Tamunoene Kingdom , Simeon Abam

Biographical record

Title

Dr

Surname

Abam

First Name

Tamunoene

Other Names

Kingdom
Simeon

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

Newswatch Who's Who (2nd Edition)

Date of Birth

Thursday, July 4, 1957

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Place of Birth

Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Single

Profession

Geologist
University teacher
Administrator

Education Level

Tertiary

Educational Qualification

B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Member, Nigerian Association of Engineering Geologists;
Member, Nigerian Ecological Society, 1983-84;
Member, Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society.

Previous Appointments

Appointed Well Head, Operator/Maintenance Officer, Nigeria Agip Oil, 1976;
Field Geologist, Nigerian Mining Corporation, Jos, 1980-81;
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Geosciences and Space Technology, Port Harcourt, 1981-89, 1994-96;
Demonstrator, Civil Engineering and Engineering Geology, Imperial College, University of London, England, 1985-87;
Principal Lecturer, Geotechnical Surveying/Acting Director, Computer Centre, Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori, 1990-94;
Member, Rivers State Government Sub-Committee on Industrial Pollution, since 1991
Acting Director, Road Research Department, Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute, 1997;
Consultant, Niger Delta Environmental Surveys, Lagos, since 1998;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Membership of International Organizations

Member, International Association of Hydrological Sciences;
Member, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission;
Member, New York Academy of Sciences;
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1993

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Co-author, Construction and Performance of River Bank Protection Structure in the Niger Delta, Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, France, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, 499-506, 1986; Control of Channel Bank Erosion using Permeable Groins, Journal of Environmental Geology and Water Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Germany, Vol. 22, 21-25, 1993;
Co-author, Utilisation of Marginal Lands for Construction Purposes in Niger Delta, Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology, France, No. 48, 5-14, 1993;
Evaluating the Stability of Alluvial Channel Banks, Journal of Mining and Geology, Vol. 30, No. 2, 265-270, 1994;
Factors Affecting the Performance of Permeable Groins in Channel Bank Erosion Control, Environmental Geology, Springer International, Germany, Vol. 26, 53-56, 1995;
Co-author, Local Engineering Practices of Erosion Control in the Coastal Areas of the Niger Delta, Environment Geology, 31(3/ 4), Springer-Verlag, 231-235, 1996;
Genesis of Channel Bank Overhangs in the Niger Delta and Analysis of Mechanisms of Failure, Journal of Geomorphology, No. 18, 151-164, 1997;
Co-author, Penetration Testing in the Highly Stratified Sediments of the Niger Delta, Journal of Mining and Geology, Vol. 33, No. 1, 7-14, 1997;
Co-author, Geotechnical Quality and Foundation Construction Management of Petroleum
Storage Facilities, Proc. of 8th Congress IAEG, Vancouver, Canada, 1998;
Co-author, Foundation Improvement in Marginal Lands for Housing Construction in the
Coastal Areas of Nigeria, Journal of Construction and Materials Technology, 1998.

Outstanding Achievements

Designed and constructed an extendable hand penetrometer for measuring insitu penetration resistance and undrained shear strength, exhibited at the National Science and Technology Week, 1990 in Port Harcourt and in all Nigerian Polytechnics; Technological Exposition at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, 1991.

Residential Address

13, Captain Amangala Street, P.O. Box 9528, Port Harcourt, Rivers
State.

Official Address

Institute of Geosciences and Space Technology, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, P.M.B. 5080, Port Harcourt