About

As a Lecture in Civil Engineering, I focus on teaching and research pertaining to Geomatics, Land and Engineering Surveying. I also have interest in using GNSS to retrieve information on atmospheric response to weather events like thunderstorms, solar flares and magnetic storms.

Teaching responsibilities

• Site Surveying
• CAD and Professional Development
• Infrastructure
• Asset Management

Professional interests

To use acquired skills, experience, and knowledge in Geomatic Engineering and related disciplines to help solve societal problems through collaboration with professionals and institutions in academia and industry.

Research interests

• GNSS-Ionosphere Studies
• Land & Engineering Survey
• GIS, Remote Sensing
• Geomatic Engineering
• Weather & Climate Change

Membership of professional bodies

• Member of American Geophysical Union
• Member of Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, UK

Qualifications

• BSc Geomatic Engineering (First Class Honours) – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
• PhD, Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Recent conferences

• (Osei-Poku Louis, Long Tang, Wu Chen, Mingli Chen and Akwasi Afrifa Acheampong) Rate Of Ionosphere Disturbance During Concurrent And Simultaneous Occurrence Of Thunderstorm And Geomagnetic Storm In A Low Latitude Region, AGU FALL Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL
• (Osei-Poku Louis, Long Tang, Wu Chen and Mingli Chen) Ionosphere response to Ring Current and Lightning Current during different geomagnetic storm and lightning intensities in Southern China coastal region, URSI GASS 2021, Rome, Italy, 28 August - 4 September 2021

Experience in industry

I have undertaken internship and placement roles in the following institutions:

• Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED)
• Ghana COCOBOD
• New Edubiase District
• Multiple Surveys and Engineering Ltd Kumasi, Ghana
• Survey and Mapping Division of Lands Commission of Ghana, Kumasi

International experience

Prior to my joining of University of Derby, I worked as a Research Assistant at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University upon completing my PhD studies at the same university. I have also presented at conferences in Europe and USA.

Additional interests and activities

I am the Built Environment Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) academic lead.

Recent publications

• Kumar, S., Chen, W., & Louis, O.-P. (2023). Ionospheric and atmospheric response to extremely severe cyclonic storm Nida of 29 July–02 August 2016. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, e2023JA031422. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA031422
• Osei-Poku, L., Tang, L., Chen, W., Chen, M., & Acheampong, A. A. (2022). Comparative Study of Predominantly Daytime and Nighttime Lightning Occurrences and Their Impact on Ionospheric Disturbances. Remote Sensing, 14(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14133209
• Osei-Poku, L., Tang, L., Chen, W., & Mingli, C. (2021). Evaluating Total Electron Content (TEC) Detrending Techniques in Determining Ionospheric Disturbances during Lightning Events in A Low Latitude Region. Remote Sensing, 13(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234753
• Tang, L., Louis, O.-P., Chen, W., & Chen, M. (2021). A ROTI-Aided Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Detection Method. Remote Sensing, 13(21). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13214356
• Tang, L., Chen, W., Louis, O.-P., & Chen, M. (2020). Study on Seasonal Variations of Plasma Bubble Occurrence over Hong Kong Area Using GNSS Observations. Remote Sensing, 12(15), 2423. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12152423
• Tang, L., Chen, W., Chen, M., & Osei-Poku, L. (2019). Statistical observation of thunderstorm-induced ionospheric Gravity waves above low-latitude areas in the northern hemisphere. Remote Sensing, 11(23), 2732. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232732