Kingsley Etonwana Nweye

I am a Mechanical Engineer at Jacobs, where I get to contribute to thermal energy generation decarbonization through utility-scale geothermal cooling and heating modelling, building energy performance modelling and software development for utility master planning.

I hold a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from University of South Carolina, Columbia, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin (UT), where I was a researcher in the Intelligent Environments Laboratory leading the development of CityLearn under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Zoltan Nagy. My research has been awarded at the IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2024 and ACM BuildSys 2023 conferences. I also, worked as a Graduate Research Assistant for Utility and Energy Management at UT developing the backend and cloud infrastructure for the UT Energy Hub.

I served as the Co-President of TexASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) UT Student Branch, and co-led the organization of The CityLearn Challenge 2022 and 2023.

On a personal note, I was born in Ahoada but spent most of my formative years in the Garden City of Port Harcourt. I moved to the United States for college and have somewhat stuck around since then . I currently live in Austin, Texas and enjoy walking/running the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail. I am a sucker for good afrobeats and bashment DJ mixes on SoundCloud, and a cold pint of Guinness. You might find me building LEGOs, walking trails or weightlifting when I convince myself that I have nothing left on my Trello board.