
- Full Name: Deribew Tefera Zewdie
- Academic Rank: Assistant Professor (PhD)
- Institutional email: derbew_tefera@dmu.edu.et
- Google scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS: (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1227-6640),
- Specialization: PhD in Chemical Engineering (Process Engineering)
- Courses taught: Reaction Engineering, Fundamental of Chemical engineering Fundamental of Biochemical Engineering, Food Biotechnology, Research Methods, Fuel Biotechnology, Energy Audit
- Achievements and awards:
- 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 “
- 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
- 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
- Training achievement on “Auditing food safety system certification ( FSSC 22000 V 5.1) based on ISO 19011:2018 (27th – 29th December 2021)”
- Research interest:
- Renewable energy particularly biofuels
- Food process engineering and food biotechnology
- Environmental biotechnology and engineering
- Waste treatment
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Process Optimization
- System development and installation
- 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 Society, 10, 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 Engineering, 40(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 Sciences, 3(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 Sciences, 6(7), 331.
