STUDENT FELLOWS

Sini Numminen is a PhD Candidate in applied physics in the School of Science at Aalto University in Finland. In her doctoral research she focuses on frugal innovations in energy, with the special attention to solar off-grid and island solutions. In particular, she looks at the technical reliability and quality questions of energy technologies that are manufactured low-cost and targeted towards the poorest customer groups in developing countries.

Sini graduated from Helsinki University of Technology in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Development Studies at the Department of Social Sciences in Helsinki University. Previously she has worked in Germany as a researcher in a European association Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories (DERlab) where she gained a strong insight on the potential of renewable and distributed power units and the smart grids concept.

As an ISEP student fellow, Sini is currently advising on technical questions of energy systems.