Isaac Animah | Faculty Profile – Sharjah Maritime Academy

الملف الشخصي

Dr Isaac Animah is an accomplished marine and offshore professional with over 15 years of progressive experience across academia, industry and research. He currently serves as the Dean of the Maritime Transport College at Sharjah Maritime Academy. He holds a PhD in Energy Resources (Oil & Gas) and MSc in Ocean Technology (Subsea Option) from Cranfield University, UK, and has published extensively on risk management, asset life extension, and maritime technology.

Prior to joining Sharjah Maritime Academy, He served as Head of the Marine Engineering Department at Regional Maritime University (RMU), Ghana, where he supervised significant curriculum development, secured over $100,000 in research and project funding, and led multiple industrial training initiatives. He received the Hafnia Outstanding Lecturer Award (2022/2023) and the RMU-NAHEOG Award (2023).

Alongside his academic leadership, he has served as consultant to several organizations including Stand code Engineering Services Limited, where he supervised boat construction projects for clients such as the Ghana Navy and USAID. He also served as a consultant for Cooperate Industrial Professional (CPI) Training where he assisted in managing bespoke technical training for staff of mining, power and maritime sector.

He also served as an External Examination Moderator and STCW Oral Examination Observer for the Ghana Maritime Authority. In addition, he was appointed to server on The Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) Sector Skills Body on Oil and Gas.

المنشورات

Project reports

Armin,A., Wang, J, A., Spiter,A., Rosa, L.C., Silva, K.D., Lemos, B., Kuo, C, Animah,I. (2023). The risk of structural decommissioned offshore oil and gas installation worldwide. UK. https://www.energyinst.org/industry/publications/topics/process-safety/the-risk-of-structural-failure-of-decommissioned-offshore-oil-and-gas-installations-worldwide

Manuscripts

1. Animah, I. (2025). Real-time monitoring of life extension risk in the offshore oil & gas sector. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 94, 105566, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2025.105566.

2. Animah, I. (2024). Application of Bayesian network in the maritime industry: Comprehensive literature review. Ocean Engineering, 302, 117610, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117610

3. Animah, I., Adjei, P.,Djamesi, E.K. (2023). Techno-economic feasibility assessment model for integrating hybrid renewable energy systems into power systems of existing ships: A case study of a patrol boat. Journal of Marine Engineering &Technology, 22(1), pp.22-37., https://doi.org/10.1080/20464177.2022.2087272

4. Shafiee, M., Animah, I. (2022). An integrated FMEA and MCDA based risk management approach to support life extension of subsea facilities in high-pressure–high-temperature (HPHT) conditions. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology, 21(4), pp.189-204, https://doi.org/10.1080/20464177.2020.1827486

5. Animah, I., Shafiee, M.(2021). Maintenance strategy selection for critical shipboard machinery systems using a hybrid AHP-PROMETHEE and cost benefit analysis: a case study. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology, 20(5), 312-323, https://doi.org/10.1080/20464177.2019.1572705

6. Animah, I., Shafiee, M. (2020). Application of risk analysis in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector: An overview. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 63, 103980, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2019.103980

7. Koroma, S. G., Animah, I., Shafiee, M., Tee, K. F. (2019).Decommissioning of deep and ultra-deep water oil and gas pipelines: issues and challenges. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 22(4), 470-487, https://doi.org/10.1504/IJOGCT.2019.103509

8. Animah, I. (2019). A fuzzy analytical hierarchy process–weighted linear combination decision-making model for prioritization of ballast water treatment technologies by ship owners in Ghana. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, 233(4), 1276-1286, https://doi.org/10.1177/1475090218817041

9. Shafiee, M., Animah, I., Alkali, B., Baglee, D. (2019). Decision support methods and applications in the upstream oil and gas sector. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 173, 1173-1186.

10. Animah, I., Shafiee, M.(2018). Condition assessment, remaining useful life prediction and life extension decision making for offshore oil and gas assets. Journal of loss prevention in the process Industries, 53, 17-28.

11. Animah, I., Addy-Lamptey, A.,Korsah, F., Sackey, J. S. (2018). Compliance with MARPOL Annex VI regulation 14by ships in the Gulf of Guinea sub-region: Issues, challenges and opportunities. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 62, 441-455, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2018.03.011

12. Animah, I., Shafiee, M.,Simms, N., Erkoyuncu, J. A., Maiti, J. (2018). Selection of the most suitable life extension strategy for ageing offshore assets using a life-cycle cost-benefit analysis approach. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 24(3), 311-330, https://doi.org/10.1108/JQME-09-2016-0041

13. Shafiee, M., Animah, I.(2017). Life extension decision making of safety critical systems: An overview. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 47,174-188, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2017.03.008

14. Animah, I., Shafiee, M., Simms, N., & Tiwari, A. (2017). A multi-stage remanufacturing approach for life extension of safety critical systems. Procedia Cirp, 59, 133-138,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2016.10.004

15. Shafiee, M., Animah, I., Simms, N. (2016). Development of a techno-economic framework for life extension decision making of safety critical installations. Journal of loss prevention in the process Industries, 44,299-310, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2016.09.013

16. Animah, I., Addy-Lamptey, A. (2015). Design considerations of subsea cooling spools. Innovative Systems Design and Engineering vol,6. No 1, 63-72.

Conference papers

1. Animah, I. (2025). Challenges and ways forward toward ballast water management (BWM) in Ghana. Proceedings of 4^thInternational Blue Economy Conference (IBEC 2025), Gambia, 206 – 228.

2. Animah, I., Shafiee, M. (2022) "Status of ISO 45001: 2018 implementation in seaports: A case study. Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2022), pp 1100 – 1107, Research Publishing, Singapore doi:10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_R19-04-596-cd.

4. Animah, I., Shafiee, M. (2018). A framework for assessment of technological readiness level (TRL) and commercial readiness index (CRI) of asset end-of-life strategies. Safety and Reliability–Safe Societies in a Changing World, pp. 1767-1773, CRC Press.

5. Animah,I., Shafiee, M., Addy-Lamptey, A. (2019). Risk analysis for Liquified Natural Gas assets. Proceedings of the 29^thEuropean Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), pp 1804 – 1811, ISBN978-981-11-2724-3.

6. Animah, I., Shafiee, M., Simms, N., Considine, M. (2016) Techno-Economic Feasibility Assessment of Life Extension Decision for Safety Critical Assets. In: Risk, Reliability and Safety: Innovating Theory and Practice. CRC Press, London, pp. 1248-1255. Doi:10.1201/9781315374987.

7. Animah, I., Shafiee, M. (2017) A Risk based Maintenance (RBM) Interval Decision Making Model to Support Life Extension of Subsea Oil and Gas Facilities. Safety and Reliability. Theory and Applications. CRC Press, London. E-ISBN 978-1-315-21046-9. Doi:10.1201/9781315210469

8. Animah, I.,Shafiee, M. (2016). Development of a condition index matrix to support technical feasibility of life extension in the offshore oil and gas industry. Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia, Vol. 10, pp.150-158, https://ieomsociety.org/ieom_2016/pdfs/50.pdf

9. Animah, I., Shafiee, M., Simms, N. (2016). Optimising life extension and maintenance policy decision making for safety critical elements. Proceedings of the 9^th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial and Reliability, London, https://ima.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MIMAR9_Proceedings.pdf.

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