Dr. Lucy Agyepong
Board Executive
Ing. Dr. Lucy Agyepong is the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Academic City University College, a premium tertiary education institution offering holistic education to create world-rounded minds. She is the institution's founding Dean of Engineering, providing strategic and intellectual leadership in the development of world-class, new and future-ready engineering programmes, including Industrial & Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical, and Robotics Engineering.
Dr. Agyepong has over a decade of specialised experience conducting advanced academic and industrial research. She holds Masters in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering with an Aerospace Design focus. Her research has spanned the field of Aircraft Design, with an emphasis on alternative weight estimation and reduction methodologies.
Prior to joining Academic City University College, Dr. Agyepong was the Technology Manager of the Design and Build Group at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), UK, where she was responsible for a strong team of 45 engineers with over 250years of combined experience, with skills ranging from end-to-end design of parts for additive manufacturing, design for X through to advanced design to overcome manufacturing or assembly challenges. She has effectively managed and delivered high-value projects totaling approximately €4 million. She has actively collaborated with numerous industrial partners, such as Airbus, GKN Aerospace, BAE, and Rolls-Royce.Royce.
She is a strong advocate for Women IN Engineering, a professional member of the Ghana Institute of Engineering (GhIE), a Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ambassador, and was recently appointed as the first and only woman to sit on the African Asian Pacific Engineering Education Council.