Mr. Fetene Teshome has successfully defended his PhD dissertation in Manufacturing Engineering under the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University (BiT-BDU). His research, titled “Investigation of SiC Reinforced Al7039/Cu Metal Matrix Composite for Mold Tooling Application,” was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Kishor Kolhe from SCOE, Vadgaon (BK), Pune University, India, and Dr. Assefa Asmare from BiT-BDU, Ethiopia.