Mbakisya A. Onyango,Associate Professor of Civil Eng UTC, Tennessee

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Kansas State University Civil Engineering (Transportation) 2009

M.Sc. University of Birmingham, Britain Civil Engineering (Transportation) 1995

B.Sc. University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Civil Engineering (Structures) 1992

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aug. 2016 – to date UC Foundation Associate Professor of Civil Eng UTC, Tennessee

March 2015 – July 2016 UC Foundation Assistant Professor, UTC, Tennessee

Jan 2010 – Feb, 2015 Assistant Professor, UTC, Tennessee

Aug 2009 – Dec 2009 Visiting Assistant Professor Kansas State University (KSU)

Aug 2004 – May 2009 Graduate Research Assistant, KSU

Aug 2004 – Dec 2008 Research and Teaching Assistant, KSU

Jan 2001– July 2004 Deputy Executive Secretary and Head of Information Research and Development Division at the National Council for Technical Education (NACTE), Tanzania

June 1999 – May 2000 Consulting Senior Materials Engineer, on the Pozzolan Materials Pilot Study, COWI Consult – Tanzania

July 1997 – Dec 2000 College Registrar, Technical College Arusha, Tanzania

July 1996 – Dec 2000 Head of Soil, aggregates and Bitumen Laboratory, Technical College Arusha, Tanzania

Mar 1993 – Dec 2000 Faculty Technical College Arusha

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Analytical and Mechanistic Pavement Design and Analysis,

Civil Engineering Materials Testing and Evaluation,

Pavement Preservation, Pavement Markings, Use of PolyLEVEL for pavement preservation,

Transportation Planning,

Pavement Management and Evaluation.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2017 Member search committee for Engineering Management and Technology

2017 Member Search committee for Accountant for the CECS.

2016 – Department ABET coordinator

2016 – College curriculum committee member

2016 Chair of Search Committee for Director of Students Success Center

2015 Committee Member for Dean Search

2014 – 2016 Member, University Scholarship Committee

2010 – 2016 Faculty Advisor, National Society for Black Engineers

2014 – 2015 Member, Faculty Development Grants Committee

2013 – 2015 Fundraiser Chair for ASCE Student 2015 Annual Conference

2010 – Present Thesis advisor to 7 graduate students; five graduated in 2011, 2013,

2010 – Present Advisor to over 100 undergraduate students

2010 – Present Graduate Faculty

2011 – 2013 Mentor, Opportunity Graduate Assistantships

2010 – 2012 Member, University Faculty Senate

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

2014 – Present Technical Committee Member: International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation. For the Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates (CESTiCC).

2013 – Present Member American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

2013 – Present University representative, Transportation Research Board (TRB)

2013 – 2015 Member, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

2015 – 2017 Member, Sisters of the Academy (SOTA)

2015 – 2017 Member, Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)

2012 – Present Reviewer for Geo-Shanghai International conference, held in Shanghai China, May 2014; the International Society of Asphalt Pavements (ISAP) Conference on Asphalt Pavements, held in NC, USA, 2014, and International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation, to be held in Alaska Aug. 2015.

2010 – 2016 Member, National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE)

2010 – 2016 Conducted 9 free ACT Workshops to Chattanooga high school students with NSBE UTC Students Chapter

2010 – 2016 Attended with NSBE students one annual NSBE convention and sought funding for students to attend three more conventions in 2011 - 2016.

2002 – Present Registered Engineer, Engineers Registration Board, Tanzania.

2010 – 2012 Panelist, NSF Grants Evaluation, 3 different panels

2006 – 2011 Associate Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

CADF Fellow 2016 to conduct research at Mbeya University of Science and Technology in Tanzania May – July 2016.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

SGA Outstanding Professor 2015

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

UC Foundation Assistant Professor 2015 – 2020. Comes with $12,500.00 pay increase for the 5 years.

College of Engineering, UTC

Outstanding Performance Faculty Award: EDO rating “Exceeding Expectations” at UTC 2013/2014.

Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, UTC

Outstanding Faculty Researcher, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

GRANTS

Onyango M. (PI) “Traffic Data Input for Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) for the State of Tennessee” Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), Sampson Udeh (Project Manager), October 2015 to March 2018. $172,055.00

Onyango M. (PI) “Improving Rigid Pavement Smoothness Using PolyLevel Materials” Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), Sampson Udeh (Project Manager), October 2015 to March 2018. $154,457.00.

Onyango, M (Co-PI) “Evaluation of Geosynthetics Reinforcement in Flexible Pavement Structures Using Accelerated Pavement Testing” Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), Sampson Udeh (Project Manager), August 2015 to July 2018. $45,915.00

Onyango, M. (PI) “Mechanics of Materials (ENGR 2460) course Redesign” Walker Center for Teaching and Learning (WCTL), January 2015 – June 2016. $2,000.00.

Onyango M “Professional Development” Office of Equity and Diversity at UTC, September – December 2013. $2,375.

Owino J. (PI), Onyango M. (C0-PI) “Development of Class P-SCC (Self-Consolidating Concrete) and Class A-” Funded by Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), Brian Egan (Project Manager) June 2013 – June 2015. $150,000.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Attended Leadership in Higher Education Conference October 2016.

Recipient of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to conduct research on burnt bricks and build research capacity among faculty at Mbeya University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Mbeya Tanzania. May – July 2017.

Attended and presented a paper at the 17th International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD) Conference, Arusha Tanzania May 2016.

Attended and presented 2 papers at International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation, in Alaska August 2015.

Graduate Students Advised:

Major Advisor to:

Name Option Graduated

Mawazo Fortunatus Thesis On program

Abubakr Ziedan Thesis On program

Drew Loizeaux Thesis Dec 2015

Saliha Ammour Project May 2015

Daniel Malyuta Thesis May 2015

Trisha Sen Thesis May 2013

Adam Yaba Project August 2011

Committee member (advisor) for the following graduate students:

Name Option Graduated

MohammedKhalafala Thesis August 2015

Ammar Elhassam Thesis August 2014

Gloria Neal Thesis May 2014

Nick Andrews Project Dec 2013

Charles Sanford Thesis May 2013

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:

Onyango M. A., Merabti S. A., Owino J. Fomunung I.., Wu W. “Analysis of Cost Effective Pavement Treatment and Budget Optimization for Arterial Roads in the City of Chattanooga" Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering Journal, 2017. (Accepted, under final review).

Onyango M., Katambara, Z., Mnkeni, J., Nassibu S., Ligwanda, M., Mwakimi, F., “Evaluation of the use of Rice Husks in Burnt and Unburnt Blocks”. GSTF Journal of Engineering Technology (JET) Vol.4 No.2, 2017 (Accepted, under final review)

Onyango, M., Sen, T., Fomunung I., Owino J. “Evaluation of Treatment Choice, User Cost and Fuel Consumption of Two Roadways in Hamilton County TN Using HDM-4” Journal of Urban Planning and Civil Engineering pp 201 - 218, Edited by Virginia P. Sisiopiku and Ossama E. Ramadan, Published by ATINER, ISBN: 978-960-598-009-2, Athens, Greece, 2015.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Merabti S. A., Onyango M. A., Owino J. Fomunung I.., Wu W. “Pavement Management Analysis of Arterial Roads in the City of Chattanooga, USA Using Micropaver.” 17th International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD) Conference, Arusha Tanzania.

Mnkeni, J., Onyango M., Katambara, Z., Msambichaka, J. Nassibu S., “Evaluation of Natural Sand and River Sand Cement Blocks in Mbeya, Tanzania” 10th International

Conference of The Institution of Engineers Tanzania (IET) and East Africa Federation

Engineering Organization (EAFEO), Arusha, Tanzania, 1st - 3rd Dec., 2016.

Chimba D., Onyango M. “A Stochastic Model to Evaluate Service Life of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings.” Transportation Research Board meetings Compendium of papers. January 2017, Washington DC.

Wu, W., Yang, W., Fomunung, I. Owino, J., and Onyango, M. “Implementation of XFEM and Concrete damage plasticity for recycled aggregate concrete crack modeling” , Finite Elements in Analysis and Design. Under review.

Daba, G. Hosain M., Romanoschi S and Onyango M. “Effects of Binder and Mix Properties on the Mechanistic Responses of Fatigue Cracking APT Sections”. Accepted for publication at the 5th International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing. Costa Rica - September 2016.

Conference Presentations

Merabti S. A., Onyango M. A., Owino J. Fomunung I.., Wu W. “Pavement Management Analysis of Arterial Roads in the City of Chattanooga, USA Using Micropaver.” 17th International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD) Conference, Arusha Tanzania.

Sanford, C., Onyango, M.A., Thomas, T.A., Jones, F., and Rollins, B.A. “Evaluation of Cleaning Methods of Pervious Concrete Pavement” Presented at the International Symposium of Climatic Effects on Pavement and Geotechnical Infrastructure (ISCEPGI). Fairbanks Alaska, August 2015.

Fomunung I., Owino J., Onyango M. “Safe Routes to School as a Transportation Control Measure: Impacts on the Emission Inventory” Presented at the International Symposium of Climatic Effects on Pavement and Geotechnical Infrastructure (ISCEPGI). Fairbanks Alaska, August 2015.

Onyango, M., Sen, T., Fomunung I., Owino J. “Evaluation of Treatment Choice, User Cost and Fuel Consumption of Two Roadways in Hamilton County TN Using HDM-4” Presented at the 4th Annual International Conference on Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Athens, Greece, May 2014.

Sen T., Onyango M., Owino J., Fomunung I., Byard B. “Pavement Management Analysis of Hamilton County Using HDM-4 and HPMA” Presented at the International Road Federation (IRF) World Meeting proceedings, Riyadh Saudi Arabia, November 2013