Dr. Josiah Sam Owusu-Danquah
•Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Akron, Ohio, 2017
•M.S., Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Illinois, 2013
•B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Ghana, 2008
recent grants
•Rural Equitable and Accessible Transportation (REAT) Center, TIER 1 University Transportation Center. U.S. Department of Transportation (with Emmanuel Kidando, Lutful Khan); Role: Co-PI; 2023-2024; $300,000.
•Recruiting and Retaining Staff. Ohio Department of Transportation, 2024-2025. Role: PI; 2024-2025; $50,000.
•Integrative Ecosystem to Support Minority Students in Engineering. Northeastern University stEm PEER Academy. Role: PI; 2024-2025; $10,000.
•Ultrasound-Activated Shape Memory Lengthening Device. National Science Foundation (with Brian Davis); Role: PI; 2021-2022; $50,000.
Graduate students
Stephen Asare, PhD student, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Luci Duncan, PhD Student, Applied Biomedical Engineering
Tomas Padegimas, M.S Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Zohdi Naser, M.S Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering
available software
Abaqus
Matlab
Comsol ANSYS
FEBIO
SolidWorks for computational simulations
selected recent publications
Tiell, S. M ., Chennoju, M., Davis, B. L., & Owusu-Danquah, J. (2024). Effects of ultrasound settings on temperature changes in NiTi implants. Medical Engineering & Physics, 123, 104081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2023.104081
Baig, M., Owusu-Danquah, J., Campbell, A. A., & Duffy, S. F. (2023). Inelastic constitutive modeling: Polycrystalline materials. Materials, 16(9), 3564.https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16093564
Owusu-Danquah, J. S. , Bseiso, A., & Allena, S. (2022). Artificial neural network models to predict the response of 55NiTi shape memory alloy under stress and thermal cycles. Neural Computing and Applications, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-021-06643-x
Owusu-Danquah, J. S. , Bseiso, A#, Allena, S., & Duffy, S. F. (2022). Artificial neural network algorithms to predict the bond strength of reinforced concrete: coupled effect of corrosion, concrete cover, and compressive strength. Construction and Building Materials, 350, 128896.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.128896
Tanetta L. Curenton. #, Brian L. Davis., James E. Darnley., Scott D. Weiner., Josiah S. Owusu-Danquah , (2021). Assessing the biomechanical properties of nitinol staples in normal, osteopenic and osteoporotic bone models: A finite element analysis. Injury. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2021.08.006
Gummadi, S. K., Saini, A., Owusu-Danquah, J. S., & Sikder, P . (2022). Mechanical properties of 3D-printed porous poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) orthopedic scaffolds. JOM, 74(9), 3379-3391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05361-
Hasan, T. M., Gilbert, L., Allena, S. , Owusu-Danquah, J., & Torres, A. (2022). Development of Non-Proprietary Ultra-High Performance Concrete Mixtures. Buildings, 12(11), 1865.https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111865