Mr Damien Fleming Frame
Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Personal statement
I am a senior member of the Energy for Development team within the Institute for Energy and Environment. I work across a range of research and knowledge exchange projects with a focus on local energy systems and off-grid electricity access in developing countries. My work has primarily focussed in Malawi and I have been participating in and leading energy access partnership projects there for over 10 years. My current role involves working with local institutions to develop and apply appropriate technical and business model innovation that delivers sustainable electricity access to rural, unserved communities.
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Prize And Awards
- Green Gown Awards - Engineering Excellence in Renewable Energy
- Recipient
- 16/6/2010
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Publications
- Embedding the 3Es into Engineering Curricula through the VIP4SD Model at the University of Strathclyde
- Strachan Scott, Marshall Stephen, Frame Damien, Devaney Thomas
- IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2025 (2025)
- Smart local energy systems for grid densification and the alleviation of load shedding : Malawi case study
- Frame Damien, Strachan Scott
- 2025 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2025 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) (2025)
- Understanding solar minigrid sustainability and impact through a holistic Key Performance Indicator framework
- Eales Aran, Banda Elizabeth, Frame Damien, Strachan Scott
- Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability Vol 4 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/ad8fcd
- LV distribution network modelling : suggested practices for developing countries
- Keddar Shafiqa, Sims Ryan, Strachan Scott, Frame Damien
- 2024 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica 2024 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica61624.2024.10759354
- Estimating mini-grid demand in Malawi : initial findings from a mini-grid scale-up assessment
- Frame Damien, Eales Aran, Bayani Edgar Kapiza
- IEEE Power Engineering Society Conference and Exposition in Africa IEEE Power Engineering Society Conference and Exposition in Africa (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica57932.2023.10363288
- Demonstrating the value of generating and sharing data on off-grid energy systems : a case study from Malawi
- Frame Damien, Mafuta Million, Galloway Stuart, Eales Aran
- 2023 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), pp. 84-89 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC56179.2023.10354879
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Research Interests
- Rural electrification
- Off-grid solar PV systems
- Smart local energy systems
- Power system planning and operations
- Low-voltage distribution network analysis
Professional Activities
- VIP4SD Connectivity and Energy Access Collaboration Workshop
- Organiser
- 16/1/2026
- Rural Energy Access through Social Enterprise and Decentralisation (EASE) closing dissemination event
- Organiser
- 18/4/2024
- Malawi National Energy Conference 2023
- Speaker
- 27/10/2023
- Malawi National Energy Conference 2023
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 26/10/2023
- IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
- Speaker
- 13/10/2023
- SIDA Annual Conference 2023
- Invited speaker
- 27/9/2023
Projects
- 5G Portable Networks for Sustainable Rural Connectivity through Vertically Integrated Education Initiative.
- Atimati, Ehinomen Elizabeth (Principal Investigator) Strachan, Scott (Co-investigator) Frame, Damien (Co-investigator) Collins, Robert (Co-investigator)
- The 5G portable networks for sustainable rural connectivity through vertically integrated education initiatives integrates intelligent 5G and 6G network projects into the award-winning Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development (VIP4SD) at the University of Strathclyde. Students and researchers across various disciplines and academic levels research and design sustainable, intelligent telecom projects, such as low-cost, energy-efficient intelligent 5G/6G networks for rural connectivity in specific locations, thereby enhancing the learning experience of students in telecom, energy, social science, and education. This multidisciplinary project, with tangible and measurable outcomes, addresses connectivity gaps, supports poverty reduction through effective youth education.
- 30-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- Data for Energy Access: Scaling Solar Minigrids in Malawi
- Eales, Aran (Principal Investigator) Frame, Damien (Co-investigator)
- International Science Partnership Fund (Scottish Funding Council)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- UNDP - African Minigrids
- Galloway, Stuart (Principal Investigator) Eales, Aran (Co-investigator) Frame, Damien (Co-investigator)
- 09-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
- Global Renewables Centre
- Frame, Damien (Principal Investigator) Galloway, Stuart (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
- Norwegian Church Aid MAB Project
- Frame, Damien (Principal Investigator) Eales, Aran (Researcher)
- Support for evaluation of solar irrigation and cold storage systems
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2022
- Malawi Oxygen Access (MaO2) Phase 2
- Frame, Damien (Principal Investigator)
- This research addresses the research challenge of developing and deploying oxygen concentrators at scale in low resource settings. A collaboration between Strathclyde, the NGO CREATIVenergie and the Design Studio at MUBAS Malawi, the project aims to develop an advanced prototype, undertake (user) clinician testing in Malawi and share learning with relevant oxygen access stakeholers.
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
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Contact
Mr
Damien Fleming
Frame
Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: damien.frame@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 7305