Joshua Wanyama, BSc. in Agricultural Engineering (Mak); M.Sc. in Water Science and Engineering(IHE Institute for Water Education Delft the Netherlands); PhD in Bioscience Engineering (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Lecturer: Water Science and Irrigation Engineering
Joshua Wanyama holds a PhD in Bioscience Engineering from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; an M.Sc. in Water Science and Engineering from IHE Institute for Water Education Delft, the Netherlands; and BSc. in Agricultural Engineering from Makerere University. Eng. Dr.
Wanyama Joshua is a Registered Professional Engineer with Uganda Engineers Registration Board (R. Eng. #1614) and a Corporate Member of Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers (M.U.I.P.E #1727). He is also a member of the Pan African Society of Agricultural Engineering (AfroAgEng/PASAE) #IM067 and member American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE #1024182).
Eng. Dr. Wanyama Joshua is a Senior Lecturer at Makerere University Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. He has experience of 22 years in teaching, research and project management during which he has been both a team member and a team leader on several research and development projects.
To this end he has published papers in peer reviewed Journals and supervised M.Sc. and PhD graduate students to completion. Joshua has also reviewed for various reputable Journals, and been involved in curriculum development and examination for BSc, MSc and PhD degree programs. He has also been involved in policy review and development as subject matter specialist of Water for Agricultural Production.
He has conducted research in developing appropriate climate smart water and irrigation technologies that has contributed to customizing irrigation and water harvesting systems design to Ugandan local conditions. He has also conducted various watershed studies in wet tropical catchments.