- Description of the College
- Departments
- Dep't of Biotechnology
- Dep't of Chemical Eng
- Dep't of Env'tal Eng
- Dep't of Food Eng
- Future plan
- Staff Profile & Curnt stdt popn
- Contact
Short Description of the College
The College of Biological and Chemical Engineering was restructured in 2008 E.C aiming to contribute to industry sector, to graduate high quality students, to conduct extensive research, to participate in community service and technology transfer.
Vision:
We strive to be internationally recognized as Biological and Chemical Engineering College that best exemplifies the commitment to outstanding research, student educations, and industry linkage and community service.
Mission:
The College mission is to provide a high quality education in Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Food Engineering at under graduate and graduate levels that prepares them for productive careers in Engineering and related fields.
Departments
The college currently has four main departments with various specialization areas. Namely,
- Biotechnology
- Chemical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Food Engineering
Department of Biotechnology
Department of Biotechnology was started to accept student in 2011 with 53 students now the department has students in under graduate and postgraduate program, in different specialization of Biotechnology.
Vision
To nurture world class industrial, agricultural and environmental Biotechnologist with a potential to innovate, invent and disseminate knowledge for the benefit of society and environment
Mission
To provide quality teaching with a strong care science concepts and application oriented knowledge and researcher in all the three main Biotechnology areas (Agricultural, Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology
Name of the Departments (Programs)
- BSc in Biotechnology without specialization
- MSc In – Agricultural Biotechnology
– Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology
- PhD in Biotechnology with specialization in
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Environmental Biotechnology
Short and long term plan of the Department
To equip both undergraduate and post graduate students with skills, knowledge and to adapt a research oriented approach to their studies.
Teachers’ profile
BA/BSc 9
MA/MSc 8
PhD 6
Current Student Population
Male: 86
Female: 77
Contact Address
- Name of the Head: Teslim Yimam
- Telephone No: 0922590822
- Email: teslimy@gmail.com
Department of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering BSc study was launched at AASTU in 2012 to strengthen the link with industry. It is one of the departments in CBCE with highly qualified and committed staffs. It provides qualified education supported by laboratory and tutorial class and almost all staffs involved on research activities.
Vision
To be internationally recognized center of excellence with strong national commitment.
Mission
To produce highly qualified professionals
To solve the real problems of industries and society
To conduct research
Post graduate specialization streams
- Chemical Process and product design
- Food Process Engineering
- Bio-Engineering Engineering
- Smart Materials Engineering
- Under graduate programs
- Chemical Engineering
- Leather technology streams
- Sugar technology streams
- Process Engineering Streams
- Mineral processing streams
Courses the College offerrs
At Degree /BSc Level
- Reaction Engineering I and II
- Mass transfer unit operations
- Chemical Engineering apparatus Design
- Process Industries I & II
- Plant design and Economics
At Masters /MSc level
- Advanced Chemical Engineering reaction
- Advanced Separation process
- Advanced Transport Phenomena
- Advanced Thermodynamics
- Research methods and Experimental design
Short and long term plan of the Department
To do research and to form research team
To Organize laboratory
To form good working environment
Teachers’ profile
BA/BSc 14
MA/MSc 24
PhD _ 4
Current Student Population
Male: 276
Female: 56
Contact Address
- Name of the Head: Uga Waktole Bulcha
- Telephone No: +251 911073981
- Email: dhuga9981@gmail.com
Department of Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering education leading to BSc. Degree was launched in 2011/12. To adequately respond to the complex environmental challenges in air, water and soil quality, and energy resources of developmental needs as well as waste generation from the country’s rapid economic development.
Vision
The vision of Environmental engineering Department of Addis Ababa science and Technology University is to see an industrialized Ethiopia without compromising environmental quality, aesthetics, social responsibility and biodiversity of the nation.
Mission
The department mission is committed to create Environmental engineers that maintain solution oriented mindset and hold professional competencies required in designing, simulating and implementing pollution mitigation facilities and who propose new ways of economic activities which synergistically operate with nature in symbiosis toward creating a green national economy without affecting the environment.
Teachers’ profile
BA/BSc 2
MA/MSc 14
PhD 1
Courses Student population
BSc Program Environmental Engineering
Male : 97
Female : 35
MSc Program Environmental Engineering
Male: 81
Female: 17
Contact Address
Name of the head: Getahun Kebede
Telephone No: 0912760452
Email: kgetahun12@gmail.com
Department of Food Engineering
Food Process Engineering BSc study was launched at AASTU in 2012 to strengthen the link between primary production and the agro industry and basic science research and Food production units and process development industries. The program is designed to develop skills, academic values, professionalism & Competence oriented towards solving problems in the food industry.
Vision
Becoming nationally renowned and preferable educational, research and consultancy service providing academic unit in Food Engineering by 2025
Mission
Meeting the needs of different areas in Ethiopian agro food industries in order to help the counters plan of Argo food industry led economy establishment.
- Educate leader of the future in Food Engineering at undergraduate & post graduate & to transmit expertise to society.
Specializations
At Degree /BSc Level
- Food Engineering
- Food Process Engineering
At Masters /MSc level
- Food Process Engineering
Short and long term plan of the Department
The department aspires to launch short term training (tailor made) for SMES and middle and large scale agro-food processing industries. The department also plans to conduct researches (innovative) in collaboration to private & public organization in food engineering.
Teachers’ profile
BA/BSc 9
MA/MSc 12
PhD 0
Current Student Population
Male: 36+25+18=79
Female: 0+4+3= 7
Short and long term plan of the College
The college short term plan is to launch additional MSc and PhD programs in Biotechnology, Chemical and Environmental Engineering in the coming semester (2017/2018 First Semester) besides the existing ERA sponsor MSc in Environmental Engineering and already started PhD program in Biotechnology. And the long term plan of the College is to be one of the high caliber education, research and innovative center competent in Africa and recognized in the globe.
Staff Profile & Current student population
Teachers’ profile
BA/BSc 34
MA/MSc 58
PhD 11
Current Student Population
Male: BSc 538 MSc 81
Female: 157 17
Contact:
Amare Tiruneh (Dr.), Dean
Tell.:+251912212680
E-mail: amare.tiruneh@aastu.edu.et