BEN FIEBOR
Full Name, Qualifications [Ben Fiebor, B.Sc. (Ghana), M.S. & Ph.D. (USA)]
Rank: Senior Lecturer
Email Address: bfiebor@ug.edu.gh
PROFILE
Ben Fiebor is a Ghanaian by birth. He holds a B.S. degree (1989) in Geology with Chemistry from the University of Ghana (Ghana), an M.S. degree (1994) in Geology from Auburn University, Alabama (USA), and a Ph.D. degree (2003) in Materials Engineering, Materials Education and Research Center, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama (USA).
Dr. Fiebor has been a member of Professional Associations which include, the Ghana Science Association; and the Geological and Materials Societies of Auburn University.
On specialization and research interests, Dr. Ben Fiebor has capabilities in and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Geology (Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry, Practical Crystallography, Analytical Techniques in Geology, Analytical Methods in Geoscience and Data Reduction), and courses in Engineering of Materials (Material Engineering), including Smart Materials, Conducting Polymers, Biosensors; and manages Specialty-equipment including SEM, PXRD, XRF, SC-XRD, NMR and ICP-MS at the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS), at the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana. His research interests are in Instrumentation, Control Systems, Automatic Control, and Mechatronics; Materials Testing and Characterisation, and Development of Sensors; Networking for Instrumentation, Mathlab, LabVIEW, and Python Programming. In Collaboration with the Department of Physics, University of Ghana, Legon and Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama (USA). Dr. Fiebor is working on “Analysis of powder and thin films of metal oxide semiconductors and geological materials, using X-ray techniques and Photoluminescence Spectrometry. Dr. Fiebor has skills in installing and operating specialty equipment (e.g., XRD, SEM, and NMR). He engages in Computer-based data acquisition and process control systems, as well as experimental design and operating procedures].
SUBJECT AREA
Discipline: Geology
Specialization: Practical Crystallography, Mineralogy, and Analytical Tools in Geology-Instrumentation and Computer-Based Data Acquisition and Process Control
ACADEMICS
1994 – 2003: Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering (Food Safety and Detection, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA).
1992 – 1994: M.S., Geology-Petrology and Geochemistry (Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA).
1986 – 1989: B.Sc., Geology with Chemistry (University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana).
CAREER HISTORY
August 2022 – Present: Visiting Scholar and Senior Lecturer
August 2019 – July 2021: Visiting Scholar and Lecturer
August 2014 - July 2018: Visiting Scholar (Teaching and Instrumentation)
RESEARCH INTEREST / RESEARCH AREA
Application or use of Analytical Equipment: XRD, XRF, SEM, NMR, AAS, ICP-MS, etc.., in research. Writing reports on the state of equipment, machines, and instruments at the College of Basic and Applied Sciences. Supervises Technologists and Research Assistants in the College, in the departments of Chemistry and Earth Science.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Worked as an Instrumentation Specialist with Engineers, Technicians, and Administrators from Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, on the project to supply and install Science Laboratory Equipment, Machines, and instruments at the University of Ghana, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, on a contract agreement signed in May 17th, 2016, ref. no. GR/UOG/GD/ICT001/015 dated 31st May, 2016.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate Courses
EASC 219: Practical Crystallography,
EASC 417: Mineralogy
Graduate Courses
GLGY 610: Analytical Tools in Geology,
GLGY 603: Advanced Mineralogy
EASC 702: Analytical Methods and Data Reduction in Geoscience
STUDENTS SUPERVISION
Supervised one (1) M.Phil. Student during the 2022/23 Academic Year
Trained two (2) Technologists and four (4) Assistant Research Assistants in the Departments of Chemistry and Earth Science respectively.
Undergraduate Students
One (1) UG student and two (2) UMaT students interned in the Instrument laboratory in the Department of Earth Science
Graduate Students
MSc. Projects
None
MPhil. Theses
Miss Dora Mawuko Fianyo Ongoing
PhD Theses None
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICES
Provides technical assistance to Departments in CBAS. Mentors both undergraduates and graduate students on strategies to help complete their programs, and assists those seeking to study abroad for their graduate degrees.
In March 2023, helped to check the status of the NMR Probe at KNUST, and in March, 2024 assisted in restoring the same (NMR) in the Chemistry Department to its operational status.
PUBLICATIONS
- Jiehui Wan, Huihua Shu, Shichu Huang, Ben Fiebor, I-Hsuan Chen, Valery A. Petrenko, and Bryan A. Chin. Dept. of Mater. Eng., Auburn University, AL, USA. (2007). Phage-based magnetoelastic Wireless Biosensor for detecting Bacillus Anthracis Spores. Sensor Journal, IEEE, vol. 7, issue 3, p. 470-477.
- Iryna B. Sorokulova, Eric Olsen, I-Hsuan Chen, Ben Fiebor, James M. Barbaree, Vitaly Vodyanoy, Bryan Chin, and Valery A. Petrenko, Auburn University (2005). Landscape phage probes for Salmonella typhimurium. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 63, 55-72.
- Chalokwu, C.I., Fiebor B., Reeves, S.J., and Peck, D.C. (1995). Platinum-group element geochemistry and sulfide concentration mechanisms in the Partridge River Intrusion, Duluth Complex, Minnesota. Geological Society of America, Abstracts, v. 27, p. A379.
- Chalokwu C.I., Ghazi, M.A., Fiebor B., and Mensah, E. (1994). Characteristics of fluid inclusions in the rare-metal bearing pegmatites from the Birimian of South-eastern Ghana. Geological Society of America Abstracts, v. 26, p. 499.