Eng. Dr. Ambrose Mubialiwo

BEng (Civil), MSc (WRE), PhD (HWRM), Corporate Member (UIPE), REng (ERB) | Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kyambogo University, P.O BOX 1, Kyambogo | Email: mambroze@gmail.com | amubialiwo@kyu.ac.ug | Phone: +256774021408/+256704917662

 

Biography

He possesses a PhD in Water Management with a specialisation in Hydrology and Water Resources from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (2022). He graduated with a Master of Science degree in Water Resources Engineering from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium in 2014. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil and Building Engineering from Kyambogo University attained in 2011.

Eng. Dr. Ambrose has published several articles in highly regarded journals, such as Elsevier and Springer Nature.

Eng. Dr. Ambrose is a Corporate Member of the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers and is a Registered Engineer with Uganda Engineers Registration Board.

He is a skilled Engineer involved in consultancy services with vast experience of over 12 years in design and construction supervision of different water and civil engineering works including sewerage treatment systems, water supply and sanitation facilities, water treatment plants, irrigation schemes, road drainage and other related infrastructures.
In addition, Ambrose is knowledgeable in a number of engineering software including HEC-RAS, HBV, GAMS, EPANET, WaterGEMS, ArcSWAT, QSWAT, QGIS, USGS’s MODFLOW and other software of Microsoft – office tools and AutoCAD.

Course Taught:

Graduate Level (MSc)

  • TCW 6011: Hydraulics and Sediment Transport
  • TCW 6013: Water Transport and Distribution
  • TCW 6201: Mathematical and Statistical Modelling

Undergraduate Level

  • TCBE 3102: Hydraulics and Hydraulic Structures
  • TCBE 4105: Estimating and Tendering

Research Interests

  • Science-Policy and Interfacing in the Water Policy Sector
  • Impact of Climate Change on Hydro-Climatic Extremes
  • Hydrological Extreme Value Analysis
  • Flood and Drought Assessment
  • Socio-hydrology

Publications

  1. Kiwanuka, M., Chelangat, C., Mubialiwo, A. et al. Dam breach analysis of Kibimba Dam in Uganda using HEC-RAS and HEC-GeoRAS. Environ Syst Res 12, 31 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-023-00317-4
  2. Kiwanuka, M., Chelangat, C., Mubialiwo, A. et al. Dam breach analysis of Kibimba Dam in Uganda using HEC-RAS and HEC-GeoRAS. Environ Syst Res 12, 31 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-023-00317-4
  3. Mubialiwo, A. (2023): Investigating how community involvement is vital for developing adaptation measures for impacts of floods, XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Berlin 2023).
    https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-0036
  4. PhD Dissertation: http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/31755
  5. Onyutha, C., Akobo, J.T. and Mubialiwo, A., 2022. Tap versus Bottled Water in Kampala, Uganda: Analyses of Consumers’ Perception alongside Bacteriological and Physicochemical Quality. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9336247
  6. Mubialiwo, A., Abebe, A., Kawo, N.S., Ekolu, J., Nadarajah, S., Onyutha, C., 2022. Hydrodynamic modelling of floods and estimating socio‑economic impacts of floods in Ugandan River Malaba sub‑ Earth Systems and Environment 6, 45–67.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00283-w
  7. Mubialiwo, A., Abebe, A., Onyutha, C., 2021. Analyses of community willingness-to-pay and the influencing factors towards restoration of River Malaba floodplains. Environmental Challenges 4, 1– https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100160
  8. Onyutha, C., Asiimwe, A., Muhwezi, L., Mubialiwo, A., Water availability trends across water management zones in Uganda. Atmos. Sci. Lett. 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.1059
  9. Mubialiwo, A., Abebe, A., Onyutha, C., 2021. Performance of rainfall – runoff models in reproducing hydrological extremes: a case of the River Malaba sub‑ SN Applied Sciences 3, 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04514-7
  10. Mubialiwo, A., Chelangat, C., Onyutha, C., 2021. Changes in precipitation and evapotranspiration over Lokok and Lokere catchments in Uganda. Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology 2, 1– https://doi.org/10.1007/s42865-021-00031-y
  11. Mubialiwo, A., Onyutha, C., Abebe, A., 2020. Historical Rainfall and Evapotranspiration Changes over Mpologoma Catchment in Uganda. Advances in Meteorology 2020, 1– https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8870935
  12. Mubialiwo, A., Abebe, A., & Onyutha, C. (2023). Changes in extreme precipitation over Mpologoma catchment in Uganda, East Africa. Heliyon.