Gnida Sossou

I earned my Togo Baccalaureate (BSc) degree in Constructions’ Mechanics from Technical Lycee Eyadema, Lome, Togo (1981), my MSc degree in Civil Engineering from Zaporojie Industrial Institute in Ukraine (1988), and my Ph.D. from Dniepropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute in Ukraine (1991) in the area of Reinforced Precast and Pre-stressed Concrete Structures. I am originally from Togo Republic. I am fluent both in French and English languages. I am ’Maître de Conférences’ from French Ministry of Education since February 2002. Currently I am a Senior Lecturer and Past Head, Department of Civil Engineering, at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana and have been since Jan. 2001. Prior to this, I worked for 9 years as a Dosent, Research Associate and Interpreter at Dniepropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute and National Mining University of Ukraine. My research includes theoretical and experimental analysis of the influence of concrete creep on the long duration nonlinear flexural characteristics and on the exponents of limit states of reinforced precast and pre-stressed concrete various structural members as beams, slabs, columns, shells, load-bearing wall elements, electric poles and trusses, and is oriented to the following areas:I am member of professional organizations and I have written several papers for journals and books.