Dr.Sintayehu Mekuria Hailegiorgis
Research areas: Energy · Fuel Technology · Biodiesel Production and Applications · Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes · Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
0000-0002-2943-1512
About
Dr. Sintayehu Mekuria Hailegiorgis is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at Addis Ababa Science & Technology University (AASTU). Dr. Sintayehu Mekuria graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, in July 1995; an M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, in July 2006; and a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, in 2013.
Dr. Sintayehu has more than 30 years of experience at national and international universities, industries, and research and training institutions, where he has worked at different levels of management responsibilities as university autonomy director, postgraduate director, chemical engineering department head, industrial training department head, industrial safety manager, process plant shift engineer, and project monitoring and evaluation engineer.
He has published over 75 research journals and conference proceedings, two book chapters, and participated in more than 10 national and international conferences where he presented his research findings and was awarded the best research paper in 2011 at the Malaysia National Research Symposium. Dr. Sintayehu has advised/co-advised and is currently advising/co-advising more than 20 master's students and 9 Ph.D. students.
Dr. Sintayehu has extensive experience in process plant equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and operation; product development; water treatment plant installation, commissioning, and operation; teaching and training; curriculum development and evaluation for undergraduate and postgraduate levels; research; industry; and consultancy works in the areas of process plant project prefeasibility and feasibility studies , environmental and social impact assessments, industrial strategic plan preparation, industrial project evaluation, ISO 9001 -2015 QMS implementation auditing, Washington Accord and ABET accreditation document preparation and training, monitoring and supervision, industrial training management, conducting training needs assessment, training material preparation, conducting training, and post-training evaluation, and business plan preparation.
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