Hileni earned her Bachelor and Master’s degree program in Mechanical Engineering Technology in Production Preparation and Management at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Usti and Labem, Czech Republic. She joined the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Electrical Engineering in 2010 as a junior lecturer. She is currently registered as PhD student at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
Qualifications
- Master’s in Mechanical Engineering Technology
Professional Affiliation
- Certified Energy Auditor (Energy Cybernetics (Pty) Ltd) (May 2011)
- Member of the Engineering Professions Association of Namibia (EPA)
Research Focus Areas
- Lean manufacturing
- Process re-engineering
- Industry 4.0 technologies
- Renewable energy
Courses Currently Teaching
Undergraduate
- Design and Manufacture of Machine elements
- Mechanical Engineering Design Project
- Principles of Design; Manufacturing Processes
- Manufacturing Systems
- Engineering Management
- Engineering Economics
Selected Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
- Rajaram Swaminathan and Hileni Amupolo. Design and Testing of Biochar Stoves’, Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 2014, 4, 567-572. https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=52753
- Dhiginina Isack, Hilma & Mutingi, Michael & Amupolo, Hileni & Vashishth, Abhishek & Chakraborty, Ayon. (2017). Exploring the Adoption of Lean Principles in Medical Laboratory Industry: Empirical Evidences from Namibia. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma. 10.1108/IJLSS-02-2017-0017. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJLSS-02-2017-0017/full/html
- Dhiginina Isack, Hilma & Mutingi, Michael & Amupolo, Hileni & Vashishth, Abhishek & Chakraborty, Ayon. (2017). Exploring the Adoption of Lean Principles in Medical Laboratory Industry: Empirical Evidence from Namibia. International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Bristol, UK, July 24 - 25, 2017.
