Doctor Freselam Mulubrhan Kassa BSc. and MSc.

About

I am a Lecturer in Engineering and the Built Environment, where I lead and contribute to a broad range of modules in engineering management and project management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. With over 10 years of university teaching experience, I am dedicated to delivering student-centred teaching that bridges theory with real-world application.

I hold a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, along with MSc and BSc degrees in Industrial Engineering. I am also a Fellow of Advance HE, reflecting my commitment to excellence in teaching and learning within higher education. My academic and professional journey is driven by a deep commitment to bridging the gap between engineering, economic analysis, and sustainability.

My core research interests lie in Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA), with a strong emphasis on integrating environmental impact through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), enhancing resource efficiency, and embedding sustainability principles into technical and economic evaluations. I use Life Cycle Costing (LCC) to assess the full economic implications of engineering systems across their life span and apply structured decision-making frameworks to support the development of sustainable technologies and infrastructure. Additionally, I have a strong background in asset management, with expertise in Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) analysis. My work in this area supports organizations in optimizing performance, reducing lifecycle costs, and improving the reliability and resilience of complex systems.

Teaching

School of Engineering and Built Environment

College of Business, Technology and Engineering

Future Transportation

Engineering and Built Environment

Engineering Project Management and Individual Project

Sustainable Engineering and Interdisciplinary Practice

Rail Engineering Management for apprentice

Project management and scoping

Engineering Management and Entrepreneurship

Strategic Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Research

• Industry and Innovation Research Institute

• Pedram, A., Sorooshian, S., Mulubrhan, F., & Abbaspour, A. (2023). Incorporating vehicle-routing problems into a closed-loop supply chain network using a mixed-integer linear-programming model. Sustainability, 15(1).
• Muhabaa, S., Mulubrhan, F., & Ridzuan, M. (2022). Application of petrochemical wastewater treatment processes. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2454(1), 050034. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0078414
• Mohammed, M., Gebremariam, M. A., Azhari, A., Hagos, F., & Kassa, F. M. (2023). Machine health management system using moving average feature with bidirectional Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM). Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 23(3). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054690
• Ahmarofi, A. A., Kassa, F. M., & Ishak, M. K. (2021). Predicting the cycle time at a production line through the development of the 3-3-1 multilayer perceptron ANN with formulated momentum rate. Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics,
• Mubarak, M., Asmelash, A., Azhari, A., Alemu, T., Mulubrhan, F., & Saptaji, K. (2022). Digital twin enabled Industry 4.0 predictive maintenance under reliability-centred strategy. 2022 First International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies (ICEEICT), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEICT53079.2022.9768590
• Ilyas, M., Kassa, F. M., & Darun, M. R. (2021). Life cycle cost analysis application in wastewater treatment: Literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 310.
• Mulubrhan, F., & Asmelash, M. (2020). Selection of optimum replacement option for amine pump in a gas processing plant using Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process. Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, 9, 510–522.
• Ilyas, M., Kassa, F. M., & Darun, M. R. (2021). A proposed framework of life cycle cost analysis for petrochemical wastewater treatment plants. In M. R. Darun et al. (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Vol. 132, pp. 147–153). Springer.
• Mulubrhan, F., Mokhtar, A. A. B., & Muhamad, M. (2019). Probabilistic life cycle costing: A case study of centrifugal pumps. Springer Briefs in Applied Sciences and Technology.
• Mulubrhan, F., Mokhtar, A. A., & Muhamad, M. (2014). Comparative analysis between fuzzy and traditional Analytical Hierarchy Process. MATEC Web of Conferences, 13, 01006.
• Mulubrhan, F., Mokhtar, A. A. B., & Muhamad, M. (2014). Decision support system using Fuzzy AHP and Activity-Based Life Cycle Costing. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 8(15), 48–54.
• Asmelash, M., & Mulubrhan, F. (2019). Process simulation modelling & improvement on energy consumptions efficiency. IEEE Xplore.
• Mulubrhan, F., Mokhtar, A. A. B., & Muhamad, M. (2016). Fuzzy activity-based life cycle costing for repairable equipment. MATEC Web of Conferences, 74, 00007.
• Mulubrhan, F., Mokhtar, A. A. B., & Muhamad, M. (2016). Replacement analysis using probabilistic life cycle costing. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11
• Mulubrhan, F., Mokhtar, A. A. B., & Muhamad, M. (2018). Sensitivity analysis of fuzzy activity-based life cycle costing. MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
• Mulubrhan, F. (2010). Integrating supply chain for improved export market of Ethiopian leather product (Unpublished graduate project). Addis Ababa University.

1. Integration of probabilistic life cycle costing and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process for the development of decision-making framework (PI)

2. Role of life cycle cost analysis to examine economic assessment of artificial intelligence based Malaysian Petrochemical Industrial Wastewater Treatment