Derrick Tebusweke

Derrick Tebusweke

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    CubeSat Engineer | MIET | MSc(ENG)

  • Education

    • Makerere College School

      2010 - 2012
      Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education. A-level: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Fine Art : 22/25 O-level: 10/8

      Activities and Societies: President Math club, Debate club, Student leader

    • Entebbe Secondary School

      2006 - 2009
      Uganda Certificate of Education First Grade

      Activities and Societies: Deputy Disciplinary Prefect.

    • Kyushu Institute of Technology

      2020 - 2022
      MSc Electrical and Space Systems Engineering

      The Laboratory of Lean Satellite Enterprises and In-Orbit Experiments.Group Project: Member of the team that built a CubeSat constellation consisting of 1U and 2U CubeSats under the BIRDS-5 multinational satellite project. Incharge of the Electrical Power Subsystem. Final Year Project Title: "Design of a parallel charger-discharger test-bed for qualification of Nano-satellite COTs battery cells." Reduced screening time needed to qualify COTS battery cells for CubeSat missions.

    • Makerere University

      2012 - 2016
      BSc Electrical Engineering (Second Class Upper Hons).

      Final Year Project Title: "Design of a hybrid energy storage change-over system for automatic weather stations."Eliminated system power outages on the old automatic weather stations by using super capacitors to supplement alkaline batteries during the high-energy consuming data uplink phase.

  • Experience

    • SolarNow BV

      Nov 2016 - Oct 2017
      Technical Officer

      •Assisted in setting up the company’s testing laboratory and repaired client technical defects on company's solar systems.

    • Soliton Telmec

      Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
      Graduate Trainee Engineer

      •Datacenter maintance.•Network Operation Centre supervision.

    • Kakira Sugar Limited

      Dec 2018 - Sept 2020
      Superintendent Repair and Maintenance Engineer

      •Created and implemented successful routine preventive maintenance programs that optimized efficiency and reduced downtime on motors, generators, transformers at 5 factory divisions

    • Astroscale

      Oct 2022 - Jun 2024
      Power System Engineer

      •Reduced testing time by 50% through Python testing scripts for the satellite Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit (PCDU).•Ensured safe Lithium-Ion battery testing on the ELSA-M 8s9p batteries using automated LabVIEW software via RS-422 serial interfaces.•Designed an LED driver circuit with LTspice using an LDO regulator for the satellite’s camera system.•Planned sub-system and system level verification tests, including environmental testing.•Participated in Assembly, Integration and Verification / Testing (AIV/AIT) where I assessed the voltage drop on spacecraft harness structure designs that saved resources on extra harness lengths. Show less

    • Northumbria University

      Sept 2024 - now
      CubeSat Engineer

      •Working in the Northumbria Space Technology Lab to design, test and assemble two 6U CubeSat bus systems for a laser communication demonstration payload mission to Low Earth Orbit with target speed of up to 1Gbps.•Developing electrical, electronic, and software interfaces for successful CubeSat AIT qualification campaign in a cleanroom environemnt.•Participating in preparation of environmental testing facilities to qualify the spacecrafts and parts.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Amateur Radio Operation License (General Class)

      ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio
      Mar 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Syntax And Structure of C - Simply C

      Microchip Technology Inc.
      Sept 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • Oil and Gas Project Management

      Total
    • NI LabVIEW: Become a LabVIEW Test Engineer

      Udemy
      Aug 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • MIET

      Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
      May 2024
    • Advanced C Programming

      Microchip Technology Inc.
      Apr 2025
      View certificate certificate
    • Python for Non-Programmers

      LinkedIn
      Sept 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Learning C

      LinkedIn
      Aug 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Satellite Battery Technologies

      Kyushu Institute of Technology
      Jul 2021
    • Graduate Member

      Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers- UIPE (Official)
      Sept 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Derrick Tebusweke
      Diamond Jubilee Medal Government of Uganda 2023 Awarded this medal in recognition of my significant contributions to the advancement of space technology within Uganda.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by OpenSpace International on Jun 2024
      OpenSpace InternationalAssociated with Derrick Tebusweke
    • Founder & Team Lead

      Issued by CanSat Uganda on Sept 2024
      CanSat UgandaAssociated with Derrick Tebusweke