Name:            Addisu Negash Ali

Position:       Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Design and Mechanics)

Office:          Materials & Design Research lab

Email:             addisu.negash@bdu.edu.et

Phone:              +251930524952

Education:

• Ph.D., in Mechanical Engineering , at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• M.S., in Mechanical Engineering (Design Engineering) , at Addis Ababa University

Courses:

• Finite Element Method, Advanced Mechanics of materials, Optimal Design, Research Methods, Product Design & Development, & Fracture Mechanics

Research:

• Individual research works, MSc. And PhD students supervision, local and international collaboration, community engagement projects

Professional Experience:

• More than 15 years of experience on teaching and research

Research Interests:

• Metals & Alloys, Additive Manufacturing, Integrated Computational Modelling, Thermal Conductivity and Anisotropy, Finite Element and Machine Learning Modelling

Honors & Awards:

• [ICESTEM’24], 2024 Guest Speaker Certificate
• Best Paper Award at EAI ICAST 2021 9th International Conference, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
• Best Paper Award at EAI ICAST 2024 12th International Conference, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
• Conference organizing committee certificates, EAI ICAST 2020 and 2021.
• Journal reviewer certificates, many reputable journals, 2018-Now
• Community engagement certificates, SolidWorks training for Bahir Dar Polytechnique College staff 2021/2022.

Publications (Selected publications):

• Characterization and modeling of residual elastic properties of impact damaged glass fiber composite, Destayehu Addisu Durressa, Addisu Negash Ali*, Ermias Gebrekidan Koricho, Getnet Ayele Kebede, Results in Engineering, Volume (25), 2025.