Yaw Delali Bensah (PhD), is a senior lecturer at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Ghana, Accra-Ghana. His broader areas of research span across solidification morphologies, alternative materials for water and sanitation, carbon technology and hydrocarbon materials, biomass and biofuels, and polymeric materials and clay composites. He has over 15 years of experience as academic and as a technical advisor/consultant to many local and indigenous industries.