Derese Tekestebrihan Nega was born on 13th January 1982 in Ethiopia. He earned an MSc degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Jimma University Institute of Technology, Ethiopia with a thesis project dealing with “Software development for design simulation and optimization of parabolic through solar thermal power plant”. Currently he is a Visiting Ph.D. Student in Sustainable Energy Engineering at PoliMi:-Politecnico di Milano (Supervisor prof. Flavio Manenti) Under ExiST Project: Excellence in Science and Technology – Ethiopia JiT Center of Excellence CRGE Resource CART (Climate Resilient Green Economy Resource Center for Advanced Research & Training Linking Energy with Water & Agriculture) Jimma University, Institute of Technology. His Ph.D. research interest is mainly focused on Water, energy, and Agriculture (food security) NEXUS, Processes simulation for the conversion of water hyacinth (Biomass) to Energy, Fertilizers, chemicals, electricity, and heat (the ‘Biorefinery Circular Economy’ concept).
Research Fields :
- Water, energy and agriculture (food security) NEXUS
- Multi-scale process simulation, design, integration and optimization.
- Processes for the conversion of water hyacinth (Biomass) to Energy, Fertilizers, chemicals, electricity and heat (the ‘Biorefinery Circular Economy’ concept).
- Renewable Energy system process modeling, optimization and simulations
- Simulation environment (Aspen Hysys , Aspen Plus and Pro II process simulators)
PhD School:
- 7th CCS Sotacarbo Summer School, 10-14 June 2019, Carbonia (Italy)
Congresses:
- Nega, Derese et al “Software Development for Design, Simulation and Sizing of Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Power Plant (EthioSolA).” 12th IEEE 2015 Africon International conference. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 2015.
- Nega, Derese T., “Solar Thermal System Simulation and Optimization”, the Ninth Annual Conference Ethiopian Space Science Society, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014.
- Derese T. Nega, “The Physics of Solar Thermal Engineering”, The 8th Annual Conference of Ethiopian Physical Society, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2013
- Derese T. Nega, Getachew T. Shunki and Venkata Ramayya “Software for Design and Simulation of Solar Thermal Power Plants”, the 6th Annual Research Conference of Jimma University, 2015.
Recent Publications
- Nega, Derese T.; Tibba, Getachew S.; Ramayya, A.Venkata; Mariam, Berhanu G.H., “Software development for design, simulation and sizing of parabolic trough solar thermal power plant (EthioSolA),” in IEEE AFRICON, 2015, vol.,12, pp.782-786, 14-17,Sept. 2015 doi: 0.1109/ AFRCON.2015.7331967
- Shewangizaw W. Demissie, Venkata A.Ramayya, Derese T. Nega, “Design, Fabrication and Testing of Biogas Stove for ‘Areke’ Distillation: The case of Arsi Negele, Ethiopia, Targeting Reduction of Fuel-Wood Dependence.” International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Vol. 5 Issue 03, March-2016, ISSN: 2278-0181.
- Menberu Mengesha, Tolu Biressa, Derese Tekestebrihan, “The Germination and Early Growth of Ethiopian indigenous Plant Seeds in the Simulated Microgravity Environment.” Indian Journal of Science, 2016, 23(88), 902-909.
- Bezuayehu M., Derese T. Nega and Shewangizaw W. Demissie, “Design, Optimization and CFD Simulation of Improved Biogas Burner for ‘Injera’ Baking in Ethiopia”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Vol. 6 Issue 01, January-2017.
- Milkessa G. Homa, Gizaw M. Tsidu, Derese T. Nega: Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology over Ethiopia and Retrieval of its Size Distribution. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 06/2017; DOI: 10.5194/acp-2017-133.
Contacts:
deresetekestebrihan.nega@polimi.it
derese.tekestebrihan@ju.edu.et
(+39) 3663434513, Milano, Italy
(+251) 931747390, Jimma, Ethiopia