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EKONG SYLVESTER ANDREW

Lecturer I

Basic Information

  • EKONG SYLVESTER ANDREW
  • +2348034968173
  • sylvesterekong@aksu.edu.ng
  • Lecturer I
  • Physics
  • Academic Staff

Profile


Job Title and Responsibilities
  • Time-table Officer, Department of Physics (AKSU)
  •  Provide a balanced academic and administrative output to the
    Department of Physics, Aksu
  • Provide supervision and teaching at the undergraduate and
    postgraduate levels
  • Carryout scholarly researches with research outputs published in
    highly rated journals of international reputes. 
ABOUT ME
A seasoned academic and experienced material’s Physicist with excellent
blend in environmental sciences, leading to solving linear and nonlinear
dynamical problems. I take and conduct high quality research in Condensed-matter Physics and Mathematical Physics

Qualifications
  • Ph.D. – Theoretical & Mathematical Physics (University of Benin, 2019)
  • M.-Tech. – Condensed Matter Physics (Federal University of Technology, Akure, 2011)
  • B.Sc. Physics (Delta State University, Abraka, 2006) 
Professional Membership and Activities
  • Member, Nigerian Institute of Physics (NIP)
  • Member, Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics (NAMP)
  • Member, Physics Writers Series Creation (PWSC) 
Expertise
  • Condensed-matter Physics
  • Quantum/Mathematical Physics
  • Materials chemistry
  • Monte Carlo studies
  • Environmental Physics 
Contact Details
Emails
: ani_sly@yahoo.co.uk; sylvesterekong@aksu.edu.ng
Telephone number: (+234 (0) 803 496 8173)
Postal Address: Department of Physics, Akwa Ibom State University,
P.M.B. 1167, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 
  
 
 



Research Area


1. Thermal properties of extended systems, studied within the quasi-harmonic approximation.
2. Vibrational properties of extended systems.
3. Thermodynamic properties of substitutional alloys.
4. Pressure-induced lattice instabilities of materials.
5. Electronic, structural, and dynamical properties of semiconductor materials.
6.Mathematical modeling of Linear and Non-linear systems. 
 

Publications


Selected Latest Publications
E. E. Ibekwea, U. S. Okorie, J. B. Emah, E. P. Inyang, S. A. Ekong (2021), Mass spectrum of heavy quarkonium for screened Kratzer potential (SKP) using series expansion method, Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 136:87

U. W. Robert, S. E. Etuk, O. E. Agbasi, S. A. Ekong, Z. T. Abdulrazzaq, A. Anonaba (2021), Investigation of Thermal and Strength Properties of Composite Panels Fabricated with Plaster of Paris for Insulation in Buildings, International Journal of Thermophysics, 42(2):25.

N. J. George, A. M. Ekanem, J. E. Thomas, S. A. Ekong (2021), Mapping depths of groundwater‑level architecture: implications on modest groundwater‑level declines and failures of boreholes in sedimentary environs, Acta Geophysica.

O. R. Jolayemi, S. A. Ekong, B. I. Adetunji, U. A. Iboh, (2019), First-principles Study of Halfmetallic Ferromagnetism of (1 1 1) Surface of CsSe, Journal of the Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics, 51, p. 157 – 162.

S. A. Ekong, D. A. Oyegoke, (2016), QMC Calculations of Total Energy and Bond Length of Some Polyatomic Organic Molecules, International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, 64, 63 – 68