Hagos Birhane Asfha

Hagos Birhane Asfha (Ph.D.) is a courageous and detail-oriented Chemical Engineer with 15+ years of work experience in industry, academia, and R&D institutions. He has great deal of knowledge and expertise in research and development, process simulation and optimization, machine learning, and experimental design to successfully fill the postdoctoral Fellow/ Researcher/ Process Engineer related role at your company/institute. Frequently praised as patient, persistent, and hard-working by his peers, he can be relied upon to help your company/ institute achieve its goals.

• Certificate of Teaching Profession in Higher Education from Adama Science and technology university
• HONOR CODE CERTIFICATE For successfully completing Solar Energy course of study offered by DelftX, an online learning initiative of Delft University of Technology through edX

• Heterogeneous catalysis and reaction kinetics
• Process design and optimization
• Kinetic modeling and parameter estimation
• Machine learning application in chemical Engineering
• Process modeling and Simulation
• Olefin synthesis
• Sustainable Energy

• Award of Academic Excellence in recognition of outstanding achievements in scholarly and research works received from the president of KRICT
• Graduate research fellowship, awarded to students at UST-KRICT, which provides support towards stipend and research costs for PhD in Chemical Engineering.
• Award of presentation Excellence in recognition of outstanding achievements at the thesis presentation contest of UST-KRICT school
• Certificate of appreciation in recognition of my Contribution as Associate Dean of School of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering in the transformation of Adama University into genuine Science and Technology University.
• Postgraduate Scholarship granted by the Ethiopian Government.

• Reaction mechanism study of catalytic conversion of light straight-run naphtha to light olefins over micro-spherical HZSM-5 zeolite catalyst. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114376
• Asfha H B, Kang N Y, Berta A H, Hwang H, Kim K and Park Y K 2021 Kinetic modeling of methanol to olefins over phosphorus modified HZSM-5 zeolite catalyst Korean J. Chem. Eng. 38 2047-56
• Berta AH, Hwang HD, Asfha HB, Kang NY, Kim K, Park YK. Reaction mechanism and kinetic modeling of olefin conversion over phosphorus modified ZSM-5 catalyst. Korean J Chem Eng. 2022;38(2):17-21. doi:10.1007/s11814-021-1016-9

• Yong-Ki Park, Professor at university of science and Technology, UST, and Research Fellow at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, KRICT, ykpark@krict.re.kr
• Ki-Woong Kim, Professor at university of science and Technology, UST, and Research Fellow at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, KRICT, kwkim@krict.re.kr
• Ftwi Yohannes Hagos, Design and Development Engineer, Hyzon Motors, Australia, ftwi.hagos@hyzonmotors.com