Patrick Sommirman Lambon MPhil Student

Patrick Sommirman Lambon is a master’s student in MPhil. Mathematical and Computational Physics at the Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and MSc. Mathematical Engineering at the Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell'Informazione e Matematica, università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy, where he began his master’s studies in January 2024 and September 2024, respectively. He holds a BSc in Mathematics from C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS), Navrongo and a Diploma in Computer Science from University for Development Studies (UDS).

His current research focuses on the use of Computational fluid dynamics models to study patterns and dynamics of fluid flow in wastewater treatment.

Research and Technical Expertise

• Numerical Simulations: Finite difference methods (FDM), finite volume methods (FVM), and finite element methods (FEM) for fluid flow.
• Analytical/Semi-Analytical Solution Using Laplace-Fourier Transform with Caputo fractional derivative.
• Systems: High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, parallelisation.

 

Education

• MPhil. in Mathematical and Computational Physics

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana 2024– Present

• MSc. Mathematical Engineering

università degli studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy 2024– Present

• BSc in Mathematics

C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS), Navrongo, Ghana

2020– 2023

Thesis Title: REVIEW OF THE METHOD OF DIFFERENTIATION UNDER THE INTEGRAL SIGN

• Diploma in Computer Science

University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, Ghana 2018– 2020

 

 

 

Conferences, Workshops & Training

• The Africa-LATAM Water Dialogues #2: Best practices in water treatment and packaged water production -Online via Zoom.
• Conducting the Systematic Literature Review Search: A free practical Workshop- Online via Zoom
• African International Conference on Quantum Computing and Simulation, KNUST

-Poster presentation Systematic Review of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation with temperature effect on dissolved oxygen distributions in aeration tank for biological wastewater treatment

 

Honours and Awards

• Visiting Master student fellowships - University of L'Aquila, Italy
• International Mobility Scholarship Award - Azienda per il Diritto agli studi Unversitari dell'Aquila (ADSU), 2024/2025
• BDS Scholarship Award - Azienda per il Diritto agli studi Unversitari dell'Aquila (ADSU), 2024/2025
• BDS Scholarship Award - Azienda per il Diritto agli studi Unversitari dell'Aquila (ADSU), 2025/2026