LAMUO FRANCIS SUGLO

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LAMUO FRANCIS SUGLO

Assistant Lecturer

Biography

Francis Suglo Lamuo is an Assistant Lecturer teaching Structural Analysis and Structural Design. He has a First Class with Distinction in Structural Engineering from PDM University-India. During his masters, he actively participated in many research projects including; An Integrated Study of Pollutant Sources in the Delhi-NCR (ASAP-Delhi) under Principal Investigator, Prof. Mukesh Khare of Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi. ASAP-Delhi was a collaborated project steered jointly by Indian Institute of Technology (India), University of Birmingham (UK), University of Surrey (UK) and National Physical Laboratory (New Delhi) under the Air Pollution and Human Health (APHH) Scheme. Francis also evaluated the Seismic Response of Steel Buildings under Different Frequency Content for his master’s thesis through which he developed an in-depth knowledge in mathematical modelling and structural analysis. He is a Ghana Government Mathematics Science and Technology Scholarship Scheme Awards (MASTESS) recipient and hold a BSc. Construction Technology and Management degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He has worked in managerial roles for several contractors including PECONS Company Ltd and as a freelance consultant and/or supervisor for several personal contacts. His professional interest and expertise are in civil engineering consulting especially in the areas of structural design and detailing, construction and project management.

In addition, with a demonstrated history of teaching at the basic and second cycle levels, he worked in the capacity of Headmaster in both a Senior High School (Modern Star Integrated School-Tamale from December 2016 – September 2017) and a Junior High School (Laribanga Junior High School from September 2008 – September 2010).

Education

  • Master of Technology (Civil) Structural Engineering, PDM University, India, 2019.
  • BSc. Construction Technology and Management, KNUST, 2013.
  • Diploma in Basic Education, Bagabaga College of Education, 2007.

Selected Publications

  1. Lamuo Francis Suglo, Monica Malhotra and JaiPrakash Nayak (2019), A COMPARATIVE SEISMIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN USING ETABS AND STAAD Pro, Indian Concrete Journal. May (2019), pp 30-39.
  2. Jaiprakash Nayak, Pradeep Kumar, Lamuo Francis Suglo (2018). Low Flow Characterization of Satluj River, Civil and Environmental Research, ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online), Vol.10, No.6, 2018. Pp. 66-70. 

 Conference presentation:

  1. Lamuo Francis Suglo, Charu Malik, Jai Prakash Nayak (2018). STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY. Conference Paper Presented at the International Conference on Smart Cities with Focus on Environmental Challenges (SCFEC-2018), 10th April, 2018, (10th-11th April 2018).

Skills

He is a proficient user of AutoCAD, MS Suite including MS Project, STAAD Pro, ETABS, REVIT, SeismoSoft and Tekla Structures.  He also has an Executive Certificate in Project Management from the African Centre for Capacity Building (AFCAB), Ghana in 2014.