Editorial Team

Prof. Dr. Nigus Gabbiye Habtu (Editor in Chief)

Nigus Gabbiye Habtu is a Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University. Professor Nigus Gabbiye Habtu is an active and experienced faculty member with more than 20 years of teaching and research experience in the area of chemical and process intensification for renewable energy and environmental engineering applications. He specializes in process and environmental engineering, focussed on process intensification, renewable energy, wastewater and water treatment, thermal and catalytic reactors, and process optimizations at Bahir Dar University and Bahir Dar Institute of Technology. He has served the university in various positions, including vice president/scientific director for Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, dean for research and graduate school and department head of chemical engineering. He has also served at various universities, including Addis Ababa University, as program manager for the Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management. He has also participated in a wide range of community service and professional activities. He served as a program chair for EIA ICAST-2019 conference. 

Professor Nigus Gabbiye Habtu obtained his BSc in Chemical Engineering from Bahir Dar University in 2001, his MSc in Process Engineering from Addis Ababa University in 2004, MSc in chemical and process engineering from Rovira i Virgili University in 2007 and his PhD in Chemical, Environmental, and Process Engineering from Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain, in 2011. To date, he has supervised over 30 PhDs, 105 MScs, 50 UG students, and 12 visiting scholars. He is an author and co-authored for over 90 refereed publications in high-impact international journals and 50 book chapters/Scopus-indexed conference proceedings. Prof. Nigus has also delivered over 30 keynote/invited/guest lecturers nationally/internationally and is one of the productive researchers with a Scopus H-index of 28 / i10 - 61 (citation over 2300). He has participated in more than 7 grand international projects as PI and Co-PI that have had an impact on the livelyhood of the rural community in Ethiopia. His research areas include wastewater treatment technology, process intensification, waste-to-energy conversion, and bioenergy conversion. Currently, he is working on the intensification of the bioenergy process from lignocellulose biomass such as agricultural residues and municipal wastes by applying different emerging pre-treatment technologies and high-rate anaerobic digestion processes, interdisciplinary research at the intersection of sustainable energy (solar and biogas) and entrepreneurship, and developing catalytic materials for energy conversion and storage such as Air-zinc batteries. Currently, he is a scientific director/project leader for Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship in the Global South, funded by the German Government (DAAD), and team leader of Eco-Engineering for Agricultural Revitalization Towards Improvement of Human Nutrition: Development of Nutrient and Energy Recovery Techniques from Water hyacinth, funded by JICA.

Dr. Bereket Haile Woldegiorgis (Associate Editor)

Bereket Haile Woldegiorgis is an associate professor of industrial engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University. He received his Ph.D. from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in 2016, M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Engineering Stream) from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia in 2008, and B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Bahir Dar University in 2004. He started his career at Bahir Dar University as a graduate assistant just after he received his B.Sc. degree. Since then he has served the university at different academic ranks; assistant lecturer, lecturer, assistant professor, and currently as an associate professor.

Bereket successfully completed two years of postdoctoral research and three years independent research at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. His areas of research include human machine interaction, virtual/augmented reality, ergonomics, human robot collaboration, reliability modeling, sustainable development, and optimization of industrial systems. He has published more than 20 SCI papers in high impact reputable journals and more than 10 conference proceedings. He participated in community and professional services such as organizing conferences, reviewing journal papers, providing trainings and consultancy. Currently, he is aprogram chair of ICAST 2022.

 

 Dr. Ababay Ketema Worku (Managing Editor)

Dr. Ababay Ketema Worku is an Assistant Professor in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. He received his BSc in Physics from Debre Markos University and MSc in Materials Science and Engineering from Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. His PhD degree is in Sustainable Energy Engineering from Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Dr. Ababay Ketema Worku is an author of more than 10 publications with a Scopus H-index of 7 (citation over109). His research interests include Metal-air batteries (Zinc-air battery), Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Composite Materials, Electrocatalysis, Nanotechnology, high capacity cathode materials,Materials synthesis and characterization.

 

Dr. Ephrem Yetbarek (Associate Editor)

Ephrem Yetbarek holds Ph.D. in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, in 2021. He received both his MTech in Hydraulic Engineering (2012) and BSc in Water Resources Engineering (2009) from BiT, Bahir Dar University. He is currently working as an assistant professor of hydraulic and water resources engineering, Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University. His research interest is in subsurface flow modeling, surface water and groundwater interactions, precision agriculture, and soil and water conservation. He has published six peer-reviewed papers in reputed journals and also participated in four international conferences. He has also reviewed papers for reputed peer-reviewed journals. In addition to teaching and advising graduate students, he is also participating in different affairs of the institute and community service activities.

Dr. Esubalew Alemneh (Associate Editor)

Esubalew Alemneh holds Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Burgundy (France) in 2019. He received his MSc in computer science (specialization: Software Engineering) from University Putra Malaysia in 2009, and his BSc in Computer Science from Addis Abeba University (Ethiopia) in 2005. Esubalew has over sixteen years of experience in teaching, research, system development and administrative positions.

Esubalew worked at various teaching and research positions from August 2005 to up to now in Bahir Dar University. During this period he participated in various research works and offered various undergraduate and graduate courses. He has published research papers in a number reputable journals and conferences and has served as invited reviewer for various journals and conferences.

Esubalew has also ample experience in software development and consultancy. He is involved in the design and development of dozens of web-based applications and dynamic websites. Some software development projects he participated are (i) Lease Holding Information Management System for Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Construction, Federal Integrated Urban Land Information Project Office, (ii) Integrated Market Information System for Amhara National Regional State Trade Bureau, (iii) Local Economic Development Information Management System for Bahir Dar City Administration, and (iv) property Administration system for Bahir Dar University.

 

Editorial Board

1. Prof. Tammo Steenhuis, Cornell University, USA
2. Dr. Ethiopia Nigussie, University Of Turku, Finland
3. Dr. Fisseha Mekuria, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, South Africa
4. Prof. Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Kansas State University, USA
5. Prof. Seifu Admasu, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
6. Dr. Mulugeta Admasu, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia