Ing. Dr. Jerry John Kponyo is a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, KNUST Ghana, where he earned both his BSc. and MSc. degrees. He holds a PhD from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). His research focuses on applying intelligent systems and computer models in the area of wireless communication to solve real life problems. One of his key research interests is in the application of artificial intelligence to Vehicular Ad hoc Networks, where knowledge of the behavior of ants as they search for food is applied to solve traffic problems. In the area of information dissemination in Vehicular Networks he together with his research team have developed a Minimum Spanning Tree clustering algorithm which substantially reduces the traffic overhead as far as information sharing in vehicles is concerned. His research interest is also in the application of computer
modelling in emergency situations where he together with his team are developing an emergency call routing algorithm for disaster management in which they are proposing an algorithm which gives priority to distressed calls from emergency situations and as a result reducing the response time. In the area of wireless communication, he has worked on the development of circularly polarized slot antennas for multiband applications. Together with other collaborators he has worked on the possibility of using the orbital angular momentum of the EM wave for information transmission. The preliminary results have shown this to be possible and this has the potential of dealing with the problem of bandwidth limitation in the wireless band. He has published several research articles in peer refereed journals and conferences. He has also served on the Technical Planning Committee (TPC) of several reputable international conferences. He serves as reviewer for reputable international journals in the field of telecommunication engineering. He is an active member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) as well as the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE).