Dawit Musse

Educational Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan, Korea

• M.S. in Thermal Engineering, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Research Interests:

• Advanced designs on PEM fuel cell components

• Laser Processing of Materials (Laser-material interaction and applied laser processing)  

• Modeling of Heat Transfer and Thermo-Fluid Systems

Publications:

1. Dawit Musse, Dongkyoung Lee*, ''Theoretical Investigations on the Effect of Rib width-to-Channel Width Ratio of a Bipolar Plate on the Performance of PEMFCs'' International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, 2025, SCI(E)

2. Mulugeta Gebrekiros Berhe, Dawit Musse, Hong Geun Oh, Seung-Keun Park, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Development of Laser Structured Three-dimensional Patterns for Improved Wettability and Performance of Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2024, SCI(E)

3. Dawit Musse, Dongkyoung Lee*, ''Performance Assessment of Commercial Bipolar Plate Materials of PEMFCs using Computational Method'' Energy Reports, 2024, SCI(E).  

4. Dawit Musse, Dongkyoung Lee*, Parametric study of pulsed nanosecond laser interaction with carbon-nanotube composite bipolar plate for PEMFCs. Sci Rep 13, 2048 (2023), SCI(E). 

5. Dawit Musse*, Wondwossen Bogale, Berhanu Assefa Modeling of Gasification of Refuse Derived Fuel: Optimizations and Experimental Investigations | SpringerLink 

6. Dawit Musse and Dongkyoung Lee*, ''A Systematic Review on Manufacturing and Assembly of a PEMFC Stack''_Ready for Submission

7. Dawit Musse and Dongkyoung Lee*,  Hyun Chul Kim, Wantae Kim, “A Study on the Effect of Matrix Type and Loading on the Laser Processability and Cell Performance of CNT Composite Bipolar Plates” Written 100%

8. Dawit Musse and Dongkyoung Lee*, “Design of Metallic Gas Diffusion Layers for PEMFCs through Pulsed Laser Micro-Peroration: Part 1 - Interaction Characteristics and Manufacturability” Written 70%

9. Dawit Musse, Dongkyoung Lee*, Hyun Chul Kim, Wantae Kim, “Design of Metallic Gas Diffusion Layers for PEMFCs through Pulsed Laser Micro-Peroration: Part 2 - Permeability Models, Prototyping and Performance Testing” Written 70%

Conferences and Proceedings:

1. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Myeongho Park, Dongkyoung Lee*, ‘Processing Metallic GDLs for PEMFCs via Nanosecond and Femtosecond Laser Micro-Perforation’, PRESM2025, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2025, Poster

2. Dawit Musse, Dongkyoung Lee*, Myeongho Park, Seyoung Han, Heehyuk Yang, ‘Towards Metallic Gas Diffusion Layers through Laser Micro-Perforation: Noble Design Approach and Comparison with a Commercial GDL', KSLP Spring Conference, Gangneung, Korea, 2025, Oral

3. Dawit Musse, Myeongho Park, Dongkyoung Lee*, 'A Computational Analysis on the Impact of Channel Rib-to-Channel Width Ratio of a CNT Composite Bipolar Plate on PEMFC Performance' KSPE Spring Conference, Jeju Island, 2025, Oral 

4. Dawit Musse, Myeong Ho Park, Mincheoul Seong, Haeun Kim, Se Young Han,  Dongkyoung Lee*, "Optimization of Laser Perforation Process Parameters for Metallic Gas Diffusion Layers to be used in PEMFC", KSLP Fall Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2024, Oral

5. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Chanhee Jeong, Dongkyoung Lee*, "A Theoretical Study on the Effect of Channel Rib-to-Channel Width Ratio of a CNT Composite Bipolar Plate on the Performance of PEMFC", PRESM Conference, Busan, Korea, 2024, Poster

6. Seungeun Baek, Dawit Musse Yasin, Dongkyoung Lee*, "A Study on Manufacturing a CNT Composites Bipolar Plate Using Laser Processing", PRESM Conference, Busan, Korea, 2024, Poster

7. Seungeun Baek, Dawit Musse Yasin, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Research on Manufacturing the Carbon Nanotube Composites Bipolar Plate for the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Using a Nanosecond Pulsed Laser", KSME Spring Conference, Busan, Korea, 2024, Poster

8. Dawit Musse, Mincheoul Seong, Myeong Ho Park, Haeun Kim, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Effect of Channel to Land Width Ratio of Bipolar Plate on the PEMFC Performance", KSME Spring Conference, Busan, Korea, 2024, Poster

9. Seungeun Baek, Dawit Musse Yasin, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Manufacture of CNT composites bipolar plate using laser micro-milling", KSLP Spring Conference, Busan, Korea, 2024, Poster

10. Myeong Ho Park, Dongkyoung Lee*, Mincheoul Seong, Haeun Kim, Dawit Musse, "Effect of Relative Humiity of Laser Ablation on LFP" KSLP, Spring Conference, Busan, Korea, 2024, Oral

11. Haeun Kim, Dongkyoung Lee*, Mincheoul Seong, Myeong Ho Park, Dawit Musse Yasin, "Experimental Study on Performance Improvement of LiFePo4 Cathode in Batteries Through 3D Structuring Using Nanosecond Laser" KSLP, Spring Conference, Busan, Korea, 2024, Oral

12. Dawit Musse, Mincheoul Seong, Myeong Ho Park, Haeun Kim, Dongkyoung Lee* "Utilizing Nanosecond Laser for Production of Metallic Gas Diffusion Layers with Enhanced Porosity for Fuel Cell Applications" KSLP, Spring Conference, Busan, Korea, 2024, Oral

13. Dawit Musse, Dongkyoung Lee*, Seungeun Baek "A Theoretical Study on the Effect of a CNT Composite Bipolar Plate Thickness on the Performance of PEMFC" KSPE, Spring Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2024, Oral

14. Dawit Musse, Jaegeun Shin, Myeongho Park, Mincheoul Seong, Haeun Kim, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Effect of Laser Structured Complex Surface Patterns on Wettability and Performance of LFP Cathode", KSLP, Fall Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2023, Oral 

15. Seungeun Baek, Dawit Musse, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, ''Experimental Study on Interaction Charaterstics and Channel Fabrication on Carbonnanotube Composites Using Nanosecond Laser'', KSPE, Spring Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2023, Oral

16. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee* "A Syatematic Review on Manufacturing of a PEMFC Stack" KSME Fall Conference, Incheon, Korea, 2023, Oral

17. Seungeun Baek, Dawit Musse, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, "A study on channel fabrication using laser in CNT composites", KSME Fall Conference, Incheon, Korea, 2023, Oral

18. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee* "PEMFC Performance Assessment Based on Bipolar Plate Materials Using Computational Techniques” PRESM, Okinawa, Japan, 2023

19. Seungeun Baek, Dawit Musse, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, "A study on interaction characteristics and channel fabrication using nanosecond laser on carbon nanotube composites", PRESM, Okinawa, Japan, 2023, Poster 

20. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, “A study of Laser Interaction with CNT Composites for Bipolar Plate Applications”, KSLP, Spring Conference, Seoul, Korea, 2023, Oral

21. Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, Seungeun Baek, Dawit Musse, "Fabrication of Channels  Using Femtosecond Laser in Carbon Nanotube Composites", KSPE Spring Conference, Jeju, Korea, 2023, poster

22. Seungeun Baek, Dawit Musse, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Experimental Study on Interaction Characteristics and Channel Fabrication Using Nanosecond Laser on Carbon Nanotube Composites", KSPE Spring Conference, Jeju, Korea, 2023, Oral

23. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, “A Theoretical Study on the Effect of Bipolar Plate Materials on the Performance of PEMFCs”, KSPE, Spring Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2023, Oral

24. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Dongkyoung Lee*, ''Experimental Study on the Effect of Matrix Type and Matrix Loading on Laser Processablity of CNT Composites using Nanoscond Pulsed Laser'', KSLP, Fall Conference, Gyeongju, Korea, 2022, Oral

25. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Dongkyoung Lee*, ''Performance Assessment of Different Materials as Bipolar Plate in PEMFCs using Computational Method'', KSME, Fall Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2022, Oral

26. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Beak, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Experimental Study on Laser Interaction with CNT Composites Using Pulsed Nanosecond Laser", KSLP Spring Conference, Yeosu, Korea, 2022, Poster

27. Youngjin Seo, Dawit Musse, Seunghwan Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Laser cleaning for removal of by-products formed around weld bead after arc welding", ICALEO, Orlando, FL, U.S.A., 2022, Oral

28. Dawit Musse, Seungeun Beak, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Experimental Study of Macro-Scale Laser Interaction with CNT Composites Using Pulsed Nanosecond Laser", KSPE Spring Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2022, Oral

29. Dawit Musse*, Wondwossen Bogale, Berhanu Assefa ''Modeling of Gasification of Refused Derived Fuel: Optimization and Experimental Investigations'', 7th International Conference on the Advancements of Science and Technology, Aug 2019, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. https://icast-conf.eai-conferences.org/2019/

30. Dawit Musse*, Wondwossen Bogale, Berhanu Assefa, ''Thermodynamic Modeling of Gasification of Refused Derived Fuels'' Addis Ababa University, Research Week of 2019, May 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

31. Dawit Musse*, Wondwossen Bogale, Berhanu Assefa, ''Non-stoichiometric Thermodynamic Equilibrium Modeling of Gasification of Refused Derived Fuels'' 2nd Scientific Conference on Renewable Energy Systems for Sustainable Future, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia https://agenda.ethernet.edu.et/event/6/timetable/?print=1&view=nicecompact

Awards:

• The President's Prestigious Award and Prize - Kongju National University, Korea (Republic of), August 2025

• Best Paper Award -  Dawit Musse, Dongkyoung Lee*, Myeongho Park, Seyoung Han, Heehyuk Yang, "Towards Metallic Gas Diffusion Layers through Laser Micro-Perforation: Noble Design Approach and Comparison with a Commercial GDL", KSLP Spring Conference, Gangneung, Korea, 2025

• Best Paper Award - Myeongho Park, Dongkyoung Lee,* Mincheoul Seong, Haeun Kim, Dawit Musse, “Laser ablation characteristics of LFP according to relative humidity”, KSME Spring Conference-Division of Manufacturing & Design, Busan, Korea, 2024, Oral

• Best Paper Award - Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, ''A Theoretical Study on the Effect of Bipolar Plate Materials on the Performance of PEMFCs'', KSPE, Spring Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2023, Oral

• Best Paper Award - Seungeun Baek, Dawit Musse, Seungjin Lee, Dongkyoung Lee*, ''Experimental Study on Interaction Charaterstics and Channel Fabrication on Carbonnanotube Composites Using Nanosecond Laser'', KSPE, Spring Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2023, Oral

• Best Presentation Award - Dawit Musse, Seungeun Baek, Dongkyoung Lee*, ''Performance Assessment of Different Materials as Bipolar Plate in PEMFCs using Computational Method'', KSME, Fall Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, 2022, Oral

• Best Poster Award - Dawit Musse, Seungeun Beak, Dongkyoung Lee*, "Experimental Study on Laser Interaction with CNT Composites Using Pulsed Nanosecond Laser", KSLP Spring Conference, Yeosu, Korea, 2022, Poster

• Myeong Hak Scholarship 2022 - Kongju National University, Korea (Republic of)

Patents:

1. Dongkyoung Lee, Myeong Ho Park, Dawit Musse, "Constant temperature and humidity chamber for mobile laser processing; 이동성 레이저 가공용 항온 항습 챔버", 10-2024-0162098, Korea, 2024.11.14

2. Dongkyoung Lee, Seon Wook Lee, Dawit Musse, "Automatic polishing apparatus; 자동 폴리싱 장치", 10-2024-0134158, Korea, 2024.10.02

3. 2 more patents are filed.

Memberships:

▪ Korean Society of Laser Processing (KSLP)

▪ Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)

▪ Korean Society for Precision Engineering (KSPE)

▪ Associate Member of Ethiopian Space Science Society

▪ Ethiopian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ESME)

Volunteering:

• SMiE Community Services

• President for the Graduation Committee of 2014/15 G.C at Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University.