Workshop Participants

At KUSTEM he has contributed towards the development of the faculty and has involved directly as a resource person in the Multimedia in Education Workshop, held at KUSTEM. Dr Samo's research interest focuses on underwater acoustics and he has had some training in 1985 and 1989 in Ship Electronics and Instrumentation at Japan Radio Company, a major manufacturer of electronic instruments for ships. A computer user since the era of mainframe computers, Dr. Samo has been following the development in computer technology and operating system through DOS, Win 3.1, Win 95 and now Win 2000. He is knowledgeable on computer hardware and network.

He holds a B.Sc. degree in Fisheries Science from Plymouth Polytechnic Ghana and a MA degree in Ship Production Technology from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. His Ph.D. research focuses on underwater telemetry where he finally designed a telemetry system for use by divers. During his graduate research he gained sufficient experience in computer programming using BASIC and Assembly languages. His present research interest concerns fish stock assessment using hydro-acoustics and target strength of live fish. His interest in computers started when they became multimedia tools for education, research and infotainment.