DR. THOMAS MENSAH
SCIENTIST INVENTOR
7 US Patents in Fiber Optics within a 6 year interval.
Thomas Mensah is President and CEO of the Georgia Aerospace Systems
Dr.Mensah is a native of Ghana, he specializes in fields relating to the developments in Fiber Optics and Nanotechnology. He was awarded 7 USA and worldwide patents in Fiber Optics within a period of six years. In all, he has some 14 patents to his name. On March 20, 2015 Thomas was inducted into the USA National Academy of Inventors at their 4th annual conference held at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
He is a recipient of several awards including Turner’s Trumpet Award for Fiber Optics Innovation.
Percy Julian Award, Golden Torch Award; the highest award by NSBE.
William Grimes Award and Eminent Engineers award by AIChE.
He is a member of the AICHE 100.
In November 2015, He received the International Business Leadership Award from the African Leadership Magazine in Atlanta Georgia, USA.
He has been profiled in Ebony Magazine’s edition of October 2006 and Chemical Engineering Progress Magazine’s edition of October 2008, March 2009 and March 2015.
He served on the visiting committee in Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1988–1992.
He has also published three books: Fiber Optics Engineering in 1987, Superconductor Engineering in 1992 and his autobiography The Right Stuff Comes in Black Too in 2013.
He created a 21st-century environmentally friendly Amusement Parks; The World Success Parkthat includes Success Park America, Success Park Europe, Success Park Japan, Success Park China and the first African American and Latino Theme Parks.
In the first quarter of 2015, the government of the State of Georgia in the USA reached a House Resolution 646 agreed by representatives to commend Mensah and his works.