Akomeno Omu
Kibo School
Biography
Dr Akomeno Omu is the Chief Academic Officer and Dean of Kibo School. She is passionate about curriculum design, leadership development, and educational system building for the African context, and has a wealth of experience as a researcher and educator at higher education institutions across Europe and Africa.
Education
Doctoral
2010 - 2014
University of Cambridge
PhD, Engineering
Postgraduate
2008 - 2009
Imperial College London
MSc, Environmental Technology, Distinction
Undergraduate
2004 - 2008
Princeton University
BSE, Chemical Engineering, Cum Laude
Experience
Chief Academic Officer and Dean
2021 - Present
Kibo School
Learning Consultant
2020 - 2021
Mastercard Foundation
Product Manager
2019 - 2020
The African Leadership University
Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs
2018 - 2018
The African Leadership University
Global Learning and Development Manager
2018 - 2018
Andela
Electrical Power Systems Engineering Program Lead
2017 - 2018
The African Leadership University
Engineering Curriculum Designer and Faculty
2016 - 2018
The African Leadership University
Lecturer
2015 - 2016
ETH Zurich
Postdoctoral Researcher
2014 - 2016
Empa
Research Scientist
2014 - 2014
IBM Research Africa
Postdoctoral Researcher
2014 - 2016
ETH Zurich
Doctoral Researcher
2010 - 2013
Buro Happold
PhD Candidate in the Energy Efficient Cities Initiative
2010 - 2013
University of Cambridge
Publications
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A method to support multi-criteria decision making for building systems update at urban scale
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Optimization of adsorption-distillation ethanol dehydration process for biofuels applications. BSE Thesis
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Identification and apportionment of the sources of heavy metals in urban wastewater. MSc Thesis
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THE IMPACT OF DISTRICT HEATING NETWORK ADOPTION ON ACHIEVING ZERO CARBON TARGETS
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Integrated Analysis of Distributed Energy Resource Systems. PhD Thesis
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Analysis and Optimisation of Retrofit and Energy Supply Strategy Across a Diverse Urban Building Portfolio
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Energy hub modeling for the design of solar thermal energy systems with short-term and long-term storage
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Energy hub modeling for the design of solar thermal district heating networks with short-term and seasonal storage
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Power-to-gas for decentralized energy systems: development of an energy hub model for hydrogen storage
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Economic, climate change, and air quality analysis of distributed energy resource systems
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Application of spatial-temporal clustering to facilitate energy system modelling
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Mapping induced residential demand for electricity in Kenya
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Comparison of solar thermal systems with storage: From building to neighbourhood scale
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Mixed integer linear programming for the design of solar thermal energy systems with short-term storage
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Distributed energy resource system optimisation using mixed integer linear programming
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