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margin-top: 1rem;\n }\n .priority-item {\n display: flex;\n align-items: center;\n justify-content: space-between;\n background: var(--bg-light);\n padding: 0.8rem 1rem;\n border-radius: 8px;\n text-decoration: none;\n color: var(--primary-color);\n font-weight: 600;\n font-size: 0.9rem;\n transition: all 0.2s ease;\n }\n .priority-item:hover {\n background-color: var(--primary-color);\n color: var(--white);\n transform: translateY(-2px);\n }\n .btn-link {\n display: inline-flex;\n align-items: center;\n gap: 0.5rem;\n color: var(--secondary-color);\n font-weight: 600;\n text-decoration: none;\n margin-top: 0.5rem;\n }\n .btn-link:hover {\n text-decoration: underline;\n }\n <\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n \n <header>\n Theme III – EEIT\n <h1>Energy, Engineering, and Information Technologies<\/h1>\n <\/header>\n \n <aside>\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Dr.-Elias-Jemal.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Jemal Yousuf Hassen\">\n <h2>Elias Jemal Abdella<\/h2>\n PhD | Assistant Professor\n <h3>Specialization & Roles<\/h3>\n <p><strong>Assistant Professor:<\/strong> Postharvest, Food Science & Technology<\/p>\n <p><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong> Department of Food Science & Postharvest Technology, Haramaya Institute of Technology, Haramaya University<\/p>\n <p><em>Former Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs<\/em><\/p>\n <p><em>Former School Head, Food Science and Postharvest Technology<\/em><\/p>\n <hr>\n <h3>Contact Details<\/h3>\n <ul>\n <li> Haramaya University, Oromia, P. O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia<\/li>\n <li> <a href=\"mailto:eljaab@gmail.com\">eljaab@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n <li> <a href=\"mailto:Elias.jemal@haramaya.edu.et\">Elias.jemal@haramaya.edu.et<\/a><\/li>\n <li> +251 960730284<\/li>\n <li> +251 961280311<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/aside>\n \n <main>\n \n <section>\n <h2> About the Theme<\/h2>\n <p>This theme encompasses engineering and information technologies, energy, manufacturing, metal industry, power industry, food analysis, agricultural machinery, and emerging research areas.<\/p>\n <p>It identifies a number of technology missions for significant targeted investment in key fields vital for the growth of Ethiopia’s agricultural, health, and industrial sectors. Emphasizing engineering and information technology platforms, research focuses on technologies for manufacturing and leveraging resource-based industries such as agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, power industries, and minerals\/energy production.<\/p>\n <p>Key areas of research include Information and Communications Technology (ICT), farm implements, farm power and agricultural machinery, manufacturing and resource-based industries, power, and emerging research domains such as nanotechnology and synthetic biology.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Theme-3-Description.pdf\">For details, click here <\/a>\n <\/section>\n \n <section>\n <h2> Research Interests<\/h2>\n Agro-food processing systems & value-addition\n Integrated postharvest & shelf-life extension\n Food Science, Technology & Engineering\n Heat\/Mass Transfer & Fluid Flow\n Porous Media & Multiphase Systems\n Kinetics Modeling & Microfluidics\n Computer-Aided Engineering Design & Optimization\n <\/section>\n \n <section>\n <h2> Selected Publications & Priorities<\/h2>\n <p><a href=\"#\"> View List of Selected Publications<\/a><\/p>\n <h3>Research Priorities Archive<\/h3>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Theme-III-Research-Priority-Areas-2020-21.pdf\">2020 <\/a>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Theme-III-2018-19-Research-Priority-Areas.pdf\">2019 <\/a>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Theme-III-2018-19-Research-Priority-Areas.pdf\">2018 <\/a>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/2017-Theme-III-Priority-research-areas.pdf\">2017 <\/a>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/2016-Theme-III-Priority-research-areas.pdf\">2016 <\/a>\n 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src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Dr.-Elias-Jemal.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Jemal Yousuf Hassen\">\n <h2>Elias Jemal Abdella<\/h2>\n PhD | Assistant Professor\n <h3>Specialization & Roles<\/h3>\n <p><strong>Assistant Professor:<\/strong> Postharvest, Food Science & Technology<\/p>\n <p><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong> Department of Food Science & Postharvest Technology, Haramaya Institute of Technology, Haramaya University<\/p>\n <p><em>Former Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs<\/em><\/p>\n <p><em>Former School Head, Food Science and Postharvest Technology<\/em><\/p>\n <hr>\n <h3>Contact Details<\/h3>\n <ul>\n <li> Haramaya University, Oromia, P. O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia<\/li>\n <li> <a href=\"mailto:eljaab@gmail.com\">eljaab@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n <li> <a href=\"mailto:Elias.jemal@haramaya.edu.et\">Elias.jemal@haramaya.edu.et<\/a><\/li>\n <li> +251 960730284<\/li>\n <li> +251 961280311<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/aside>\n \n <main>\n \n <section>\n <h2> About the Theme<\/h2>\n <p>This theme encompasses engineering and information technologies, energy, manufacturing, metal industry, power industry, food analysis, agricultural machinery, and emerging research areas.<\/p>\n <p>It identifies a number of technology missions for significant targeted investment in key fields vital for the growth of Ethiopia’s agricultural, health, and industrial sectors. Emphasizing engineering and information technology platforms, research focuses on technologies for manufacturing and leveraging resource-based industries such as agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, power industries, and minerals\/energy production.<\/p>\n <p>Key areas of research include Information and Communications Technology (ICT), farm implements, farm power and agricultural machinery, manufacturing and resource-based industries, power, and emerging research domains such as nanotechnology and synthetic biology.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Theme-3-Description.pdf\">For details, click here <\/a>\n <\/section>\n \n <section>\n <h2> Research Interests<\/h2>\n Agro-food processing systems & value-addition\n Integrated postharvest & shelf-life extension\n Food Science, Technology & Engineering\n Heat\/Mass Transfer & Fluid Flow\n Porous Media & Multiphase Systems\n Kinetics Modeling & Microfluidics\n 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