Deribew Tefera Zewdie

  1. Full Name: Deribew Tefera Zewdie
  2. Academic Rank: Assistant Professor (PhD)
  3. Institutional email: derbew_tefera@dmu.edu.et
  4. Google scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS: (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1227-6640),
  5. Specialization: PhD in Chemical Engineering  (Process Engineering)
  6. Courses taught: Reaction Engineering, Fundamental of Chemical engineering Fundamental of Biochemical Engineering, Food Biotechnology, Research Methods, Fuel Biotechnology, Energy Audit
  7. Achievements and awards:
  8. Training achievement on “Functional Module on Refinery for Chemical Engineers (4th November 2019 – 21st February 2020):  Organized by Panipat Refinery& Petrochemical Complex under the auspices of Indian the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme, Ministry of External Affairs Government of India. Indian Oil Corporation limited “
  9. Advanced Training on G.U.N.T Products; Machinery Diagnosis, Critical Speed and Balancing, Dynamics of Rotation, Vibrations, Experiments on dynamics of Moment of Inertia, Statics, Material Testing, Dimensional Metrology, and Fundamental of Engineering design 
  10. Training achievement on “Food Safety Management System (FSSC 22000 V5.1); ISO 2200: 2018; ISO/TS 22002-1:2009; FSSC Additional requirements (15th -19th March, 2021): New Horizons Engineering and Management PLC
  11. Training achievement on “Auditing food safety system certification ( FSSC 22000 V 5.1) based on ISO 19011:2018 (27th – 29th December 2021)”
  12. Research interest:
  13. Renewable energy particularly biofuels
  14. Food process engineering and food biotechnology
  15. Environmental biotechnology and engineering
  16. Waste  treatment
  17. Agricultural biotechnology
  18. Process Optimization
  19. System development and installation
  20.  List of Publications:

1. Zewdie, D. T., & Ali, A. Y. (2020). Cultivation of microalgae for biofuel production: coupling with sugarcane-processing factories. Energy, Sustainability and Society10, 1-16.

2. Zewdie, D. T., & Ali, A. Y. (2022). Techno-economic analysis of microalgal biofuel production coupled with sugarcane processing factories. South African Journal of Chemical Engineering40(1), 70-79.

3. Zewdie, D. T., & Ali, A. Y. (2021). Utilization of sugarcane factories’ wastes as inexpensive source of nutrients and CO2 for microalgal biomass production: Process coupling and potential evaluation. SN Applied Sciences3(3), 297.

4. Zewdie, D. T., Bizualem, Y. D., & Nurie, A. G. (2024). A review on removal CO2, SO2, and H2S from flue gases using zeolite based adsorbents. Discover Applied Sciences6(7), 331.