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Joseph Oppong Akowuah

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Joseph Oppong Akowuah

agriceng Thu, 02/01/2018 - 11:11

Educational History

Some Courses I Teach

Research Interests

Processing and Storage of Agricultural Crops, Development and Evaluation of Agro-Processing Systems, Biofuels Development

Areas of expertise

Post-Harvest Engineering

Membership of Professional

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

Ghana Society of Agricultural Engineering (GSAE)

Publications Since 2010

1.Akowuah J. O., Mensah L. D., Chan C. and Roskilly A. (2015). Effects of practices of maize farmers and traders in Ghana on contamination of maize by aflatoxins: Case study of Ejura-Sekyeredumase Municipality. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 9(25); 1658-1666, DOI: 10.5897/AJMR2014.7293; ISSN 1996-0808

2.Kemausuor F., Akowuah J. O., Ofori E., (2013). Assessment of Feedstock Options for Biofuels Production in Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems Volume 3,pp 119-128,
doi:10.4236/jsbs.2013.32017, available at http://www.scirp.org/journal/jsbs.

3.SJ Mitchual, K Frimpong-Mensah, NA Darkwa, JO Akowuah (2013). Briquettes from maize cobs and Ceiba pentandra at room temperature and low compacting pressure without a binder.
International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering 4 (1), 1-7

4.Akowuah, J. O., Kemausuor, F.and Addo, A. (2012). Influence of storage duration of Jatrophacurcas seed on oil yield and free fatty acid content. Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science, 7(1):42-46, ISSN 1990-6145

5.Akowuah J. O., Kemausuor F., Mitchual S. J. (2012). Physico-chemical characteristics and market potential of sawdust charcoal briquette. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering. doi:10.1186/2251-6832-3-20, available at http://www.journalijeee.com/content/3/1/20

6.Bart-Plange, A., Addo, A., Abano E.E., Akowuah, J.O. (2012).Compressive properties of cocoa beans considering the effect of moisture content variations.International Journal of Engineering and Technology Volume 2 No. 5,pp 850-858, ISSN No: 2049-3444

7.A. Addo, A. Bart-Plange and J. O. Akowuah (2012).Particle size evaluation of feed ingredient produced in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science Vol. 7, No. 3pp 177-181,ISSN No: 1990-6145.

8.A Bart-Plange, A Addo, J. O. Akowuah andJ Ampah (2012). Some moisture dependent compressive properties of shea kernel (vitellariaparadoxa L). Canadian Journal of Pure and
Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 3, ISSN No: 1920-3853.

9.Akowuah J. O., Addo A. & Bart-Plange A. (2012). Influence of drying temperature and storage duration on fissuring and milling quality of jasmine 85 rice variety. Journal of Science and
Technology, Vol. 32 No. (2) pp 11-20, http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/just.v32i2.4,ISSN No: 0855-0395

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+233244972255 akowuahjoe@yahoo.co.uk

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Joseph Ofei Darko

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Joseph Ofei Darko

agriceng Thu, 02/01/2018 - 10:31

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

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+233244-234-970/+233264-234-970 jofeidarko@yahoo.com

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Joseph Aveyire

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Joseph Aveyire

agriceng Wed, 01/31/2018 - 17:04

Educational History

RWTH-Aachen, Germany(Msc)

University of Science and Technology, Kumasi(Bsc)

St. Secondary School, Nkwatia

Some Courses I Teach

ME 159 Technical Drawing

ME 160 Engineering Drawing

ME 259 Application of Computer Graphics

AE 288 Agricultural Design Project

AE 373 Agricultural Machine Design 1

AE 484 Farm machinery Design

Research Interests

1. Development of cocoa pod cracker

2. Hand operated seed metering technology

3. Development of mechanization equipment for harvesting groundnut

Areas of expertise

Agricultural Machinery Engineering

Membership of Professional Bodies

1.Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE)

2.Ghana Society of Agricultural Engineering (GSAE)

Recent Publications

1. Amponsah, S.K., Bobobee, E.Y.H., Okyere, J.B., Agyare, W.A., King, S.R ., Aveyire, J., and Sarkodie-Addo, J. (2014). Mechanical cassava harvesting as influenced by seedbed preparation and cassava variety. ASABE Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 30(3):391-403

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javeyire.soe@knust.edu.gh aveyire@yahoo.com

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