Dr. Erion Bwambale, PhD. (University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana); MSc. (Pan African University and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology); BSc. (Busitema University, Uganda)

Water and Irrigation Engineer

Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, School of Food Technology Nutrition and Bio-engineering, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

Dr. Erion Bwambale is an Assistant Lecturer of Water and Irrigation Engineering at Makerere University, Uganda. He holds a PhD in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering from the University for Development Studies, Ghana. He is a consultant and an early-career researcher passionate about developing data-driven machine learning models for precision irrigation for improved water use efficiency with over 20 publications on google scholar. He holds a master’s degree in civil engineering with a specialization in Irrigation and Drainage from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya and a BSc. in Agricultural Mechanization and Irrigation Engineering of Busitema University, Uganda. He is a member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), International Water Association (IWA), Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineering (PASAE), International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and a Young Water Professional of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.