Member Profile
Membership type: full
Early Career Fellowship
Bennetta Koomson
Country of origin: Ghana Currently in: Ghana, Kumasi General field of specialization: Engineering sciencesEarly Career Fellowship
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Degrees
2017 Doctorate Engineering sciences2011 Master Engineering sciences2007 Undergraduate Engineering sciences -
Current Research Activities
Engineering sciences
• Re - processing of Mineral Waste materials generated from Assay Laboratories (2018 – Date) • Beneficiation of Iron Bearing Slags for Arsenic Removal from Water (2014 – Date)
Publications resulting from Research:
Published Journal Paper(s)
• Koomson, B., Asiam, E. K., Skinner, W., Addai-Mensah, J., (2017), “Understanding the Mechanism of Arsenic Mobilisation and Behaviour in Tailings Dams”, Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 85 – 89.
• Koomson, B. and Asiam, E. K. (2013), “Studies on Arsenic Release and its Mitigation from Tailings Dam using Nanomagnetite Particles”, Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 14, pp. 66 – 69.
Published Conference Paper(s)
• Koomson B. and Asiam E. K. (2018). Adsorption of Arsenic by Some Iron Oxide Minerals. In: Proceedings of 5th UMaT Biennial International Mining and Minerals Conference, Expanding the Frontiers of Mining Technology, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana, August 1-4, 2018.
• Koomson B. and Asiam E. K. (2018). Iron Oxides Beneficiation from Metallurgical Slags for Arsenic Removal from Water. Poster Presentation at the Nigerian Young Academy (NYA) Workshop for Young Women Scientists in Africa, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. March 7-8, 2018.
Koomson, B., Asiam, E. K., Skinner, W., Addai-Mensah, J., (2017), Characterisation and Beneficiation of Composite Ferrous Materials from Ferrous Metallurgical Slags, “Oral Presentation at the BSU II Conference 2017”, Maximising Stakeholder Involvement in Productive Research and Uptake, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
• Koomson, B., Asiam, E. K., Skinner, W., Addai-Mensah, J., (2016), Understanding the Mechanism of Arsenic Mobilisation and Behaviour in Tailings Dams, “Proceedings of the 4th Biennial International Mining and Minerals Conference”, Expanding the frontiers of Mining Technology, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana.
• Koomson, B., and Asiam, E. K. (2013), Assessing the Acid Mine Drainage potential of stockpiled gold bearing sulphide ore; the case of Anglogold Ashanti Mine, Obuasi - Ghana, “Proceedings of the 1st SNOWS Science Conference”, Water and Sanitation – Early Career Scientists Working in Africa, 19 pp.
• Koomson, B. and Asiam, E. K. (2012), Studies on Arsenic Release and its Mitigation from Tailings Dam using Nanomagnetite Particles, “Proceedings of the 2nd Bienniel International Mining and Mineral Conference”, Expanding the frontiers of Mining Technology, 23 – 27 pp.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:TeachingLecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Affiliations
Women in Mining -
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship awarded
Early Career Fellowship awarded 2023