CQUni academic honoured among 100 'most influential' African-Australians
Published on 29 August, 2012
A CQUniversity Associate Professor, Yeboah Gyasi-Agyei has been honoured at the 100 Most Influential African-Australian Awards ceremony, held recently at the Sydney Opera House.
Dr Gyasi-Agyei received an award presented by Minister for Multicultural Affairs Kate Lundy on behalf of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
He received the award for his position as an Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Engineering, Deputy Director of the Centre for Railway Engineering (CRE) and Chief Investigator of the HEFRAIL Erosion Control Project at CQUniversity.
Yeboah obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering (Hydrology/Water Engineering) from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, and holds a BSc(Hons) in Civil Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
He started his career as an Assistant Lecturer at KNUST (1984-1987) before moving to Belgium to pursue postgraduate studies. Between February 1994 and May 1997 he was employed as a Research Associate at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
In June 1997 he joined CQUniversity, based at Rockhampton Campus, to develop new research directions and to establish a team investigating erosion control on the steep slopes of railway embankments and cuttings (HEFRAIL Project).
The HEFRAIL Project has delivered excellent practical outcomes, satisfying the industry partner in terms of solving problems, with a reduction in operational costs.
Yeboah has prepared erosion control standards for the design and maintenance of QR National embankments and cuttings. HEFRAIL Project technologies have been developed for commercial applications for erosion control on civil engineered steep slopes under the trademark 'RAPID GRASS'.
Yeboah's other research interests include stochastic disaggregation of daily rainfall into a fine timescale for hydrological and environmental modelling.
His total research income to date is $2.64 million. He has published his research findings in highly respected international journals and has also presented at international conferences.
As an academic, he also teaches Water Engineering courses and supervises postgraduate students at CQUniversity. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Engineers Australia (IEAUST) and a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland.