Edmund Baffoe-Twum

Department: 
Department of Civil Engineering
Staff Grade: 
Lecturer
Education: 

BSc (Hons) Geology - 1998

MSc Hydrogeology, Ohio, USA, 2004

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (Construction Management and Engineering) - 2020

Area of Specialty:

Applied geology/geotechnical and foundation studies

Hydrology/hydrogeology application to slope stability and water supply

Oil and gas geology, drilling, detection with sondes, and pipeline designs

Construction project procurement, planning and management

Professional Membership: 
American Geophysical Union - member Geological Society of America -member American Institute of Professional Geologist -member American Society of Civil Engineers -member Associate of Geoscientist, Ghana - Member National Society of Black Engineers – Chapter Senator
Research Interests: 

Evaluation of ground conditions at project site

Project financing issues

Slope stability, and environmental issues

Oil and gas drilling, detection and transportation

 

Area of Interest:

Evaluation of ground conditions/foundations/geotechnical

Oil and gas pipeline designs and well logging

Slopes and environmental impact issues

Experience: 

Teacher – 1993 -94

Graduate Teaching Assistant - 2008 -2010

Lecturer 2011- Date

Graduate Teaching Assistant - 2017 - Date

 

Honors & Awards:

Received in 2005 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship for higher education

Received the 2007 Best Poster Award/Presentation at Geological Society of Nevada, Reno

Received the 2009 Best North East Ohio African Student Award

Received one of the best paper presentations at 2018 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management

 

Publications: 

Baffoe-Twum et al. (2018), A General Overview of the Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Construction Industries, International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management, ASCE

Baffoe-Twum et al. (2007), Using InSAR to Determine Land Subsidence in the Pumpernickel Valley and Kelly Creek Basin, Nevada: Nevada Water Resources Association Conference, Reno

Baffoe-Twum et al. (2007), Using InSAR to Determine Land Subsidence in the Pumpernickel Valley and Kelly Creek Basin, Nevada: Geological Society of Nevada Meeting, Reno

Baffoe-Twum et al, (2006), Using InSAR to Determine Aquifer System Response in North Central Nevada Related Mine Dewatering: American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco.