Experience

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  National Subsea Centre

  • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • PHD Student

    • Oct 2021 - Present
    • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

    My research topic is "Optimisation of Electrical Machines using Data-driven Thermal Models and Surrogate-based Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms."

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  Robert Gordon University

  • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Demonstrator / Teaching Assistant in Computing

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

    I provide support to MSc students in practical lab sessions, tutorials, skills instruction, and marking in modules such as Data Visualisation & Analysis, Business Analytics, Data Mining, and Data Management

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  Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

  • Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

  • Visiting Researcher

    • Jun 2022 - Jul 2022
    • Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

    A visiting researcher at the Institute of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics. An awardee of the #SICSA #Saltire Emerging Researcher Visits programme. Carrying out research on data-driven modelling of the dynamic thermal behaviour of electric machines.

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  UbuntuNet Alliance

  • Malawi
  • Telecommunications
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • F&A Manager

    • May 2009 - Dec 2021

  • Project Officer

    • Apr 2006 - Apr 2009

    Among the core team that established UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking as a regional organisation, which today interconnects thousands of universities and provides Internet connectivity and other value-added services to millions of students and faculty in Eastern and Southern Africa;Assisted in preparation of project proposals, implementation of activities and preparations of reports to development partners (Managed the whole project lifecycle of grants from IDRC (Canada), OSI and OSISA);Designed publicity materials and identified marketing opportunities for the organisation and advocacy for digital transformation in research and education; Designed, developed, launched, managed the organisation’s website, and other online channels, including a popular monthly e-newsletter, NUANCE;Performed general IT support and technical troubleshooting.

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  T&C Web Developers

  • Lilongwe, Malawi

  • Co-founder & Web Developer

    • Nov 2005 - Dec 2017
    • Lilongwe, Malawi

    Designed and developed dynamic websites for organisations in Malawi using HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript and Content management systems such as Drupal, Joomla and WordPress; and deploying them online;Successfully developed and implemented a develop-and-train model, where I designed and developed websites with clients and trained them on basic HTML and website management for them to keep them updated.Advised clients on domain registration, web hosting and generally how to develop their online presence.