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OWSD Programmes

January 2014 PhD Fellow
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Awards

December 2014 OWSD PhD Scholarship

May 2017 DAAD Scholarship - Short stay in Germany

Degrees:

2017
Zipporah Wanjiku Muthui > Degrees
Physics
2010
Zipporah Wanjiku Muthui > Degrees
Physics

Publications resulting from Research
Zipporah Wanjiku, Asli Çakır, Franziscah Scheibel, Ulf Wiedwald, Michael Farle and Mehmet
Acet. (2019). "Shell-ferromagnetism and decomposition in off-stoichiometric Ni50Mn50–xSbx Heuslers" . Journal of Applied Physics. 125. (2019) 043902-1-8
Zipporah W. Muthui, Robinson Musembi, Julius Mwabora and Arti Kashyap. (2017). Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Mn2VIn (001) films: An ab initio study . AIP Advances.
Zipporah W. Muthui, Robinson Musembi, Julius Mwabora, Ralph Skomski and Arti Kashyap. (2017). Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of the Heusler Alloy Mn₂VIn: A Combined DFT and Experimental Study. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics.
Zipporah W. Muthui, Robinson Musembi, Julius Mwabora and Arti Kashyap (2017). Perpendicular Magnetic anisotropy in nearly fully compensated Ferrimagnetic Heusler alloy Co1.75Mn0.25VIn: An ab initio study. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.
Zipporah W. Muthui, Rohit Pathak, Robinson Musembi, Julius Mwabora, Ralph Skomski and Arti Kashyap. (2017). First-Principle investigation of the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Co2VIn and CoVIn Heusler compounds. AIP Advances.
Cecilia A. Nyamwandha, Angeline Kasina, Zipporah W. Muthui, Emily Awuor, and Paul Baki. (2015). The role of academia and industry in nurturing women in physics in Kenya by , AIP Conf. Proc. 1697, 060027
Z. W. Muthui, Kamweru P. K., Nderitu F. G., Hussein S. A. Golicha., Ngumbu R. and Njoroge G. Ndegwa. (2015). PLA Viscoelastic properties and Their Degradation Compared With Those of Polyethylene. International Journal of Physical Sciences ,
Muthui Z. W., Nderitu F. G., Hussein S. A. Golicha., Kamweru P. K., Ngumbu R (2014). Determination of the Glass Transition Temperature and modulus of PLA films using dynamic mechanical analysis at 50 degrees celcius and amplitude of 10 micrometers Asian Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences.3 .(1).
Muthui Z. W., Nderitu F. G., Ngumbu R.,Kamweru P. K. (2013). Determination of the density and damping properties of polyethylene (PE) and Polylactic acid (PLA)
films using DMA . 2 (8). Pp 235 – 246. International Journal of innovative research and studies.
P. Kuria Kamweru, F. Gichuki Ndiritu, T. kinyanjui, Z. Wanjiku Muthui, R. Gichuki Ngumbu and P. Migunde Odhiambo. (2014). UV Absorption and dynamic mechanical analysis of polyethylene films. International Journal of Physical Sciences. 9. (24).
P. K. Kamweru, F.G. Ndiritu, T.K. Kinyanjui, Z.W. Muthui, R.G. Ngumbu and P. M. Odhiambo. (2011). Study of Humidity and UV wavelength effects on degradation of photo irradiated polyethylene films using DMA. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B.2011. DOI 10.1080/00222348.2011.610214
Muthui Zipporah, Musembi Robinson, Mwabora Julius, Kashyap,Arti. (2021). Effect of the Y element on the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Heusler compounds Co2YIn (Y = V, Nb, and Ti): An ab initio study. AIP Advances.11. (1). doi:10.1063/9.0000091.

OWSD Kenya National Workshop
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African School on Electronic Structure Methods (ASESMA)
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Humboldt Kollege
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Research and Grant proposal writing
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ISO Implementer's and Auditor’s Training Workshop
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