Education

(BSc (KNUST), MSc (B. Columbia), 
PhD (Loughborough))

Research Interest

Water and Wastewater Treatment, Water and Wastewater Quality Assessment, Environmental and Water Management, Environmental Engineering and Food Plant Design and Economics

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

Electrochemical Engineering, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Water and Wastewater Quality Assessment, Environmental and Water Management, Environmental Engineering and Food Plant Design and Economics

Publications

1. Adu-Ofori, E., Amfo Otu R., and Hodgson I. O. A. (2017), Organic matter and nutrient removal efficiency by waste stabilization ponds; A case study of waste stabilization ponds at Akosombo, Ghana (Accepted for publication in the Ghana Science Association Journal)

2. Jiagge M. A., Hodgson I. O. A., Amponsah, S., and Adom, T.,(2017), Evaluation of Mid-year review of 2014 Seminars; A case study of the CSIR Water Research Institute, Ghana. (2017), IISTE -Journal of Information and Knowledge Management 7 (3), 75 - 79.   

3. Tay, C. K., Hayford, E. K., and Hodgson, I. O. A., (2017), Application of multivariate statistical technique for hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater within the Lower Pra Basin, Ghana, Appl. Water Sci, DOI 10.1007/s 13201-017-0540-6.

4. Hodgson, I. O. A., Adu-Ofori, E., and Obiri, S., (2015), Multiple regression prediction of biochemical oxygen demand of wastewater from cocoa processing, Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 20, (1&2), 30-36

5. Hodgson, I. O. A., Obiri, S., Cobbina, S. J.,and Quarcoo, G., (2014), Principal component analysis of groundwater quality data underlying geochemical processes of Dahomeyan formation and Togo Series in the Ho Municipality (Ghana),  Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 19 (1&2), 48-54

6. Quarcoo, G., Hodgson, I. O. A., Ampofo J. A., Cobbina S. J., and Koku, J. E., (2014), Assessment of quality of drinking water in Amasaman, ( A suburb of Accra), Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 19 (1&2), 38 - 43

7. Tay C. K., Hayford E., Hodgson I. O. A., Kortatsi B. K., Hydrochemical appraisal of groundwater evolution within the lower Pra Basin Ghana: a hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) approach, Environmental Earth Sciences, DO1 10.1007/s 12665-014-3644-4,  

8. Tay C.K., Kortatsi B. K., Hayford E., and Hodgson I. O. (2014), Origin of major dissolved ions in groundwater within the Lower Pra Basin using groundwater  geochemistry, source-rock deduction and stable isotopes of 2H and 18O, Environmental Earth Sciences, 71 (12), DOI 10.1007/s 12665-013-2912-z.

9. Asmah M. H., Hodgson I. O. A., Cobbina S. J., and Abblodey A. A., (2013), Environmental Quality Assessment of  Upper Birim River ((Ghana), Journal of Applied Science and Technology,  18 (1&2) 68 – 79.

10. Oduro W.O., Bayitse R., Carboo D., Kortatsi B. and Hodgson I. (2012), Assessment of dissolved mercury in surface water along the lower basin of the river Pra in Ghana, International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Vol. 2 (1) , 228 – 235.