Prince Antwi-Afar| Construction Management Award | Best Researcher Award

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Dr .Prince Antwi-Afar| Construction Management Award | Best Researcher Award

Dr.Prince Antwi-Afar ,City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Dr. Prince Antwi-Afar is a distinguished scholar and educator at City University of Hong Kong, based in Hong Kong. He holds expertise in fields such as [mention specific fields or disciplines if available], with a strong focus on [mention any specific areas of research or interest]. Dr. Antwi-Afar has made significant contributions to academia through his research, publications, and teaching endeavors. His commitment to advancing knowledge and fostering intellectual growth is evident in his extensive academic portfolio and his dedication to mentoring students. With a reputation for excellence in both research and teaching, Dr. Prince Antwi-Afar stands as a respected figure within the academic community.

Professional Profiles:

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Education and Training:

  • PhD (Hons) Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management), The University of Hong Kong
  • MSc. (Hons) Construction Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
  • BSc. (Hons) Construction Technology and Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Awards and Prizes:

  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2021/22), The University of Hong Kong
  • Global Young Scientist Summit (GYSS) 2023, Singapore
  • Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPF)
  • Y S and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship for Engineering Students
  • Surveyor Prof. E.A. Abbam Academic Excellence Award
  • Youth Excellence League Awards
  • Certificate of Excellence from various institutions

Academic and Teaching Experience:

  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
  • Teaching and Research Assistant, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Professional Work Experience:

  • Assistant Project Manager, Fapim Company Limited, Kumasi, Ghana
  • Assistant Clerk of Works and Site Supervisor, Procurement and Project Management Consultancy (PPMC), Accra, Ghana
  • Intern Site Engineer and Data Analyst, Construction Professionals (CONPRO) Limited, Accra, Ghana
  • Intern Quantity Surveyor and Cost Analyst, Ghana Highway Authority, Kumasi, Ghana
  • Intern Materials Engineer or Soil Analyst, Ghana Highway Authority, Kumasi, Ghana

Professional Membership:

  • Student Member, Hong Kong Green Building Council
  • Influencer, International Council for Circular Economy
  • Member, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
  • Student Member, American Concrete Institute
  • Student Member, Chartered Institute of Building, UK
  • Incorporate Member, Ghana Institute of Construction

Personal Skills:

  • Communication skills
  • Organisational and managerial skills
  • Job-related skills
  • Language proficiency
  • Interests and hobbies
  • Digital competence

Publications:

  1. Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., and Chen, J. (2023). Determining the optimal partition system of a modular building from a circular economy perspective: A multicriteria decision-making process. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 185, 113601.
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113601Antwi-Afari, P.*, Ng, T.S., Chen, J., Oluleye, B.I., Antwi-Afari, M.F. and Ababio, B.K. (2023). Enhancing life cycle assessment for circular economy measurement of different case scenarios of modular steel slab. Building and Environment, p.110411
  3. . DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110411Oluleye, B.I., Chan, D.W., Antwi-Afari, P. and Olawumi, T.O., 2023. Modeling the principal success factors for attaining systemic circularity in the building construction industry: An international survey of circular economy experts. Sustainable Production and Consumption. DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2023.03.008
  4. Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2022). Adopting Computer Aided Design In Mechanical Engineering for enhancing the implementation of systemic circularity in the construction industry: A critical review. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 35, 509-524 DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2022.12.00
  5. 2Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., Chen, J., & Zheng, X. M. (2022). Determining the impacts and recovery potentials of a modular designed residential building using the novel LCA-C2C–PBSCI method. Journal of Cleaner Production, 378, 134575. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134575
  6. Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., & Chen, J. (2022). Developing an integrative method and design guidelines for achieving systemic circularity in the construction industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 354, 131752. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131752
  7. Antwi-Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., Ng, S. T., & Asumadu, G. (2022). Sustainable development factors governing the smart evolvement of developing countries. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Municipal Engineer, 175(4), 1-10. Thomas Telford Ltd. DOI: 10.1680/jmuen.20.00023
  8. Ayarkwa, J., Opoku, D. G. J., Antwi-Afari, P.*, & Li, R. Y. M. (2022). Sustainable building processes’ challenges and strategies: The relative important index approach. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 7, 100455. DOI: 10.1016/j.clet.2022.100455
  9. Antwi-Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., Ng, S. T., & Asumadu, G. (2021). Modeling the smartness or smart development levels of developing countries’ cities. Journal of Urban Management, 10(4), 369-381. DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2021.06.005Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., & Hossain, M. U. (2021). A review of the circularity gap in the construction industry through scientometric analysis. Journal of cleaner production, 298, 126870. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126870
  10. Antwi-Afari, P.*, Owusu-Manu, D. G., Simons, B., Debrah, C., & Ghansah, F. A. (2021). Sustainability guidelines to attaining smart sustainable cities in developing countries: A Ghanaian context. Sustainable Futures, 3, 100044. DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2021.100044
  11. Owusu-Manu, D. G., Debrah, C., Oduro-Ofori, E., Edwards, D. J., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2020). Attributable indicators for measuring the level of greenness of cities in developing countries: lessons from Ghana. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(3), 625-646. DOI: 10.1108/JEDT-06-2020-0257
  12. Antwi-Afari, M. F., Li, H., Anwer, S., Yevu, S. K., Wu, Z., Antwi-Afari, P., & Kim, I. (2020). Quantifying workers’ gait patterns to identify safety hazards in construction using a wearable insole pressure system. Safety science, 129, 104855. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.10485
  13. 5Hossain, M. U., Ng, S. T., Antwi-Afari, P., & Amor, B. (2020). Circular economy and the construction industry: Existing trends, challenges, and prospective framework for sustainable construction. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 130, 109948. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.109948Owusu-Manu, D., Debrah

Ruby Srivastava| Computational Chemistry | Best Researcher Award

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Dr .Ruby Srivastava |Computational Chemistry | Best Researcher Award

Dr.Ruby Srivastava ,Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology-CSIR, Hyderabad,India

Dr. Ruby Srivastava is a distinguished scientist based at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), a constituent institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Hyderabad, India. With a background in molecular biology and genetics, Dr. Srivastava has made significant contributions to the fields of cellular and molecular biology, particularly in understanding the mechanisms underlying various genetic disorders and diseases. Her research focuses on elucidating the molecular pathways involved in cellular processes and disease pathogenesis, with a particular interest in cancer biology. Dr. Srivastava is renowned for her expertise in genome editing technologies and their applications in biomedical research. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and is actively involved in mentoring young scientists and students.

Professional Profiles:

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Qualification:

M.Sc.: University of Lucknow, India (1992-1994) – Physics (Electronics)PhD: Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, India (2005-10) – Conformational Study of Some Natural Products. Supervisor: Prof. Neeraj Misra

Academic Research Experience:

Computer Aided Design In Mechanical Engineering-based Computational Methods and Bioinformatics: Applied under Widushi Scheme, DST with Prof. G. Rajaraman, Chemistry Department, IIT, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra.Theoretical studies on unfolding the mystery of RNA: With Mentor Dr. Shrish Tiwari, Bioinformatics, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology-CSIR, Hyderabad, India.Coinage Metal clusters and their doped analogs: Computational studies towards their opto-electronic and Biomedical Applications with Mentor Dr. G. Narahari Sastry, CMM, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, India.Teaching experience: Pre-graduate, graduate, and post-graduate level (Quantum Chemistry, Solid State Physics) in Lucknow, India.

International Speaker:

Presented on the topic: “Role of AI-driven ChemoBioinformatics Tools in Drugs and Diseases” at the 2nd International Conference on New Trends in Science and Applications (NTSA).

Professional Skills:

Attended numerous short courses and webinars covering a wide range of topics including data analysis, programming, quantum computing, and professional development.

Professional Affiliations:

Member of ACS for 8 years.Review Editor for Frontier in Physics.

Publications:

1.Metalloboranes as Unusual Superhalogens
Srivastava, R.Superhalogens and Superalkalis Bonding, Reactivity, Dynamics and Applications, 2024, pp. 86–99
2.Effect of “magic chlorine” in drug discovery: an in silico approach
3.Tracing the pathways and mechanisms involved in medicinal uses of flaxseed with computational methods and bioinformatics tools
4.Role of smartphone devices in precision oncology
5.Applications of artificial intelligence multiomics in precision oncology
6.Computational Studies on Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) for Precision Oncology
7.Chemical Reactivity and Optical and Pharmacokinetics Studies of 14 Multikinase Inhibitors and Their Docking Interactions Toward ACK1 for Precision Oncology
8.Chemical reactivity and binding interactions in ribonucleic acid-peptide complexes
9.Physicochemical, antioxidant properties of carotenoids and its optoelectronic and interaction studies with chlorophyll pigments
10.Theoretical Studies on the Molecular Properties, Toxicity, and Biological Efficacy of 21 New Chemical Entities
Srivastava, R.ACS OmegaThis link is disabled., 2021, 6(38), pp. 24891–24901

Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar | Biomedical Engineering | Best Researcher Award

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Assoc Prof Dr .Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar | Biomedical Engineering | Best Researcher Award

Assoc Prof Dr.Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar,Majmaah University,Saudi Arabia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar is a distinguished academic affiliated with Majmaah University. With expertise in [mention area of expertise, e.g., computer science, literature, etc.], he has made significant contributions to both research and education. Dr. Sikkandar holds the position of Associate Professor, where he actively engages in teaching, research, and academic leadership. His dedication to advancing knowledge and nurturing young minds has earned him recognition within the academic community

Professional Profiles:

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Qualification:

Graduated from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Madras with a Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering.Holds a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the same institute.Completed Bachelor’s in Instrumentation & Control Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, India.

Professional Experience:

Currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Equipment Technology at Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia.Previously held positions as Professor and Head of Department in Biomedical Engineering at Rajalakshmi Engineering College and as Assistant Professor and Head of Department in Instrumentation & Control Engineering at Sethu Institute of Technology.

Research Contributions:

Dr. Sikkandar has been actively involved in various funded research projects, focusing on areas such as finite element analysis, biomedical instrumentation, and medical imaging.Notable projects include studies on scoliotic progression, biomedical rehabilitation methods, and automatic segmentation techniques.

Professional Memberships and Awards :

Holds senior memberships in prestigious societies such as the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.Received awards including UGC Travel Grant Award and International Fellowship on Health Technology Assessment.

Publications:

1.Hidden Markov Model based Predicting of Alzheimer’s Disease with graph cut segmentation using MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)Sikkandar, M.Y., Begum, S.S., Algamdi, M.S., …Almutairi, A.F., Almutairi, M.S.^This link is disabled., 2024, 46(2), pp. 4277–4289

2.Sandpiper Optimization Algorithm with Region Growing Based Robust Retinal Blood Vessel Segmentation ApproachAlMohimeed, I., Sikkandar, M.Y., Mohanarathinam, A., …Karim, F.K., Mostafa, S.MThis link is disabled., 2024

3.Optimal Deep Learning-Based Recognition Model for EEG Enabled Brain-Computer Interfaces Using Motor-ImageryRajalakshmi, S., Almohimeed, I., Sikkandar, M.Y., Sabarunisha Begum, S.This link is disabled., 2023, 23(6), pp. 248–253

4.Employing Deep-Learning Approach for the Early Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment Transitions through the Analysis of Digital Biomarkers
5.Finite Element Analysis Of Customized Knee Implants By Varying Loads During Flexion-Extension Movement
6.Computation of Vascular Parameters: Implementing Methodology and Performance Analysis
7.Numerical investigation of hemodynamic pattern in carotid artery dynamic aneurysm on bifurcation region for early clinical decision making
8.Diabetic Foot Assessment and Care: Barriers and Facilitators in a Cross-Sectional Study in Bangalore, India