Engineer Tawanda Hove is a Senior Lecturer of Renewable Energy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has accumulated a total of 33 years postgraduate experience, 21 years of which in university teaching and research in the areas of renewable energy, water engineering and project management. He is a Member of the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers in both the Energy and Water & Sanitation divisions. He has published several articles in refereed international journals of note, particularly in the area of solar energy, and has also participated in contract research and consultancy related to solar energy resource analysis and system design & performance evaluation, water supply infrastructure design and environmental impact assessment. His area of specialization is solar energy, both solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, with special emphasis on design, performance prediction and techno-economic optimization of the energy systems.

On engineering consultancy, Engineer Hove has been involved in several governmental and non-governmental consultancy work in the area of renewable energy. The scope of his consultancy ranged from those which were meant to influence energy policy changes, design of new energy delivery systems and to offering particular energy engineering solutions for private companies and NGO’s.

In the industry Engineer Hove has worked a further 8 years as civil/water/irrigation engineer for various governmental and non-governmental organisations, prior to joining the academic fraternity. He has managed the successful implementation of several infrastructure development projects, implemented both in-house and contractor-based, including civil engineering works; potable water supply systems and solar power systems.