South African Young Academy of Science

Nnamdi Nwulu

Nnamdi Nwulu

Professor Nnamdi Nwulu is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Director of the Centre for Cyber Physical Food, Energy & Water Systems (CCP-FEWS) at the University of Johannesburg. His research interests have focused on the application of digital technologies, mathematical optimization techniques and machine learning algorithms in food, energy and water systems. This research focus has produced three (3) books and over fifty (50) indexed journal publications. Prof Nwulu has also successfully supervised six (6) PhD students and six (6) masters’ students and he also won the 2020 UJ Vice Chancellors most promising young researcher award. He was also a 2020/2021 TW Kambule-NSTF-South32 Award finalist in the category of Emerging Researcher. Prof. Nwulu is a Professional Engineer registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), a Senior Member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SMSAIEE) and a Y-rated Researcher by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Prof. Nwulu is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Digital Food Energy and Water Systems (JD-FEWS), Associate Editor of the IET Renewable Power Generation (IET-RPG) and the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID).