Richard Akparibo
Lecturer, Engineering
Awingot Akparibo is a Lecturer in the Electrical Engineering Department of Ashesi University. He previously taught Electric Motor Drives at the Regional Maritime University, Nungua, Accra, Ghana.
He also worked as a field operations Engineer at process and plant automation Ghana Limited, an Electrical Services Engineer at Webb Construction Mining Services Ghana Limited, and a graduate trainee at Anglo Gold Ashanti, Obuasi and the Coca Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Limited. He also provided industrial automation training to students and staff at various Ghanaian institutions, including Sunyani Technical University and Tamale Technical University.
He holds MPhil and BSc both in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, Ghana, and is currently a final-year PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
- Electrical Machines
- Power Electronics
- Power Engineering
- Power Systems Analysis
- Akparibo and P. Barendse, “A Hybrid Perturbation Technique for Wideband Online Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements of PV Panels Using a DC-DC Boost Converter,” 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2024 (Paper accepted and pending publication)
- Akparibo and P. Barendse, “Broadband Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of Photovoltaic Cells Based on Converter Switching Ripple Control,” 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Nashville, TN, USA, 2023, pp. 19-26, doi: 10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10361950.
- A. Badger, B. Tetteh and R. A. Akparibo, “Conservation Voltage Reduction in Low Voltage Distribution Networks,” 2023 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, Marrakech, Morocco, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PowerAfrica57932.2023.10363234.
- A. Boateng and A. R. Akparibo, “A Multifunctional Automatic Dog-Feeder with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity,” 2022 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Mobile Networks and Wireless Communications (ICMNWC), Tumkur, Karnataka, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICMNWC56175.2022.10031807.
- Awingot Richard Akparibo and Normanyo, E. “Application of Resistance Energy Model to Optimising Electric Power Consumption of a Belt Conveyor System”, International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 2861-2873.
- Normanyo, E. and Awingot Richard Akparibo. “A Solar Radiation Tracker for Solar Energy Optimisation”, British Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 14, Issue 4, pp. 1-12, 2016.
- MPhil., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Mines and Technology
- BSc., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Mines and Technology
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