Prof Lagouge Tartibu

October 2018- now: Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johannesburg (South Africa) | RESPONSIBILITIES: Administration, research coordination, postgraduate supervision, community engagement, final year design project supervision and coordination, Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering Design. August 2015- September 2018: Senior Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johannesburg (South Africa) | RESPONSIBILITIES: Administration, research coordination, postgraduate supervision, community engagement, final year design project supervision and coordination, Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering Design, Computer Aided Design, Hydraulics machines, Fluid mechanics. January 2013- July 2015: Lecturer at Mangosuthu University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Durban (South Africa) | RESPONSIBILITIES: Administration, research, communities’ engagement, Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering Design, Electrotechnology, Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering. January 2009- December 2012: Lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical engineering and foundational Provision, Cape Town & Bellville Campus (South Africa) | RESPONSIBILITIES: Administration, research and communities’ engagement, Lecturer of Fluids mechanics, Applied mechanics, Electrical machines, Electrotechnology, Computer skills, Mechanics. July 2007- December 2008: Lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Department of foundational Provision, Cape Town Campus (South Africa) | RESPONSIBILITIES: Administration, research and communities’ engagement, Lecturer of Applied mechanics, Electrical machines, Electrical engineering and Electrotechnology

Lagouge completed a Doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2014 from Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He has more than 15 years lecturing experience. He completed his undergraduate studies in 2006. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electromechanical Engineering from the University of Lubumbashi and a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cape Peninsula University of Technology since 2009. Lagouge’s primary research areas are Applied thermal engineering, Electricity generation and refrigeration using thermo-acoustic technology, Engineering optimization, Artificial intelligence and mechanical vibration. Lagouge is affiliated with the South African Institute of Mechanical Engineering (SAIMECHE), the South African Association for theoretical and applied Mechanics (SAAM), the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), the International Association of Engineers (IENG), the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) and the “‘Ordre national des Ingénieurs Civils (ONICIV).