ALI SEID ALI, PhD

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering

Office: Building 8, office no. 07

Email: aliseid99@gmail.com; aliseid.ali@bdu.edu.et

Professional Links [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-seid-ali/], [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VpyHRloAAAAJ&hl=en], [https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-9481-0175]:

Biograph

Dr. Ali is a Chemical Engineer and academic leader specializing in process engineering. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering, with a doctoral thesis dedicated to the development of solar-driven desalination systems. His research primarily focuses on advancing cutting-edge solutions in desalination, water-energy nexus, and process intensification to address global water scarcity and renewable energy challenges.

Academic Qualifications:

• PhD in Chemical Engineering – Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez
• MSc in Chemical Engineering (Process Engineering) – Bahir Dar University
• BSc in Chemical Engineering – Bahir Dar University

Research Interests: 

• Energy-water nexus,
• Desalination,
• Process intensification

Key Publications or Major Projects:

• ALI Seid ALI and Tijani BOUNAHMIDI, Dynamic performance analysis of a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collector with an extruded absorber using python optimization modeling object (Pyomo), Applied Thermal Engineering, 247 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123028 
• ALI Seid ALI and Tijani BOUNAHMIDI, Coupling of photovoltaic thermal with hybrid forward osmosis-membrane distillation: Energy and water production dynamic analysis, Journal of water Process Engineering, 64 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.105710 
• ALI Seid ALI and Tijani BOUNAHMIDI, Design of PVT driven forward osmosis and membrane distillation pilot plant for co-production of water and electricity, RSC advances, 15(2025), https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RA07525K 
• ALI Seid ALI and Tijani BOUNAHMIDI, Photovoltaic-thermal driven membrane distillation water desalination: Dynamic simulation in an actual weather condition, Energy, 324 (2025), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.135943 
• ALI Seid ALI and Tijani BOUNAHMIDI, Photovoltaic-thermal desalination review, Desalination and Water Treatment, 325 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dwt.2026.101669 

Courses Taught:

• Numerical Methods (undergraduate),
• Computational Methods (Postgraduate), 
• Plant Design and Economics,
• Chemical Engineering Apparatus Design
• Thermodynamics

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Academic Program officer (Vice Dean) –2016-2017
• Faculty Dean –2017-2020
• Process Engineering Chair holder (department head) –2026 - present