PERSONAL INFORMATION

Megabi Adane Yizengaw

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

+251923553702

megadane123@gmail.com

Sex M | Date of birth 31/12/1995| Nationality Ethiopian  

WORK EXPERIENCE

General Explanation 

September 2021- 2024                     

December 2024- February 2025 

November 10, 2022 – March 2, 2023,                                                         

October 2021- November 2021

December 2023- June 2023

Jun 2019 - January 2021

January 2020 - February 2020               

March 2019 - Jun 2019                   

October 2017 - Jun 2019               

Mar 2018 - May 2018

Senior technical assistant

• Bahir Dar University (EiTEX), Ethiopia

Community service 

- Prepare a specification document for various police uniform and other related items for ANRS prison commission

- Short term training on leather goods pattern making and construction for unemployed youths in Bahir dar city

- Community service task on the production of stretchers and bullet clasp leather bags for militaries

. – short term  training on hand crafted leather products for pink girls organization  

Student union

• Bahir Dar University (EiTEX), Bahir Dar Ethiopia 
• Student union Leadership and service as student union discipline and good governance affairs chairperson at Ethiopia Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX), at Bahir Dar University from June 2019 to January 2021.

Consortium of Youth Development Organization in Ethiopia

• Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
• Leadership and Conflict Management skills training program organized by the consortium of a youth development organization in Ethiopia (COYDOE) with support from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI).

Internship Program

• Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
• Davimpex Enterprise Bahir Dar Tannery plc, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
• I have experience in how to process leather and how to make leather products. I have also done on leather glove room west minimization by developing of children (1/2 to 3) year safety leather goods.

Teaching students in tutorial class

• Bahir Dar University (EiTEX) Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
• Teaching students in a tutorial program that is prepared by academic affairs under the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology Students' Union.

Designer

• Bahir Dar University (EiTEX), Bahir Dar Ethiopia
• Contribution as a designer to the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EITEX) FASHION SHOW title as SHAWA OROMO INSPIRATION in the 7th International Conference on Cotton, textile, and Apparel Value Chain in Africa (CTA-18) during May 25-26, 2018.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 September 2016 – January 2021

2014-2015                                                   

2012-2013

2004-2011 

Certificates

Awards 

B.Sc. In Leather Engineering

• Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar Ethiopia
•  Ethiopian Institute of textile and fashion Technology (EiTEX) with a GPA of 3.78

- Thesis title: A comparative study on the physical and chemical properties of traditional indigenous vegetable-tanned leather with modern-tanned cowhide leather.

- Leather Processing, I and II

- Leather product design

- Leather garment construction I and II

- Footwear manufacturing

- Leather dyeing technics

- Leather finishing processes e t c.  in addition to the common courses given for Engineering students

Preparatory School

• East Gojjam, Debre Elias 

Secondary school

• East Gojjam, Debre Elias

Primary School

• Jabi Genet, Debre Elias Woreda
• COC I, II, and III Basic Leather Garment and Goods Production Operation

-Certificate on exhibition show on leather engineering program on the 1^st annual Technology and Research Exhibition Day

• Outstanding academic performance scoring of SGPA 3.79 in harmonized modularization curriculum 1st-year 1^st semester in the leather engineering program.

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s)

• Amharic  

Other language(s)

UNDERSTANDING 

SPEAKING 

WRITING 

Listening 

Reading 

Spoken interaction  

Spoken production 

C1

C2

B2

B2

C1

Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user

Communication skills

• Teamwork: with research groups Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX).
• Good communication skills gained through my experience as a student union leader, internship program, and class representative.
• Mediating skill: I work at the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX) as student union discipline and good governance affairs president.

Organisational/managerial skills

• Theis president of the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX)  student union discipline and good governance affairs.
• Members of the students' discipline committee of the EiTEX faculty
• Class representative
• Members of the general service affairs committee under the EiTEX student union
• Member of the Life for Others club under the EiTEX student union
• Pear leader for five years in the leather Engineering department

Computer skills

• Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator software, and AUTO-CAD software.

Other skills

• Leadership
• Team building  
• Playing and singing with musical instruments (Begena)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Publication 

Conferences

• Thermoplastic starch-ZnO nano-composites: A comprehensive review of their applications in functional food packaging.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137099

• Designer in Oshawa Oromo inspired by the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EITEX) at the 7^th International Conference on Cotton, Textiles, and Apparel Value Chain in Africa (CAT18).
• Fashion show committee member in 10^th international conference on cotton, textile and apparel value chain in Africa (CTA-20222) during May 20 and 21 2022.
  1. Tamrat Tesfaye (Ph.D): Professor at Bio- refinery Engineering, EiTEX Bahir Dar University, Email: tamrat-tsfy@yahoo.com, Mobile Phone: +251930351924 or +251985416642 Website: www.eitex.bdu.edu.et Bahir Dar Ethiopia.