Advancement of Science and Technology Materials and Energy

Kibret Mequanint, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Western University, Canada.  His research is in the fields of biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine interfacing polymer science, materials and chemical engineering, and life sciences.

Bereket Haile Woldegiorgis, Ph.D., is an associate professor of industrial engineering with the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University. His research areas include human-machine interaction, virtual/augmented reality, ergonomics, human-robot collaboration, reliability modeling, sustainable development, and optimization of industrial systems.

Muluken Zegeye Getie, Ph.D.,  is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University. His research areas include energy transition, energy efficiency enhancement, thermal refrigeration, solar energy, energy management and policy issues, and, more generally, renewable energy.

Eshetu Getahun Mulat, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of sustainable energy engineering at Bahir Dar University, where he also supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students. His current research areas include renewable energy and computational fluid dynamics modeling and simulation.

Addisu Alemayehu Assegie, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Bahir Dar University. His research interests involve advanced materials and technologies for energy storage and conversion devices, lithium-ion batteries, anode-free lithium metal battery, electrolyte additives, anode surface modification, and new systems. His current research focuses on natural product extraction, isolation and characterization, organic synthesis, and chemical analysis of food.