Dave Papa Esare Oguah

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EDUCATION

August 2018 –

May 2020

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EXPERIENCE

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Illinois Institute of Technology

MEng. Environmental Engineering

Coursework included: Design of Environmental Engineering Processes (Design of a Wastewater Treatment Plant), Physical/Chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Chemodynamics, Statistical Tools for Engineers (included a Case Study on Analysis of Data on E. Coli concentrations in beaches in Chicago)

Created Python and R lab exercises for Physical/Chemical Processes and Statistics courses respectively

Built a COD concentration model in Python for an activated sludge biochemical process

Performed an ArcGIS project on the correlation analysis of crime rate in US and socio-economic factors Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

BSc. Civil Engineering (Second Class Honors -Upper Division)

Coursework included: Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Hydraulics, Hydrology, Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Highway/Transportation Engineering

Thesis: Effects of used engine oil on the shear strength of lateritic soils

Project: Carried out geophysical investigation, soil-sampling, soil tests and soil-logging Assistant Engineer at ABP Consult Limited, Ghana

Ensured that a water pipeline construction project was completed three months ahead of schedule through thorough supervision; ensured compliance with the project contract

Reduced by half, the time required to prepare water distribution system and sewer models for a 300- acre waterfront development using EPANET and SewerGEMS respectively

Performed structural analysis and design of a building using ETABS and ensured that the construction cost of the building was reduced by about 5% by eliminating redundancy in sizes of structures

Identified over twenty errors in data analysis of classified traffic volume counts (for design of a road and traffic circle) and corrected those errors by re-analyzing the data with the aid of VBA 2014-2015

National Service Person at ABP Consult Limited, Ghana

Identified over thirty errors in an Operation and Maintenance Manual for the Kpong Water Treatment Plant in Ghana, and corrected those errors

Ensured that the durability of concrete pavers was not compromised; carried out compressive strength tests on various sample pavers for over five weeks till required strength was met 2013

2012

LEADERSHIP

Intern at Delin Consult, Ghana

Undertook traffic volume count studies and analysis of data from those studies. The data was used to design various roads in Ghana

Performed accident data analysis for the N1 highway and identified causes and locations of accidents Intern at Sonitra Co. Ltd.

Performed many road lab and in-situ tests like Marshall test, CBR test, Atterberg limits and sand cone tests Was an executive in an Engineering Students organization, and mentored about sixty Engineering students COMMUNITY

SERVICE

Volunteered to provide borehole water to a Ghanaian village called Penteng-Nwaase

Volunteered as a teacher at a nursery and taught children good sanitation and hygiene practices.

Volunteered to donate food to admitted patients of the Ridge Hospital in Ghana.

Organized seminars to prepare teenagers for academic and social life in high school and university. AWARDS Armour College of Engineering award (2018), a merit-based scholarship for Master's level study at Armour College of Engineering in Illinois Institute of Technology ADDITIONAL

SKILLS

Possess knowledge in computer software such as GPS-X, ArcGIS Pro, EPANET, SewerGEMS, Visual MINTEQ, Python, R programming language, Excel, AutoCAD, StaadPro, ETABS, Orion

Water Africa and West Africa Building and Construction Seminar Certificate, Certificate in Construction Management