ERIC NZIYUMVA

Date of birth: 01/10/1987 Nationality: Rwandan Gender: Male

Phone number: (+250) 783320680 (Mobile) Email address:

enziyumva@gmail.com

Address: Burera District, Northern Province, Rwanda (Home)

ABOUT ME

Nziyumva Eric was born in Northern Province, Rwanda in 1987. He received his Master’s degree in electrical
engineering from Fujian University of Technology, China in 2022 and his B.Sc. in electrical power engineering
from the National University of Rwanda in 2012. He was the Electrical Operation & Maintenance Officer of
Gishoma Thermal Power Station, Rwanda Energy Group, Rwanda from 2017 to 2019. Recently, he was the
electricity maintenance officer of Burera District, Rwanda. He received the Best Paper Award from the
International Conference on Image, Vision and Intelligent Systems (ICIVIS2021) in Changsha, China, in 2021.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

10/09/2019 – 14/06/2022 Fuzhou, China

MASTER'S DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Fujian University of Technology

05/01/2009 – 23/10/2012 Butare, Rwanda

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH HONOURS IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
(ELECTRICAL POWER ENGINEERING) National University of Rwanda

Address Huye District, Butare, Rwanda

03/01/2005 – 23/07/2007 Kibuye, Rwanda

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION LEVEL A2 (ELECTRICITY) ETO KIBUYE

Address Karongi District, Kibuye, Rwanda

WORK EXPERIENCE

11/02/2019 – 21/08/2019 Northern Province, Rwanda

ELECTRICITY MAINTENANCE OFFICER BURERA DISTRICT

• Identify sources of electrical energy exploitable in the district.

• Identify priority sites to be provided with electricity
• Identify and recommend areas that need to be electrically maintained in public buildings.
• Identify and draw the attention of the concerned agency on necessary maintenance works on the
electrical supply lines.
• Supervise maintenance works of electrical installations falling under the district’s responsibilities.

14/01/2019 – 25/02/2019 KIGALI, Rwanda

TECHNICIAN ENERGY UTILITY CORPORATION LIMITED (EUCL)

• Responsible for the safe and proper operation of a substation, switchyard and associated control
structure.
• Using local automatic/ manual modes of operation, starts, stops and power recording.
• Inspect records and logbook entries, and communicate with other substation personnel to assess
equipment operating status.
• Receive outage calls and call in necessary personnel during power outages and emergencies.

Address Mount Kigali Substation, KIGALI, Rwanda

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01/04/2017 – 30/09/2018 Rusizi District, Rwanda
ELECTRICAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OFFICER RWANDA ENERGY GROUP (REG)

• Responsible for the safe and proper operation of a power plant, switchyard and associated control
structure.
• Using local automatic/manual modes of operation, starts, stops, synchronizes and regulates power and
reactive loads on turbine generators.
• Prepares equipment malfunction reports, makes inspections and from observation, determines
whether the equipment is operating properly.
• Performs maintenance of equipment.
• Inspect records and log book entries, and communicate with other plant personnel to assess
equipment operating status.
• Receive outage calls and call in necessary personnel during power outages and emergencies.

Address Gishoma Peat to Power Plant, Rusizi District, Rwanda

18/04/2016 – 29/03/2017 Ruramba Sector, Rwanda

TEACHER (ELECTRICITY) NYARUGURU DISTRICT

• Planning and preparing lessons.

• Encouraging student participation.
• Marking student work and recording performance.
• Setting assessments and overseeing examinations.

Address BTR RWAMIKO, Ruramba Sector, Rwanda

07/01/2013 – 01/04/2016 Kazibira, Kagano Sector, Rwanda

TEACHER (SCIENCES) NYAMASHEKE DISTRICT

• Planning and preparing lessons.

• Encouraging student participation.
• Marking student work and recording performance.
• Setting assessments and overseeing examinations.

Address G.S GITWA-B, Kazibira, Kagano Sector, Rwanda

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mother tongue(s): KINYARWANDA

Other language(s):

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Spoken Spoken
Listening Reading
production interaction
ENGLISH C1 C1 B2 B2 C1

FRENCH B2 B1 B1 B1 B1

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user

DIGITAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office Social Media Power world simulator IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DRIVING LICENCE

Driving Licence: B

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 HONOURS AND AWARDS

18/06/2021
Best Paper Award – International Conference on Image, Vision and Intelligent Systems (ICIVIS2021)
Electrical Load Forecasting Using Hybrid of Extreme Gradient Boosting and Light Gradient Boosting Machine
Link https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-6963-7_95

PUBLICATIONS

Electrical Load Forecasting Using a Hybrid of Extreme Gradient Boosting and Light Gradient Boosting
Machine
– 2022

Predicting student's dropout in university classes using two-layer ensemble machine learning
approach: A novel stacked generalization
– 2022

Technical Feasibility Study of Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant on Lake Kivu – 2021

Predicting Traffic Crash Severity Using Hybrid of Balanced Bagging Classification and Light Gradient
Boosting Machine. Intelligent Data Analysis
– 2023

A Novel Stacking Framework Based On Hybrid of Gradient Boosting-Adaptive Boosting-Multilayer

Perceptron for Crash Injury Severity Prediction and Analysis
– 2021

RECOMMENDATIONS

Prof. Rong Hu Lecturer at Fujian University of Technology, China

I have known Eric NZIYUMVA as his supervisor since September 2019 when he started his master’s degree
program. He worked on one of our projects with full dedication and sincerity. The project was “Electrical
Load Forecasting Using a Hybrid of Extreme Gradient Boosting and Light Gradient Boosting Machine”. He
reported outstanding and novel results in this project. Based on his academic records, research ability, and
personal performance skills, I strongly recommend him for his application.

Email hurong@fjut.edu.cn Phone (+86) 15750818158

Prof. CYUSA S. Christophe Lecturer at University of Rwanda

I have known Eric NZIYUMVA for several years since I supervised him in his bachelor's final project. He was a
very good student extremely quick in grasping the concepts and ideas. He is keen to learn new things, he is a
hard-working person, cooperative, well organized, and briefly he is a genius. He is punctual, prompt, and
complete in his work. His attitude towards colleagues is cooperative and congenial. His conduct is upright
and decent. His communication skills are excellent. Please feel free to contact me if you need additional
information.

Email chricyus7@gmail.com Phone (+250) 788600572

I certify that all the information given above are sincere and correct to the best of my knowledge.

ERIC NZIYUMVA

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