Teweldebrhan Kifle Fiseha

Played key role in developing policy documents, R&D guidelines, project proposal evaluation metrics. Conceived the idea of having a research and development institute, now named, Institute of Research and Development (IRD) which comprises research centers named “Flight Dynamics and Control”, ‘Electronic and Information Warfare”, “Armament and High Energy Materials” and “Biotechnology”. Imparted an excellent leadership to defense focused key projects to their successful completion. Organized national and international conferences including that of professional societies. provided an exemplary leadership in developing PG curriculum in 23 engineering disciplines. Secured a 3.34 Million ETB project grant from industries. Managed projects like “enhancing the mobility of 122mm Howitzer with automatic loading”, which significantly reduced the number of crew members of a battery, “Ensuring precision Target Tracking Capability of Zu-23 twin-barreled anti-aircraft auto-cannon