Lema Deme Shumi

Mr. Lema Deme Shumi

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 June 2022 in Advances in Polymer Technology
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EGEbise Getacho
Ebise Getacho
HDHundessa Dessalegn Demsash
Hundessa Dessalegn Demsash
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Lema Deme Shumi
BDBune Erre Debesa
Bune Erre Debesa
This paper presents the reinforcement of nanocellulose (NC) in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to examine the effect of the amount of reinforcement on the properties of PVA. The nanocellulose was successfully extracted by sulfuric acid hydrolysis method and ultrasonication, and successively reinforced with polyvinyl alcohol by the solvent-casting method. After incorporating nanocellulose into the PVA matrix, the effect of nanocellulose on the tensile strength, elongation at break, water absorption capacity, transmittance, thermal stability, and biodegradability of PVA was investigated. The tensile strength increased from to and with the addition of 2%NC and 5%NC, respectively. The elongation at break increased from to with 2%NC, and after the reinforcement of 7%NC, it decreased to . The water absorption capacity result reveals that neat PVA absorbs the highest amount of water which is and is reduced to by adding 2%NC. By increasing the nanocellulose loading to 7%, the water intake capacity was reduced to which illustrates the water intake was reduced linearly with the increment of NC. The ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) result implies that the transmittance of neat PVA and PVA-2%NC composite film was 85.4% and 78.2% at 600 nm, respectively, which indicates the decrement in transmittance. The thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) reveals that the thermal stability of polyvinyl alcohol after incorporating nanocellulose particles was reduced. The weight loss of neat PVA is after 90 days while the weight loss of the PVA composite films reinforced with 1%, 3%, 5%, 7%, and 9% was ,

10 June 2022 in South African Journal of Chemical Engineering
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KHKetema Beyecha Hundie
Ketema Beyecha Hundie
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Lema Deme Shumi
TBTafere Aga Bullo
Tafere Aga Bullo

8 February 2022 in Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
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EGEbise Getacho
Ebise Getacho
Moringa stenopetala, locally known as Shiferraw, is an indigenous vegetable tree native to southern Ethiopia and grown mainly for its food value. This study deals with the investigations of physicochemical characteristics of Moringa stenopetala seeds’ oil extracted using solvent extraction with food-grade hexane as a solvent and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of the extraction parameters. The seeds were collected from Adama located in Oromia, East Shewa Zone of Ethiopia, and they exhibit the average moisture, ash, fiber, protein, and oil contents of 6.3, 4.2, 2.3, 27.5, and 40.2%, respectively. Temperature, extraction time, and particle size had a significant effect on the oil yield. According to the Experimental Design Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and ANOVA analysis, the optimum process parameters’ combination to find the highest oil yield was particle size of 0.83 mm, the temperature at 78.82°C, and extraction time of 5.13 hours. The model predicted oil yield was 39.7 ± 0.32%. The oil from Moringa stenopetala seed exhibits physiochemical characteristics of refractive index (40°C), 1.4625; viscosity 49.4 Cp; density at 25 °C, 0.9317 g/cm−3; saponification value, 191.4; peroxide value, 11.52 millieq O2/kg; iodine value of 89.21; and Acid Value (AV) 2.21 mg KOH/g. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis shows that the oil contains both ester carbonyl (C=O) functional groups saturated and unsaturated fatty acid. The physicochemical properties of Moringa stenopetala seeds were compared with other edible oil properties such as sesame, groundnut, olive, and sunflower seeds. The result shows that in the future Moringa stenopetala could be used as a substitute for other oil-bearing seeds sources, such as soybean, sunflower, and groundnut.

1 January 2022
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EGEbise Getacho
Ebise Getacho
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Lema Deme Shumi
TTTsigab Tekleab Teklehaimanot
Tsigab Tekleab Teklehaimanot

15 July 2025 in ChemCatChem
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Lema Deme Shumi
PLPiotr Latos
Piotr Latos
SJSebastian Jurczyk
Sebastian Jurczyk
DŁDariusz Łukowiec
Dariusz Łukowiec
PNPaweł M. Nuckowski
Paweł M. Nuckowski
Anna ChrobokAnna Chrobok
Anna Chrobok

10 February 2026 in Cement and Concrete Composites
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Lema Deme Shumi
PLPiotr Latos
Piotr Latos
IKIzabela Klapiszewska
Izabela Klapiszewska
Anna ParusAnna Parus
Anna Parus
Agnieszka ŚlosarczykAgnieszka Ślosarczyk
Agnieszka Ślosarczyk
Łukasz KlapiszewskiŁukasz Klapiszewski
Łukasz Klapiszewski