Areas of Research Interest: Water systems engineering, Hydrology and Hydraulic modelling, Climate change adaptation, Infrastructure resilience evaluation
Dr. Mugume is a Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at Makerere University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he is a leading academic, researcher and consultant in Water systems and Hydraulic engineering. He has over 16 years’ experience in planning, modelling, detailed design, and construction supervision of large-scale engineering projects, including urban water, urban drainage and flood management systems, dams, highway drainage and bridges. He holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Exeter, (United Kingdom), an MSc in Environmental Engineering and MBA in Technology Management from Hamburg University of Technology, (Germany) and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (1st Class) from Makerere University, Kampala. His research interests include hydrological and hydraulic modelling, flood risk assessment and water infrastructure resilience. Seith has authored/co-authored over 20 peer reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings in leading international journals and conference proceedings and is a reviewer for various international peer reviewed journals.
Mugume, S. N. and Nakyanzi, L. P. (2023) “Evaluation of effectiveness of blue green infrastructure using a coupled 1D- 2D model under current and future climate change conditions” in 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Urban Drainage. 19 – 22 October 2023, Jiashan, Zhejiang, China, Zhejiang University, China.
Mugume, S. N., Ronnie, K., Atuhairwe, E., and Tumwesigye, E. (2023) “Assessment of Future Change impacts on flooding in transboundary River Semliki” in H. Habersack, M. Tritthart, and L. Waldenberger (eds.), Proceedings of the 40th IAHR World Congress. Rivers – Connecting Mountains and Coasts 21 – 25 August 2023, Vienna, Austria. IAHR, 800–809.
Mugume, S. N., Kibibi, H., and Wakhata, M. (2023) “Effectiveness of Blue-Green Infrastructure for enhancing urban drainage system resilience” in H. Habersack, M. Tritthart, and L. Waldenberger (eds.), Proceedings of the 40th IAHR World Congress. Rivers – Connecting Mountains and Coasts. Vienna, IAHR, 1488–1497.
Owarugambwa D., Mugume S.N. (2021) Evaluation of effectiveness of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems for Flood Resilience in Kampala, Uganda International Conference on Urban Drainage, 24 – 29 October 2021, Melbourne, Austria
Kirenda, V., Mugume, S.N. (2019) Effectiveness of infiltration galleries in reduction of surface runoff and flooding in urban areas. Novatech International Conference, Lyon, France
Mugume, S. N. and Butler, D. (2015a) “Moving from reliability to resilience-based evaluation of urban drainage infrastructure: A case study of Kampala, Uganda” in 10th International Urban Drainage Modelling Conference. Quebec, Canada, IWA/IAHR.
Mugume, S. N. and Butler, D. (2015b) “Resilience-based evaluation of urban drainage systems: The ‘Safe & SuRe’ Approach” in CIWEM Urban Drainage Group Annual Autumn Conference and Exhibition. Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) Urban Drainage Group.
Mugume, S. N., Diao, K., Astaraie-Imani, M., Fu, G., Farmani, R., and Butler, D. (2014) “Building resilience in urban water systems for sustainable cities of the future” in IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition. Lisbon, IWA, 72.
Mugume, S. N., Gomez, D., and Butler, D. (2014) “Quantifying the resilience of urban drainage systems using a hydraulic performance assessment approach” in 13th Conference on Urban Drainage. Sarawak, Malaysia, IWA/IAHR.
Mugume, S. N., Gomez, D., and Butler, D. (2013) “Statistical methods for climate change impact assessment on urban rainfall extremes for cities in tropical developing countries – A review” in D. Butler, A. S. Chen, S. Djordjevic, and M. J. Hammond (eds.), International Conference on Flood Resilience: Experiences in Asia and Europe. Exeter, United Kingdom, University of Exeter.