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Educational background Ph. D. (Pursuing) Biological and Agricultural Engineering M.S. Agricultural and Biological Engineering University of Florida (2015) B.S. Agricultural Engineering Makerere University, Uganda (2014) CV/ Resume

Research Interests

Hydrology, Modeling/Computational science, Remote sensing, Irrigation, Evapotranspiration

Current project

Evapotranspiration-soil moisture coupling relationships from the point to satellite scale.

Awards, scholarships, & fellowships

• (2018) Bill and Rita Stout International Graduate Student Achievement Award

• (2014) William H. Krome Memorial Fellowship Award, Dade County AGRI-Council, Inc, Homestead, FL

List of select publications:

1. Mbabazi, D., K. W. Migliaccio, J. H. Crane, C. Fraisse, L. Zotarelli, K. T. Morgan, and N. Kiggundu (2017), An irrigation schedule testing model for optimization of the Smartirrigation avocado app, Agricultural Water Management, 179, 390–400, doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2016.09.006. 2.
2. Mbabazi, D., K.W.Migliaccio, J.H.Crane, J.H Debastiani Andreis, C.Fraisse, L.Zotarelli, and K.T.Morgan. 2015. Smartirrigation Avocado App: A step-by-step guide.Gainesville.University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/AE/AE51300.pdf 3.
3. Mbabazi, D., N.Banadda, N.Kiggundu, H.Mutikanga, and M.Babu.2015. Determination of domestic water meter accuracy degradation rates in Uganda. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-AQUA, 64(4), 486-492.