Profile
Biography
Olufemi Olayiwola finished his PhD from the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa. His previous work experience in industry and academic research are in the areas of renewable energy design and monitoring, sustainable infrastructure and safe autonomy.
Departmental roles
- Project lead on activities related to development of future solar array “living-lab”
- Project lead on green communications for 6G networks
- Project development within renewable energy, agritech, digital twin and autonomous systems
Research
Overview
Research interests
- Solar Photovoltaics
- Digital Twin
- Sustainable Infrastructure
- Autonomous systems
- AgriTech
His previous and ongoing research include development of novel condition monitoring technique for electricity producing cells, smart energy system for residential buildings, agrivoltaic systems design, green communications for 6G and more.
Projects
- Development of future solar array "living-lab"
- CHEDDAR : Communications Hub for Empowering Distributed clouD computing Applications and Research - TMF uplift