Water sampling at Mzima Springs of the Tsavo National Park
Management of solid waste particularly marine litter at Ecoworld Kilifi County
Demonstrations in the physics research laboratory
A field session during radio astronomy training hosted by the Department of Physics and Space Science
MOU meeting on MSc in Medical Physics with Kenyatta Hospital
Wildlife conservation lecture and tour at the Tsavo west National Park

The Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (Dara) Training Programme (2024)

Applications are invited for the above training programme coordinated by the `department of Astronomy and Space Science, Technical University of Kenya. Applicants must be holders of at least a Bachelor’s degree in any of the STEM fields. The application form and the brochure are available here for more information. You may also contact Prof. Paul Baki, Ph.D., FKNAS ( Email: paulbaki@tukenya.ac.ke)

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Medical Physics Scholarships

Two scholarships will be offered to successful applicants
Tution fees will be covered
The scholarships offered are for postgraduate ath the Master's level

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East African School on Density Functional Theory and Applications using the SIESTA code

11th – 15th October 2021- Technical University of Kenya , School of Physics and Earth Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya - The school aims at introducing ab initio calculations and molecular dynamics simulation to researchers and postgraduate students of different disciplines, using the SIESTA code. Electronic structure codes have become mature enough to be used by scientists not trained in the development of the methodsthemselves. This is a shift away from traditional practice, in which the know-how and the right to use the code was acquired through a long internship. Nowadays, most codes are distributed with very light licensing restrictions. While this ease of access is in principle a good thing, it carries the risk of uncritical or poor use of the codes by untrained people.

There is thus increasing demand for training in the sensible use of these methods, with the goal that the prospective user understands the physical and main technical approximations behind a method. The Siesta code has become quite popular and is increasingly being used by researchers in geosciences, biology, and engineering. Siesta's efficiency stems from the use of strictly localized basis sets and from the implementation of linear-scaling algorithms that can be applied to suitable systems. It’s accuracy and cost can be tuned in a wide range, from quick exploratory calculations to highly accurate simulations matching the quality of plane-wave methods. This school aims at introducing the Siesta code to researchers in East Africa. Basic practice, a grounding on the capabilities of the method and the approximations used shall be emphasized.