Autor: Uyikumhe Damisa

Uyikumhe Damisa, Ph.D. is a research scholar at the Centre for Cyber-Physical Food, Energy & Water Systems (CCP-FEWS), University of Johannesburg, South Africa and a postdoctoral fellow in the University. He is a recipient of the Global Excellence Stature Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Award. He has served the academic community in various capacities including lecturing power systems and supervising energy-related research. His research profile includes research in optimal energy management and blockchain-based P2P transactions in energy systems. He has co-authored journal publications and a book in the fields of renewable energy optimization and blockchain-based P2P energy transactions. Professor Nnamdi Nwulu is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Director of the Centre for Cyber Physical Food, Energy & Water Systems (CCP-FEWS) at the University of Johannesburg. His research interests have focused on the application of digital technologies, mathematical optimization techniques and machine learning algorithms in food, energy and water systems. This research focus has produced five (5) books and over seventy (70) indexed journal publications winning him the 2021 NRF Research Excellence Award for Early Career/Emerging Researchers in the Engineering/Technology Category. He was also a 2020/2021 TW Kambule-NSTF-South32 Award finalist in the category of Emerging Researcher and also won the 2020 UJ Vice Chancellor”s most promising young researcher award. He is a Member of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS). Prof. Nwulu is a Professional Engineer registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), a Senior Member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SMSAIEE) and a Y-rated Researcher by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Prof. Nwulu is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Digital Food Energy and Water Systems (JD-FEWS), Associate Editor of the IET Renewable Power Generation (IET-RPG) and the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID).