Refereed Journal Articles

• Owusu-Nimo, F., Oduro-Kwarteng S., Essandoh H., Wayo F., and Shamudeen, M. (2019). Characteristics and management of landfill solid waste in Kumasi, Ghana. Scientific African, 3 (2019) e00052.
• Owusu-Nimo, F., Mantey, J., Nyarko, K. B., Appiah-Effah E., and Aubynn, A. (2018). Spatial distribution patterns of illegal artisanal small scale gold mining (Galamsey) operations in Ghana: A focus on the Western Region. Heliyon, 4 (2018) e00534.
• Owusu-Nimo, F. and Boshoff, N. (2017). Research collaboration in Ghana: patterns, motives and roles. Scientometrics, 110(3): 1099-1121.
• Ampadu, S. I. K., Ackah, P., Owusu-Nimo, F. and Boadu, F. (2017). A laboratory study of horizontal confinement effect on the dynamic cone penetration index of a lateritic soil. . Transportation Geotechnics, 10: 47-61.
• Mantey, J., Owusu-Nimo, F., Nyarko, K. B. and Aubynn, A. (2016). Operational dynamics of “Galamsey” within eleven selected districts of western region of Ghana. Journal of Mining and Environment. 8(1):11-34
• Boadu, F. K., Owusu-Nimo, F., Achampong, F. and Ampadu, S. I. K. (2013). Artificial neural network and statistical models for predicting the basic geotechnical properties of soils from electrical measurements. Near Surface Geophysics, 11(6): 599-612.
• Boadu, F. K. and Owusu-Nimo, F. (2011). Exploring the linkages between geotechnical properties and electrical responses of sand-clay mixtures under varying effective stress levels. Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, 16(2): 73-83.
• Boadu, F. K. and Owusu-Nimo, F. (2010). Influence of petrophysical and geotechnical engineering properties on the electrical response of unconsolidated earthen material. Geophysics, 75(3): G21-G29.
• Boadu, F. K., Owusu-Nimo, F. and Menyeh, A. (2008). Nitrate contamination in groundwater at farmlands in Nsawam, Ghana: The role of fractures from azimuthal resistivity survey: Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, 13(1): 27-37.

Refereed Conference Papers

• Owusu-Nimo, F., Peprah-Manu, D., Kumah, D., and Ampadu SIK. (2019). Compaction verification of lateritic soils using electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity. Proceedings of 17th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
• Mantey, J., Owusu-Nimo, F. and Nyarko, K. B. (2015). Spatial distribution and scale of galamsey operations within selected districts of western region of Ghana. In Proceedings of the 1^st International Conference on Engineering, Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship, 6-7 August 2015, Eds. Ampadu, S. I. K. and Adom-Asamoah, M., pp 588-601.
• Oduro Kwarteng, S., Owusu-Nimo, F. and Essandoh, H. (2015). Solid waste characteristics and management of Kumasi Landfill, Ghana. In Proceedings of the 1^st International Conference on Engineering, Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship, 6-7 August 2015, Eds. Ampadu, S. I. K. and Adom-Asamoah, M., pp 602-612.
• Ampadu, S.I.K, Ackah, P., Owusu-Nimo, F. and Ayeh, F.J.F. (2015). The Effect of pre-treatment on index and compaction properties of a lateritic gravel. In Proceedings, 16^th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 27-30 April 2015, ISBN 978-9938-12-936-6, Tunisia, Eds. Bouassida, M., Khemakhem, M. and Haffoudhi, S. E., pp 553-560.
• Ayeh, F.J.F., Ampadu, S.I.K., Owusu-Nimo, F., Boadu, F. and Lawer, A. K. (2015). A laboratory investigation of the effect of used oil contamination on the direct shear behaviour of a lateritic soil. In Proceedings, 16^th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 27-30 April 2015, ISBN 978-9938-12-936-6 Tunisia, Eds. Bouassida, M., Khemakhem, M. and Haffoudhi, S. E. pp, 567-572.
• Ackah, P., Ampadu, S., Owusu-Nimo, F. and Ayeh, F. (2014). The effect of pretreatment on compaction characteristics of a lateritic gravel. In Proceedings of the XVII Brazilian Congress of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 9-13 September 2014, Eds. Sales, M. and da Fontoura, S. A. B.
• Owusu-Nimo, F., Ampadu, S. and Ayeh, F. (2013). The use of resistivity measurement to aid in interpreting borehole log in site investigation. In Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics in Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), Denver, CO, 17-21 March 2013, Ed. Smith, B. D.
• Owusu-Nimo, F., Boadu, F. K. and Menyeh, A. (2008). Geotechnical properties from integrated geophysical methods: Laboratory measurements and regression models: In Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics in Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), Philadelphia, PA, 6-10 April 2008, Ed. Kaufmann, R.
• Boadu, F. K., Owusu-Nimo, F. and Menyeh, A. (2008). Exploring the linkages between geotechnical properties and geophysical responses of unconsolidated materials: Laboratory measurements. In Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics in Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), Philadelphia, PA, 6-10 April 2008, Ed. Kaufmann, R.