripublication.com
8. December 2017- Joseph Nkurunziza, Elijah Mwangi and Dominic B. O. Konditi, Design of Direction of Arrival Estimation Scheme for Correlated signals in Wireless Communications Systems	http://www.ripublication.com
Design of Compact Two-Port MIMO Antenna for UWB Applications	http://www.ijstr.org ISSN 2277-8616

Name	Project Title	Period
Omar Darboe (MSc, PAUISTI, Kenya)	Design and Analysis of Millimetre Wave Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna incorporating Split-Ring Resonator Metamaterial Substrate	2018 -2019
Nicodemus Abungu Odero (PhD Thesis)	, Hybrid Moment Method/Finite Element Formulation for Radiation Problems Through inhomogeneously fil	2002 - 2006
Rop Victor Kimutai (MSc Supervisio	Parameter Optimization in Design of a Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzz	2009-2012
George Musumba Nyaory (MSc Supervision)	Cavity-Backed Slot Antenna Array (CBSAA) Analysis and Design using Alternate Direction Implicit-Fin	2009-2012
Solomon Teshome Girma (MSc Supervision)	, Real Time Traffic Balancing in Cellular Network by Multi-Criteria Handoff Algorithm using Fuzzy Lo	2012-2014
Elijah Olukohe Otieno (MSc Supervision)	Channel Equalization using Self-Organizing Maps	2012-2014
Muiga Naftaly Rugara (MSc Supervision)	mpact of Spatial Diversity Techniques in Combating Interference and Multipath Fading on Satellite Pe	2009-2012
Stanley Kibet Kitur (MSc Supervision)	Design and Fabrication of Microstrip Antennas coupled with Arbitrarily-shaped Apertures	, 2009- 2013
Boniface Kimani Chomba (MSc Supervision)	Effects of Indoor and Outdoor – built sites on Wireless Signal Propagation	2009-2011
Josiah K. Makiche (MSc Supervision)	A hybrid Formulation for EMC/EMI Problems of Metallic Enclosures with Apertures	August 2008-November, 2009
Wesley Bor	A Tunable Semiconductor Laser for Undergraduate Experiments	August 2007-Nov 2009
Philip Kibet Lang’at	Formulation of Radiation Characteristics of an Aperture of Arbitrary shape coupling the Microstrip P	August 2005 –January 2007
Frankline Muriuki Manene (MSc Supervision)	Design and Construction of Rectangular Microstrip Antennas	August 2005 – December 2006
Kipyegon Edwin Koech (MSc Supervision)	Design and Construction of a microstrip-patch antenna array with regular-shaped apertures based on F	August 2005 – December, 2006
Omae Malack Oteri	Microwave Characterization of Soil Moisture and Surface Roughness	August 2005 – December 2006
Vasant Dharmadhikary (PhD, University of Nairobi)	Analysis of Microstrip-Patch Antennas incorporating Arbitrarily-Shaped Apertures	Dec. 2004 - Dec. 2012
Solomon Teshome Girma (PhD, PAUISTI, Kenya)	Mitigating Co-channel Interference due to High Traffic Congestion in Wireless Communication Network	2017-2019
Omar Darboe (MSc, PAUISTI, Kenya)	Design and Analysis of Millimetre Wave Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna incorporating Split-Ring Resonator Metamaterial Substrate	2018 -2019

Name	Description	Period
Electromagnetics I & II	-Electrostatics, Magnetostatics; Coulomb's, Gauss's laws and Stoke's theorem, Biot-Savaart Laws, Electric, Magnetic fields, Maxwell's Equations, Helmholtz's Wave Equations, Uniform Plane waves, Normal incidence, Oblique incidence, Parallel-plate waveguides.	!992 - 2014
Antenna Theory & Design	- Fundamental concepts about antennas as radiating elements - Analysis and design parameters pertaining to aperture, horns, lens and reflector antennas, - Smart antennas, beam steering, nulling and direction finding. - Antennas for wireless communications and related applications; millimeter wave antennas and related materials. - Design project on antennas and arrays	2001 - TO-DATE
Advanced Antenna Systems and Radiowave Propagation	- Introduction and Antenna Fundamentals . - Phased Array Antennas. - Adaptive antennas and phased arrays for radar and communications. - Propagation Fundamentals – - Plane Earth Models. - Fixed link propagation models. -	2009 - TO-DATE
Microwave Engineering	RF/microwave analysis methods and design techniques. Scattering parameters are defined and used to characterize devices and system behavior. Passive and active devices commonly utilized in microwave subsystems are analyzed and studied. Design procedures are presented along with methods to evaluate device performance	1994 - TO-DATE
Microwave Engineering	An introduction to microwave engineering • Transmission lines as circuit elements • Smith chart analysis methods • Impedance transforming and matching circuits • Line and waveguide structures and associated components • Power waves and the network scattering matrix • Passive devices • Two-port network signal transmission • Active devices	1994 - TO-DATE
Wireless Communications	Course description includes but not limited: channel and system models; fading and diversity; resource management and power control; multiple-antenna and MIMO systems; space-time codes and decoding algorithms; multiple-access techniques and multiuser detection; broadcast codes and precoding; cellular and ad-hoc network topologies; OFDM and ultrawideband systems; and architectural issues.	2010 - TO-DATE
Transmission Lines and Waveguides	- Transmission line theory: Uniform transmission line. Transmission line parameters. Input and transfer impedance of a line. SWR. Reflection coefficient. Power and impedance measurements. Open and shortcircuited lines.Single-stub and double-stub matching. The Smith chart. Guided waves: Waves between parallel plates. TE and TM waves. TEM waves , phase and group velocities. Waveguides: Rectangular guides. Circular guides. Waveguide discontinuities.	1994 - TO-DATE
Electric Circuits and Networsks	2-port networks. Composite networks. Network synthesis. Realizability conditions on networks.Polynomials and rational functions useful in approximations.	1992 - TO-DATE
Digital Electronics	- Logic families and their characteristics - Evaluation of IC families - TTL - Characteristics of TTL gates - Basic TTL gate - Open and unused inputs - Wire-ANDing and open collector gates - Three-state devices - Strobed gates, expandable gates, and expanders - AND-OR-INVERT gates - The EXCLUSIVE-OR / NOR gate. Parity checking. Comparison circuits. Parity checking and generation . More sophisticated error-correcting routines. Multiplexers and demultiplexers Multiplexers.	2001 - TO-DATE

Title	Institution
Member	IEEE (USA)
Founder Member	Kenya Society of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Associate Member	Institution of Engineers of Kenya
Member	Scientific Board of Internationl Journal on Technical & Physical Problems of EngineeringJTPE
Member	Advisory Board of International Journal on Technical & Physical Problems of Engineering (IJTPE)
Associate Editor	International Journal on Measurement Technologies and Instrumentation Engineering (IJMTIE)
Associate Editor	International Journal on Measurement Technologies and Instrumentation Engineering (IJMTIE)

Description

Reviewer - Taylor and Francis Press Journals and Books, CRC Press – www.crcpress.com - Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, JAGST (Kenya)
- RadioScience Journal, USA, radioscience@agu.org
- Oct.01, 2003, Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, SAHA Gold Medal Award Recipient for Best Technical-Oriented Paper, published in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers Journal 2001
- Jan. 3-5, 2005, Hotel Le Meridian, Mumbai, India, Invited Talk at IEEE-Multi-disciplinary Aspects of Engineering (IMAE-05) Conference: Title of Talk,"Telemedicine: The 21st Century Innovative Technology."
- Dec.12-15, 2007, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, JKUAT Biannual Conference, Plenary Speaker, Title of Talk, " Controlling Project Progress, Management & Cost by Pivoting the Requirements Process."
- Sept. 28 - 30, 2009, Ibis Centro, Bilbao, Spain, Technical and Physical Problems ofElectric Power Engineering (TPE-09): Plenary Speaker, Title of my Talk," A Review of the Biological Effects of Extremely-Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Associated with Electric Power Systems."
External Examiner - 2004 -2012; Dept. of Electrical & Communication Engineering, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology (MMUST), KENYA - 2001 - 2004 & 2010 - 2015: Dept. of Electrical & Communication Engineering, Moi University, Eldoret, KENYA - 2017 - To date: Department of Electrical engineering, University of Pretoria: PhD Thesis
- 2007 - 2017 University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Howard Campus, Post-graduate Theses: o External Examiner of Odedina Peter Kemi PhD Dissertation, entitled: Rainfall Rate Modelling and Worst Month Statistics for Millimetric Line-of- Sight Radio links in South Africa, HowardCollege Campus, DURBAN 4041, Republic of Africa, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of KWAZULU-NATAL. · HowardCollege Campus, DURBAN 4041, Republic of Africa, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of KWAZULU-NATAL (formerly, University of Durban), Republic of South AfricaExamined M.Sc. dissertations:- o Telecommunications and Information Technology, entitled, “Fading in Rural Radio Communication Links,” by Miran Gopichund. o Telecommunications and Information Technology, entitled “ Development of stratospheric communications platform for rural areas of South Africa”, by Anash Singh.

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- 2017 - Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Mulamula, G. ,PhD Technology Management, Title, " An Examination of the Relationships between the Transfer of Information and Communication Technologies and Capacity Building towards the Sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises in Rwanda and Tanzania."

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