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Email : kkanyimba@nust.na
Office Location : Old Engineering Building, F27

Qualification

M.Eng. Power System and its Automation, Southeast University, P. R. China (1997)
B.Eng. Electrical Machines and Power Engineering, University of Zambia, Zambia (1989)


Biography

Brief Career Summary

  • 2010 – 2015 Head of Department, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia.
  • 2007 to date Lecturer, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia.
  • 2001 – 2007 Head of Department, Department of Vocational Education and Training (DVET), Ministry of Education, Botswana.
  • 2000 – 2001 Head of Department, Copperbelt University, Zambia.
  • 1998 – 2001 Lecturer, Copperbelt University, Zambia.
  • 1992 – 1997 Technical Instructor, Copperbelt University, Zambia.
  • 1991 Part-time Technical Instructor, Copperbelt University, Zambia.
  • 1989 – 1991 Senior Assistant Engineer - Electrical, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM), Zambia.
  • 1988 Industrial Attachment, Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO), Victoria Falls Power Station, Livingstone, Zambia.
  • 1987 Industrial Attachment, Kabwe Industrial Fabrics Limited (Engineering Department, Weaving Section), Kabwe, Zambia.

 

Professional Affiliations

  • MEIZ

 

Research Focus Areas

  • Digital Protection Strategies for Electrical Power Grids with a High Degree of Penetration of Intermittent Renewable Energy
  • Protection challenges with wide penetration of renewable energy for grid expansion.
  • Modelling of digital protection with a high degree of penetration of renewable energy.

Courses Currently Teaching

  • NUST ELC520S –   Electrical Circuits 124
  • NUST EMC611S – Electrical Machines 214
  • NUST EEM721S – Engineering Electromagnetics 325
  • NUST EPP821S –  Electrical Power Project 421 (Mentoring/Supervision)
  • NUST EPR410S –  Electrical Protection 4A
  • NUST EPR420S –  Electrical Protection 4B

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An engaged and responsive university, meeting the needs of stakeholders through excellent education, applied research, innovation and service.

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