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Active Research Projects

Research projects Completed and currently undergoing in MSP

Undergoing and completed projects in Materials Science Program in collaboration with other departments from AAU and outside AAU are listed below:

  1. 2022-2024: Investigation of Smart Technologies with Application Including for Waste Management and Energy Recovery, Thematic Project by AAU, Total Amount 750,000 ETB (Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand ETB). Co-PI: GirumAyalnehTiruye
  2. 2021-2025: Electrochemical Science and Innovative Materials for African Development (ESIMSAD). Funder: EU under Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme. Total amount: 1,393,000 Euro; PI: Girum Ayalneh Tiruye Website: https://esimsad.org/
  3. 2021-2023:Computational and Experimental Design of Materials for Emerging Energy Storages and Conversion Devices: From Fundamental to Application, Thematic Project by AAU. Total amount 1,500,000 ETB; Co- PI: Girum Ayalneh Tiruye
  4. 2020-2022: FORMAS (the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, Protein nanofibrils for water purification, Grant Number: 2019-00679,Total Amount: 3,000,000.00 SEK;Co-PI: Prof. ShimelisAdmasie
  5. 2020-2022: International Science Program, Uppsala University, Sweden, Synthesis and Characterization of Conjugated Polymers and Biomaterials for Solar EnergyConversion, Storage and Sensors (ETH-01), Grant Number: ETH-01, Total Amount: 1,500.000 SEK, Deputy Leader: Prof. Shimelis
  6. 2019-2022: Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute, Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Ethiopia, Detoxifying wastewater with a water hyacinth-battery,  Total Amount: 5Million ETB, PI: Prof. ShimelisAdmasie
  7. 2019-2021:Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy powered reverse osmosis (RO) desalination system using lake Beseka in Welenchiti area (Ethiopia).(Thematic project at Addis Ababa University, Ref. VPRTT/PY-0xx/2020);Total Fund: 1,500,000 ETB (completed), Co-PI: GirumAyalnehTiruye
  8. 2018-2020: Nanocomposite Materials and Innovative Polymeric Ionic Liquids based polymer electrolytes for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Supercapacitors).The World Science Academy (TWAS), Grant No_18022RG/CHE/AF/AC_I;Total Fund: 7,500 Dollar (Completed). PI: GirumAyalnehTiruye
  9. 2018-2020: Emerging Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies for Smart Energy Infrastructures and Sustainable Environment (Thematic project at Addis Ababa University, Ref. VPRTT/PY-046/2019);Total Fund: 1,500,000 ETB (completed). PI: GirumAyalnehTiruye
  10. 2018-2020: High-Tech and Low-Cost Nanotechnology for Efficient Waste Management and Enhanced Biofuel Production in EthiopiaThematic project at Addis Ababa University, Ref. VPRTT/PY-02x/2018/10).Total Fund: 1,500,000 ETB (Completed). Co-PI: GirumAyalnehTiruye
  11. 2016-2018: Sustainable Off-Grid Renewable Energy Systems as a Primary Energy Supply in Rural Villages of Ethiopia (Thematic Project at Addis Ababa University, Ref. VPRTT/PY008/2016/08).Total Fund: 1,500,000 ETB (Completed). Co-PI: GirumAyalnehTiruye