Mr Joseph Masenda

Junior Research Officer

Qualifications:

  • BTech (Hon), Chemical and Process Systems Engineering
  • MSc, Renewable and Sustainable Engineering

Professional Affiliations:

  • Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)

Research Affiliations:

  • Energy Systems Research Group (ESRG)
  • South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI)

Research Interests:

  • Energy System Modelling
  • Economic Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Smart Grids
  • Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis

Research Interests:

Joseph Masenda is a chemical & process systems engineer by profession with a Master of Science in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Engineering (2022) from the University of Cape Town (UCT). He is a Junior Researcher at the Energy Systems Research Group (ESRG) which is a subdivision of the Environmental & Process Systems Engineering (EPSE) in the Chemical Engineering Department. He previously worked as a research intern for the Energy Systems, Economics, and Policy (ESEP) group at the Energy Research Centre (ERC) at UCT between 2017 and 2019 before undergoing his Masters’ academic tenure in the Mechanical Engineering Department.  

Joseph has been involved with energy systems modelling and analysis work since 2017. He has developed and participated in several project deliverables for energy systems models in South Africa, Southern Africa and the African continent in general. He has experience utilising several platforms and is mostly involved with the maintenance of the South African TIMES model (SATIM) side of the linked SATIMGE model developed at the ERC. The linked modelling framework (which encompasses SATIM and eSAGE which is a CGE model based on the standard IFPRI CGE model with some detail added in the energy sector) is mainly used for several projects done by the ESRG.  

Joseph has also done extensive lecturing and supervision work for courses in the Chemical and Mechanical Engineering department at UCT and has authored and collaborated on several publications. He has also participated in several seminars, conferences and capacity building initiatives and is currently a member of SABIA and ECSA.