Ing. Edward Kofi Ackom (PhD)

CAREER SUMMARY

Self-initiative and enthusiastic Water Resources Engineer with more than 10years experience in the field of Hydrologic and Hydraulic modelling. Passionate to attain high professionalism in Water Resource Engineering and Management with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) applications.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Areas of research interest include:

• Flood risk assessment and mapping studies
• Climate and Landuse Change impact studies
• Catchment Hydrology
• Stochastic Hydrology
• Assessing the Hydraulic Performance of Drainage and Water Supply System)

EDUCATION

• BSc. Civil Engineering (KNUST)
• MSc. Water Resources Engineering and Management (University of Stuttgart)
• MSc. Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics (University of Applied Science, Stuttgart)
• PhD. Water Resources Engineering (KNUST)

PUBLICATIONS

• Ackom, E.K., Adjei, K.A. and Odai, S.N., 2020. Monitoring land-use and land-cover changes due to extensive urbanization in the Odaw River Basin of Accra, Ghana, 1991–2030. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, pp.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-020-00746-5
• Ackom, E.K., Adjei, K.A. and Odai, S.N., 2020. Spatio-temporal rainfall trend and homogeneity analysis in flood prone area: case study of Odaw river basin-Ghana. SN Applied Sciences, 2(12), pp.1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03924-3

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP(S)

Professional Engineer (PE), Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE)

TAUGHT COURSES

Undergraduate: Hydrology

Graduate: Applied Hydrology and Catchment Hydrology