Ashesi has been named a host for the 2014 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme. Under the partnership, the University has been hosting Programme Fellow, Professor Patrick F. Mensah, to help develop courses for Ashesi's engineering curriculum. His work will be particularly focused on physics, thermal and fluid dynamics, system control, structural engineering, among others.
Professor Mensah, a Ghanaian, is one of thirty-three scholars named the first Carnegie African Diaspora Fellows. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Southern University and is also a fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
“It has been great being here at Ashesi,” says Professor Mensah. “The environment is very conducive for learning, and you can see that the foundations have been laid for serious academic work to be done here.”
The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (ADF) is a scholar fellowship program for educational projects at African higher education institutions. Offered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in partnership with Quinnipiac University (QU), the program is funded by a two-year grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY), to support 100 short-term faculty fellowships for African-born academics.
The program exemplifies CCNY’s enduring commitment to higher education in Africa. IIE manages and administers the program, including applications, project requests and fellowships. QU provides strategic direction through Dr. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and an Advisory Council he chairs.