CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME : TOM OTITI

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH : JUNE 1957, APAC (UGANDA)
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE : UGANDA
CITIZENSHIP : UGANDAN

EDUCATION
1977 - 1980 : University Education at Makerere University in Uganda and awarded B.Sc.
(Hons) in 3:2:1 Physics.

1984 : Postgraduate training in the Exploitation of Renewable Energy Resources

at
Sogesta School of Solar Energy and other Renewable (Italy) and awarded
postgraduate Diploma in Renewable Energy Resources Engineering.

1985 - 1986 : M.Sc. in Alternative Energy, Department of Engineering, University of

Reading, United Kingdom.

1997 – 2002 : PhD (Physics), Characterization of Obliquely

Evaporated Nickel Films:
Optical, Magnetic and Electrical properties, Makerere University, Uganda.

SHORT COURSES, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED:

Participated in many conferences, workshops and short courses

EMPLOYMENT RECORDS:

1981 – 1984 : Research Fellow with the National Research Council on Solar
Crop Drying Project under the African Energy Programme
in Uganda (Commonwealth Science Council project).

1985 - 1986 : Teaching/Research Assistant in the Physics Department,

Faculty of Science, Makerere University (Uganda).

1987 - 1991 : Lecturer, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Makerere

University, Uganda.

1992 - 2004 : Senior Lecturer, Physics Department, Faculty of Science,

Makerere University.

2004 – March 2008 : Associate Professor, Physics Department, Faculty of Science,

Makerere University.
April, 2008 – Present: Professor, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Makerere University.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Chairman,Uganda National Energy Development Organization (UNEDO).

• Member of African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN).

• Group leader, Solar Energy Research Group, Physics Department, Makerere University,
Uganda.

• Member of the International Energy Foundation (IEA).

• Member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global
Environment Facility (GEF).

RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN:

1981 – 1983 : Solar Crop Drying, Commonwealth Science Council (CSC)

Project under the African Energy Programme in Uganda.

1986 : Solar Absorption Refrigeration, M.Sc. work, Reading University in the

United
Kingdom.

1989 : Conducted research on directional thin films coating for efficient use of
energy at University of Dar-es-Salaam, March-December 1989.

1990 : Appraisal of Stove Activities in Uganda, Jan. - March 1990.

1990 - Present : Renewable Energy Technologies in Uganda.

1991 – Present: Optical, magnetic and electrical properties of thin metal films for materials
science applications .

1994 - Present : Policy Options and Responses to the Climate Change Convention in the
transport sector of Uganda.

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Supervised 4 Masters students in the fields of solar radiation measurements and thin films and 1
PhD in the fields of Biomass Energy and Hydropower.

CONSULTANCY:

1. Appraisal of Stove Activities in Uganda contracted by the Regional Wood Energy

Programme for Africa (RWEPA).
2. Uganda Household Energy Planning Programme (HEPP), Sub- contracted by CODA, a
world Bank Project,1990.

3. Review of Stove activities in East Africa contracted by Foundation for Wood Stove
Dissemination (FWD), 1990.

4. Feasibility study of Mbale Charcoal briquette Project, contracted by EEC Microprojects.

5. Resource Person (Energy) on National Environment Action Plan (NEAP) process in

Uganda (1992).

6. Energy and Environment Interactions - Uganda, contracted by the African Energy

Programme of the African Development Bank. The report of the study has been published,
Technical Paper No. EE22 (1996).

AWARD

Certificate in recognition for contributing to the award of the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE for 2007 to
the IPCC

PUBLICATIONS:

1. T. Otiti: Solar Absorption-Cycle Refrigeration for Vaccine Storage and/or food

Preservation, Pg 189 - 194, proceedings of Workshop for planning of Network Projects in
Material Science and Solar Energy, Nov. 1988, Nairobi, Kenya.

2. Mbise G., T. Otiti and R.T. Kivaisi (1990), Spectral and Angular Selective Coatings with
Induced Transmission, Proceeding of the 1st World Renewable Energy Congress, Reading
University, United Kingdom, 23 -28 Sept. 1990. Edited by A.A.M. Sayigh, Vol. 3 pg
1411 - 1418.

3. T. Otiti, Hot Air Solar Drier for Agricultural Products, Discovery and Innovation, vol.
3(4): 53 - 57, 1991.

4. T. Otiti, Improved Stoves in Tanzania: Status and Prospects, Published by Acts Press,
African center for Technology Studies (ACTS), Nairobi, Kenya (1991).

5. F.Esiangu, T.Otiti and R.T. Kivaisi, Ellipsometry Determination of thickness of Normally

Evaporated Zinc Sulphide Films, African J. Sci. and Technol., AJST Series B, Vol.6,
No.1, 1992.

6. T. Otiti, Estimation of Global Solar Radiation on Horizontal and Tilted Surfaces in

Uganda, Proc. Workshop on Physics and Energy for Development, Arusha (1991).

7. T. Otiti, Renewable Energy Technology: The Case of Uganda, African Regional Energy
and Environment Policy Seminar, African Energy and Policy Research Network
(AFREPREN), Nairobi (1994)
8. T. Otiti, Policy Options and Responses to Climate Change, African Conference, United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters , Nairobi (1994).

9. T. Otiti and S. Bachou, Dissemination of Photovoltaic Technology in Uganda, African

Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), Nairobi (1995).

10. T. Otiti and S. Karekezi, Low- Carbon Energy Options for Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case
for Renewables, The Environment Professional, Vol.18 pp 89-95, 1996.

11. T. Otiti, Energy and Environment Interactions, Uganda National Survey, AEP, Tech. No.
EE22, 1996.

12. T. Otiti, G.A. Niklasson, P. Svedlinh, C.G. Granqvist, Anisotropic optical, magnetic, and
electrical properties of obliquely evaporated Ni films, Thin Solid Films 307 (1997) 245,
249.

13. A. Kwezi and T. Otiti, Optical and electrical properties of thermally deposited Al films,
BioChemiPhysics, Vol. 8&9 Nos(1&2) ,(1999) 52.

14. T. Otiti, C.M. Demanet and K.T. Hillie, Effects of oblique deposition on surface
roughness and grain size of Ni films, BioChemiPhysics, Vol. 8&9 Nos (1&2), (1999) 48.

15. J. Millhone, R. Odon de Buen, G. Dutt, T. Otiti, Y. Tabunschiko, T. Fengxiang and M.

Zimmermann, Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer,
Residential, Commercial, and Institutional Building Sector, A Special Report of IPCC
Working Group III (2000) 183.

16. T. Otiti, Optical and electrical anisotropy in obliquely evaporated Fe films, J. Mater. Sci.
Lett. 20 (2001) 845.

17. T. Otiti, Magneto-optical properties of obliquely evaporated Ni films, J. Mater.

Sci.(2003) 1315.

18. T. Otiti, Anisotropic magnetic properties of obliquely deposited Ni films, J. Mater. Sci.
39 (2004) 477.

19. T. Otiti, Energy Use in the Household Sector, A chapter of a book "Energy in the East
African Community: Multilateral Initiatives for Sustainable Development", Climate
Network Africa (2004) 17-27.

20. J. Mubiru, E. J. K. B. Banda and T. Otiti, Empirical Equations for Estimation of Monthly
Average Daily Diffuse and Beam Solar Irradiance on a Horizontal Surface, Discovery and
Innovation 16 (3/4) (2004) 157.

21. D. N. Luwalira, E. J. K. B. Banda and T. Otiti: Prediction of Solar Insolation on a

Horizontal Surface, BioChemiPhysics Vol. 13, No.2 (2004) 1.
22. T. Otiti, Y. Cao, S. M. Allameh, Z. Zong, O. Akogwu and W. O. Soboyejo,
Nanoindentation Measurements of the Mechanical Properties of Ni Films: Effects of Film
Microstructure and Substrate Modulus, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 22
(2007) 195.

23. T. Otiti and W. O. Soboyejo, Limited Contribution of Photovoltaic Energy Technology to

Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa, Perspectives on Global Development and
Technology, Vol. 5, No. 1-2 (2006).

24. Yifang Cao, Seyed Allameh, Derek Nankivil, Steve Sethiaraj, Tom Otiti, Wole
Soboyejo, Nanoindentation measurements of the Mechanical Properties of Polycrystalline
Au and Ag thin films on silicon substrates: Effects of grain size and film thickness,
Material Science and Engineering A 427 (2006) 232.

25. J. Mubiru, K. Karume, M. Majaliwa, E. J. K.B. Banda and T. Otiti, Interpolating

methods for solar radiation in Uganda, Theoretical and Applied Climatology 88 (2007)
259.

26. Mubiru J., Banda EJKB., Dujanga F., Otiti T., Karume K., Nyeinga D., Okello D.,
Katongole N., Assessing the Distribution of Solar Irradiation in Mbarara, Uganda,
Theoretical & Applied Climatology 90 (2007) 127.

27. T. Otiti, G. - Ivo Ekosse, S. T. Sathiaraj, Understanding Nickel Thin Film

crystallization using X-Ray Diffractometry, J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage. 11(2) (2007)
57.

August, 2009