- Research areas: Process modeling and digital intelligence applied to the following areas: Process synthesis and optimization, water and energy efficiency, food system sustainability, Industrial ecoefficiency.
- Short biography: Abunde holds an M.Phil. in Biosystems Engineering, an M.Eng. in Industrial Chemistry and Environments and a PhD in Energy and Process Systems Engineering. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Brew-Hammond Energy Centre in Ghana and a Senior Research Consultant with the Water and Environmental Engineering Group, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research is focused on the development and use of mathematical models and model-based techniques to optimize recovery of valuable resources from biomass, waste and wastewater. Dr. Abunde has distinguished himself by many important and original research discoveries including (1) the novel concept of self-optimizing attainable regions for process synthesis and optimization; and (2) the integrated fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS-attainable region framework for simultaneous synthesis of process configurations and optimal selection of bioreactor subunits. Due to his research excellence, Dr. Abunde is now recognized as a key player in the use of model-based techniques and has been the invited guest speaker for leading international conferences including the 4th international conferences of Fossils and Renewable Energy, Houston Texas 2020. Ing. Dr. Abunde has worked on projects across Europe, Africa and the America, and his work has been archived in over 20 original research publications in industry leading journals. He is a winner of several international honours and awards including Intra ACP of European commission, UPERC-RET of NORAD and the presidential award of excellence for valedictorians. He is a member of many professional associations including the Ghana Institution of Engineering and The Cheeky Scientist Association, USA
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