Michele Lisa Mbang

An energy engineer with demonstrated history of working in the renewable energy and power distribution industry. Combines strategy, client focused, technical engineering competencies with communication, financial modelling, and excellent interpersonal skills. Eager to learn and develop skills, and quickly adaptable to change. Strong data analytics skills, project leadership, teamwork, research, problem solving, critical thinking abilities, and analytical approach to tasks. 

Project Engineer (Solar PV)                                                                                                   Sep 2021 - present

Kowry Energy GmbH                                                                                                               Berlin, Germany 

• Design and perform techno-economical simulations of hybrid energy systems (community and utility size solar and battery) to define the optimal asset size for customer needs and present offers to customers. 
• Manage stakeholders nationally/internationally (Africa and Europe) ensuring that all the technical and technical-related deliverables were provided on time, using a table personally created to track deliverables per project phase and stakeholder.
• Liaise with local partners and technology partners ensuring that systems are fully understood, organise remote training and provide support for the installation of systems. 
• Review technical documentation supplied by technology partners ensuring that the system met local standards, develop, and deliver documentation to local partners. 
• Inspect systems at technology partners' warehouse and perform commissioning on site. 
• Perform research, develop and establish robust processes, standards and best practices for sizing project components and ensuring high-quality simulation results.
• Support the supply chain department with technical expertise for the selection and onboarding of smart meters, solar cold rooms, solar lamps, PV and battery vendors, and manufacturers of containerised solutions.

Electrical Engineer Intern                                                                                                         Oct 2018- May 2019

Metch-Elec Cameroon                                                                                                         Yaoundé, Cameroon

• Performed maintenance of underground cable and contributed to the creation of a medium voltage network and substation for the Huawei company.
• Coordinated security checks before and during the installation and maintenance of high and medium voltage electrical lines. 
• Cooperated with a team of 5 in the maintenance, optimisation and replacement of pole-mounted transformers, on the medium and high voltage lines in Yaoundé. 
• Participated in the electrification of around 20 security cameras and the installation of around 15 new sets of intelligent meters in the capital of Cameroon.

MSc Renewable Energy Engineering (Distinction)                                                             Sep 2019- Sep 2020

Heriot-Watt University                                                                                                  Edinburgh, Scotland, UK   

Courses: Computational Fluid Dynamics and heat transfer, Renewable energy engineering, Foundations of energy, Economics of renewable energy, Smart grid system, Demand Management and Energy Storage.

Thesis: Optimising biogas yield from anaerobic digestion of agricultural wastes in Cameroon.

Award: Commonwealth shared scholarship recipient.

BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering (First Class)                                              Oct 2014 - Dec 2018

University of Buea                                                                                                                     Buea, Cameroon       

Relevant courses: Feedback Systems, Electric Machines, Digital and Analog Electronics, Control systems, Mathematics for Engineering, Power systems, C Programming, Computer Network, AutoCAD, MATLAB.

Thesis: Programmable Integrated Controller (PIC) Based Solar Charge Controller and battery Management System.

Award: First class graduate (honours scholarship recipient)