Thomas Mensah (engineer)

Thomas Mensah
Thomas O. Mensah
Born
Thomas Owusu Mensah

1950[1]
Died (aged 74)
Kumasi, Ghana
EducationAdisadel College
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Montpellier University
Occupation(s)President and CEO of Georgia Aerospace Systems
Known forPioneer in fiber optic technology
Awards

Thomas Owusu Mensah (1950 – 27 March 2024) was a Ghanaian-American chemical engineer and inventor who contributed to the development of fiber optic manufacturing and nanotechnology.[2] He had 14 patents, and was inducted into the US National Academy of Inventors in 2015.[3] In 2017, Mensah served as editor-in-chief of the textbook Nanotechnology Commercialization, published by John Wiley & Sons.[4]

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  2. ^ "Fiber optics expert Dr. Thomas Mensah receives prestigious global award". 24 April 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Current NAI Fellows". National Academy of Inventors. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ^ Mensah, Thomas O.; Wang, Ben; Bothun, Geoffrey; Winter, Jessica; Davis, Virginia (November 2017). Nanotechnology Commercialization: Manufacturing Processes and Products. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-37172-4. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.