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PERSONAL DETAILS
Designation
LECTURER (GRADE 12)
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Job Category
Teaching
Phone Number
0712431586
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Directorate / Dept
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Section
processing and farm structures
Address
536, egerton
SUMMARY
  • PhD. Agricultural Mechanization Engineering from Nanjing Agricultural University, China (2023)
  • Msc. Agricultural engineering from Egerton University (2018)
  • Bsc. Agricultural engineering from Egerton university (2014)
  • K.C.S.E, Nyankoba SDA secondary school (2007)
  • K.C.P.E, Isinantet Primary school (2002)
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8162-1367
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iVaa0PcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
  1. PhD. Agricultural Mechanization Engineering from Nanjing Agricultural University, China (2023)
  2. Msc. Agricultural engineering from Egerton University (2018)
  3. Bsc. Agricultural engineering from Egerton university (2014)
  4. K.C.S.E, Nyankoba SDA secondary school (2007)
  5. K.C.P.E, Isinantet Primary school (2002)
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Specialised in Agricultural Engineering ( Agro-processing, mechanization engineering, and Farm structures)

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
  1. Msc. Agricultural engineering (2018)
  2. Bsc. Agricultural Engineering (2009-2014)
  3. Registered graduate engineer with EBK
WORK EXPERIENCE
  1. 10-11-2023 todate: Lecturer (grade 12) Egerton University
  2. 10-08-2021 to 09-11-2023: Tutorial Fellow (grade 11)  Egerton University
  3. 29-10-2015 to present: Teaching Assistant (grade 10)
  4. 01-12-2014 to 28-12-2015: Clerk of works, National Irrigation Board, Rift valley region
KEY PROJECTS
  1. Egg drying kinetics under forced convection dryers
  2. Heat pump dryer designs
  3. Heat pump drying of mushrooms and day lily
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  1. Agro-processing
  2. Drying equipment design
  3. Agricultural structures and their various designs
  4. Artificial intelligence in agricultural mechanization

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
  1. Mecha, P., Liu, Z., Fang, Y., Dou, X., Awuah, E., Soomro, S. A., and Chen, K.Computational intelligence and mathematical modelling in chanterelle mushrooms’drying process under heat pump dryer. [J] Biosystems Engineering, 2021, 212, 143-159
  2. Mecha, P., Yali, F., Awuah, E., Alele, O. J., Zhang, J., and Kunjie, C. Deflectors as the performance booster component in designing a side-ventilated heat pump cabinet dryer for vegetables. [J] Thermal science, 2023, 130-130.
  3. Mecha, P., Zhu, R., Zhang, J., Awuah, E., Soomro, S. A., & Chen, K. (2024). Optimization of chanterelle mushroom drying kinetics under heat pump dryer using Taguchi design method. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 16(6), 273-279.
  4. Mecha, P., Nyaanga, D. M. and Njue, M. R. (2018a). Forced convection hot air drying of hardened egg slices. International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 7(4): 251-259.
  5. Awuah, E., Aikins, K. A., Antille, D. L., Zhou, J., Gbenontin, B. V., Mecha, P., & Liang, Z. (2023). Discrete Element Method Simulation and Field Evaluation of a Vibrating Root-Tuber Shovel in Cohesive and Frictional Soils. Agriculture, 13(8), 1525.
  6. Zhang, J., Qi, C., Mecha, P., Zuo, Y., Ben, Z., Liu, H., and Chen, K. Pseudo high-frequency boost the generalization of a convolutional neural network for cassava disease detection. [J]Plant Methods, 2022, 18, 1-14.
  7. Soomro, S. A., Chen, K., Leghari, N., Makange, N. R, Peter, M., Yousaf, K., Panhwar,A., Almani, S. & Soomro, Z. A. (2021). Effect of moisture on physico-engineering Properties of two husked and de-husked. Chinese rice varieties. International Agricultural Engineering Journal, 30(2), 67-74.
  8. Awuah, E., Zhou, J., Liang, Z., Aikins, K. A., Gbenontin, B. V., Mecha, P., &Makange, R. (2022). Parametric analysis and numerical Optimisation of Jerusalem artichoke Vibrating digging shovel using discrete element method. Soil and Tillage Research, 219,105344. 
  9. Nyalala, I., Okinda, C., Chao, Q., Mecha, P., Korohou, T., Yi, Z., ... & Kunjie, C. (2021). Weight and volume estimation of single and occluded tomatoes using machine vision. International Journal of Food Properties, 24(1), 818-832.
  10. Soomro, S. A., Chen, K., Siyal, A. A., Sessiz, A., Wagan, B., Memon, M. S., Soomro, A., Peter, M., Liu, H., and Yang, Z. Implications of variability in mechanical characteristics of rice straw under different moisture, variety and loading rate. [J] FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, 2021, 30, 10449-10456.
CONFERENCES & INVITED PRESENTATIONS
  1.  Mecha, P., Nyaanga, D. M. and Njue, M. R. (2018a). Forced convection hot air drying of hardened egg slices. International Journal of Scientific &Technology Research, 7(4): 251-259.
  2.  Mecha, P., Nyaanga, D. M. and Njue, M. R. (2018b). Optimisation of hardened egg drying process using a forced convection system. Paper presented at the 12th Egerton University International Conference, Egerton University.
HONORS, PRIZE AND AWARDS
  1. Various academic certificates
  2. EBK graduate engineer certificate

 

TEACHING AREAS
  1. Agricultural processing engineering
  2. Structural design
  3. Building materials
  4. Refrigeration and air conditioning
  5. workshop technology
POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION
MASTERS LEVEL :

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