Abel Mehari received his B.Sc Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Mekelle University, Ethiopia, and M.Sc Degree in Thermal Engineering from the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He was a former Department head of Mechanical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia from 2015 to 2017. He is now a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. His current research interests include sorption thermal storage and absorption heat pumps.