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Assistant Lecturer
Email: emwenda@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty: Science, Engineering and Technology
Department: Physical Sciences
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Pure Mathematics
EXPERIENCE
2015 to date: Assistant Lecturer, Chuka University
2013- 2015: Part-time Tutor, Karatina University, Part-time Tutor Chuka University
2012-2013: Part-time Tutor, Meru University of Science and Technology. Taught Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra, among others
2008 – 2010: University of Nairobi
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2010–2011: Higher Diploma Programme in Math, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste Italy.
2007–2009: Master of Science in Pure Mathematics, University Of Nairobi, Kenya.
2003-2007: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Attained First Class Honours
1998-2001: Nkubu High School, Kenya Certificate ofSecondary Education.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2009– 2010: UNESCO-ICTP Scholarship, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste-Italy.
2007– 2009: Master of Science (Pure Mathematics) Scholarship. University Of Nairobi, Kenya.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Mwenda, E.; Musundi, S. W. Distribution of spectrum in a direct sum decomposition of operators into a normal and completely non-normal parts – under review, August 2014.
2. Njagi, L.; Nzimbi B N and Mwenda, E. Sub-degrees and suborbital graphs of symmetric group sn (n = 3, 4, 5) acting on unordered pairs. Global Educational Research Journal: ISSN-2360-7963, Vol. 3(7): pp 333-345, July, 2015.
3. Kinyanjui J.N.; Musundi, S.; Rimberia, J.; Mwenda, E., and Ruto, P.K. Suborbital graphs and their properties for unordered pairs through rank and subdegree determination-published in December 2013.
CONFERENCES AND SUMMER SCHOOLS ATTENDED
March 2009: School in Set Theory and Logic, East Africa Universities Mathematics Programme (EAUMP), University of Nairobi, Kenya.
May 2008: Linear Algebra – From Base to the Google Page Rank Algorithm (EAUMP)
March 2008: University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda,
Dec 2008: University of Nairobi in Mombasa, Kenya
August 2009: University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
Dec 2007: Celebrating Innovators and Entrepreneurship in Science and Technology for Development, Youth Agency for Development of Science, Technology and Innovations, University of Nairobi.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Operator Theory in Hilbert Spaces