Contributed papers

Original contributions in the following broad areas are suitable for publication in the Ghana Journal of Technology:

Mechanical Engineering; Mechatronics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy Engineering; Computer Science and Engineering; Information and Communication Technology; Mathematical Modelling; Geomatics; Geology and Mineral Exploration; Mining and Quarrying; Geo-mechanics and Groundwater Studies; Petroleum Engineering; Mineral Processing, Metallurgy and Material Science.

Publication Schedule

Deadline for submission of manuscript – 30th June, 2023

Paper Review – 1st July, 2022 to 30th August, 2023

Publication Issue – 30th September, 2023

Submission

Authors are expected to upload their manuscripts as editable MS WORD documents through the online system of GJT at: http://www2.umat.edu.gh/gjt/index.php/index/login.

All joint papers must indicate the name and full email address of the author to whom correspondence including proofs should be directed.

Authors’ Guidelines

Authors’ guidelines can be accessed at:http://www2.umat.edu.gh/gjt/-index.php/gjt/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

Find attached the Note to Contributors and Editable Template for your attention and guidance.

*Contact Address*

Ag. Editor-in-Chief, GJT
University of Mines and Technology
Phone +233 24 515 7566
yyziggah@umat.edu.gh

Journal Manager (GJT)

University of Mines and Technology

P.O. Box 237, Tarkwa

Ghana, West Africa

Phone: +233 505 692403

Email: gmj@umat.edu.gh

Contributed papers

Original contributions in the following broad areas are suitable for publication in the Ghana Mining Journal:

Geomatics; Geology; Mineral Exploration; Mining and Quarrying; Geo-mechanics; Hydrology; Petroleum Engineering; Mineral Processing; Metallurgy; Material Science; Mineral Economics; Financial Evaluation and Risk Assessment; Mineral Policy; Environmental and Safety Engineering; Corporate Social Responsibility; Information and Communication Technology; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Mathematical Modelling; Mining Education; Communication and Entrepreneurship Skills.

 

Publication Schedule

Deadline for submission of manuscript – 30th April, 2023

Paper Review – 10th April, 2023 to 30th May, 2023

Publication Issue – 30th June, 2023

 

Submission

Authors are expected to upload their manuscripts as editable MS WORD DOCUMENT through the online system of GMJ at:

http://gmj.umat.edu.gh/ojs/index.php/gmj/login. All joint papers must indicate the name and full email address of the author to whom correspondence including proofs should be directed.

Authors’ Guidelines

Authors’ guidelines can be accessed at:www.gmj.umat.edu.gh.

Dear Colleague,

Applications for the second cycle of 2023-24 Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships are now open.

As a valued ACU Ambassador, we would be grateful if you could help us to promote these awards by sharing this opportunity with any students or contacts who you think may be interested.

The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) offer fully-funded Master’s scholarships to Commonwealth citizens. Successful applicants can travel to a different country in the Commonwealth, where they can study one of a variety of courses and benefit from the expertise provided by leading universities. Developing new skills, gaining a qualification and experiencing life in another country benefits both the individual and their home country.

Six fully funded Master’s scholarships are available, hosted by member institutions in countries across the Commonwealth including: South Africa, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Vanuatu and Samoa. Further details of the scholarships, including eligibility, host universities and details on how to apply, are available on the ACU website.

Applications close on 24 May at 15:00 (UTC).

We have developed a marketing toolkit with materials that you can use to share these scholarship opportunities with your networks. The toolkit includes:

• Email and social media templates
• Social media graphics
• QECS student flyer
• QECS student poster

Thank you in advance for helping us market the 2023-24 application cycles for QECS, so that we can reach as many talented scholars from across the Commonwealth as possible.

Project Overview
Agriculture employs over one-third of the economically active global population and over 70% of the economically active population in Africa. In Ghana, which is the focus of this study, the extent of population growth and climate change-induced drought makes traditional rainfall-dependent farming no longer reliable. This has resulted in high regional unemployment threats, food insecurity and reduced crop quantity and quality, which require critical attention as recommended in United Nations’ SDGs 1 and 2. Currently, the most promising remedy is the smart Agricultural Internet-of-Things technology (Agri-IoT Tech), which can address these challenges via precision farming and greenhouses while increasing food production capacities and crop quality on less acreage.

Within this research arena, several benchmarking Agri-IoT solutions can be acquired, deployed in farms with the electricity grid and Wi-Fi/cellular coverages, and managed by farmers with sufficient financial resources and technical expertise in IoT, which is generally not the case in Africa. Fortunately, the Ph.D. research of Dr Effah proposed novel scientific foundations for building context-relevant Agri-IoT Solutions for Sub-Saharan Africa with custom-built sampling-based prototypes of this Agri-IoT technology (Agri-IoT Tech) for field deployments. However, his initial results could not validate all proposed theoretical frameworks (i.e., our inter-cluster multihop communication framework) and the realistic end-user performance expectations required to approve the commercial viability of this technology due to insufficient funds and time to build adequate sensor nodes and deploy them over a long period under different environmental conditions and seasons.

This project is motivated to address the aforementioned challenges by building human resource capacities (mentorship) in this field and using the imparted expertise to build adequate Agri-IoT Tech prototypes and outsource them to end-users (farmers) in order to validate the commercial viability of our solution in large-scale farm experimentations. Thus, the final project outcome will be a robust and affordable smart Agri-IoT Tech that can serve as the technological backbone for addressing food insecurity issues and the present unemployment threats due to climate change-induced season failures in Ghana and beyond by way of making farming lucrative and attractive to the youth.

Eligibility

• Applicant should be a registered post-graduate students of the University of Mines and Technology
• Should be an MSc/MPhil or PhD student of Computer Science and Engineering Department/Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department/Renewable Engineering Department.

If selected, applicants are to note that:

•  the project will fully fund the cost of the research.
• The project tenure is of 2 years