Innovation for Sustainable Industrial Development
Supporting emerging researchers and advancing chemical engineering through research, innovation, sustainability, and knowledge exchange.
ISID–Ethiopia is an initiative focused on connecting research, innovation, and sustainable industrial development within Ethiopia's chemical engineering community.
Through research grants, knowledge exchange, scientific dissemination, and engagement with academics and industry, the initiative creates opportunities for emerging researchers to develop ideas that can contribute to real-world industrial and sustainability challenges.
Supporting student researchers as they investigate relevant engineering, industrial, and sustainability challenges.
Encouraging ideas and approaches that can move research beyond the laboratory toward practical applications.
Creating connections between students, researchers, academics, professionals, and industry.
The ISID–Ethiopia Research Grant Program supports emerging chemical engineering researchers by creating a pathway from research ideas to scientific communication, professional engagement, and practical impact.
Selected student researchers receive support to develop research projects addressing relevant engineering, industrial, environmental, and sustainability challenges.
Emerging researchers are selected through the ISID–Ethiopia research grant process.
Grant recipients develop their research with guidance, scientific engagement, and access to a wider professional network.
Researchers have opportunities to present their work, exchange knowledge, and engage with academics and industry.
The program connects emerging researchers with the broader chemical engineering and industrial development community.
Research is not treated as an endpoint. The program creates opportunities for researchers to communicate their work, receive feedback, and build connections around it.
The 2024–25 research grant cohort moved beyond receiving support. Their work became part of a wider cycle of learning, scientific exchange, presentation, and professional recognition.
2024–25 ISID–Ethiopia Research Grant Journey
The selected researchers developed projects addressing engineering, industrial, environmental, and sustainability-related challenges.
Through the Research Grant Induction Webinar, the cohort engaged with experts working across sustainable materials, polymer engineering, gas turbine combustion, fuels, circular economy, and systems innovation.
All six grant recipients disseminated their research through oral and poster presentations, bringing their work into conversation with academics, researchers, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, factory representatives, and fellow students.
Redeat Habtamu
Solomon Chekole
Tadiwos Melaku
Tewodros Geremew
Solomon Hailemariam
Yadeta Hirpa
The researchers received certificates of appreciation from ESChE, marking a milestone in their research journey and reinforcing the connection between emerging engineers, scientific research, and the professional community.
University of Waterloo
Shared perspectives on sustainable materials and polymer engineering, connecting research development with wider questions of sustainability and innovation.
VP, Transportation and Manufacturing Division · National Research Council Canada
Shared experience related to gas turbine combustion and fuels, offering the researchers an industry-oriented perspective on engineering research.
Sustainability & Circular Economy
Explored sustainability innovation and the circular economy, highlighting opportunities for systems-level thinking and future industrial development.
Moderator · Former ESChE President
Guided the discussion and helped connect the speakers' perspectives with the experience of the emerging researchers.
Six research grant recipients brought their work into a broader scientific and professional setting, presenting their findings alongside researchers and practitioners from across the engineering community.
The conference created opportunities for the grant recipients to discuss their research with a diverse community beyond their immediate academic environment.
The six researchers were recognized by ESChE for their contribution and participation in the conference, marking an important milestone in their research journey.
The 2026–27 ISID–Ethiopia research grant brings together five student researchers from Addis Ababa University and Addis Ababa Science and Technology University to continue the connection between emerging researchers and sustainable industrial development.
Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
Addis Ababa University
The 2026–27 ISID–Ethiopia research grant brings together five student researchers from Addis Ababa University and Addis Ababa Science and Technology University.
Prof. Desta Mebratu
Former grant recipients shared their experience with the new researchers, giving the cohort a practical perspective on developing and presenting research.
For the new researchers, the seminar marked the beginning of a research journey shaped not only by their projects, but also by the knowledge and experience of the community around them.
From the first research grant recipients to the new 2026–27 cohort, ISID–Ethiopia is building a continuing pathway for emerging researchers to develop ideas, exchange knowledge, present their work, and connect research with sustainable industrial development.
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