European Master Course

“Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion”

for Third-Country students

running for ERASMUS MUNDUS scholarships
Application deadline: January 31st 2007

Please fill out all fields as completely as possible. Please make sure that you provide, together
with this particular “administrative” form, all the necessary documents listed within the
“How to Apply” page of our www site.
Please save this document as a PDF or Word file : Yourname_appli07.pdf

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name (last name)

GETAHUN

First name(s) Sex (F, M)

SAMUEL M

Date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy) Place of birth and nationality Country of birth

03/11/1981 ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA

e-mail address Valid until April 2007 at least

[email protected]

Passport number (or other valid document; please specify which kind of document: passport ID, etc.)

563

Permanent personal address in your home country (street and number, town, postal code, country; telephone, mobile)
Street :
BELAY ZELEKE
Town:
BAHIR DAR
Zip Code:
1502
Country:
ETHIOPIA

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 Permanent address for all correspondence, if different from above (street and
number, town, postal code, country; telephone, mobile)
Street

Town

Zip Code

Country

Marital status Number of children

SINGLE

If you have spent period(s) in Europe during the last three years, please specify where, how long and for which purpose:

2. LANGUAGE SKILLS
Specify languages in first column. Describe your language skills under the following columns with the marks:
0=”no knowledge”, 1=“basic”, 2=“average”, 3=“advanced”. Include your mother tongue (if other than English).

Mother
Reading Writing Speaking Listening
Tongue
English (if not
mother tongue) 3 2 2 3
AMHARIC
3 3 3 3

TIGRE 3 2 3 3

OROMO 2 2 3 3

Germany 1

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Explain how you acquired your linguistic skills in languages other than your mother tongue (e.g., academic curriculum in a given
language and for how long; summer internships; periods abroad for study or work; etc.)

I have learned most of my elementary school (from grade 1- 4th grade) with my grand parents in
Oromia region where I learned Oromo language and Tigre language from refugees who came from
Tigray region.

Did you recently take an English language test such as TOEFL or TOEC or IELTS? If so, specify your score and the date of the test.
Please, provide a formal proof within your application

Not yet but I am taking GRE –general test on February 10 /2007 and I will send the result as soon as possible.

3. EDUCATION
Provide full records of your education to date, including high school, university degree(s) at or below BSc level,
and any other higher education title (specialization, MSc, PhD, etc.). Also specify any post-graduate or training
programmes you have undertaken during the last three years, even if they haven’t led you to a degree yet. Please
add on a separate file a list of the main courses you attended after high school degree.

Official
Name and full address Marks obtained Rankings minimum
Academic Degree obtained
of Educational Institution out of maximum (out of how duration to
year and date of award
(specify country) (e.g., 98/120) many obtain degree,
students) in months

Bahir Dar University

Chemical engineering BSc In the range
2000-2005
July 2005 Engineering Faculty of top 4 out
5 years
Ethiopia of 28
Yekatit 12 secondary
High school complete school ESLCE
1996-1999 4
certificate Addis Ababa 3.4
Ethiopia

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Additional education, training in industry or research centers, publications

• I have learned computer maintenance and trouble shooting for fifty hours.
• Workshop on teaching methodology, measurement and evaluation for teachers at higher
institute
Awarded: - Certificate
Venue: - Bahir Dar University, education faculty
• I did my internship in Addis Ababa Bottle and Glass Factory and during my stay at the factory I
have completed the following two projects proposed by the company.
1. Dissipated energy recovery from the Rotary Dryer.
2. Detailed Energy and Material Balance on the simulated Furnace.
• I am undertaking a research work entitled “Energy auditing and application of renewable energy
technology for hotel industries; case study Hilton Hotel” financed by the university’s research
and publication office.

Please indicate the names and full contact addresses of the 2 academic mentors (including telephone and e-mail addresses) who
wrote the two recommendation letters that you must join to your application file.

BEDILU ABAYNEH EMAIL [email protected] phone no. +251-911-083133

Dr ESSAYE ADEM EMAIL [email protected] phone no. +251-582-203657

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4. EMPLOYMENT
Describe, if any, your employment and/or professional experiences. Specify also your present status (employed, unemployed,
student, part-time, ...)

I am working as an assistant lecturer at Bahir Dar University Engineering Faculty chemical engineering
department. But I work computer maintenance and trouble shooting services part-time.

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5. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
State why you are applying to the M.E.S.C Master course; discuss your motivations to study abroad, your professional interests and
your career goals and expectations (not more than 1 page).

I am a gregarious egalitarian guy who loves watching movies, reading novels, and playing pool which I
always fell to win, watching football and I love athletics. I won the 10,000 m race trophy twice in the
annual all universities competition. And most of all learning different languages .My mother tong is
Amharic but I speak two more native languages fluently. I started learning Germany in the Germany
cultural institute when I was in Addis Ababa but I couldn’t keep up because I was allocated to another
city for my undergraduate studies. But I still keep my nose in books as I get the chance to do so. Now
days I am studying French, my girl friend is a French word enthusiast.

The reason I wanted to study abroad is that I want to be a friend to the whole world and I want to
challenge the European higher education. Through this I will have the opportunity to work with the
international industries by organizing integrated multinational teams with the help of the language skills
and social interactions I gained during my study. And most of all I want to have a quality education that
will help me to be more useful and most all I will be able to transfer my knowledge to the students in
my home country.

I have a bachelor degree in chemical engineering in my undergraduate studies and I am working as an

assistant lecturer in Bahir Dar University Engineering Faculty since July 2005. I have won the second
place in the national annual trophy of the best project of the year (2005-2006), which is prepared by the
chemical engineers association, with my final year project to fulfill my undergraduate degree. The title
of the project is “Energy Audit on Bahir Dar Textile Factory” which I have put a great deal of endeavor
on with my partner. I did internship in glass factory where I had the exposure to appreciate some of the
achievements of Material Technology and I have done a project on “heat recovery from the rotary drier
to dry raw materials” and it is implemented. I am undertaking a research work entitled “Energy auditing
and application of renewable energy technology for hotel industries; case study Hilton Hotel” financed
by the universities’ research and publication office.
When I was a child I had a talk with my brother on the shortage of electricity and the possibilities of
using sun as a substitute, we couldn’t finish our favorite show on the TV, but the conversation didn’t go
far. From that moment onwards what ever I see I will think of the possibilities of making something that
may come in handy as an energy source. Sometimes I will go for them and try my best to test their
thermal ability.
The department has given me responsibility of delivering the “Polymer science and technology” course
for chemical engineering students. But this is not good enough: the department need more experienced
and qualified scholars more than ever to keep up with the incessantly growing science. I have taken
basic courses like Thermal Unit Operation, transport phenomena, Physical Chemistry, Thermodynamics
(I &II) and Material Engineering that have honed my appetite towards Material for Energy Storage .All
these factors inspired me, and brought the confidence to apply for “Material for Energy Storage”.
After completing my M.Sc I will;
• Contribute a prominent endeavor on producing qualified sagacious engineers and technologists,

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 who have a better understanding of Material Sciences.

• Work on the establishment of a well organized Material for Energy storage department and will
advocate on putting the anchor.
• Concentrate on research works that can make a difference in the living conditions of Ethiopians
and in the field.

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6. COURSE OPTION FOR SEMESTER 1
Choose your preferred option by marking one box (see details in the curriculum). Note that assignment to the
designed location is not guaranteed by the MESC Consortium

Université P. Sabatier Université de Provence

xxx
(Toulouse, France) (Marseille, France)

7. ERASMUS MUNDUS GRANT

In case you are not awarded an Erasmus Mundus grant, will you be able to afford the M.E.S.C. Master course
fees (4,000 euros / year) by any other means and would you still be interested in joining the program ?

YES NO xxx

8. HOUSING
If you are selected to attend the M.E.S.C. Master course, please select the type of housing you would like to get:

Approx. rate (per month) Please mark one box

Room (1 person) 300 euros
Flat (2 people) 450 euros xxxxxxxxxx
Appartment (>2 people) 600 euros
I will take care about my housing by -
myself

9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Provide any additional information that may further improve your application.
I have experience in different social services like physics club, athletics club, anti drug clubs and anti
HIV AIDS clubs, in which I worked hard to change the perspective of people towards sex and
through this I have developed my communication and pacification capacity with different people from
different social, language and cultural categories and suave them.

I understand that this application shall remain with the M.E.S.C. Master Consortium Office. I declare and certify
that the information on this form is correct to the best of my knowledge and agree, if registering as a student, to
abide by all of the M.E.S.C. course regulations.
I hereby authorize the M.E.S.C. Consortium to treat the data provided to the purpose of the student selection for
the M.E.S.C. program.

Date & Signature

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