Joseph Ofei Darko
Educational History
1980-1985 Silsoe College (Cranfield University), Silsoe, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - Ph.D Agricultural Engineering
1978-1980 Silsoe College (Cranfield University), Silsoe, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - MSc Agricultural Engineering
1973-1977 University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana - BSc Agriculture
1971-1973 Sekondi College, Sekondi - A Level
1968-1971 Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School, Legon - O Level
1966-1968 Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School, Krobo Odumase - O Level
Some Courses I Teach
CURRENT
AE 162 Basic Agriculture
AE 457 Crop Processing
AE 458 Crop Losses and their control
AE 580 Industrial Crop Processing
BEFORE
AE 158 Introduction to information Technology
AE 353 Materials Handling and Technology
AE 362 Technical Report Writing
AE 462 Environmental Control and Livestock Housing
AE 471 Farm Structures AE 459 Postharvest Technology
AE 543 Agriculture and Agricultural Systems
CS 479 Postharvest Technology
FTECH 550 Root and Tuber Processing Technology
FTECH 561 Cereal Processing Technology
FTECH 565 Fruit and Vegetable Processing Technology
HORT 567 Seed Processing
HORT 568 Seed Storage
Research Interests
1.Processing and Storage of Agricultural Products
2.Natural, Solar-assisted and Mechanical drying of crops
3.Quality grades for agricultural properties
4.Storage of agricultural crops
5.Extraction of vegetable oils
6.Use of vegetable extracts for extended storage of crops
7.Dual use of agricultural technologies for crop processing
Areas of expertise
Agricultural Machinery/ Agricultural Mechanization Expert
Membership of Professional
1.Institution of Engineers (GhIE), since September, 2004.
Publications