Shalemu Sharew (PhD, Associate Professor)

Department of Fashion Engineering

Mobile Phone: +251 944 202339

Email:Shalemu.Sharew@bdu.edu.et or shalemu14@gmail.com

P.O.Box: 1037

Bahir Dar University; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Work Experience

· 2016 up to now: Assistant Professor, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.  Advising, teaching, and examination of postgraduate (masters) students Conducting research and community services.

· 2010-2016: Lecturer, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Advising, teaching, and examination of undergraduate students, Conducting research and community services.

· 2007-2010: Assistant Lecturer, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Advising, teaching, and examination of undergraduate students Taking curricular and extracurricular/ad-hoc assignments.

· 2006-2007: Graduate Assistant II, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Advising, teaching, and examination of undergraduate students. Taking curricular and extracurricular/ad-hoc assignments.

Education and Training

· 2016 -2019: Ph.D in industrial management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Taipei, Taiwan. 

Industrial management.

Quality and reliability engineering.

Ergonomics 

Production management systems

· 2008-2010:  Master of Fashion Technology (M.F. Tech) National Institute of Fashion Technology NIFT), Delhi, India. 

Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

Supply chain management; Pattern Engineering; Garment manufacturing process; Retail management and Technology.

· 2002-2006: Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering (Finishing) Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Textile wet processing-related courses; core Engineering courses such as Engineering materials, Strength of materials; Engineering Thermodynamics; Mathematics; Statics and dynamics, etc.

Personal skills

Basic skills in computers; R-programming and other application software such as Minitab, SPSS, and Design Expert.

Language

· Mother tongue(s): Amharic

· Other language(s): English – Listening: very good,  Reading: excellent, Speaking: very good, Writing: very good.

Communication skills: I have acquired good communication skills as I have experience working with different professionals

Organizational/ managerial skills: 

I have served Bahir Dar University as Institute registrar director from 2011 up to 2015 and Deputy Scientific Director from October 2019 up to now. Hence, I have very good leadership experience and managerial skills. I am responsible for managing academic issues for more than 200 academic staff.

Job-related skills: 

I have taken different teaching methodology and assessment courses and research and grant writing training to support my teaching, research, and community service activities under my current employer (Bahir Dar University). I have participated in industrial internships and visits to relate my academic work with industry needs.

Additional information

·  Research interests: Quality and reliability; productivity and productions systems; workplace engineering; sustainability.

· Teaching interests: : Quality; design of experiments; sustainability; production management; Ergonomics.

Publications:

1. Natinael Kokeb, Tamrat Tesfaye, Shalemu Sharew, Gemeda Gebino, &Tinsaye Asfaw (2023). Color Adsorption Performance of Bone Biocomponent for Textile Dyeing Effluent Treatment in Ethiopia, Journal of Engineering, vol. 2023, Article ID 4964194.

2. Redeate E.Z., & Hailemariam S. S. (2023). "Drivers for Sustainable Supply Chain Management and the Practices in Ethiopian Apparel Industries", Journal of Engineering, vol. 2023, page: 1-15. (DOI: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/je/2023/2625998/).

3. Abate, A. E., & Hailemariam, S. S. (2022). Improving work-related musculoskeletal disorders for sewing machine operators in Ethiopia. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2022.2058747).

4. Bizuneh, B., Hailemariam, S. S., & Tsegaye, S. (2021). A study of consumers’ pre-purchase evaluation of apparel products in Ethiopia. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal. (DOI 10.1108/JFMM-08-2020-0162).

5. Ebabu, W., Israil Hossain, M., El-Naggar, M. E., Kechi, A., Hailemariam, S. S., & Ahmed, F. E. (2022). Exploration of functional polymers for a cleaner leather industry. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials (DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2022.2058747).

6. FK Wang, SS Hailemariam (2018) Sampling plans for the zero-inflated Poisson distribution in the food industry.  Food Control 85, 359-368.

7. FK Wang, SS Hailemariam(2018) Sampling plans for the zero‐inflated negative binomial distribution in the food industry. Quality and Reliability Engineering International 34 (6), 1174-1184.

8. SS Hailemariam (2018) Study on Export Competitiveness Factors for Ethiopian Clothing Industries. Journal of textile and apparel, technology and management 10 (4).

Memberships

· Members of Textile and apparel professionals’ association; EiTEX international conference organizing committee member.

References

·  Prof. Murugesh Babu:  Professor in Textile chemistry.

·  Professor Fu-Kwun Wang, Distinguished Professor in quality and reliability.