Bright Kwakye-Awuah
The researcher has made significant contributions to the application of zeolites across diverse fields, encompassing their synthesis, catalytic properties, adsorption capabilities, and applications in water treatment, environment monitoring, and advanced battery technologies. Their work highlights advancements in understanding zeolite's role as a versatile material for purification processes, thermal energy storage, and medical imaging, while also exploring the optimization of its use in sustainable industrial applications such as Lubricants and Catalysis.
Faculty Biography
Professor Bright Kwakye-Awuah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He is, without doubt, an upcoming world leader in the area materials technology. He has synthesized high-tech industrial products from low-grade kaolin. Such products include high purity alumina, zeolites, aluminium sulphate, activated alumina, sodium silicate, among others. He has synthesized a number of novel zeolites and has pioneered and championed their use in a wide variety of medical, environmental, and industrial settings. He has a wide range of industrial and academic collaborations that have resulted in real world solutions to difficult industrial problems. Professor Kwakye-Awuah is the Lead Research Scientist for the Zeolite Science and Technology Research Group, a multi-departmental research group in the University. He is also the coordinator of Advance Materials Research (AMT) group in the Department of Physics, KNUST. He has, through a number of grants, trained five PhD students, with several others in various stages of their research project. He has also trained several MPhil students and currently engaging new MPhil students in different projects in the area of Zeolite Science and Technology. He has authored several international peer reviewed publications in the field of Zeolite Science and Technology and has made presentations in several international conferences. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre -KNUST (RWESCK), a World bank Centre of Excellence research centre. He has also provided several consultancy services to industries such as Pathos AIB Limited, Ghana and World of Minerals Company in Yemen.
2D Materials and Applications
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
Adsorption and Cooling Systems
Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Arsenic contamination and mitigation
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Bauxite Residue and Utilization
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Concrete and Cement Materials Research
Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies
Extraction and Separation Processes
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
Fluoride Effects and Removal
Lubricants and Their Additives
Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
Membrane Separation Technologies
Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
Optimising Material Recovery and Lifecycle Management of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries: AI-Based Separator, Repurposing, and Safe Discharge Solutions
Open AccessKINETICS AND EQUILIBRIUM STUDIES OF FLUORIDE ADSORPTION FROM DRINKING WATER ONTO ALUMINIUM MODIFIED ZEOLITE NA-LSX
Open AccessKINETICS AND EQUILIBRIUM STUDIES OF FLUORIDE ADSORPTION FROM DRINKING WATER ONTO ALUMINIUM MODIFIED ZEOLITE NA-LSX
Open AccessEvidence of electronic influence in the adsorption of cationic and zwitterionic dyes on zeolites
Open AccessThe effect of the concentration of tin (Sn) in the metallic precursor, on the structure, morphology, optical and electrical properties of electrochemically deposited lead-tin-sulphide (PbSnS) thin films
Open AccessElectronic and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal‐Doped MoS<sub>2</sub> Monolayer: First‐Principles Calculations
Determining the majority charge carrier, optical and structural properties of electrochemically deposited lead tin sulfide (PbSnS) thin films
Open AccessCharacterization of Metakaolin from Wassa Kaolin and Its Potential as Adsorbent for the Regeneration of Used Engine Lubrication Oil
Open AccessSnail Based Carbonated-Hydroxyapatite Material as Adsorbents for Water Iron (II)
Open AccessQuality Assurance in SPECT/CT for Radionuclide Therapy with Lutetium-177
Open AccessGeometric and Electronic Factors in the Adsorption of Cationic and Amphiprotic Dyes on Zeolites
Open AccessImage Quality Assessment Using NEMA Standards for Lu-177 Radionuclide
Open AccessObtaining zeolite A from filtrate of zeolite LSX and its influence on the removal of heavy metals and organic pollutants in spent lubricating oil
Open AccessAntimicrobial Activity of Silver-Zeolite LTA on Heavily-Contaminated Underground Ghanaian Waters
Open AccessAntimicrobial Activity of Silver-Zeolite LTA on Heavily-Contaminated Underground Ghanaian Waters
Open AccessSynthesis and characterization of geopolymer-zeolites from Ghanaian Kaolin samples by variation of two synthesis parameters
Mercury exchange in zeolites Na-A and Na-Y studied by classical molecular dynamics simulations and ion exchange experiments
Open AccessThe stability of 3C-SiC(1 1 1) on Si(1 1 1) thin films: First-principles calculation
Adsorption Characteristics of Zeolite A Synthesized from Wassa Kaolin for Thermal Energy Storage
Open AccessElectricity Generation Using a Hybridized Zeolite Adsorption Heat Pump and Heat Engine
Open AccessDissolved organic matter in hand-dug well water as groundwater quality indicator: assessment using laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy and multivariate statistical techniques
Open AccessAdsorptive Removal of Iron and Manganese from Groundwater Samples in Ghana by Zeolite Y Synthesized from Bauxite and Kaolin
Open AccessComparison of the Recycling Efficiency of Metakaolin and Laboratory-Synthesized Zeolite Types LTA and LSX on Used Lubricant Engine Oil
Open AccessSynthesis of zeolites from bauxite and kaolin: Effect of synthesis parameters on competing phases
Parametric, equilibrium, and kinetic study of the removal of salt ions from Ghanaian seawater by adsorption onto zeolite X
A density functional theory study of arsenic immobilization by the Al(<scp>iii</scp>)-modified zeolite clinoptilolite
Open AccessRemoval of ammonium ions by laboratory-synthesized zeolite linde type A adsorption from water samples affected by mining activities in Ghana
Open AccessApplication of Laboratory-Synthesized Ammonium Zeolite LTX as Soil Amendment Additive
Towards the Zeolitization of Bauxite: Thermal Behaviour of Gibbsite in High-Alumina- Ghanaian Bauxite
Release Pattern of Ag+ ions from Silver-Loaded Zeolite X and its Subsequent Effect on Fatty Acid Composition of Bacterial Cells
Production of silver‐doped analcime by isomorphous substitution technique
Antimicrobial action and efficiency of silver-loaded zeolite X
Production of silver-loaded zeolites and investigation of their antimicrobial activity
Open AccessDepartment of Physics
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology