Dr. Hesbon Otieno
Lecturer
School: Engineering & Technology
Department: Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering
Primary Discipline: Water Resources Engineering
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Degrees Awarded:
- PhD in Civil Engineering (Water Resources Engineering) - University of Bristol (UK), 2016
- MSc. in Soil & Water Engineering – Egerton University, 2006
- BSc. Agricultural Engineering- Egerton University 2004
Other Credentials/Recognitions & Awards:
- Commonwealth Scholarship Award Fellow
- External Examiner, Egerton University
Current Professional/Scientific Interests, Memberships, and Activities:
- Member, Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK)
- Member, Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK)
- Member, Hydrological Society of Kenya (HSK)
- Member, International Water Association (IWA)
- Member, International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
- Member, British Hydrological Society (BHS)
- Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Research, Scholarly, Professional and Scientific Activities
- Nancy C. Koech, Johnson U. Kitheka, Hesbon Otieno. Influence of Tea Plantations, Forest and Mixed Farming on Stream Flow and Sediment Loads, Case of Sondu Miriu River Basin, Kenya. Open Journal of Modern Hydrology, 2022, 12, 155-174. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojmh.2022.124009
- Hesbon Otieno and Margaret Mbinya Kasuki. Performance Evaluation of Water Services Provision in Counties and Water Services Boards of Kenya, Journal of Environment & Earth Sciences Vol.12 No5;2022.DOI:10.7176/JEES/12-5-05 https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEES/article/view/58782
- Philip K. Mwendwa, Johnson U. Kitheka, Moses Mwangi and Hesbon Otieno: Impacts of water abstraction in tropical rivers: a case of South West Upper Tana basin, Kenya. Journal of Environment and Earth Sciences, Vol 9, No. 5, 2019. DOI: 10.7176/JEES/9-5-08. https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEES/article/view/47827
- Philip K. Mwendwa, Johnson U. Kitheka, Moses Mwangi and Hesbon Otieno: The drivers of water abstraction and river water diversion in tropical rivers: a case of South West Upper Tana basin, Kenya. International Journal of hydrology, Vol 3, No. 2, 2019.https://doi.org/10.15406/ijh.2019.03.00176
- Kennedy Mutati, Johnson U. Kitheka, and Hesbon Otieno: Sand gradation in seasonal rivers and their suitability for construction of sand dams in Kitui South, Kenya. Journal of Environment and Earth Science, Vol 8, No. 6, 2018. DOI:10.4172/2157-7587.1000295 https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEES/article/view/42831
- Imelda N. Njogu, Johnson U. Kitheka, and Hesbon Otieno: Streamflow variability and sediment yield in North-West Upper Tana Basin Kenya. Hydrology: Current Research; 9:305, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4172/2157-7587.1000305
- Hesbon Otieno, Jiaxin Yang, Weiwen Liu, and Dawei Han: Influence of rain gauge density on interpolation method selection. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 040140241-040140248,2014. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29HE.1943-5584.0000964
- Hesbon Otieno, and Japheth Onyando: Coupling Agricultural NonPoint Source (AgNPS) model and Geographical Information System (GIS) tools to predict runoff and sediment generation in the Upper river Njoro catchment in Kenya.: International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Vol4(12), pp397-403, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5897/IJWREE12.086
- Hesbon Otieno: Similarity and dissimilarity in water services provision in counties and water services boards on Kenya: 1st Global Geotechnical and Water Resources Engineering Summit, September 18-19, 2017 Hong Kong. https://www.scitechnol.com/proceedings/similarity-and-dissimilarity-in-waterservices-provision-in-counties-and-water-services-boards-of-kenya-3824.html
- Hesbon Otieno: Determinants of local’s willingness to practice soil and water conservation measures in Marsabit mountain area, Kenya. International Conference on East African Mountains (ICEAM) Mbale, Uganda, 2011.
- Hesbon Otieno, Japheth Onyando and Wycliffe Saenyi. Estimation of direct peak runoff and sediment yield from the upper river Njoro catchment using AgNPS model. Soil Physics and Water Management (SOPHYWA). BOKU, Vienna Austria 147-150pp. 2006. https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H03000/H81000/H81500/Downloads/sophywa_proc_01.pdf
- Hesbon Otieno, Dawei Han and Ross Wood. Comparison of three commonly used gridded rainfall datasets in Africa. British hydrological Society Symposium. Cardiff University United Kingdom, 11-12 June 2014
- Hesbon Otieno and Dawei Han. Comparative performance of hydrological models. 11th International Conference of Hydroinformatics. New York, USA, 16-22 August 2014. http://toc.proceedings.com/25674webtoc.pdf
- Hesbon Otieno, Dawei Han and Ross Wood. Rainfall- runoff modeling for climate change mitigation (intensity and significance of trends). European Geoscience Union (EGU) GeneralAssembly,12-17April2015.EGU2015-6425|Orals|HS7.4 https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/session/17265?EGUsphere
- Hesbon Otieno. Estimation of direct runoff and sediment yield in an AgNPS-GIS link. Lambert Academic Publishing ISBN-13:9783659315596. https://www.lap-publishing.com/
- Onyango E.A., Nyakach S., Wambua R.M & Otieno Hesbon. Forecasting of flood events for water resources management in Gucha-Migori river basin, Kenya. Journal of Engineering in Agriculture and the Environment 10 (1), 1-19
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Dr. Hesbon Otieno
South Eastern Kenya University
Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering
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