Dr. Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga, PH.D., PE, and assistant professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Toledo, has been profiled by USAID.GOV in a new article titled, “Women Champions in the Energy Sector (USAID.GOV, 2021).” This portrait is part of the “West Africa Energy Program and Women in Energy (WIE)-Ghana’s series on women […]
Continue ReadingA Second Life for “Dead” Batteries from Electric Vehicles?
Dr. Mubenga’s Work & A Second Life to Used Batteries From Electric Vehicles The University of Toledo recently published an article about Dr. tMubenga’s work on the “Bi-Level Equalizer”. This is a battery management technology that can make use of batteries that the electric vehicle market considers “dead.” With the Bi-Level Equalizer, these batteries can […]
Continue ReadingDr. Mubenga Advancing the Modern Energy Sector in the DRC
Dr. Mubenga is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Toledo in the State of Ohio who divides her life between the United States and her native country, Congo-Kinshasa. After coming close to death from lack of electricity as a young woman growing up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dr. […]
Continue ReadingMasters Candidate Boluwatito Salami Defends Thesis
University of Toledo: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department Dr. Mubenga is Pleased to Announce a Student’s Successful Defense of Thesis At 11:00am on 02/26/2021 Boluwatito Salami successfully defended the thesis, “The Efficiency Measuring Apparatus for Li-ion Battery Equalizers” Thesis Committee: Dr. N. Mubenga, Chair Dr. T. Stuart Dr. R. Molyet Abstract: Electric […]
Continue ReadingPublication of Paper on Bilevel Equalizers for Second Life EV Batteries
Bilevel vs. Passive Equalizers for Second Life EV Batteries Dr. Mubenga publishes paper titled, “Bilevel vs. Passive Equalizers for Second Life EV Batteries” in the Journal Electricity (ISSN 2673-4826). Authors: Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga, Boluwatito Salami, and Thomas Stuart Publication: Electricity 2021, 2(1), 63-76; https://doi.org/10.3390/electricity2010004 (registering DOI) Date of Publication: February 7, 2021 Abstract Once lithium-ion batteries degrade […]
Continue ReadingDr. Mubenga Interviewed at Inaugural UT Collegee of Engineering Town Hall Event
Toledo, OH: June 23, 2020: Dr. Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at the University of Toledo (UT) was honored to be the guest of Dr. Michael Toole, Dean of the College of Engineering, at the inaugural College of Engineering Town Hall. The informal, virtual town hall event was moderated by Jennifer Hall, […]
Continue ReadingOpportunities & Challenges for Transition to Green & Renewable Energy in Africa
In this Interview of June 30, 2020 by the Next Einstein Forum, Dr. Sandrine Mubenga explores opportunities & challenges for transitioning to green & renewable energy in Africa. Is Africa ready to take advantage of the energy transition to come? Dr. Sandrine Mubenga gives her point of view Next Einstein Forum: According to several experts, the 4 th industrial […]
Continue ReadingPresentation at IEEE Toledo Young Professionals Group
Dr. Mubenga will be the main guest speaker and will make a presentation on battery technology at the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Toledo Section dinner on 3/28/2019. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. Battery Research Presentation The IEEE Toledo Section’s Young Professional’s Group will host an […]
Continue ReadingGraduate Student Kripa Sharma Nominated For Leadership Academy
October 2018: Dr. Mubenga’s Graduate student Kripa Sharma was nominated for the Competitive Advance Leadership Academy 2019. Kripa Sharma is the graduate student in EECS department. She joined University of Toledo in Fall 2017. She is doing research in battery management system with Dr. Sandrine Ngalula Mubenga and Dr. Thomas Stuart. She has a MBA degree and has hands-on […]
Continue ReadingPaper Presentation at 2018 IEEE Powersystems Conference
September , 2018: Dr. Mubenga attended the 2018 IEEE Powersystems Conference. There she presented a paper, “A Low Cost Equalizer for Lithium Ion Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)”
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