Dr Fillemon Nangolo

Biography

Brief Career Summary

• 2022+, Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)
• 2022+, Board of Directors (Commissioner), National Commission on Research and Technology
• 2022+, Board of Directors, Inceptus Holding Ltd (Pty), University of Namibia (UNAM)
• 2018 – 2021, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Namibia
• 2016 – 2019, Head of Department, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Namibia
• 2015 – 2022, Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, University of Namibia
• 2011+, Researcher, UJEP and UNAM
• 2011 – 2015, Lecturer, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, J.E. Purkyne University, Czech Republic
• 2013, Part-time Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic of Namibia
• 2010, Part-time Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic of Namibia
• 2012 – 2014, Industrial Engineer (part-time), Chart Ferox, Inc., Czech Republic

Research Focus

• Mechanics (Static and Dynamics)
• Renewable Energy Systems
• Industrial and Manufacturing Processes
• Lean Management
• Numerical Methods
• Stress Analysis
• Vibration and Noise
• Production Management
• Maintenance
• Thermo-Fluid Systems.
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Courses Currently Teaching

Undergraduate

• Engineering Mechanics (Rigid Body Dynamic)
• Vibration and Noise

Community Development Activities

• 2020 – 2021, Designing and 3D–Printing Oxygen Delivery Devics for State Hospitals on COVID-19.
• 2021 – 2022, Re-engineering Oxygen Delivery Machine for State Hospitals on COVID-19.
• 2020 – 2021, Member of the GIZ COVID-19 Research Task Force. Relevant Medical and Pharmaceutical Products – SADC/GIZ.
• 2020 – 2021, Group seven (7) Task Force: High Level Research Coordination Task Force on COVID-19.
• 2018 – 2019, Design a Sediment and Weed Removal Mechanism for the Calueque – Oshakati Canal.
• 2021. Review and Mapped the Processes of the Namwater R&D Research and Innovation Focused Project.
• 2021, Develop a Standard Template Agreement for Piloting of R&D focused Project in Namwater.
• 2019 – 2021, Pilot Rural Desalination Plants Using Renewable Energy and Membrane Technology.  
• 2017, Community Project: The Benguela Community Wind Power Demonstration Project, Luderitz.          

Selected Publications

Academic Monograph

• Nangolo, F. N., Soukup J. (2015), “Analysis and Effects of General Asymmetry of Vertical Vibration of Mechanical Systems”. ISBN: 978-80-7414-923-8.

Book Chapters

• Nangolo F. N, M. F. Erinosho, E. Angula, (2021) “Characteristics of Asymmetry Motion in the Axle Vertical Plane on the Dynamic Response of Railway Wagon”, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, pp 273 – 280. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
• Mutiu Erinosho, E. Angula Fillemon Nangolo, S. H. Shaanika, (2021) “Design of Specimen Table for Deposition Operation” Advances in Material Science and Engineering, pp 17 – 22. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
• Ester Angula, Fillemon Nangolo, Mutiu Erinosho, Sam Shaanika, (2021) “Development of a Refrigeration System Test Rig”, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, pp 36 – 40. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
• Ignatius Shahonya, Fillemon Nangolo, Mutiu Erinosho, Ester Angula, (2021) “Scaling and Fouling of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Membrane: Technical Review”, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, pp 41 – 47. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
• Angula Ester, Nangolo Fillemon, Erinosho Mutiu Folorunsho, (2021) “Design of a Fan Motor Lifting Mechanism for an Air Cooled Condenser“, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, pp 48 – 54. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
• Angula Ester, Paul Chisale, Fillemon N. Nangolo, (2021) “Thermal Performance Modelling of a Flat Bare Tube Bundle Under Deluging Cooling Conditions”, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, pp 102 – 110. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
• Mutiu Folorunsho, Nangolo Fillemon, Ester Angula, Ignatius Shahonya, (2021) “Design of a Staking System for a Small-Scale Warehouse ”, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, pp 23 – 29. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
• Jean Luc Habiyaremye, Nangolo Fillemon, Angula Ester, Erasmus Shaanika, Sam Shaanika, Mutiu Folorunsho, Ignatius Shahonya, Nikanor Shikomba, (2021) “Balancing the Production Line Process in the Manufacturing of the Hand Grinder”, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, pp 175 – 180. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
• Erinosho Mutiu Folorunsho, Angula Ester, Nangolo Fillemon, Bolanle Ikotun, Oluwagbenga Johnson, (2021) “Technical Review on Severe Plastic Deformation of Aluminium Series”, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, pp 55 – 63. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.

Peer-reviewed articles

• Ester Angula, Paul Chisale, Fillemon N Nangolo, (2022) “Optimization of Delugeable Tube Bundle Thermal Performance for a Hybrid (Dry/Wet) Dephlegmator Second Stage”, Materials Science and Engineering Technology (Wiley) - (Under Review).  
• Kimera, D., Nangolo, F. N. (2020), “Improving Ship Yard Ballast Pumps Operations: A Machine Learning Approach to Predictive Maintenance”. Journal of Maritime Transport Research. Manuscript number: MARTRA-D-20-00011.
• Habiyaremye, J. L., Nangolo F. N., (2020), “Investigation of Lean Manufacturing Process and Workflow in the Production Sector”. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Manuscript number: TCIM-2020-IJCIM-0223.
• Kimera, D., Nangolo, F. N. (2020), “Predictive Maintenance for Ballast Pumps on Ship Repair Yards via Machine Learning”. Journal of Transportation Engineering. Manuscript number: TRENG-D-20-00069.
• Kimera, D., Nangolo, F. N. (2020), “Improving Ship Yard Ballast Pump’s Operations: A PCA Approach to Predictive Maintenance”. Journal of Maritime Transportation Research.
• Kimera, D., Nangolo, F. N. (2019), “Maintenance Practices and Parameters for Marine Mechanical Systems”, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, DOI: 10.1108/JQME-03-2019-0026.
• Angula Ester, Nangolo F. N, Erinosho Mutiu F., (2020) “Modelling of the Passive Solar Collector for Pearl Miller Solar Dryer”, Applied Engineering in Agriculture journal (Under Review).
• Angula, E., Chisale, P., Nangolo, F. N., (2019) “An improved discretized two-dimensional numerical thermal model for flat bare tube condensers application”, Open Engineering Journal.
• Kimera, D., Nangolo, F. N. (2019), “Reliability Maintenance Aspects of Deck Machinery for Ageing/aged Fishing Vessels”, Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology, DOI: 10.1080/2064177.2019.1663595.
• Kimera, D., Nangolo, F. N. (2019), “Predictive Maintenance Approach for Dock Pumps on Floating Dry Docks”. Journal of Maritime Transport Research.
• Kimera, D., Nangolo, F. N. (2019), “Maintenance Optimization for Marine Mechanical Systems”, Journal of Engineering in the Maritime Environment.
• K. R. Ajao, A. A. Ogunmokun, F Nangolo, O. S. Balogun (2017), “Assessment of Electro-Mechanical Components of Bakolori Small Hydropower Plant for Refurbishment and Modernization ”. ATBU Journal of Science, Technology and Education.
• K. R. Ajao, A. A. Ogunmokun, F Nangolo, E. O. Adebo (2016), “Electricity Transmission Losses in Nigeria Power Sector: A Smart Grid Approach”. ATBU Journal of Science, Technology and Education.
• Nangolo F. N., Soukup J., Petrenko, A., Skocilas J., (2015), “Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Vertical Vibration of a Freight Wagon in the Presence of Asymmetry”. Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory. EID: 2-s2.0-84922616498
• Nangolo F. N., Soukup J., Rychlikova L. (2014),  “A Combined Numerical and Modal Analysis on Vertical Vibration Response of Railway Vehicle in the Presence of Multiply Kinematic Excitations”. Journal of Modeling of Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems MMaMS. Page 310 – 319. ISSN: 1877-7058. Procedia Engineering.
• Nangolo F. N., Soukup J. (2013), “Modal Parameter Estimation for Underdamped Linear Dynamic Systems”. Journal of Applied Mechanics and Materials. Page 233 – 238. ISSN: 1660-9336. Trans Tech Publications Ltd.
• Nangolo F., Soukup J. (2014), “The Effect of Asymmetry on Vertical Dynamic Response of Railway Vehicles”. Journal of Manufacturing Technology, 14 (3), pp 375 - 380.
• Nangolo F. N., Soukup J. (2013), “Investigation of the Influence of Weight Eccentricities on the Vertical Response of a Railway Wagon”. Journal of Machine Modeling and Simulation. Page 127 – 130.  ISSN: 1337-8996 - Technolog.
• Nangolo F. N., Petrenko A. (2013), “Analytical Investigation of the Influence of Production and Construction Asymmetry of a Four-Axial Freight Wagon”. Journal of Dynamic System – Theory and Application (DSTA). Page 136 – 136.  ISBN: 978-83-7283-578-9.
• Nangolo F. N., Soukup J., Svoboda M. (2012), “Modeling of Vertical Dynamic Response of Railway Vehicle System with Experimental Validation”. Journal of Machine Modeling and Simulation. Page 295 – 301. ISBN: 978-83-923315-2-0.
• Nangolo F. N., Soukup J. (2012), “Development of a Rigid Body System Simulation Model of the Freight Wagon”. Journal of Dynamics of Rigid and Deformable Bodies. ISBN: 978-80-7414-376-2
• Nangolo F. N. (2012), “Solution of the Multi-Degrees of Freedom System Simulation Model of the Freight Wagon in MATLAB/Simulink”. Journal of Computational and Experimental Methods in Applied Mechanics. Page 115 – 120. ISBN: 978-80741-609-1.
• Nangolo F. N. (2011), “Vibration Measurements of Mechanical Systems”. Journal of Strategy of Engineering Education in the Reflection of the Contemporary Era. Page 232 – 237. ISSN: 1803-537X. Technology and Information Education.

Conference presentations & invited talks

Peer-reviewed conference presentation

• Ester Angula, Paul Chisale, Fillemon N Nangolo, (2022) “Modelling of Cold-End System for a Direct Air-Cooling Generating Unit”, The 16th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT) and Editorial Board of Applied Thermal Engineering (ATE), 08 – 10 August 2022. Virtual Conference. 
• Ester Angula, Paul Chisale, Fillemon N Nangolo, (2021) “Optimization of Hybrid (Dry/Wet) Dephlegmator Delugeable Second stage Tube Bundle Thermal Performance”, 7th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, 29 Nov 2021. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Virtual conference.
• Nangolo F. N, M. F. Erinosho, E. Angula, (2021) “Effect of Symmetry and Anti-symmetry Motion in the Axle Vertical Plane on the Vertical Dynamic Response of Railway Wagon”, submitted to the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, 25 - 26 Nov 2020. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Paper ID: mmp20180
• S. H. Shaanika, M. F. Erinosho, E. Angula, Nangolo F. N., (2021) “Design and Fabrication of a Parabolic Trough Solar Water Heater for Domestic Houses in Ongwediva”, submitted to the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, 25 - 26 Nov 2020. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Paper ID: mmp2077
• Mutiu Erinosho, Fillemon Nangolo, Ester Angula, Ignatius Shahonya, (2021) “Design of a Stacking System for a Mini Warehouse” submitted to the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, 25 - 26 Nov 2020. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Paper ID: mmp2079
• M. F. Erinosho, E. Angula, Nangolo F. N., B. D. Ikotun, K. Oladosu, (2021) “A Brief Technical Review: The Future Direction of Solar Energy in Namibia”, submitted to the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, 25 - 26 Nov 2020. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Ester Angula, Fillemon Nangolo, Mutiu Erinosho, Sam Shaanika, (2021) “Design of Refrigeration System Test Rig”, submitted to the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, 25 - 26 Nov 2020. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Accepted for publication).                             Paper ID: mmp2082
• Ignatius Shahonya, Fillemon Nangolo, Mutiu Erinosho, Ester Angula, (2021) “Brief Review: Scaling and Fouling of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Membrane”, submitted to the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, 25 - 26 Nov 2020. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Accepted for publication). Paper ID: mmp2083
• Angula Ester, Nangolo Fillemon, Erinosho Mutiu Folorunsho, (2021) “Design of a lifting mechanism for the condenser fan house for Van’s Eck Power Station in Namibia”, submitted to the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, 25 - 26 Nov 2020. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Accepted for publication). Paper ID: mmp2084
• Angula Ester, Nangolo Fillemon, Erinosho Mutiu Folorunsho, (2021) “The Prospective Direction of Solar Energy in Namibia ”, submitted to the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, 25 - 26 Nov 2020. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Accepted for publication). Paper ID: mmp2080
• Angula, E., Chisale, P.,  Nangolo, F. N., (2019) “One-dimensional Model for Predicting Convectional Delugeable Flat Bare Tube Bundle’s Thermal Performance”, 15th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics. Paper ID: mmp20115
• Nangolo F. N., Soukup J., Angula E., (2019), “Experimental / Analytical Predictive Model for Vertical Dynamic Response of a Four-Axle Railway Wagon”. International Multi-Topic Conference on Engineering and Science (IMCES).
• Nangolo F. N., Shaanika S., Angula T. (2019), “Removal of Weeds and Sediments from the Calueque – Oshakati Canal”. Conference on Advancing the Impact of University-Generated Knowledge in the Southern Africa Development Community through Academia-Industry Partnerships.
• Nangolo F. N., Frantisek K., (2015), “System Identification for Underdamped Mechanical Systems”. 52nd Conference on Experimental Stress Analysis. Page 1 – 2. ISBN: 978-80-7414-609-1.
• Nangolo F. N., Soukup J. (2012), “Investigation of Vertical Vibration Response of Mechanical Systems”. Journal of Symposium on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, pp 50 – 51.
• Nangolo F. N., Frantisek K. (2015), “System Identification for Underdamped Mechanical Systems”. 52nd Conference on Experimental Stress Analysis. Page 1 – 2. ISBN: 978-80-7414-609-1.

Invited talks

• Keynote speaker/panelist at: International Energy Conference ASTECGNOVA 2019, Indonesia (Yogyakarta) – Faculty of Engineering, University Gadjah Mada. Delivered a presentation with theme “Innovation in Research and Energy Development”. Panelists were selected due to their personal expertise on the relevant subject matter.