Dr. Albert Kwame Kwaw

Lecturer


Dept: Geological Engineering
Rm 7, BKB
College of Engineering
KNUST, Kumasi

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Research Areas/Interests

Fluid flow and solute transport in porous and fractured media; Sources, fate and transport of contaminants in aqueous environments; Water quality; Bou...~more


Publications

    This is a link to Kwame's publications

    1. Zhao, Y., Wang, J., Chen, Z., Kwaw, A.K., Qiao, F., Ma, X., 2026. A resistivity-hydraulic conductivity relationship for sand-kaolinite mixtures based on the integration of the Waxman-Smits and modified Kozeny-Carman models. Advances in Water Resources. 217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2026.105446

    2. Yang, D., Wang, J., Chen, Z., Liu, R., Qiao, F., Kwaw, A.K., Zhao, Y., Chen, L., 2026. Quantifying Spatiotemporal Variability in Nanoplastics During Transport in Porous Media Using Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Water 18, 1–26. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/w18121429

    3. Kwaw, A.K., Kazapoe, R.W., Konadu Amoah, B., Awog-Badek, D.A., Sagoe, S.D., Qiao, F., Adam, A.B., Appiah-Adjei, E.K., 2026. Integrating self-organising maps and Monte Carlo probabilistic model for groundwater pollution source apportionment and risk analysis at Kokompe in southwestern Ghana. Discover Chemistry 3, 236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44371-026-00698-2

    4. Konadu Amoah, B., Kwaw, A.K., Adam, A.B., Kazapoe, R.W., Osei-Owusu, B.A., Appiah-Adjei, E.K., 2026. Illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in Ghana: environmental pollution and remediation approaches—a review. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 48, 323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-026-03214-8

    5. Kwaw, A.K., Gyimah, F.K., Appiah-adjei, E.K., Amoah, B.K., Adam, A.B., Qiao, F., Kazapoe, R.W., 2026. Application of chemometrics and evaluation models for source tracing and risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Kokompe in Southwestern Ghana. Discover Geoscience 4, 23. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s44288-026-00411-x

    6. Qiao, F., Wang, J., Zheng, S., Chen, Z., Kwaw, A.K., 2025. Spatiotemporal differentiation mechanisms of groundwater PAH-PAE co-contamination: Environmental drivers and seasonal microbial dynamics. Journal of Environmental Management, 393, 127223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127223

    7. Qiao, F., Wang, J., Song, J., Chen, Z., Kwaw, A.K., Zhao, Y., Zheng, S., 2025. Corrigendum to “The spatiotemporal evolution of dissolved-phase NAPL plumes revealed by the integrated groundwater quality and machine learning models” [Water Research, 280 (2025), 123535]. Water Research, 124330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124330

    8. Qiao, F., Wang, J., Chen, Z., Liu, Q., Zheng, S., Kwaw, A.K., Li, W., Meng, F., 2025. Periodic forced-gradient heat and solute tracer tests to characterize the hydraulic, thermodynamic and transport properties of unconfined weakly permeable aquifers. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 274, 104629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2025.104629

    9. Qiao, F., Wang, J., Song, J., Chen, Z., Kwaw, A.K., Zhao, Y., Zheng, S., 2025. The spatiotemporal evolution of dissolved-phase NAPL plumes revealed by the integrated groundwater quality and machine learning models. Water Research, 280, 123535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123535

    10. Qiao, F., Wang, J., Chen, Z., Zheng, S., Kwaw, A.K., Zhao, Y., Huang, J., 2025. Organic contamination pressure shapes spatiotemporal variability of shallow groundwater bacterial communities and temporal patterns when facing new environmental disturbances. Journal of Hydrology, 653, 132764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.132764

    11. Qiao, F., Wang, J., Chen, Z., Zheng, S., Kwaw, A.K., Zhao, Y., Huang, J., 2024. Experimental research on the transport-transformation of organic contaminants under the influence of multi-field coupling at a site scale. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 470, 134222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134222
    12. Opoku, P.A., Shu, L., Ansah-Narh, T., Banahene, P., Yao, K.B.M.O., Kwaw, A.K., Niu, S., 2023. Prediction of karst spring discharge using LSTM with Bayesian optimisation hyperparameter tuning: a laboratory physical model approach. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-023-01828-w

    13. Kwaw, A.K., Dou, Z., Wang, J., Zhang, X., Chen, Y., 2023. Advancing the knowledge of solute transport in the presence of bound water in mixed porous media based on low-field nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of Hydrology, 617, 129059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129059

    14. Kwaw, A.K., Dou, Z., Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Zhu, W., Opoku, P.A., 2021. Influence of Clay on Solute Transport in Saturated Homogeneous Mixed Media. Geofluids, 2021, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/1207971

    15. Kwaw, A. K., Al-Hassan, S., Chukwu, A. U., Asante, A. O., and Botwe, T., 2018. Comparative study on linear and non-linear geostatistical methods: a case study on Kalsaka hill gold deposit, Burkina Faso. Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 21-29

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