Mr. Wassie Mengie 

Department of Textile Engineering

Email: wassie215@gmail.com

Education

Oct 2009-June 2014: B.Sc. in Textile Engineering, Ethiopian Institute of textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar university, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Sept, 2015-Jun, 2017: M.Sc. in Textile Manufacturing, Ethiopian Institute of textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar university, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Work Experience

¨ June 2017 up to date:  Lecturer at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Course taught: Statistical application in textile engineering, Textile and garment product testing, textile testing, woven fabric manufacturing.

¨ July 2014-June 2017: Assistant lecturer at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Course taught: Woven fabric manufacturing practical, Yarn manufacturing technology practical.

¨ Feb 2018-Nov 2020: Learning research and implementation coordinator for Textile Testing and Quality control courses.

¨ Sep 2019 up to date: Head of Textile and Apparel Merchandising program.

¨ May 2020 up to date: Handmade Textile Research Unit (HMT-RU) coordinator, Teaching, Research and Community Services

Trainings

¨ 2014 - 2015: Higher Diploma Program /HDP at Bahir Dar University, with Certification.

¨ November 21-25/2016: Laboratory management system development and implementation based on ES ISO /IEC 17025:2009 at Ethiopian Standard Agency with certification.

¨ 2020: Training on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 organized by the National Quality Infrastructure Project, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ethiopia and delivered by Quality Africa.

¨ March 15-19,2021: Quality Management Audit based on ES ISO 19011:2018 at Ethiopian Standard Agency.

¨ SPSS (Statistical Packages for Social Science):  Basic concepts of SPSS, Data management systems, One way and multi-way ANOVA, Correlation and regression analysis by SPSS

¨ MATLAB R2014a R-Software V3.4.2 and STATA: 

Basic of MATLAB, MATLAB Graphics, Programming and Simulink. 

Data Management System and Data analysis by R and STATA software.

Publications

1. Abuhay, A., Mengie, W., Tesfaye, T., Gebino, G., Ayele, M., Haile, A. and Yillie, D., 2021. Opportunities for new biorefinery products from Ethiopian ginning industry by-products: current status and prospects. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 6(3), pp.195-214.

2. Haile, A., Gelebo, G.G., Tesfaye, T., Mengie, W., Mebrate, M.A., Abuhay, A. and Limeneh, D.Y., 2021. Pulp and paper mill wastes: utilizations and prospects for high value-added biomaterials. Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 8(1), pp.1-22.

3. Haile, A., Gebino, G., Tesfaye, T., Mengie, W., Ayele, M., Abuhay, A. and Yilie, D., 2021. Utilization of non-wood biomass for pulp manufacturing in the paper industry: case of Ethiopia. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, pp.1-19.

4. Ayele, M., Limeneh, D.Y., Tesfaye, T., Mengie, W., Abuhay, A., Haile, A. and Gebino, G., 2021. A Review on Utilization Routes of the Leather Industry Biomass. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2021.

5. Beyene, K.A., Mengie, W. and Korra, C.G., 2022. Effects of weft count and weft density on the surface roughness of 3/1 (Z) twill woven fabric. Research Journal of Textile and Apparel.

References

¨ Dr. Tamrat Tesfaye (Assoc. Prof..), Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX), Bahir Dar University. tamrat_tsfy@yahoo.com 

¨ Dr. Abera Kechi (Assoc. Prof..), Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX), Bahir Dar University. aberak1995@gmail.com 

¨ Addisu Ferede (Assoc. Prof..), Ethiopian institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX), Bahir Dar University, Graduate Research Assistant, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute, Department of Plant and Soil science, Texas Tech University, USA. addisiotex@gmail.com