Mr. Martin W. Chege

Designation: Research Assistant
School/Institute: Institute of Geomatics, GIS and Remote Sensing
Centre: Remote Sensing Research Group (RSRG)
Email: martinchegee@gmail.com

Academic Background

Qualification Institution Year
MSc Geospatial Information Systems & Remote Sensing Dedan Kimathi University of Technology Ongoing
BSc Geomatics and Geospatial Information systems Dedan Kimathi University of Technology 2017

Areas of Expertise

  • Geospatial Engineering
  • Remote Sensing
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Geospatial Development

Books

  1. Bartholomew Thiong’o Kuria; Johanna Anyesi Wanjala; Wisdom Kipkemboi; Simon Wachira Muthee; Martin Wainaina Chege (2023). Let’s Save Our Environment. InterCEN Publishers. ISBN: 978-9914-9679-2-0.
  2. Stefanie Steinbach; Andreas Rienow; Martin Wainaina Chege; Niels Dedring; Wisdom Kipkemboi; Bartholomew Thiong’o Kuria; Sander J. Zwart; Andrew Nelson (2023). Low-cost sensors and multi-temporal remote sensing for operational turbidity monitoring in an East African wetland environment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Under review).

Papers presented in Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

  1. Martin W. Chege, Kuria B. Thiong’o, Arthur W. Sichangi, Moses M. Ngigi, Simon W. Muthee, Wisdom Kipkemboi, Johana A. Wanjala (2023). Spatial Monitoring of River Discharge Using Low-Cost Sensors. The 7th DeKUT international conference on science, technology, innovation & entrepreneurship, 8th – 10th November 2023, Nyeri, Kenya.
  2. Stefanie Steinbach, Anna Bartels, Martin W. Chege, Neils Dedring, Wisdom Kipkemboi, Simon W. Muthee, Andrew Nelson, Kuria B. Thiong’o, Sander J. Zwart, Andreas Rienow (2023). Integrating Low-cost Sensors and Remote Sensing to Monitor Small Reservoirs in Kenyan Wetlands. 42nd EARSeL Symposium, 3-6 July 2023, Bucharest, Romania.
  3. Martin W. Chege, Kuria B. Thiong’o, Arthur W. Sichangi, Stefanie Steinbach, Andreas Rienow, (2023). Development of A Geospatial Telemetric Water Quality Monitoring System. 42nd EARSeL Symposium, 3-6 July 2023, Bucharest, Romania.
  4. Eileen N. Mwangi, Martin W. Chege, Esther W. Maina, Kuria B. Thiong’o (2022). Development of A Gender Based Violence Emergency Response 6 | P a g e System. 13th AARSE International Conference, 24-28 October 2022, Kigali, Rwanda.

    5. Awards, Scholarships  and Recognitions

    • MSc Scholarship and Research Sponsorship by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the project “CITGI4Muringato (grant no. 01DG20022)”

    Other Academic and Professional Achievements

    A. Research
    Ongoing
    Spatial optimization of water abstraction using GIS and IoT based approaches.

    B. Research Interests
    GIS and Remote Sensing, Hydrological modelling, GIS programming, Geostatistics, Hardware development, Database Architecture implementation and management