Prof. Francis Warings Yao Momade

Emeritus Professor


Dept: Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Petroleum Building, Rm 422

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Research Areas/Interests

In recent times focus of research has shifted to synthesis of materials for application as catalysts and materials for water and wastewater treatment,...~more

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Achievements

Technology Development

  1. Developed prossing technology for refining Kibi bauxite
  2. Developed various flow-sheets for treating/upgrading low-grade manganese ores from the Nsuta manganese deposits
  3. Proposed a technology for processing bauxite tailings materials from the Awaso Bauxite mine into alum (aluminium sulphate) for the commercial production of potable water from the Owabi and Weija reservoirs.
  4. Working with the Ben Gurion the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Zukerberg Institute for Water Research (Israel) to develop hybrid adsorption/membrane technology for the removal of nitrates and fluoride from contaminated water.
  5. Working with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT), to develop water treatment systems using membrane or hybrid adsorbent/membrane technology for removal of contaminants, including uranium from drinking water from boreholes 

As Provost

  1. Undertaken staff development to improve staff situation at the College of Engineering
  2. Improved infrastructure at the College of Engineering; laboratories of mechanical engineering, oversaw the redesign and start of construction of the "Petroleum Block", improved water suply system by providing boreholes,
  3. Establishment of the Energy Centre (now The Brew-Hammond Energy Centre)
  4. Supported by the World Bank, started discussions with MEST leading to the establishment of Ghana's Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and Implementation documents.


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