Advancement of Science and Technology in Sustainable Manufacturing and Process Engineering

Kibret Mequanint, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Western University, Canada. His research is in biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine interfacing polymer science, materials and chemical engineering, and life sciences.Assefa Asmare Tsegaw, Ph.D., is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University. His research areas are agricultural machinery design, precision manufacturing, metrology engineering, composite materials characterizations, advanced material joining methods (friction stir welding), additive manufacturing, unconventional manufacturing, and process optimization.Zenamarkos Bantie Sendekie, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University.Birhanu Kebede, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of hydraulic and water resources engineeringat Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University. He has extensively worked in biophysical land management practices and soil amendments. His primary research interest is hydrological modeling of the effect of SWC practices on reducing soil loss. Ephrem Yetbarek Gedilu, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of hydraulic and water resources engineering with the Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University. His research interest is subsurface flow and transport modeling, surface water and groundwater interactions, precision agriculture, and soil and water conservation.

• Chapter 1. Application of FACTS Devices for Transient Stability Enhancement in the Adama II Grid-Connected Wind Farm.- Chapter 2. Development of an interpretable deep learning system for the identification of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.- Chapter 3. Digital Clinical Decision Support System for Screening of Eye Diseases.- Chapter 4. EVALUATİON OF THREE IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR IMPROVING CROP AND WATER PRODUCTIVITY OF WHEAT (Triticum aestivum) IN KOGA IRRIGATION SCHEME.- Chapter 5. Design and Numerical Analysis of Sorghum Reaper Machine.- Chapter 6. Effects of initial moisture content and storage duration on physical and chemical characteristics of stored maize (Zea mays L.) grain.- Chapter 7. Experimental analysis of the effect of exposure of an Electro-Optic system to external Magnetic field.- Chapter 8. Identification of Dominant Lactic Acid Bacteria and Yeast Species from Teff Injera Dough Fermentation.- Chapter 9. Performance Evaluation of Grain Pro Collapsible Natural Convection Solar dryer for Maize Grain Drying in Ethiopia.- Chapter 10. Quality Assurance Management Practices in Public Building Construction Projects (The Case of Bahir Dar City) .- Chapter 11. Review on Water Automatic Teller Machine (Water ATM) Technologies .- Chapter 12. Yeast Bioremediation of Cr (VI) from Tannery Wastewater.- Chapter 13. Formulation and Characterization of Ink from the Milky Fluid of Ficus Vasta and Euphorbia Abyssinica.- Chapter 14. Assessment of the causes of Non-Revenue Water in Urban Water Distribution Systems: The case of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia.- Chapter 15. Characteristics of supply chain integration of manufacturing firms in Ethiopia.- Chapter 16. Effect of threshing and storage conditions on mold contamination of stored maize grain (Zea mays L.).- Chapter 17. Formulation and Evaluation of Firefly and Artificial Bee Colony Algorithms for Maximum Power Extraction of Photovoltaic Systems under Partial Shade.- Chapter 18. Impact of ParametricUncertainties on the Steady State Performances of DFIG-based WECS.- Chapter 19. Participatory Evaluation and Demonstration of Hand Maize Sheller.