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| Dr. Ephraim Senbetta |
Deerfield Beach, Florida – At the end of August 2011, Dr. Ephraim Senbetta will be transferring
from his responsibility for Quality Management and Sustainability for MAPEI’s North American
operations to supporting MAPEI’s activities in Ethiopia and to teaching as a Fulbright Scholar at
Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. Dr. Senbetta will remain with MAPEI Corporation through
August 2011 and afterward will work directly for MAPEI’s global headquarters initially on a parttime basis while teaching at Addis Ababa University.
MAPEI is involved in multi-billion-dollar hydroelectric dam projects in Ethiopia in cooperation with Salini, an Italian construction company that has been working in Ethiopia. Dr. Senbetta will support MAPEI’s involvement in these major infrastructure construction projects in Ethiopia, where there is tremendous potential for MAPEI’s Admixture and Concrete Restoration product lines.
Dr. Senbetta has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and do research at Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa University for the 2011-2012 academic year. The course he will be teaching is titled “Behavior and Properties of Concrete,” the subject of his Ph.D. work. He believes that this
prestigious scholarship offers him an important opportunity to give back to the country where he
was born and raised.
The Fulbright Program was established in 1946 and is the flagship international education
program in the United States. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of their
academic and professional experience as well as their leadership potential. Fulbright alumni have
achieved distinction in government, science, the arts, business and other areas. Forty-three
Fulbright alumni have been awarded the Nobel Prize, and 75 alumni have received the Pulitzer Prize.
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