Research

The Sc4all project is associated with the initiative Students for energy for Africa.
A collaborative initiative of higher education institutes in Belgium.
The publications linked to research and development of solar cookers are presented here:

Research Research
Authors Title Link
Sylvain Balume (2025) Solar Cooker for All: Towards Sustainable Cooking in Lubumbashi
Waweru Mwaura Patrick (2025) Sample size determination of experiments for the determination of standardized performances of solar cooking appliances
Rashidi Baraka (2025) Innovative statistical analyses methods to quantify the performance of novel solar cooker appliances produced in resource-limited settings: A comparative approach
B.S. Balume, L. Bijnens, S. Abrams, B.B. Banza, W. Deferme (2025) Charcoal and firewood use in urban areas of developing countries: Drivers, consequences, and the need for clean cooking solutions
Abdulaziz Mwandu (2024) Design and statistical analysis of experiments for determining the standardized performance of solar cooker appliances. Master Thesis Statistics UHasselt
Felista Cosmas Kauki (2024) The use of survival analysis for the determination of the performance of solar cookers in Africa. Master Thesis Statistics UHasselt
Leander Deleux and Emilie De Virgilio (2024) Solar cookers for all Project Experimental Techniques 2nd bachelor of Physics : poster
Leander Deleux and Emilie De Virgilio (2024) Solar cookers for all Project Experimental Techniques 2nd bachelor of Physics. Presentation at the project defense day.
Leander Deleux and Emilie De Virgilio (2024) Solar cookers for all Project Experimental Techniques 2nd bachelor of Physics
Sylvain Balume Badhera and Ruben Goddé (2024) The Solar Cooker Project. Presentation at Seminar night - Together for a sustainable world- Waste to resources - a circular Approach of vzw Students for Energie in Africa (S.E.A.) April 25 2024.
Alexander Smeets, et al (2024) Feedback on the 2023 Sc4al-internship in UniLu during the visit of Caroline Gennez, the minister of the Belgian Development Cooperation
Sylvain Balume (2023) Presentations at Conferences at UniLu
Katelijne Bijnens (2023) Press release on the solar cooker symposium in UHasselt and visit to solar energy platform at Avery Dennison in Turnhout
Bonaventure Banza Wa Banza and Luc Bijnens (2023) Solar Cookers for All - A Collaboration Between the University of Lubumbashi and UHasselt. Seminar during the Globalization and Sustainable Development lecture series UHasselt November 2023
Luc Bijnens, Wim Deferme, Sara Schaeken, Steven Abrams, Rosalien Bijnens, Sebastien Lizin, Liesbeth Oeyen, Eddie Bilitu, Bonaventure Banza Wa Banza and the Sc4All-students team (2023) Solar Cookers for All: towards a Sustainable future. Poster at the DSI alumni event in UHasselt
Luc Bijnens (2023) Solar Cookers for All - Reach out for a Collaboration between U. Hasselt and U. Lubumbashi. Sustainability Education Day Master Statistics and Data Science 13 March 2023
Lowie Van Vyve, Kato Warson, Ruben Goddé (2023) Building of a testing station 2.0 with software in Github
Lowie Van Vyve, Kato Warson, Ruben Goddé (2023) Building of a testing station 1.0 with software in Github
Roos Cuppens, Xander Put, Alexander Smeets (2023) Solar Cookers for All. Poster at the Xlab opening weekend
Roos Cuppens, Xander Put, Alexander Smeets (2023) Solar Cookers for All. Project experimental techniques in the 2nd bachelor of Physics.
Luc Bijnens (2022) Appeal to Statisticians for a sustainable future. Keynote lecture during the dinner of the Non-Clinical Statistics conference in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium October 2022