Prof. Dr. Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga

Dr. Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga, PE is Assistant Professor at the Engineering Technology Department at the University of Toledo (UT), Ohio, USA where she received the Bachelor’s (2005), Master’s (2008) and Doctorate (2017) degrees in Electrical Engineering with honors. Her research areas include battery management systems, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems. Her battery research won the 2018 IEEE National Aerospace & Electronics Conference Best Poster Award in the USA, while her hybrid electric vehicle research won the 2008 University of Toledo EECS Dept. Most Outstanding Thesis Award. Prior to this role, Sandrine was the Manager of Electrical Engineering at UT where she helped manage a $65 million budget. Since 2011, she is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohio, USA. She is also an entrepreneur. From 2011 to 2020, she was the founder and CEO of SMIN Power Group, a solar developer with offices in the USA and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In 2018, She founded the STEM DRC Initiative ( www.stemdrc.com ), a non-profit organization that promotes Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) in the USA, DRC, and the diaspora. Since 2020, Dr. Mubenga is a Member of the Board of Directors of the DRC's Electricity sector Regulatory Authority. Dr. Mubenga is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In 2009, she started and chaired the first IEEE Graduate of the Last Decade Group in the Toledo Section, USA.