Thomas T. Kivevele

Thomas Kivevele received the B.Sc. degree in electro-mechanical engineering and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering. He is currently a Senior Lecturer with The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania, where he teaches with the School of Materials, Energy, Water, and Environmental Sciences (MEWES). He coordinates the Ph.D. and M.Sc. programs in sustainable energy science and engineering (SESE) and teaches energy-related courses. He is a very active Researcher and the Group Leader of the Clean Energy Technologies Research Group. He is also the Lead Researcher on five studies related to solar energy uses and biofuels. The projects are funded by USAID, the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF), the EPFL and UM6P-led Excellence in Africa Program, and the African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence Pilot Program (ARISE-PP), which is funded by the European Union and coordinated by the African Union and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).