Mr. Martin W. Chege

Mr. Martin W. Chege

Designation: MSc. Research Assistant

School/Institute: Institute of Geomatics, GIS and Remote Sensing (IGGReS)

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. Geospatial Information Science Dedan Kimathi University of Technology 2017

Areas of Expertise

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

Book & Book Chapters

  • 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.
  • 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).

Conference Papers/Presentations

  • 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..

  • 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..

  • 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..

  • 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..

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. Completed Research
  • Spatial optimization of water abstraction using GIS and IoT based approaches.

Research Interests

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