Michael is a Lecturer in the division of Structural Engineering for the Civil Engineering Department. His interest lies in Seismic Base Isolation, Attenuation of seismic effects from buildings, Structural Analysis and Design, Reinforced Concrete Design, Retrofitting, and Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings, Seismic Performance of Frame-Shear Wall.

Academic Background
MEng. Structural Engineering, China P. R.
BSc. Civil Engineering, Ghana

Language Proficiency
English
Chinese (written & spoken)

Research Interests
Seismic base isolation
Retrofitting and rehabilitation of existing building structures
Seismic performance of the frame-shear wall
K-type eccentrically braced frames in electric dust evacuation machines

Professional Memberships
Professional Engineer– Ghana Institution of Engineering (PE-GhIE)

Work Experience

Structural analysis and designs of hotels, museums, flue gas chamber, offices, classroom blocks, residential apartments, warehouses, etc.
Structural integrity assessment of hotels, classroom blocks, residential apartments, offices
Seismic base isolation in seismic analysis and design

Publications

Zhang Y, Zhao J. C., Okine M. N. S, Shi X. L., Wen S. Z., Jin C. W., Chao L. D. (2017). Application and research of K-type Eccentrically Braced Steel Frames in factory dust removal machines. Journal of Lanzhou Institute of Technology, 24(3), pp. 20–26

Okine M. N. S., Zhao J. C., Zhang Y. (2016). Base Isolation in Retrofitting an Existing Office Building in Pingliang City, China. 2nd International Conference on Architecture, Structure, and Civil Engineering (ICASCE’16) (pp. 174–179). London: Universal Researchers in Civil and Architecture Engineering (URCAE). https://doi.org/10.17758/UR.U0316345

Okine M. N. S., Zhao J. C., Hamed A. M. W. (2015). Seismic base isolation in strengthening an existing retrofitted masonry reinforced concrete building in Huating – china. International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, IJRET, 4(10), pp. 168–175. https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0410029