Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu

• Technology Management
• Professor (Assistant) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Engaging African American middle school girls in out-of-school-time (OST) Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) programs can significantly boost their knowledge and awareness of these traditionally male-dominated fields. This study adopts Lent’s Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) and Bandura’s self-efficacy theory to assess the impac...

The COVID-19 pandemic was highly disruptive and Institutions of Higher Education struggled to effectively educate undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering , and Mathematics (STEM) students who faced unique challenges in their modified and remote learning environments. Considering most empirical studies have focused on these challenges, there...

COVID-19 is a continuing global pandemic causing significant changes and modifications in the ways we teach and learn here in the U.S as well as around the world. Most universities, faculty members, and students modified their learning systems by incorporating significant online or mixed learning methods/modes to reduce in-person contact time and t...

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global educational systems with institutions transitioning to e-learning. Undergraduate STEM students complained about lowered motivation to learn and complete STEM course requirements. To better prepare for more effective STEM education delivery during high-risk conditions such as pandemics, it is important to under...

Women professionals are underrepresented in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. As part of a larger and longitudinal nationwide study that constructs grounded theories to explain professional identity development (PID) processes in undergraduate AEC women, the purpose is to examine the lived experiences of first-year AEC...

This poster was presented at the ASEE 2022 Annual Conference and portrays recent research on Examining Learning Motivation Challenges (LMCs) Experienced by Undergraduate STEM Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. It demonstrates Demographic Characteristics of the Research population, a cross-tabulation analysis of Learning motivation challenges an...

A presentation depicting the important implication of women and first-year female students in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction fields.

This research uses a Qualitative Methodology of both interviews and a transcription process of inductive and deductive coding to assess the impact that COVID-19 had on STEM students and faculty experiences from a faculty point of view or perspective. Through this rigorous transcription process, common themes of interest are extracted and compared t...

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed STEM learning environments across U.S. institutions. However, the impact of this pandemic on learning and decision-making in students are yet to be fully understood. It is important to gain insights into student experiences during COVID-19 pandemic so that student and institutional resiliency can be improved during...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility of utilizing agricultural (almond shell, rice husk and wood) waste biochars for partial cement replacement by evaluating the relationships between the physiochemical properties of biochars and the early-age characteristics of cement pastes. Design/methodology/approach Biochars are pre...

The following is a review of published literature on textile wastewater in 2019. Presented are the sections described for the review: concise introduction on the textiles wastewater, followed by a review of present textile treatment technologies organized by physicochemical, biological, and combined processes. Lastly, a discussion of the future top...

The reviewed papers presented here provide a general overview of worldwide radioactive waste‐related studies conducted in 2019. The current review includes studies related to safety assessments, decommission and decontamination of nuclear facilities, fusion facilities, and transportation. Further, the review highlights radioactive wastewater decont...

A review of the literature published in 2019 on topics associated to the fate of environmental pollutants is presented. Environmental pollutants covered include pharmaceuticals, antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes, pesticides and veterinary medicines, personal care products and emerging pollutants, PFAS, microplastics, nanomaterials, heavy meta...

A review of the literature published in 2018 on topics related to monitoring, sampling, and automated analysis is presented. The review includes current developments in monitoring, sampling, and analysis of water, wastewater, and groundwater. This review includes the following sections: brief introduction; sample preparation and extraction techniqu...

A review of the literature published in 2017 on topics related to textiles wastewater treatment is presented. This review includes the following sections: brief introduction of textiles wastewater treatment, review of current treatment technologies categorized into physicochemical, biological, and combined processes. In the end, the authors have di...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of an admixture, Swine-waste Bio-char (SB), on the water absorption characteristics of cement pastes. Design/methodology/approach The effect of SB percentages, heat treatment temperatures, water/binder ratios, and age on the water absorption percentages (WAPs) of SB modified cement p...

Construction site safety continues to be a growing concern in construction industry. Despite the advancement in technology and government-mandated safety training, the annual injuries and fatalities of the construction industry still rank high. The complexity of construction work requires strong safety commitment from top management. Such commitmen...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a Housing Eligibility Assessment Scoring Method (HEASM) for low-income Urgent Repair Programs (URPs). Design/methodology/approach In order to develop a practical HEASM that incorporates the prevailing eligibility assessment criteria for low-income URPs, a case study research approach was adopted. E...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the influence of swine-waste biochar (SB) on the early-age characteristics of cement pastes. Using a water/binder ratio of 0.28, SB modified cement pastes were analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), flow, and Vicat setting tests. Notably, SB...

Increasing the pool of qualified workers in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) areas has become one of the nation's key priorities, as those professions are the backbone of innovation and critical to our country's economic future. The 2015 Females in Technology (FiT) Summer Boot Camp project was a summer residential technol...

Construction projects with inaccurate early cost estimates are burdened with excessive financial and contractual risks. Subsequently, construction investors and professionals demand accurate early cost estimates even when there are limited or no construction documents, because these estimates become the basis of project funding. Concerns that estim...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate relationships between five energy efficiency programs and electricity intensities in the US commercial buildings sector. Design/methodology/approach – Regression methods analyze state-level secondary data from 2006 through 2009 to identify significant energy program drivers of electricity effic...

Purpose Traditional management systems sometimes struggle to meet the unique demands of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) projects. Consequently, contractors have to modify their management practices. The purpose of this paper is to explore the management practices necessary to achieve successful implementation of LEED projects....

High energy consumption in the United States has been influenced by populations, climates, income and other contextual factors. In the past decades, U.S. energy policies have pursued energy efficiency as a national strategy for reducing U.S. environmental degradation and dependence on foreign oils. The quest for improved energy efficiency has led t...