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  • Engineering for Sustainable Infrastructure
    Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024)

    Ethiopia has achieved significant strides in the last several years in terms of economic expansion, the decrease of poverty, the delivery of essential services, and the availability of vital infrastructure. The fields of environmental management and the adaptation and mitigation of climate change have also seen the implementation of numerous projects and programs. These include the green legacy effort, climate-smart agriculture, hydropower, wind, solar, and geothermal energy resource utilization, and landscape management and restoration projects and programs. Ethiopia is among the world's poorest nations, despite notable advancements and positive developments. There are still many issues with land degradation, diminishing per capita water availability, low agricultural productivity, persistent food and nutrition insecurity, inadequate access to electricity, and poor WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) standards. Water pollution is becoming an increasingly significant issue, and climate change is a huge development concern that impacts every industry. The jobs of engineers and designers are becoming more and more combined as additional variables, viewpoints, and metrics are included in the planning and construction process. The trend of sustainable engineering methods in urban design—which includes watershed master-planning, green building, maximizing water reuse, reclaiming urban spaces, green streets programs, and sustainable master-planning—is examined in detail in Sustainable Infrastructure. This publication offers direction on the part that innovative thinking and cooperative teamwork play in coming up with the answers required to influence a long-term, sustainable change of the manufacturing and residential environment.

  • Engineering and Technology

    Special Issues in Engineering and Technology
    Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021)

    Engineering Systems is a science that has played a major role in the lives we live in the 21st century. In today’s technology-driven world, engineering is the cornerstone and driver of innovation of the devices we utilize daily to improve our quality of life. The latter driver, namely the new ideas, is actually the element of research in engineering. This special section deals with the general topic of long-term innovative topics for research in Biosystems/Agricultural Engineering, Big Data, Chemical Engineering, Civil engineering, Electrical engineering, Environmental/Water Supply Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Software engineering, Systems Engineering, Water Resources Engineering,  and Interdisciplinary engineering.

  • Urban Infrastructure
    Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025)

    The current issue addresses a diverse range of topics relevant to urban infrastructure in both global and Ethiopian contexts. It includes the investigation of machine learning models for foodborne disease classification, shedding light on health and safety within urban environments. Business failure and the organizational capacity of contractors in Ethiopia are explored, highlighting the critical role of institutional strength in infrastructure development. A GIS-based analysis of land use and land cover change dynamics in the Boricha Catchment of the Central Main Rift Valley Lakes Basin of Ethiopia provides insights into environmental management and urban expansion. The effects of green supply chain practices on the environmental sustainability of Ethiopian small and medium-scale garment manufacturers are examined, connecting industrial growth with ecological responsibility. Further, the issue discusses Building Information Modeling (BIM) education and training in Ethiopia, emphasizing its significance in modern construction practices. "The Urban Paradox: Navigating Social Challenges and Building Resilience in the Heart of Cities" offers a deep dive into the socio-economic dynamics in selected cities of the Southern Corridors of Ethiopia. Conservation and restoration practices for historical buildings in Arada Sub-City, Addis Ababa, are investigated, demonstrating the importance of cultural heritage in urban planning. The stress analysis and optimization of critical components in plunger pumps illustrate advancements in mechanical systems vital to urban services. Finally, the issue presents perceptions of households towards urban waste management challenges, drawing evidence from the Southern Ethiopia Urban Corridor, and underscoring the role of public engagement in sustainable urban living.

  • Engineering for Development
    Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022)

    This Issue addresses an important element known as “humanitarian engineering,” “engineering for change,” or “engineering for impact,”  or conclusively "Engineering for Development"  as a key concept to bring research and practice that combines the principles of engineering with economics, entrepreneurship, design, business, natural resources, and social science to create technology interventions in accordance with and for individuals living in low-resource settings. While most people associate these settings with “developing” or “low-income” countries, the issue calls Development Engineers or practitioners to share their work on societal problems wherever they exist, whether in the world.

  • Innovations in Engineering and Technology
    Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023)

    The current volume published articles which contribute new theoretical and applied results in four areas of engineering and technology. Manufacturing process and technologies; extraction and processing; product quality engineering and management; garment and textile technology; industrial project management; plant layout and ergonomics; industry digitalization; knowledge discovery; language and cognition; software and systems engineering; networks and distributed systems; ICT for development; information retrieval; soil and water resource engineering and management; hydrology; irrigation; environmental protection; water supply; energy resources development and utilization; and climate change are the topics addressed in the current publication.