Mr. Tadele Assefa Aragaw
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Mr. Tadele Assefa Aragaw

Lecturer and Researcher
Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University


Highest Degree
M.Sc. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Ethiopia

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Biography

Tadele Assefa Aragaw, born in 1989, has been a Researcher and Lecturer at Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University (BiT-BDU), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia since August 2018. He worked as a technical assistant at the Department of Chemical Engineering from July 2013 to July 2018. He received his MSc in 2017 and BSc from BiT-BDU and UoG, respectively.

Area of Interest:

Engineering
100%
Environmental Engineering
62%
Water and Wastewater Treatment
90%
Characterization Techniques
75%
Applied Chemistry
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
3
Chapters
2
Articles
33
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Ramasamy, R., T.A. Aragaw and R.B. Subramanian, 2022. Wastewater treatment plant effluent and microfiber pollution: focus on industry-specific wastewater. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 29: 51211-51233.
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  2. Gela, S.M. and T.A. Aragaw, 2022. Abundance and characterization of microplastics in main urban ditches across the Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia. Front. Environ. Sci., Vol. 10. 10.3389/fenvs.2022.831417.
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  3. De-la-Torre, G.E., D.C. Dioses-Salinas, C.I. Pizarro-Ortega, M.D.F. Severini and A.D.F. LÞpez et al., 2022. Binational survey of personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environments: Abundance, distribution, and analytical characterization. J. Hazard. Mater., Vol. 426. 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128070.
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  4. Aragaw, T.A., G.E. De-la-Torre and A.A. Teshager, 2022. Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic along the shoreline of Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Sci. Total Environ., Vol. 820. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153261.
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  5. Aragaw, T.A., F.M. Bogale and A. Gessesse, 2022. Adaptive response of thermophiles to redox stress and their role in the process of dye degradation from textile industry wastewater. Front. Physiol., Vol. 13. 10.3389/fphys.2022.908370.
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  6. Aragaw, T.A. and B.A. Mekonnen, 2022. Understanding disposable plastics effects generated from the PCR testing labs during the COVID-19 pandemic. J. Hazard. Mater. Adv., Vol. 7. 10.1016/j.hazadv.2022.100126.
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  7. Aragaw, T.A. and A.N. Alene, 2022. A comparative study of acidic, basic, and reactive dyes adsorption from aqueous solution onto kaolin adsorbent: Effect of operating parameters, isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics. Emerging Contam., 8: 59-74.
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  8. Aragaw, T.A. and A.A. Ayalew, 2022. Application of metal-based nanoparticles for metal removal for treatments of wastewater -- a review. In: Emerging Techniques for Treatment of Toxic Metals from Wastewater, Ahmad, A., R. Kumar and M. Jawaid, (Eds.), Elsevier, pp: 183-231.
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  9. Alula, M.T., H. Spende, T.A. Aragaw, A.N. Alene, B.A. Aragaw and M. Madiba, 2022. A highly stable silver nanoparticle loaded magnetic nanocomposite as a recyclable catalysts. J. Cluster Sci., 10.1007/s10876-022-02386-4.
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  10. Mekonnen, B.A. and T.A. Aragaw, 2021. Environmental Sustainability and COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview Review on New Opportunities and Challenges. In: COVID-19: Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals, Muthu, S.S. (Ed.), Springer, Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-16-3859-6 pp: 117-140.
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  11. De-la-Torre, G.E. and T.A. Aragaw, 2021. What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment. Marine Pollut. Bull., 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111879.
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  12. Aragaw, T.A., F.M. Bogale and B.A. Aragaw, 2021. Iron-based nanoparticles in wastewater treatment: a review on synthesis methods, applications, and removal mechanisms. J. Saudi Chem. Soc., Vol. 25. 10.1016/j.jscs.2021.101280.
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  13. Aragaw, T.A., 2021. The macro-debris pollution in the shorelines of lake tana: First report on abundance, assessment, constituents, and potential sources. Sci. Total Environ., Vol. 797. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149235.
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  14. Aragaw, T.A., 2021. Recycling electro-coagulated sludge from textile wastewater treatment plants as an adsorbent for the adsorptions of fluoride in an aqueous solution. Heliyon, Vol. 7. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07281.
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  15. Aragaw, T.A. and F.M. Bogale, 2021. Biomass-based adsorbents for removal of dyes from wastewater: A review. Front. Environ. Sci., Vol. 9. 10.3389/fenvs.2021.764958.
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  16. Aragaw, T.A. and B.A. Mekonnen, 2021. Distribution and Impact of Microplastics in the Aquatic Systems: A Review of Ecotoxicological Effects on Biota. In: Microplastic Pollution, Muthu, S.S. (Ed.), Springer, Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-16-0296-2, pp: 65-104.
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  17. Ayalew A.A. and T.A. Aragaw, 2020. Utilization of treated coffee husk as low-cost bio-sorbent for adsorption of methylene blue. Adsorption Science & Technology 0: 1-18.
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  18. Aragaw, T.A., 2020. The effect of mechanical treatment and calcination temperature of Ethiopian kaolin on amorphous metakaolin product. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Vol. 308. Springer, Cham.
  19. Aragaw, T.A., 2020. Surgical face masks as a potential source for microplastic pollution in the COVID-19 scenario. Marine Poll. Bull., 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111517.
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  20. Aragaw T.A., 2020. Utilizations of electro-coagulated sludge from wastewater treatment plant data as an adsorbent for direct red 28 dye removal. Data in Brief 28: 104848-104848.
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  21. Aragaw T.A., 2020. Recovery of iron hydroxides from electro-coagulated sludge for adsorption removals of dye wastewater: adsorption capacity and adsorbent characteristics. Surfaces and Interfaces 18: 100439-100439.
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  22. Aragaw T.A., 2020. Functions of various bacteria for specific pollutants degradation and their application in wastewater treatment: a review. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 10.1007/s13762-020-03022-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13762-020-03022-2.
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  23. Aragaw T.A., 2020. Cement types, admixtures, and technical procedures of cement analysis: an introduction. Synthesis Lectures on Chemical Engineering and Biochemical Engineering 2: 1-67.
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  24. Aragaw T.A. and F.T. Angerasa, 2020. Synthesis and characterization of ethiopian kaolin for the removal of basic yellow (by 28) dye from aqueous solution as a potential adsorbent. Heliyon 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04975.
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  25. Aragaw T.A. and B.A. Aragaw, 2020. Synthesis and characterization of α-fe2o3/γ-fe2o3-nanoparticles from recyclable electro-coagulated sludge: insights and predictions for different application. SN Applied Sciences 10.1007/s42452-020-03553-w http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03553-w.
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  26. Aragaw, T.A. and F. Kuraz, 2019. Physico-chemical characterizations of Ethiopian kaolin for industrial applications: case study wdp propoxur formulations. ICAST 2018. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 274. Springer, Cham, pp: 122-134..
  27. Aragaw T.A. and F.T. Angerasa, 2019. Adsorption of basic yellow dye dataset using ethiopian kaolin as an adsorbent. Data in Brief 26: 104504-104504.
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  28. Aragaw, T.A. and A.A. Ayalew, 2018. Removal of water hardness using zeolite synthesized from Ethiopian kaolin by hydrothermal method. Water Pract. Technol., 14: 145-159.
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  29. Aragaw T.A., 2018. Concise introduction to cement chemistry and manufacturing. Synthesis Lectures on Engineering 12: 1-81.
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  30. Aragaw T.A. and A.M. Asmare, 2018. Phycoremediation of textile wastewater using indigenous microalgae. Water Practice and Technology 13: 274-284.
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