Ing. Dr. Bright Sogbey, born on August 18th, 1977, is a Nuclear and Materials Engineer with extensive skills in Construction Engineering Materials Design and Development including Radiation Shielding Capability of Concretes as well as Biodegradable Polymeric Materials Development and Metallurgy. His interest and objective is to specifically support STEM/TVET in Africa with research and advocacy in various aspects of materials and nuclear/renewable energy, engineering materials quality control, assurance and selection (ISO9001, ISO9000 Standards), roads and building construction materials standards, corrosion control, industrial production and manufacturing, materials design, development, processing, testing and inspection, project appraisal and management, engineering economy and a wide range of technical training experience and development.
Ing. Dr. Sogbey is an astute scholar. He holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi-Ghana; and MPhil in Nuclear Engineering from University of Ghana. He obtained BSc Hon. in Materials Engineering from KNUST as well. Dr. Sogbey went through the Technical System of Education at his pre-tertiary level in Ghana, which include St. Paul Technical School, Kukuratumi, Ghanaian-German Technical Training Center & Royal Technical College. He has over twenty academic research publications to his credit and also presented papers on various scientific, mathematics and socio-economic related issues locally and internationally.
In December 2012 (Khartoum, Sudan) Ing. Dr. Bright Sogbey was awarded UNESCO most outstanding International Business Project Proposal Award by International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre (ISTIC) for South-South Cooperation; In 2011, he was among the Top Fifty Brightest Graduates Worldwide to be honoured by International Union of Materials Research (IUMR); In October, 2007 he was also awarded the Mondialogo Engineering Award (International Research Team Award), Germany; DaimlerChrysler & UNESCO Initiative.
Ing. Dr. Bright Sogbey is President: Science & Technology Advocacy Renaissance for Africa (STARFA) and an Alumnus of International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre (ISTIC) for South-South Cooperation, member of Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE), Research Scientist Association (RSA) of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Ghana Nuclear Society (GNS), Materials Research Society of Ghana, Materials Research Society (MRS) of the United State of America and also American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) among others. He has participated in various international capacity building and training workshops, seminars and conferences. He is Chairman; Governing Council of TVET Africa. Ing. Dr. Sogbey also chairs a Committee on Industry, Science and Technology of Volta Development Forum, Ghana. He was a member, National Committees (Assessment and Policy) on the proposed establishment of Ghana Institution of Welding under the auspices of the Petroleum Commission & Ghana Institution of Engineering. He is also President and Fellow, African Centre for Economic and Social Justice (ACESJ).
Currently at Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Ing. Dr. Sogbey is directly in charge of the Non-destructive Evaluation Services (NDES) via Industrial Solutions Consultancy Group (INDUSOL) as its Chairperson, the main income generating outfit of the National Nuclear Research Institute (NNRI), GAEC; the unit renders Non Destructive Test (NDT) inspection services to local and international companies. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Nuclear & Allied Sciences, University of Ghana; Nuclear & Agricultural Engineering Departments.
Ing. Dr. Bright J. A. Y. Sogbey is a Ghanaian from Kpota-Avenorpeme in the Akatsi South District of Volta Region.