Samuel Mensah Sackey (PhD)
Adjunct: Mechanical Engineering
Professor Samuel Mensah Sackey is a manufacturing expert with approximately 30 years at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He holds degrees from KNUST, Cranfield University (UK), and North Carolina A&T State University (USA). He has led KNUST’s Technology Consultancy Centre, helping it become a UNESCO Centre of Excellence, and served as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department. With teaching experience in Ghana, the USA, South Africa, and the UK, he has industry experience and has helped shape national policies on science, technology, and engineering standards. He currently consults on manufacturing and industrialization for Ghana’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.
- Automation and Production Systems
- 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing
- Material Science & Mechanical Properties
- Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing
- Optimization of Process Parameters
- Mechanical Testing (Compressive & Tensile Strength)
- Industrial Engineering Education
- Akpakpavi, M. K., Sackey, S. M. and Asante-Afrifa, M. K. (2023), Optimisation of Process Parameters on Compressive Strength of 3D-Pinted Polylactic Acid Parts, African Journal of Applied Research Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 12-34.
- Akpakpavi, M. K., Sackey, S. M. and Asante-Afrifa, M. K. (2023), Optimisation of Process Parameters on Tensile Strength of 3D-Pinted Polylactic Acid (PLA) Parts: ASTM D638 Type – IV, African Journal of Applied Research Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 104-123.
- S. M. Sackey, A. Bester and (2017), Industry 4.0 Learning Factory didactic Design Parameters for Industrial Engineering Education in South Africa, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering Vol 28(1), pp 114-124.
- S. M. Sackey and A. Bester (2016), Industrial Engineering Curriculum in Industry 4.0 in a South African Context, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering Vol 27(4), pp 101-114.
- Samuel M. Sackey and Samuel P. Owusu-Ofori (2004), a Dynamic Modelling Technique for Damage Progression in Drilling of Composite Laminates, Transactions of the North
American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME, Vol. 32, pp.71-78.
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, USA
- MSc in Engineering and Management
of Manufacturing Systems, Cranfield University, the United
Kingdom - BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
