Prof Omowunmi Mary Longe

Dr. Omowunmi Mary Longe is presently a Senior Lecturer in the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also the Chair of Smart Power and Energy Research Group in the department. She received her Doctor of Engineering (D. Ing) in 2017 from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science. Her M.Eng and B.Eng degrees were also obtained in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2011 and 2001 respectively from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. She is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), and Senior Member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SMSAIEE). Within IEEE, she is actively involved in IEEE–WiE, IEEE–PES, IEEE-PES WiP programmes. She is the pioneering IEEE PES WiP Lead for South Africa and Southern Africa. She is also a member of other notable professional organisations such as the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), etc. Dr. O. M. Longe is also registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). She is the global Vice Chair of IEEE PES Women in Power executive committee for 2022 – 2023, IEEE PES Long Range Planning committee (2022 – 2023) and Education Chair for IEEE Smart Village – Africa Working Group (2022 – 2023). She has published more than forty papers in referred journals and conference proceedings. She is also a reviewer for ISI-listed journals and referred professional conferences. She has served as member of Technical Programme Committees for local and international IEEE conferences. She also founded the first IEEE Smart Village student branch in the world at the University of Johannesburg in May 2021. She is the TPC superchair of IEEE NIGERCON 2022. Her research interests include Electromobility, Renewable Energy Technologies, Microgrid design, Distributed Energy Storage, Distributed Energy Generation, Rural Electrification, Energy Poverty, Energy and Gender Poverty Nexus, Demand Side Management, Smart Energy Management, Energy Efficiency, Demand Response, Women in Engineering studies, Engineering Education, Smart City Energy and Transportation, and 4IR and Energy Systems Nexus