Kenneth J. Bansah is currently a PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at
Missouri
University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri (MS&T). In August 2014, he was
appointed by the Mining and Nuclear Engineering Department of MS&T as Teaching Fellow,
and
served one-academic year at the Saudi Mining Polytechnic in Saudi Arabia, teaching and
training young Saudi citizens in mining principles, technology, and health and safety.
He
holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Degree in Mining Engineering from the University of
Mines and Technology (UMaT), Ghana and B.Sc. (First Class) in Mining Engineering from
the
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. He completed a course in
Disasters and Ecosystems, organized by the United Nations and Cologne University of
Applied
Science in 2015. Kenneth was a Visiting Scholar (in 2008) at the Department of
Environmental
Engineering, Montana Tech, Butte, USA. He joined the University of Mines and Technology
as a
Teaching Faculty in 2006 and was promoted to a Lecturer and Training Officer in Mining
Engineering.
Kenneth has over ten years of experience in teaching mining, petroleum,
geomatic, mechanical, electrical and geological engineering students in introduction
to
mining, mine machinery, alluvial and ocean mining, drilling and blasting,
probability
and
statistics, technical communication and report writing, operations research, and
mining
laws
and regulations. Kenneth also has 6 years of experience in educating and training
mine
operators (with no formal education) in principles of mining engineering, mining
operations,
surface mining operations and occupational health and hygiene for the mining
industry.
He
was also part of a select team of instructors responsible for teaching mine
officials
(mine
foremen, shift bosses, captains etc) from Goldfields Ghana Limited, Ghana Manganese
Company,
Newmont Ghana Gold and Chirano Gold in mining concepts and drilling and blasting. He
also
coordinated short courses in safety and environmental management from 2007 to 2013.
He
supervised over 20 undergraduate project works, and assessed two M.S. theses. He was
an
academic tutor to over 30 students and served as a member/secretary on several
departmental,
faculty and academic board committees in the university. Key among these committees
include
a Vice Chancellor’s committee to develop a World Bank proposal for establishing a
Center
of
Excellence in Waste Management in Africa, academic board committee to develop a
program
structure/curriculum for establishing environmental and safety engineering program
and a
departmental committee to review the B.Sc. in Mining Engineering course structure.
Kenneth has significant industry experience as a Mining Engineer at Taysec
Construction
Ltd., Mining Engineer at AngloGold Ashanti, and Graduate Researcher at Goldfields
Ghana
Ltd.
He led both local and international students and investors to several large and
small
scale
mining companies in Ghana. Since July 2010, Kenneth has been the Director and Chief
Consultant of Safety & Environmental Research Consultancy Limited, a company
incorporated
under the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179) of Ghana, to render consulting services in
environmental and safety issues. He has executed over 20 consulting services to
mining
and
related industries, and has written over 15 technical reports. Kenneth was also a
Senior
Tutor at the Centre for Continuing Education of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
from
2010 to 2013, and holds Certificates of Proficiency in Safety and Environmental
Management
from the University of Mines and Technology. His current research interests include
environmental and engineering applications of geophysics, occupational health and
hygiene,
small-scale mining, safety and environmental management. The results of his research
include
over 20 refereed journal and conference publications.
He is a member of the Society for
Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (SME), Canadian Institute of Mining,
Metallurgy
and
Petroleum (CIM) and National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).