1. Kofi Amankwatia
75 El Cerro Loop Apt. A, Los Lunas, NM 87031
Home: 575-418-5178 - akofi@nmt.edu
Professional Summary
Professional-driven entry level engineer looking to bring extensive experience in water resource
management, water conservation, wastewater treatment plant design, environmental risk
assessment, and problem solving skills to a rapidly growing engineering designed firm.
Education
August 2015 MS Environmental Engineering, In Progress
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), Socorro, NM
Research Interests: Water Conservation and Re-use, Risk Assessment, and GIS.
May 2007 BSc Geomatic Engineering, First Class Honors
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Ghana
Research Interests: GIS, GPS, Geology, and Remote Sensing.
Relevant Skills
Proficient in creating watershed based models, developing GIS-based risk maps, evaluating
human health risk, implementing decision support systems (Fuzzy Logic & AHP), application
development (NET, C#, Python, PHP, HTML, Excel VBA, and VB Script), and database
management (MS SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access).
Work Experience
2014-Present Research Assistant (RA), Research and Economic Development, NMT
Managing a small team to accomplish specified project objectives. Communicating
effectively with diverse groups of people including technical, and business
audiences. Conducting researches and writing technical reports. Managing web
content for the WIPP Site Incident Independent Review (WSIIR) team. Developing
and maintaining web applications with HTML, and JavaScript.
2012-2014 Teaching Assistant (TA), NMT, Socorro, NM
Fostered cohesive team and student learning experience to promoted academic
excellence. Mentored and communicated ideas effectively with technology.
Areas of Expertise: Heat & Mass Transfer, Engineering Statics, Calculus and
Analytic Geometry, Trigonometry & Linear Algebra, and Database Management
Systems.
2013-2014 Network Technician, NMT, Socorro, NM
Positively collaborated with clients and a team of IT professionals). Proposed
recommendations on devising new approaches to old problems. Took initiative by
developing a command line library to support user account setup and network
resources management (.NET framework, PowerShell, VB Scripts). Contributed to
the development of a web-based embedded mapping application based on
JavaScript API libraries and Google maps.

2. 2007-2012 IT Technician, Lands Commission, Kumasi, Ghana
Contributed to the development of an enterprise-level land transaction and file
tracking system using .NET, Visual Basic, C#, Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Collaborated with a team of professional developers to complete project goals.
Related Research Activities
2014-Present Decision Support Approach to Stormwater Management, NMT (Dissertation)
Developing a GIS-based decision support model to support water conservation
programs in Bernalillo County, NM. Experience with map digitization, geo-
database management, and building geo-processing tools through the use of
ArcGIS 10.1 Model Builder. .NET Runtime SDK, Python Scripts, and ArcObjects.
Spring 2013 Preliminary Health Risk Assessment, NMT (Supervisor - C. Richardson)
Evaluated the human health risk associated with a contaminated study site based
on EPA guidelines. Performed a sensitivity analysis on specified contaminants
based on Monte Carlo simulations.
Fall 2012 Design of Municipal Landfill, NMT (Supervisor – C. Richardson)
Collaborated with a team to design a municipal solid waste landfill based on
applicable state and federal regulations. Developed a slope stability and
groundwater seepage analysis in support of the design.
Professional Affiliations
Since 2012 American Water Works Association (AWWA), Member
Since 2012 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Member
Volunteer Experience
April 2014 62nd New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair, Judge