Professor Dr. Aggrey Mwesigye

Biography

Aggrey Mwesigye is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Calgary, where he has been since June 2021. Prior to this position, he served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth from January 2020 to 2021, and held a postdoctoral research fellowship focused on sustainable energy systems at Ryerson University from January 2018 to December 2019. Previously, he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand from December 2015 to December 2017. Dr. Mwesigye earned his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (summa cum laude) from Makerere University, his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pretoria. His research interests include modeling, design, and optimization of sustainable thermal energy systems. He is currently focused on concentrating solar thermal systems, geothermal energy, heat transfer enhancement, and thermal energy storage. Additionally, he participates in university strategic initiatives and trains students in advanced thermodynamics and fluid mechanics courses.

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