
Dr. Casiana Blasius Lwiwa

Dr. Casiana Blasius Lwiwa is a Lecturer at MUCE, University of Dar es Salaam, specializing in Solar Thermal Energy, Concentrating Solar for Cooking and Heat Storage for clean cooking. She holds a PhD in Process & Power Engineering from NTNU, Norway, and MSc and BSc (Education) from the University of Dar es Salaam. She has published six papers, serves as a reviewer for Solar Energy (Elsevier), and previously received the NTNU–NORAD PhD scholarship and an “Innovator of the Year” award for her clean-cooking heat storage project. Her ongoing work focuses on affordable heat-storage materials for clean cooking.
Home Institution
University of Dar Es Salaam
Host Institution & Centre of Excellence
University of Pretoria, Centre of Excellence in Materials, Energy and Nanotenchnology
Education
PhD Process and Power Engineering, MSc Physics, BSc.Ed Physics & Mathematics
Research Topic
Development of Sensible Heat Storage Technologies for Off-Grid Clean Cooking Solutions
casiana.lwiwa@muce.ac.tz