Jerry Peprah_Owusu

Dr. Jerry Peprah Owusu

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Professional Information

  • Geotechnical Engineer Engineering Geologist Geological Engineer Geologist

Student

  • Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Deep Excavations Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Shallow Foundations Stabilization Deep Soil Mixing
    Lime Stabilization Groundwater Pumping Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) Borehole Logging Laboratory Testing Landslides Pavement Retaining Walls Rock Mass Characterization Slope Stability Analysis Slope Stabilization Settlements Shear Strength of Underground Materials Tunneling in Rock Tunneling in Soils Underground Structures

Educational Background

  • PhD or Equivalent
    • Computational Hydrogeochemistry - Universität Bern : 01/11/2019 - 14/08/2023
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • Masters in Engineering Geology - ETHZ - ETH Zurich : 01/09/2017 - 30/08/2019
  • BSc or Equivalent
    • Geological Engineering - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology : 21/09/2012 - 24/06/2016

Honors & Awards

  • First Class Honours Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2016

Work Experience

  • Kinross Gold Corporation, Chirano Gold Mine : ( 01/09/2016 - 31/08/2017 )
    • Exploration Geologist

    • Provides geological and IT support services and undertakes field exploration.

      Plotting of drill hole sections, digitizing and attributing geological maps.

      Soil sampling, RC chips and Diamond core logging.

      Supervision of RC, Diamond and Auger drilling, Trenching and Channel sampling.

      Field and regolith mapping.

      Digitizing and drawing of section maps using MapInfo.

      Underground Mapping
  • Building and Roads Research Institute : ( 01/05/2015 - 01/09/2015 )
    • Geotechnical Engineering Intern

    • Performed Index Property and Engineering Behavior tests on various soil and aggregate samples from clients.

      Performed Numerous In-situ tests including but not limited to; SPT, DCPT, In-situ Permeability test, Field Vane Test, Plate Loading Test and Test Pile Driving.

      Carried stabilization tests and analysis on black cotton soils and other expansive and problematic soils.

      Directly involved in the design of dams, road pavements, retaining structures and the supervision of the construction of these structures.

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Language Read Level Written Level Spoken Level
English High High High
German Low Low Low

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