Curriculum Vitae - Rexford Assasie Oppong, PhD C U R I C U L U M V I T A E (and other relevant information) NAME : OPPONG, REXFORD ASSASIE DEPARTMENT : ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE : COLLEGE OF ART AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT, KNUST-KUMASI EMPLOYER : KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI PRESENT POSITION : PROFESSOR of Architecture PRESENT RANK : DEAN of International Programmes (Vice-Chancellor’s Office) KNUST since 2016 DATE OF BIRTH : 21 SEPTEMBER 1970 PLACE OF BIRTH : BURMA CAMP – ACCRA MARITAL STATUS : MARRIED WITH THREE (3) CHILDREN SPOKEN/WRITTEN LANGUAGES : ENGLISH, ITALIAN AND AKAN 1. (a) INSTITUTIONS/SCHOOLS ATTENDED WITH ACADEMIC DEGREES EARNED WITH DATES 2007 – 2011: University of Liverpool – Liverpool, United Kingdom (PhD Architecture). 2003 – 2004: University of Rome – “La Sapienza” Rome, Italy (M.Sc. Urban Design/Management for Developing Countries). 1996 – 1998: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi- Ghana (Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture). 1991 – 1994: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi – Ghana (B.Sc. Design). 1988 – 1990: Sunyani Secondary School Sunyani – Ghana (Advanced Level). 1983 – 1988: Pope John Secondary School and Junior Seminary, Koforidua – Ghana (Ordinary Level). 1979 - 1983: Rapid Preparatory School, Sunyani – Ghana. (Common Entrance Examination). 1976 – 1979: Roman Catholic Kindergarten/Primary School, Obuasi-Akrofruom (Amankyem), Ashanti Region (Basic Education). 1 Curriculum Vitae - Rexford Assasie Oppong, PhD FELLOWSHIP/AWARD/PRIZE/CERTIFICATE Co-Winner of British Academy International Partnership and Mobility Award of £30,000 from 2015 to 2018. Excellence Award for Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA) 2014 Honorary Research Fellow of Liverpool School of Architecture of the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2011 to date. Co-Winner of The Appraisal Institute Prize for best paper delivered at the 7thAfrican Real Estate Society (AfRES) Annual International Conference held in conjunction with The Copperbelt University and the Commonwealth Association of Surveyors and Land Economists (CASLE) in Livingstone, Zambia, 2 -5 May, 2007. Certificate of Appreciation for contributing to Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs Certificate of Acknowledgement/Honour for acting as the Main Facilitator for the Afro Mobitecture 2017 Students’ Exhibition and Awards Certificate of Participation as a SPEAKER on “Instruments to implement Accessibility for All in Public Open Spaces” at a workshop organized by CLEAN- AFRICA in conjunction with KNUST and Frankfurt University of Applied Science on 1st -22nd August, 2016, Accra, Ghana Certificate of Appreciation for contributing to Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All. Certificate of Appreciation for contributing to Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency. Certificate of Participation for attending 3-day staff development seminar on: Research Communication, University Support Systems, Research in Higher Education under the framework of the Staff Development Programme, 15th-17th February 2016 at Technology at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana Certificate of Participation awarded by BUILDING STRONGER UNIVERSITIES (BSU II) PROJECT on: Development of PhD Supervision Assessment Tools for K NUST”, 16th -24th February 2016, at Technology at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana Certificate of Appreciation for contributing to Doing Business 2015: Going beyond Efficiency. Certificate of Participation awarded for participating in 6th KNUST Summer School on Strengthening the Linkage Amongst Academia, Industry and Government organised by Quality Assurance and Planning Unit of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. 15th – 17th August, 2016 Certificate of Participation awarded by Quality Assurance and Planning Unit of the Vice – Chancellor’s Office, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for participating in the 5th Summer School of KNUST on the theme: “Sustainable 2 Curriculum Vitae - Rexford Assasie Oppong, PhD Development of Tertiary institutions in Ghana amidst Economic and security Challenges” from 17th to 20th August, 2015 (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana Certificate of Participation awarded by Quality Assurance and Planning Unit of the Vice – Chancellor’s Office, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for participating in the 4th KNUST Summer School on Advancing Science and Technology through effective Communication” from 18th to 22nd August, 2014 (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana Certificate of Appreciation for contributing to Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises Certificate of Participation awarded by Quality Assurance and Planning Unit of the Vice – Chancellor’s Office, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for participating in the 3rd KNUST Summer School on “Repositioning KNUST as a Global Institution: Effective Research Management as a Tool” from 26th August to 2nd September, 2013 (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. Certificate of Participation awarded by CeCASt International Conference on 19th -20th March 2015, on Culture, Science and Technology at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. Certificate of Honour awarded by Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA) as a RESOURCE PERSON for ARCA Workshop 2013, 02-03 October 2013. Certificate of Honour awarded by Christ Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana on June 10, 2012. Certificate of Participation awarded by College of Architecture and Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for participating as a REVIEWER in the 1ST International Conference on Infrastructure Development in Africa, March 22 –24, 2012. Certificate awarded by Quality Assurance and Planning Unit of the Vice – Chancellor’s Office, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for participating as a RESOURCE PERSON in a Workshop on THE USE OF HI–TECH TO DEVELOP AND DELIVER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, Aug. 16 –20, 2004. SELECTED HONOURABLE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS/APPRECIATIONS/ MENTIONS AND NOMINATIONS The Vice-Chancellor’s Letter of Appreciation dated November 15, 2018 for my dedication and commitment while serving as Chairman of the Procurement Committee of KNUST during which my “tenure witnessed a remarkable improvement in the handling of procurement matters and for which the university is most grateful”. The Vice-Chancellor & Management – KNUST Letters of Appreciation dated 8th March, 2018 and 4th April, 2018 respectively for my instrumentality in the procurement and delivery of four books-HABITAT: Vernacular Architecture for Changing Planet for use by staff and students of the University; and donating 3 Curriculum Vitae - Rexford Assasie Oppong, PhD (team effort) LED COPY stand to support the digitization/photography of architectural drawings/buildings of KNUST. The Vice-Chancellor – KNUST Letter of Acknowledgement dated 2015 for Co-winning the British Academy International Partnership and Mobility Award. The Head – Department of Architecture, KNUST Letter of Appreciation dated May 2018 for donating G₵1,000.00 to support Department’s Year Book International Partnership and Mobility 2015 Awards List http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/awards/intl/International_Partnership_And_Mobi lity The Vice-Chancellor – KNUST Letter of Appreciation dated July 2015 for donating 10 copies of a book titled: Urban Housing and Sanitation-Our Habitat, Our Health (2013) to KNUST Provident Fund Association – KNUST Letter of Appreciation dated 2017(See The Provost – CABE, KNUST Letter of Appreciation dated June 2015 for donating 10 copies of a book titled: Urban Housing and Sanitation-Our Habitat, Our Health (2013) to the College The Head – Department of Nursing, KNUST Letter of Appreciation dated June 2015 for donating 139 copies of NURSING STANDARD JOURNAL (2011- 2014 EDITIONS) News-Architecture 2015: University of Liverpool - a member of The Russell Group for awarded of the British Academy International Partnership and Mobility Scheme (£30k) to investigate the architecture of 20th Century Ghana with Dr. Iain Jackson of University of Liverpool School of Architecture https://www.liv.ac.uk/architecture/research/architectural-urban-history/news Provost’s Message - College of Art and Built Environment in: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Research Report 2015, p.43, 51. Provost’s Report to June 2015 Congregation of College of Art and Built Environment Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for donating 20 BOOKS to the College and KNUST main libraries. Book Acknowledgements: The Architecture of Edwin Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew: Twentieth Century Architecture, Pioneer Modernism and the Tropics (2014) Authored by Iain Jackson and Jessica Holland, Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. This book thoroughly examines Fry and Drew’s highly influential ‘Tropical Architecture’ in West Africa and India… It highlights the collaborative nature of Fry and Drew’s work, including schemes undertaken with 4 Curriculum Vitae - Rexford Assasie Oppong, PhD Elizabeth Denby, Walter Gropius, Denys Lasdun, Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier. http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations Nominated as KNUST’s Representative to attend the 2013 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Mitigation Modelling Training Programme in Jongno-gu, Republic of Korea. Head of Architecture Department – KNUST Letter of Appreciation September dated 2013 for the impressive organization