Betiglu E. Jimma

Betiglu E. Jimma, PhD has a diverse work experience. From 2004 to 2011, they served as an Assistant Lecturer at Adama University, where they taught courses in Construction Technology and Civil Engineering. From 2009 to 2011, they were a Technical Consultant at BASF Construction Chemicals, managing customer's technical requests in product's selection and product's application. From 2011 to 2014, they were a Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant at Clemson University, teaching a construction materials course and researching pervious concrete, fiber reinforced concrete, and sustainability. From 2014 to 2015, they were a Post Doctoral Fellow at Clemson University. Since 2015, they have been a Research and Development Engineer II at Saint-Gobain, where they have optimized firing cycles for insulation and reinforcement product lines resulting in $160,000/year saving, 25% (400 ton/year) CO2 emissions reduction, 25% process time reduction, and 60000 KWH/year power reduction. Betiglu E. has also developed and scaled up a coarse chrome refractory product (C1222) with improved thermal shock performance and aesthetics, and solved the historical thermal stress cracking problem (C1221 M-check), improving the product yield from 55% to 85% and providing saving of $120,000/year. Betiglu E. is currently serving as a Principal Engineer at Biomason since 2022.

Betiglu E. Jimma, PhD obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Civil Engineering from Clemson University between 2011 and 2014. In 2019, they attended Columbia University for Applied Machine Learning. Betiglu E. then obtained their Master of Technology (MTech) from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in Building Technology and Construction Management between 2007 and 2009. Finally, they obtained their Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) from Nazareth Technical College (currently Adama University) in Construction Technology between 1999 and 2003.