Dr. Morris Mwangi

Designation: Tutorial Fellow
Contact: +254 727029547
School: School of Engineering
Department: Mechatronic Engineering
Email: morris.mwangi@dkut.ac.ke

Academic Background

Qualification Institution Year
PhD Mechanical Engineering Dedan Kimathi University of Technology  Ongoing
PhD Engineering Sciences University of Bourgogne Franche Comte, France  2023
International Master on Control for Green Mechatronics University of Bourgogne Franche Comte, France  2019
BSc. Mechatronic Engineering Dedan Kimathi university of Technology, Kenya  2016

Areas of Expertise

  • Micro and Nano fabrication
  • Micro and nano robotics
  • Micro-assembly
  • Advanced control
  • Optics
  • Mechatronic systems design
  • Signal acquisition and processing

Work Experience

  • 2019 – To date: Tutorial Fellow – Dedan Kimathi University of Technology.

Publications

  • M. Mwangi, F. Behague, A. Coste, J. Safioui, M. Suarez, J. Byiringiro, P. Lutz, C. Clévy & N. Courjal. In-situ phase control of a low-loss polarisation-state modulator. Optics Continuum, vol. 1, no. 12, pages 2513–2520, 2022.

Papers presented in Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

  • M. Mwangi, A. Mohand-Ousaid, J. B. Byiringiro, M. Rakotondrabe and P. Lutz, “Study and implementation of electrostatic actuation for programmable matter modules,” 2022 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Sapporo, Japan, 2022, pp. 1549-1554, doi: 10.1109/AIM52237.2022.9863356.
  • M. Mwangi, M. Boudaoud, J. B. Byiringiro, P. Lutz,N. Courjal & C. Clevy. Dynamic Photo-Robotic Nanopositioning for Hybrid Photonic Circuits Based-on Self-Sensing tuning Fork. In 21th International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technology (ISOT2021), pages 1 – 2, Besançon, France, nov 2021.
  • M. Mwangi, R. Salut, F. Behague, A. Coste, A. Godet, J. B.Byiringiro, P. Lutz, C. Clevy & N. Courjal. In-situ characterization of electro-optic micro-components. In Congrès général Optique de la Société Française d’Optique (2021), Dijon, France, jul 2021.

Research Interests

  • Micro and nanorobotics, Micro-electromechanical systems fabrication, Advanced and intelligent control, Mechatronics and automated systems, Micro-assembly, Optical sensor design and signal acquisition.