Dr Bright Oppong Afum
SENIOR LECTURER

Subjects Taught:

  • Introduction to Mining Engineering
  • Explosives & Rock Fragmentation
  • Operations Research
  • Mine Planning & Design
  • Underground Mining Systems
  • Ground Fragmentation
  • Elements of Mining & Rock Fragmentation

Academic Degrees

  1. PhD Natural Resources Engineering (Mining Engineering)
  2. University of Alberta (UofA)
  3. Aberystwyth University (AU)
  4. BSc Mining Engineering
Professional Bodies
  • 2023–Date
    Professional Engineer, P.Eng., Professional Engineers Ontario, PEO, Canada
  • 2021–Date
    Chartered Professional, MAusIMM (CP), Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australia
  • 2020–2021
    Member, MPAC, Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, PDAC, Canada
  • 2017–2021
    Member, WAIMM, West African Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Ghana
  • 2014–2021
    Member, MAusIMM, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australia
  • 2012–2015
    Member (Brigadier), St. John-Ghana
  • 2005–2020
    Member, MSME, Society for Mining, Metallurgical and Exploration, USA

Research Interest

  • Surface and Underground Mining Operations, Planing and Design
  • Mathematical Programming and Modelling
  • Ore Resource Estimation (Geostatistics)
  • Explosives and Blasting Technology
  • Environmental Geochemistry and Speciation
  • Projects Management
  • Operations Research (Management Science)
  • Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
  • Projects Management
  • Mining Impact Studies (Atmospheric and Blast Impact Prediction and Modelling)
  • Geotechnical Studies
  • Business Statistics

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