🎉 Recognition: Stanford–Elsevier Top 2% Scientists (2025)

I am humbled by my consistent inclusion since 2020 in the Stanford-Elsevier list of the world's top 2% most-cited scientists, a standing that was recently reaffirmed with the latest September 2025 update.

 

My recognition falls within the main category of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and more precisely, the subfield of Geological and Geomatics Engineering. This classification underscores the impact of our work in this specialized area.

 

I view this as a testament to the collaborative spirit and dedication of my research team and partners.

New Book: Surveying Computations

This comprehensive surveying textbook is designed for undergraduate students without prior computational background. Through 22 chapters, it progressively develops skills from basic formulas, coordinate systems, and field procedures to advanced topics such as error propagation, curve design, least squares adjustment, and modern EDM positioning. Richly illustrated with over 500 diagrams, 120 equations, and 80 reference tables, the book emphasizes practical mastery through worked examples, exercises with solutions, and real-world applications. Balancing theory with hands-on techniques, it serves both as an ideal course text and a lasting professional reference.

Release Date: Nov 2025

Authors: John Walker , Joseph Awange

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New Publication: The use of plastic as a household fuel among the urban poor in the Global South - Nature Cities

Our contribution on "The use of plastic as a household fuel among the urban poor in the Global South" has been published online in Nature Cities. Read only version of the paper can be accessed at https://rdcu.be/eakZC

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New Book: Lake Victoria from Space and AI Perspective - 2nd Edition

This second edition of the book presents Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Lake Victoria Basin (LVB)’s water monitoring products that stretches over 50 years from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Exchange (GRACE) and its Follow-on (GRACE-FO) satellite missions, investigates the lake's floating islands that disrupts power production, analyses LVB's groundwater, and unravels the causes of the 2018-2019 rise of its water level. In a unique cross-disciplinary approach, the book articulates the various climatic impacts and explanations from natural and anthropogenic origins, which affected Lake Victoria and its vicinity, including the drastic increase and depletion of water level in the Lake and dams, floods and droughts, water quality/security, crop health, food security, and economic implications. The book is recommended for readers from a diverse discipline, including physical and social sciences, policy, law, engineering, and disaster management. Professor C.K. Shum, Ohio State University.

Author: Joseph Awange

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New Book: Hybrid Imaging and Visualization - 2nd Edition

This second edition of the book is targeted at those in computer algebra and artificial intelligence. It introduces the Black Hole algorithm, a key method for optimizing hyperparameters in machine learning. Additionally, it covers Fisher discriminant analysis and convolutional neural networks for classifying time series.

Release Date: March 2025

Authors: Joseph Awange, Béla Paláncz, Lajos Völgyesi

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