Eldana Bizuneh Chaklie

Department of Leather Product Engineering

Phone: +251 912 153 559

Email: elduyod@gmail.com 


Education And Training

2015-2019: BSc in Leather Engineering, EiTEX, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Hide and Skin conventional wet and dry processing, Advanced leather chemical and mechanical operations, Structural mechanics of leather, Physical property of leather, Project works, Research methodologies, Leather designing and pattern making, construction of leather garment, footwear and accessories development. 

2016 – 2018: Certificate in being a student union/council in executive and campus female affairs 

and public relation affair leader at Bahir Dar university

Certificate of appreciation for the academic award 

Certificate in a different club, association participation, and community service

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

2018: Project on Designing and Development of safety gloves for drought beer house waiters.

2019: Project on Designing and Development of Cultural Footwear based on the Sidama’s people New Year Chanbelalla festival.

2021: Certified by AWE on Dream Builder: Women Entrepreneurs Training. 

Research Article on “A Study on Effect of Thickness and Rigidity on Garment Sheep Skin Drapeability”.

2022: Certified in Flensburg University of Applied Science, Germany; Exchange classes of one semester

MSc. in Leather Products Design and Engineering

Design of experiment, Operation Research, Advanced Leather Processing and Product Development.

MSc Thesis on Real-time Hides and Skins Defects Identification and Classification Model.

Work Experience

Since July 2019: Assistant Lecturer, EiTEX, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Laboratory assisting 

Delivering different courses of lecture, laboratory and tutorial

Researches  and Community service on different thematic area

Advising and Guiding students 

Participating in extracurricular activities like helping students whose performance declines.

2023: Owning Leather Products Manufacturing enterprise

Language Skill

Mother Tongue: Amharic

Another Language:     UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING                                        WRITING 

                                    Listening    Reading    Spoken interaction  Spoken production 

            English            C1               C1                                   C1                   C1           C1

Certificate of the Nine Month English Language Class 

Medium of Instruction Letter from the University

Organizational/ Managerial Experiences

2016 - 2018: Member of the student union/council of  the faculty and the  Bahir Dar University 

Member of the discipline committee of the faculty, EiTEX,  Bahir Dar University

Leading and Managing my personal goods manufacturing enterprise. 

2023: Leading and Managing my personal goods manufacturing enterprise. 

2024: Lab Professor of Leather production and Testing Leather Engineering department, EiTEX, Bahir Dar University

 2025: Course Chair of  Leather Engineering Department, EiTEX, Bahir Dar University.

Digital skills                                          SELF- ASSESSMENT

Information Processing

 Communication

   Content Creation

Safety

  Problem Solving

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Software

 

 

Basics

C++, Python

CAD: Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDraw, and Shoe Master

AutoCAD

LCA

ChemSketch  

Other Skills

Leadership

Entrepreneurship  

Team Work   

Organizational Management 

Public Speaking

Kaizen Implementation

       

Others

Did BSC thesis on designing development of shoes for Ethiopian Sidama’s newyear “Chembellala”.

MSc. Thesis on “Real-time Leather Defect Identification and Classification System at tanneries around Bahir-Dar”. 

Community Service

Training on basic computer skills and adobe products for SMEs found in Bahir Dar city

Developing  Accessories for Ethiopian army

Constricting  Apparel and other necessary clothing for internal displaced people 

Committee

Hospitality committee for Textile and Apparel International Conference of 2020 and 2021

Exibhision committee of  EiTEX international conference from 2017 to 2019

Inagular in Textile and Apparel International Conference in 2023

Hobbies

Reading books, Tour and travel, Artistic drawing, Listening to oldies music, Watching soccer.

Certificates

Academic score awards, Bahir-Dar University

Certificate of appreciation

Certificate of community service. 

Certified by AWE on Dream Builder training

Exchange class certificate, Flensburg University of Applied Science, Germany


References   

1. Professor Tamrat Tesfaye (PhD)

Scientific  Director of EiTEX, BDU

tamrat_tsfy@yahoo.com 

2. Dr. Shallemu Sharew (PhD)

Deputy Scientific  Director of EiTEX, BDU

shalemu14@gmail.com

3. Associate Profesor Adane Haile (PhD)

Dean of  Textile Faculity

         gettochiwa@gmail.com