You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.
About me
Patrick Abban Sarpong is a doctoral student in Energy and Mineral Engineering whose research focuses on the sustainable recovery of lithium and rare-earth elements from coal waste, with an emphasis on process mineralogy and environmental risk assessment.
His academic journey spans three continents. He holds a master's degree in Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management (SINReM) from universities in Germany, Belgium, and Sweden, and a bachelor's degree in Minerals Engineering from the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Ghana. A distinguished student leader, he served as class representative and president of the Student Christian Council, earning the Best Disciplined Graduating Student award for his outstanding contributions and leadership. He currently serves as president of the Pan-African Professional Alliance at Penn State.
His accolades include the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, TICAD 7 African Scholarship, Brighter Investment Scholarship, a two-time first-place winner of the MPD Elevator Pitch Contest, first runner up at the Sustainable Mobility Hackathon (Sweden), and the People's Choice Award at Penn State's 2024-25 Three Minute Thesis competition. Born in Ghana, he is the only metallurgist in a family of accountants and enjoys football, Christian literature, and spirituality.
