Historical opportunities at Bahir Dar University c/o Baylie Damtie

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Dear All
I am writing this email to let everybody know about the different
options available at Bahir Dar University; especially for those of you
who want to contribute for expansion and strengthening of college
education in Ethiopia.

Bahir Dar University is carrying out unprecedented graduate program
expansion and research. With a very rich history of technical
education, by then called Bahir Dar polytechnique, now Faculty of
engineering and also the newly established Science Faculty, the
University is running many graduate programs with a very high priority
to research and graduate program in engineering and science. We are
working hard to create a dynamic research and development center named
National Center for Computational Science and Engineering. This
center is expected to be the nation's high computing center for
science and engineering. Also, research in agriculture has started to
flourish rather rapidly. The purpose of this message is not to list
down the achievements and success stories of the Bahir Dar University;
but rather to outline the lists of available options to anyone who
wants to contribute to this exciting endeavor and be part of history.

1- Option One: SHORT TERM TRAINING ON HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TOPICS

This option aims at transferring highly specialized instrumental,
mathematical, numerical, computer and other highly specialized skills
to the respective graduate students and staff of Bahir Dar
University. A person who has a highly specialized skill and also who
wants to transfer his/her knowledge may contact the University and
advice how it can be practical. The training may be conducted while
the expert is visiting Ethiopia for other reason or in some cases the
University can invite the expert directly for the training. Proper
compensation shall be paid for the trainer. Priority will be given to
science and engineering disciplines. However, highly technical skills
in economics, accounting and in some other social sciences are also
needed. This option does not include presentation on specific this and
that discoveries; but rather on skills employed to obtain the
discoveries.

2- Option Two: ONLINE LECTURES

This option utilizes the unique opportunity modern technology has
brought to us and that is Internet. As you all know one can deliver
lectures online and the students do not necessarily need to meet their
instructor in person. In some cases we can arrange video links, which
we have already installed in our University. We shall list all the
courses that can be delivered online and any interested person who
wants to deliver these courses can contact the University. The
University will check the background of the applicant and arrange all
practical matter to realize the course delivery. It is also possible
to suggest us the courses you want to deliver via this system and we
will let you know about the possibility.

3- Option Three: JOINT STUDENTS SUPERVISION AND PROJECT

Bahir Dar University has already acquired a good experience in running
joint projects with other universities and also in joint supervision
of graduate students. This option aims at expanding this experience
greatly. The interested person can contact to the University or
respective faculty outline his/her intention for joint supervision or
joint project. The University will facilitate all practical matters
and the supervision can be carried out via Internet.

4- Option Four: University consulting

The vision of Bahir Dar University is rather big and to realize those
visions we need to design a dynamic mechanism that is up-to-date and
allow us to emerge as a global player in college education and
research.
It is very important to us to get feedback and consultation in order
to avoid making any slight mistake that might drag the University
backward.
The idea of this option is to get advise from experts on how to make
the
University a world-class training and research center. We welcome
experts who can critical evaluate our daily operations and other
systems of the University and give constructive comments.

More about Bahir Dar University can be found in its website (which is
under updating) at

http://www.bdu.edu.et/


With kindest regards
Baylie

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Baylie Damtie (PhD)
Head of Washera Geospace and Radar Science Laboratory And Dean of the
School of Graduate Studies Bahir Dar University, P.O.Box 79 Bahir Dar,
Ethiopia
URL: http://www.sgo.fi/~baylie/
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