Temam Awel (PhD)
Research and Technology Transfer V/President
Dire
Dawa University is one of the second-generation Ethiopian universities. The
university is striving to be leading university in applied research and
community-based engagement activities.
It has an ambitious vision of becoming
a premium choice in Ethiopia and among the top ten Applied Science Universities
in Africa by 2030. Research and Community Services
Vice President office set its ten- and five-year strategic plan in which helps
for the achieving of university vision and mission. All activities under the office have the
following core values: quality and applied
research, diversity of researchers and research areas, equity and gender balance in research and innovative
approaches in community service and technology transfer. As the city is rich in
culture, tolerance and other values, the university gave high priorities for
indigenous knowledge. Now, under the office of research affairs directorate
indigenous knowledge center coordinator has been established.
Dire
Dawa university has given more emphasis to minimize shelf-life time of
validated research works and to address end users of the research. For this purpose,
research and community vice president office established an office “research
publication, documentation and dissemination directorate” which is responsible
to push one step forward on these issues. In addition, Institute/college-based
conferences, workshops, annual proceedings, and publication in reviewed
journals are part of it. Some completed research works and technologies also
communicated to end users through coordination of community service/engagement
and university industry linkage-technology transfer directorates. We have also established publication journal
“Harla Journals”.
The university welcomes researchers, research
institutions, government and non-government organizations, universities and any
other interested bodies to collaborate and work with us in the area of
research, community engagement/service, technology transfer and innovation. The
University has very experienced senior and devoted young academic and research
staffs who are very much committed to working with partners.
Sincerely,
Currently, Dire Dawa University has eleven
research themes:
- Environment and Natural Resource Management for
Sustainable
- Life and Health Science
- Quality Assurance and Enhancement in Education
- Material Science, Nano-technology and
Application of Hard Sciences
- Sustainable Business, Economic and Institutional
Development
- Socio-Culture Development and Transformation
- Conflict, Crime and Justice
-
Advancements in Electrical/Electronic
Engineering and Computing Technologies
- Building Materials, Construction Technology and
Sustainable Urban Development
- Sustainable Development in Manufacturing,
Service and Processing Technology
- Indigenous Knowledge Directorates under Research and Technology Transfer Vice President:Vice President Office Directorate 1. Research Publication and Ethics Extension 2. Community Service Directorate 3. Industry Linkage-Technology Transfer Directorate
