Biography
Prof. Emmanuel Tanyi is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the University of Buea in Cameroon. He has been active in engineering training in Cameroon for thirty five years and has made significant contributions in shaping Engineering Education in the Cameroon Higher Education system. He has held several academic and administrative positions, including the Head of Department of Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering at the National Advanced School of Engineering, in Yaoundé, Director of Studies of the College of Technology of the University of Dschang, Advisor to the Cameroon Government on the Sustainable Management of Cameroon Forests and Training of Forestry Technicians and Engineers, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of the University of Buea. His research interests include Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems and the Optimal Control of Systems. His work on Renewable Energy has led to numerous outreach activities in Cameroon. He has signed a MoU with thirty one Local Governments (Councils) in Cameroon, for the design and deployment of rural electrification systems. He has also added an urban dimension to his outreach activities, to solve the problems of frequent load shedding and high electricity bills in some institutions. The most recent of these systems is a 5KW solar system in a boarding school, located in Awae, twenty two kilometers from Yaoundé. He also designed a 15KW Solar system for an Ophthalmology Hospital in Yaoundé. He holds a PhD in Automatic Control Systems Engineering from the University of Sheffield, in the united kingdom.