Background:
Ms. Yaguma is an Electrical Engineer who has complemented her formal training with successful professional experience in a variety of roles: most notably, as a competent researcher in the initial stages of the ‘Bioenergy for Sustainable Energy Access in Africa’ project funded by the UK’s Department for International Development; as a responsible R&D Engineer at Green Bio Energy Limited, a social enterprise that specializes in the production of bioenergy systems; and as a graduate electrical engineer who assisted with the development and roll out of Uganda’s first utility-billing software application at National Water and Sewerage Corporation.
Teaching:
- Digital Electronics
- Logic Circuits
- Analog Electronics
Research Interests (part of the Energy Research Group):
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Energy Policy, Politics, and Economics
- Climate Change in the Global South (particularly adaptation and mitigation strategies for sub-Saharan Africa)
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy and Society
Academic Qualifications:
- MSc. Sustainable Energy Systems (Edinburgh, 2016)
- BSc. Electrical and Computer Engineering (Cape Town, 2013)
Short Courses:
- Sustainable Energy and Climate Resilience in sub-Saharan Africa (Edinburgh, 2016)
- Global Citizenship, Service and Social Justice (Cape Town, 2012)
Publications:
- Urban Emissions in Uganda’s Cities – drivers, vulnerabilities, knowledge gaps (2018) – under review
Professional Membership:
- IEEE