Dr Esdras Ngezahayo is a holder of a BSc in Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology, an MSc in Geotechnical Engineering and Management, and a PhD in Civil Engineering, specialising in Geotechnical Engineering. The last two degrees were obtained from the University of Birmingham, in the UK. Esdras has over a decade of experience in Higher Education, in overseas countries and in the UK. He is a Fellow of Higher Education and a registered External Examiner in the UK. Prior to his current position, he worked at the same School of Engineering as a Postgraduate Teaching Associate, Researcher, Research Fellow, and Teaching Fellow. Esdras published in peer reviewed journals, international conferences and contributed many technical reports and presentations.
Esdras is consistently an award-winning researcher. Recently, his paper on sediment transport and runoff coefficients in local roads was jointly awarded the best by the Department for Transport (DfT), CIHT and PIARC for great contribution to designing roads adapting to changes and was presented at the World Winter Service and Road Resilience Congress. Another paper of his was also jointly awarded by the DfT, CIHT and PIARC for sustainable mobility, thanks to his work on social accessibility and social equity in transport systems.
He significantly contributed to the Climate Resilient Sustainable Road Pavement Surfacings (CRISPS) project led by the University of Birmingham and in partnership with the University of Auckland (New Zealand), the Universiti Putra Malaysia (Malaysia), the International Road Federation (IRF – Geneva, Switzerland) and the Ethiopia Roads Administration (ERA, Ethiopia). CRISPS project was commended by the ICE West Midland for studies and research award.