Dr. Kwame Kwakwa Osei
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Department of Civil Engineering
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Faculty of Engineering and Technology
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Dr. Kwame Kwakwa Osei is a Civil Engineer and holds a PhD in Transportation Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. He was a visiting PhD Scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai. He is currently a lecturer in the area of transportation and highway engineering at the Kumasi Technical University, Kumasi.  He is also a research fellow at the Regional Transport Research and Education Centre Kumasi (TRECK).  He has skills and expertise in civil and road design, traffic congestion evaluation and management, transport planning, simulation, and demand modelling.

 

  • PhD Transportation Engineering                                              May 2022
  • MSc Road and Transportation Engineering                            November 2015
  • Advanced Diploma in Project Management                            May 2012
  • BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering                                                    June 2010
  1. Corporate Member, Ghana Institution of Engineering (GHIE)  
  • Traffic congestion mitigation
  • Traffic flow modelling and simulation
  • Transport planning and demand modelling
  • Mobility and travel behavior
  • Transport safety
  • Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
  • 2022 Member of the committee for Institutional Collaboration and Indigenous Technologies.
  • 2022   Member of the committee for Transportation (Tram Project) jointly formed by KMA and KsTU.
  • 2022 Member of the committee for Reviewing Btech Civil Engineering Curriculum to BENG.
  • March 2015:    Appointed as a co-supervisor for Three (3) PhD Candidates in the Regional Transport Research and Education Center Kumasi, KNUST, Ghana.
  • Reviewer of Journal Paper, reviewer of the manuscript TEENG-6664R2, Three methods of PCU estimation at signalized intersections under mixed traffic with UAV monitoring data, for the ASCE’s Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
  • Reviewer of Journal Paper, reviewer of the manuscript TEENG-6460, Modern SLoT Method: An Adaptive-level Signal Control Scheme for Signalized Roundabouts, for the ASCE’s Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems

 

  • 7th International Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (ICAST 2023), March 28-29, 2023.
  • Ghana Infrastructure Conference (GIC 2020) Virtual edition, August 11-14, 2020.
  • Ghana infrastructure Conference, Holiday inn, Accra, August 2018.
  • International Conference of Transportation in Africa, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, October 2017.
  • Osei, K. K., Nti-Asamoah, J. and Obiri-Yeboah, A. A., Adu-Gyamfi, L. (2023). Parking Characteristics, Policies and Management: An Empirical Evaluation on Kumasi Technical University Campus. 7th International Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (ICAST 2023), March 28-29, 2023.
  • Osei, K. K., Obiri-Yeboah, A. A., Adu-Gyamfi, L. and Ackaah, W. (2023). Road Crossing Behaviour and Preferences Among Pedestrians at KNUST Junction: An Adaptation of the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour. 7th International Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (ICAST 2023), March 28-29, 2023.
  • Adams, C., Osei, K. K., and Dumedah, G. (2020). The COVID-19 Pandemic social distancing in public transport and its impact of safety security and operational sustainability. Ghana Infrastructure Conference 2020 (GIC-2020), theme: Planning and Implementation of Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure, Aug 11-14, 2020, Virtual Edition.
  • Osei, K. K., Adams, C. A., Duah, P. Y., Danso, F. G., Nolly, F., Obeng, D. A. and Tuffour, Y. A. (2018). Assessment of Signalistion Options to Improve Capacity and Safety at Roundabouts on the N6 Highway Using VISSIM Microsimulation. Ghana infrastructure Conference, Holiday inn, Accra, August, 2018.
  • Yankey, N. O., Adams, C. A. and Osei K. K. (2017). Estimation of Gap Acceptance Parameters for the Design of Roundabout in Ghana. International Conference of Transportation in Africa, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, October, 2017.

 

  • Ackaah, W., Leslie, V.L.D. and Osei, K.K., 2022. The adoption of self-driving vehicles in Africa: insight from Ghana. Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 10(1), pp.333-357.
  • Osei, K.K., Adams, C.A., Sivanandan, R. and Ackaah, W., 2022. Modelling of Segment Level Travel Time on Urban Roadway Arterials Using Floating Vehicle and GPS Probe Data. Scientific African, p.e01105.
  • Ackaah, W. and Osei, K.K., 2021. Perception of autonomous vehicles–A Ghanaian perspective. Transportation research interdisciplinary perspectives, 11, p.100437.
  • Ackaah, W., Kanton, A.T. and Osei, K.K., 2021. Factors influencing consumers’ intentions to purchase electric vehicles in Ghana. Transportation Letters, pp.1-12
  • Timpabi, A. P., Osei, K.K. and Adams, C.A., 2021. Bicycle ownership and utilization in Tamale Metropolis; influencing factors and impacts to sustainable transport. Heliyon, 7(6), p.e07133.
  • Osei, K.K., Adams, C.A., Ackaah, W. and Oliver-Commey, Y., 2019. Signalization options to improve capacity and delay at roundabouts through microsimulation approach: A case study on arterial roadways in Ghana. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition), 8(1), pp.70-82.
  • Nyame-Baafi, E., Adams, C.A. and Osei, K.K., 2018. Volume warrants for major and minor roads left-turning traffic lanes at unsignalized T-intersections: A case study using VISSIM modelling. Journal of traffic and transportation engineering (English edition), 5(5), pp.417-428.
  • Osei, K.K. and Adams, C.A., 2016. Assessment of turbo and multilane roundabout alternatives to improve capacity and delay at a single lane roundabout using microsimulation model Vissim: a case study in Ghana. American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 4(4), pp.106-116.