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.
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”. In addition, Institute/college-based conferences, workshops, annual proceedings, and publication in reviewed journals are part of it.
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.
Sincerely,
1. Environment and Natural Resource Management for Sustainable
2. Life and Health Science
3. Quality Assurance and Enhancement in Education
4. Material Science, Nano-technology and Application of Hard Sciences
5. Sustainable Business, Economic and Institutional Development
6. Socio-Culture Development and Transformation
7. Conflict, Crime and Justice
8. Advancements in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Computing Technologies
9. Building Materials, Construction Technology and Sustainable Urban Development
10. Sustainable Development in Manufacturing, Service and Processing Technology
11. Indigenous Knowledge
1. Vice President Office Directorate
2. Research Affairs Directorate
3. Community Engagement Directorate
4. Research publication, Documentation and Dissemination
5. University Industry Linkage-Technology Transfer
6. Institutional Review Board
Contact Information
Research and Technology Transfer V/President
Dire Dawa University
+251 11 123 4567
