Deformation monitoring is the systematic and comprehensive measurement and tracking of the alteration in the shape and the dimensions of a civil engineering structure such as a bridge, dam and/or building; for this case Athi River Bridge deformation   which may be induced by applied loads of vehicles on transit and pedestrian use of the bridge. Such monitoring is important since data acquired can aid in further computation, deformation analysis and predictive maintenance by the relevant authorities.

The Geospatial Engineering students carried out a route survey of part of Kibwezi Kitui road.

Route survey typically serves earth works such as road construction, pipelines, oil and gas and other corridors and other engineering works.

Some of the outputs for these surveys include profiles, cross sections, road traverses, and route topographic maps.

Geospatial Engineering Camp is a mandatory exercise that the students undertaking Bsc Geospatial Engineering have to fulfill  before graduating.One of the task is the static GNSS obsevation for establishing control of the existing major Network consisting of atleast four points;Camp,DWA,KALUNGU,KILAWA and Mbusyani.

This particular task was performed on the third day of the camp 7th of July 2021; the geographical coverage was a considerably large area with the control points located in considerably far apart, as long as 30 kilometers.

The Department of Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi held the Final 5th Year Project Presentation on  Wednesday  14 June, 2021. Students were given five minutes each, to orally defend their theses. This is a  requirement of the University in partial fulfillment of the award of Bachelor of Science in Geospatial Engineering. It is an examination where a panel of examiners interact with the students through listening, and question & answer basis for each of the students. There were three panels of examiners, and three groups of sixteen students for each panel.

The team commenced on the NaSPUoN project in October, holding the kick-off meeting on 6th October 2020. The team has been holding weekly meetings since then, except for the Christmas period (17th Dec to 5th Jan) and the end of semester examinations period (13th Feb to 28th Feb 2021). Since the beginning of the project, the meetings have been held virtually since the students had been working from home. However, from March the students had begun hands-on work in the laboratory at UoN.

The Commission on Research Methods in Geography of the International Geographic Union is an active group of geographers that was established in 2020 to promote an international dialogue on research methods as a vital tool for advancing geographic knowledge and research practices across different regions, countries and traditions. The Commission seeks to facilitate a critical and constructive dialogue about established and emerging geographical concepts, approaches and research methods.

A very warm congratulations to Kenyan Prof Washington Yotto Ochieng,who is one of the alumni in the department of Geospatial and Space Technology.Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, on being appointed Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the famous

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The University of Nairobi is set to hold a prize presentation ceremony for students with outstanding academic performance on Friday May 7, 2021 at Taifa Hall. The prizes are in form of certificates, money, trophies and medals provided by donors to departments and faculties, schools and institutes to recognize and award top academic achievers among the student fraternity.

Geospatial Engineering Student Vincent Cletus Wiso was elected as the University of Nairobi International Students Reresentative in the University of Nairobi Students Association, UNSA in the recent elections of November, 2020.