Dr. -Ing. Wilfred Gikaru
Lecturer, School of ICT, Media and Engineering
wilfred.gikaru@zetech.ac.ke
1. Doctorate in Computer Engineering, Mobile Wireless Networks – Dresden University of Technology, German, April 2000 to 2004
2. German Language Certification – Goethe Institute, Dresden, Germany, August 2000 to March 2000
3. Master of Science in Computer Engineering – National Technical University of Ukraine, 1990 to 1996
4. Russian Language Certification – Byelorussian State University, 1989 - 1990
1. Dean, School of ICT, Media & Engineering – Zetech University, May 2022 to date
2. Chairman of Computer Science Department – Egerton University, Jan 2005 to Apr 2022
3. Senior Lecturer (Sabbatical) – St. Paul’s University, Jan 2015 to Sep 2015
4. Peer Reviewer of University Academic Programs – Commission of University Education (CUE), 2014 to date
5. Peer Reviewer of University Academic Programs – Inter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA), 2009 to date
6. External Examiner, Masters programs in Computing – University of Nairobi, 2009 to 2013
7. External Examiner, Undergraduate, Masters & PhD – Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, 2009 to 2012
8. External Examiner, Undergraduate – Kimathi University College of Technology Kenya, 2009 to date
9. External Examiner, Undergraduate – Chuka University, 2009 to 2011
10. Assistant Lecturer – Egerton University, June 1996 to Sep 2000
Other responsibilities
1. Chaired numerous Tender Evaluation Committees for both software and hardware procurement
2. Participated in University computerisation project. Started 2007 to date.
3. Externally examined PhD exams in Computing in other universities e.g. Masinde Muliro and Kabarak University
Journals
1. Host: International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) – Technical committee on Telecommunications, July 2002. Topic: Link Availability forecast in highly dynamic MANETs, Banff, Canada
2. Host: Western Simulation Multi-conference (WMC’04), January 2004. Topic: Location based routing overhead reduction in manets, San Diego, California, USA
3. Doctorate Thesis: “Mobility based Routing-Overhead-Management for reconfigurable wireless ad-hoc-Networks”. ISDN No.3-86537-278-3
4. Book Module Publication: Introduction to Computer Applications (Approved for publication 2008. Revised and uploaded Jan. 2015)
5. Teaching module: IT Applications and Data Management. Published and uploaded in August 2016
6. Automated personal finance system (pay app) for college and university students in developing countries. A case for Egerton University, Journal of Computer Sciences and Applications, Wilfred Gikaru, Jeddidah Theuri,. Accepted and Published in Dec 2015
7. Road crime control and reporting system for public service vehicles in developing countries: a case of Kenya, Journal of Computer Sciences and Applications, Wilfred Gikaru & Kasembeli Nelson M, Dec 2015.
Scientific /Innovations presentations
1. Host: Zetech University 4 th Sustainable Innovations Conference, 2022. Topic: Dire shortage of Professors and PhDs in Computer related fields in Kenya, Zetech University.
2. Host: Universität Muenster, Institute of mathematics and Computer science. Topic: Mobility based Routing-Overhead-Management for reconfigurable wireless ad-hoc Networks. Universität Muentster, Münster, Germany.
3. Host: Techniche Universität Dresden, Graduate College. Topic: Wireless Ad hoc Networks. Techniche Universität Dresden, Germany.
4. Host: Technical University of Dresden, Institute of applied computer sciences. Topic: Wireless Sensor networks. TU- Dresden, Germany.
5. Host: Techniche Universität Dresden, Graduate College. Topic: Grid Computing, Techniche Universität Dresden, Germany.
Projects
1. Supervised the following Masters project:
- Evaluation of effectiveness of computer-based fleet fuel management systems in Kenya. Mr Kenneth K. Ronoh. Graduated in 2006.
- Masters Project: Design and implementation of Computer Interface for sheet metal cutting Machine. Mr John M. Muniu. On-going project
- Masters Project: Design, Modeling and Simulation of Automated systems for Open-front Power Press. Mr Mgandi. Defended successfully and
- graduated in 2013.
2. Participated in Coaching Egerton Students in the “Zain African Challenge” competitions since between 2008 and 2010.
Training Workshops
1. United Nations Environment Programme Training on On-Line Access to Research in Environment. August 2008
2. Stake Holders Workshop on External Peer Review of Universities, organized by the Commission of University Education at Kenya institute of Curriculum Development in May 2014.
3. Training workshop on Accreditation of ODEAL Programmes and Institutions. Organised and Conducted by Commission of University Education at Kenya institute of Curriculum Development in June 2020
Professional Certifications, proficiency and experiences
- Oracle DBA and Developer 2000
- CISCO’s CCNA I , II, III and IV explorer
- Programming with Java
- Procedural and script programming languages
- Systems programming languages
- Object Oriented and visual programming
conference papers
1. Cash Management System for low-income earners.
2. Road Carnage Management System.
3. eTimetable for Timetabling for Students and Staff. 2013
4. Academic Division Management System at Egerton University. 2012
5. Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) Dam Monitoring Software Project. 2007