Kwesi Akwansah Andam (15 December 1946 – 14 December 2007) was a Ghanaian academic and former

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of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He was a professor of engineering. He died on 14 December 2007 at the 37 Military Hospital.

Early life and education

Prof. Andam was born at Ekumfi Atakwaa in the Central Region of Ghana 15 December 1946. He obtained his secondary school certificate from

Ghana Secondary Technical School The Ghana Secondary Technical School is a science and technology-oriented high school located in Takoradi on the west coast of Ghana. It is the third oldest high school in Ghana - the oldest 'non-missionary' high school. The School was founded ...

Takoradi Sekondi-Takoradi is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. It is the capital of Sekondi – Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly and the Western Region of Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi is the region's largest city and an indus ...

in the Western Region of Ghana. He obtained a

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degree in

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from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Prof. Andam obtained his

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in Structural Engineering Computer Aided Design (CAD) Division at

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, Newcastle upon Tyne in the

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Career

In 1985, he was appointed a lecturer at the Civil Engineering Department of KNUST. He became a senior lecturer in 1985. He became an associate professor in 1992 and a full professor in 1997.

Vice Chancellor of KNUST

Andam was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of KNUST by the governing board of the university. His four-year term started in September 2002 and ended in September 2006.

Personal life

He was married to Professor

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who is a physicist and an academic. They had four children. He died on 14 December 2007 at the 37 Military Hospital after a short illness.

Publications

Andam authored over 100 science books and papers.

References

2007 deaths Academic staff of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Vice-Chancellors of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Vice-Chancellors of universities in Ghana 20th-century Ghanaian engineers Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni Ghana Secondary Technical School alumni 1946 births Ghanaian scientists Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences {{Ghana-bio-stub