EDUCoE Research and Community Service Dean
With this in mind, the office’s mission is to design and supervise methods and means of promoting the relevance and quality of research, consultancy, and community activities at the university, to encourage and support members of the research staff to develop their research capabilities and to demonstrate excellence in research endeavors, and to act as a link between the university and the community in terms of research initiatives of mutual benefit. Furthermore, transfer knowledge to society through outreach (for example, collaborative research, workshops, talks, websites, and publications) and, where applicable, technology transfers (for example, collaborative research, contract work, and intellectual property commercialization).
The college offers more than 60 laboratories and workshops in several engineering disciplines, all of which are equipped with cutting-edge technology. In addition, the dean’s office contains well-organized research workshops outfitted with cutting-edge machines and equipment.
Furthermore, the research staff includes two Ph.D. holders, nine M.Sc. and M.Tech., holders, and two B.Tech., holders as researchers and experienced instructors specializing in several engineering disciplines. The office provides skill-based research, consulting, and community service, all of which are frequently reviewed and managed by a specialized quality assurance office in order to create harmony among research and academic staffs, as well as stakeholders. Our research staffs have acquired military professionals, military altitude, and military courage through ongoing exhaustive military trainings and doctrines, as well as merit and skill-based experience sharing schemes from senior researchers, academicians, and higher rank military officers and government officials, allowing them to play their role in any circumstance.
Last but not least, if you love your motherland and want to serve your country as a member of a military or civil engineering team, the Ethiopian Defence University College of Engineering is the place for you to achieve your aspirations and personal goals.
The office's primary responsibilities include research, consulting, and community involvement. The Research and Community Service Office provides faculty and faculty-led groups with specialized services geared to transform ideas into action. Whether it's the launch of a new program or the identification of potential for original research contributions. As a result, the Defence University College of Engineering is doing its best to do problem-solving research and demand-driven community service. The College research and community service dean office is divided into two teams to successfully carry out these missions: research and development, and consultation and community service.
Col. Menelik Walle Mekonen (Ph.D.) joined the Ministry of National Defence force of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia as an army member in 1994 and completed his Advance Diploma (1996-1999) in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Automotive and Tank Technology at Defence University Collage, Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia, where he was appointed as a technical assistance as a rank of Technical assistance-II and promoted to Technical assistance-III after two years of effective service. Later, he earned a B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering (2002-2005), specializing in Automotive and Tank Technology at Defence University College in Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia. Following that, I began working as an academic staff member at the Defence University College as a graduate assistant-II. From 2009 to 2011, he pursued his Master’s degree in Automotive Engineering at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology in Indian, Pune. He then returned to Defense University College of Engineering in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, where he worked as a lecturer, Head of the Motor Vehicle Engineering Department, and acting academic dean. After three years of effective service, he traveled to India for a Ph.D study program and graduated in 2019 with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Fluid/Thermal) research fields of Advanced IC Engine and alternative fuels from the Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati, India. Then returned to DU-CoE as an assistant professor and acting head of quality assurance. And then, appointed as dean of research and community service at Defence University College of Engineering beginning in January 2021. He has participated in applied research activities and served on various committees, as an invited guest