MEET ENGR. PROF. COSMAS UCHENNA OGBUKA

 Engr. Prof. Cosmas Uchenna OGBUKA is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He holds the following degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka: B.Eng. (First Class Honors), M.Eng. (Distinction) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) obtained in 2004, 2009, and 2014 respectively.

Prof. Ogbuka, the Coordinator of TETFund Projects and Activities, was the Ag. Head, Department of Electronic Engineering (2017/2018 session), Head, Department of Mechatronics Engineering (2023-2026), Director Computer Communications Centre (2018-2022).

He has undertaken research fellowships to the following institutions: (1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). (2) Chair of Electrical Drives and Actuators (EAA), University of the German Federal Armed Forces in Munich Germany. (3) The School of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain and has visited over 14 other foreign countries/institutes, including the Imperial Collages London, for academic reasons.

Prof. Ogbuka is the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer of the World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development (ACE-SPED), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2020-Date) and is a Certified Monitoring and Evaluation Officer by the Capacity Consultancy Africa.  He is the pioneer Academic Programmes Coordinator at the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development (ACE-SPED), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2019 to 2023) and also the Academic Coordinator at the Centre of Competence in Digital Education (C-CoDE), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2021-Date).

In May 2017, he completed the Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program at MIT Teaching and Learning Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA. He also completed the MIT Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT) Fellowship (Spring 2017) with focus on Curriculum Development, New Pedagogical Methods and Course/Class Design.

Prof. Ogbuka is a member of the Africa Research Security Consortium working in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, the U.S. Department of State and CRDF Global USA to promote the practice of Research Security in the Africa continent. Furthermore, he is a member of the Transforming Energy Access-Learning Partnerships (TEA-LP) Project in partnership with the University of Cape Town and also a Fellow of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) Pretoria, South Africa.

His research interest is in the area of Electric Power Devices with specific interest in:

(i) Modern Electric Power Systems: Intelligent electric power systems incorporating distributed renewable energy sources, energy storage devices, electric vehicle charging stations and advanced communication systems.

(ii) Electric Machines and Drives: Development of new and energy-efficient control methods for electric machines in domestic and industrial drives including applications in Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

(iii) Power Electronic Converters and applications in Electric Power Systems: Development of power electronic applications and advanced control methods for conventional and emerging electric power systems.

Prof. Ogbuka has over eighty (80) publications in peer-reviewed journals and refereed conferences and has successfully supervised several postgraduate students at both doctoral and masters levels.