Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul University

THE AVCILAR KAMPUSThe Avcılar Kampus is one of the largest campuses of Istanbul University. The campus is located near the Küçükcekmece Lake and has a wide area.

The Faculty of Engineering,

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,

The Faculty of Business Administration,

The School of Transportation and Logistics, and

The Vocational School of Technical Sciences

are located in the Avcılar Campus.

THE AVCILAR KAMPUSThe Avcılar Kampus is one of the largest campuses of Istanbul University. The campus is located near the Küçükcekmece Lake and has a wide area.

The Faculty of Engineering,

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,

The Faculty of Business Administration,

The School of Transportation and Logistics, and

The Vocational School of Technical Sciences

are located in the Avcılar Campus.

THE AVCILAR KAMPUSBesides these faculties and vocational schools,

the campus possesses a social facility,

a student culture center,

student restaurants,

conference halls,

an animal farm enabling veterinary students to practice on individual cases, and

a veterinary hospital open 24 hours.

The Technology Center installed in cooperation with private companies offers students all kinds of technological facilities.

THE AVCILAR KAMPUSThe campus has also some sports activities,

a standart soccer pitch,

a sports hall,

an astral soccer pitch,

2 tennis courts, and

an open area basketball court,

in addition to a library, laboratory and computer facilities catering for students with their research projects.

The Faculty of Engineering is founded with the aim of training engineers to serve in different disciplines and to carry out research in various engineering branches.

The students of the faculty receive education at European standards through the academic staff competent in their fields.

THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERINGThe Faculty publishes periodicals such as

Chemica Acta Turcica,

University- Electrical and Electronics Engineering,

Earth Sciences and

Engineering Bulletin,

in addition to organizing many national and international conferences and carrying out research and publishing papers in the field of engineering.

The Journal of Engineering Sciences considering to publish have been prepared and will be published next within 2 or 3 months.

Department of Environmental Engineering

Department of Maritime Transportation And

Management Engineering

Publications (2009)1. Journal Papers (SCI) : 2

2. International Conference Papers : 11

Research Projects

• International Research Projects : -

• National Research Projects : - (TUBITAK)

Research and Teaching Staff• Full Professors : 2

• Associate Professors : -

• Assistant Professors : 5

• Research/Teaching Assistants : 5

Undergraduate Students : 250 MsC : - PhD : 4

Basic Research Areas

Maritime Transportation

Transportation Methods and Management

Ports and Terminals Operations

Ships Management

Transport Systems and Techniques

Ship Brokering and Chartering

Maritime Law

Forwarder Management

Marine Pollution

Intermodal Transport

Ports and Terminal Management Planning

Transportation Policies

Research Projects

Determination of Modelling Short Sea Shipping in the Marmara Region

Determination of Traffic Values Originate and Destination Points in the Marmara Region Sea Ports

Evaluation of Risk at the Ports and Projects of Capacity Analysis During Emergency Cases

Department of Civil Engineering


2. International Conference Papers : -

Research Projects




• Associate Professors : 1



Undergraduate Students : 500 MsC : 2 PhD : 1


Soft Soil Behaviour

Earthquake Engineering

Observational Methods

Surface/Ground Water Interactions in Streams and Wetlands

Storm Water Management Models

Contaminant Transport Models

Structures

Materials Science

Construction Management

Railway Design Projects

Traffic Engineering

Airport Design

Research Projects

Site Safety Evaluation and Earthquake Risk Assessment for Bakirkoy District

Piled Bridge Abutments Subjected to Passive Loads

Hydrological Modeling and Water Quality Estimation of Sazlıdere Watershed

A Conceptual Stream-Aquifer Model Incorporating Surface/Ground Water Interactions

Hydrological Modeling of Flood Event in Ayamama Watershed

Comparison of Seismic Performances of Linear and Non-linear Isolation Systems

Railway Projects in Turkey

Department of Geological Engineering



Research Projects

• International Research Projects : 3

• National Research Projects : 5 (TUBITAK)







Neotectonics of Turkey

Tectonics and Geodynamics of Turkey

Benthic and Planktic Foraminifers

Paleoecology, Paleoenvironment, Paleoclimate

Geoarcheology

Geology and Geochemistry of Pollymetallic Ore Deposits

Clay Mineralogy

Petrology and Petrogenesis

Coal Geology and CBM

Geology and Geochemistry of Fossile Fuels

Hydrogeology

Enginering Geology

Research Projects

Pleistocene to Holocene Paleogeography of the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the Base of Marine Terrace Studies

Paleomagnetism of the Eastern Anatolian Highland

Petrology, Trace and Isotope Geochemistry and Geodynamic Setting of the Karacadağ Volcano, SE Turkey

Genesis of the Late Cretaceous Volcanism in Western Pontides

Devonian Ecosystems and Climate in Turkey

Source and Evolution of The Fluids Responsible for the Bolkardağı Region Polimetallic (Pb-Zn-Cu-Au-Ag) and Carbonate-Hosted Pb-Zn-Ag Mineralisations

A Geoarcheological Study in the Antique Harbour Yenikapı-Investigation of the Cultural and Geological Heritage of the last 10000 years in Istanbul

Department of Geophysical Engineering



Research Projects









Historical Earthquakes and Paleoseisdmology

Seismicity

Earthquake Risk and Hazard Assesment

Historical Tsunamis and Paleotsunami

Early Warning Systems and algorithms

Crustal Velocity Structure

Tsunami Hazard Assesment

Paleomagnetism, Archaeomagnetism, Geomagnetism, Electromagnetism

Environmental Geophysics

Shore, Marine and Lake Investigations

Prospection-Exploration Geophysics

Geophysical Applications in Archeology

Research Projects

Archeogeophysical explorations in archeological sites

Imaging the Fault Zones and Geological Structures Using Electromagnetic, Electric, Gravity, Magnetic and Seismic Methods.

Researches in Sea and Lake Environments

Paleomagnetism researches in various regions of Turkey

Electromagnetic researches in various regions of Turkey

Constitution of crust researches in geothermal areas

Tsunami Risk And Strategies For the Europen Region

Devolopment of 3-Component Digital Signal Recording System

Investigation of 17 August 1999 Gölcük Earthquake, Estimation of Strong Ground Motions Occurred During the 1999 İzmit-Gölcük Earthquake in the Yalova District

Historical earthquakes and associated tsunami generation and propagation in the surrounding seas around Anatolia

Department of Chemistry



Research Projects








Basic Research Areas Developing spectroscopic and chromatographic analysis methods for trace elements for biologically and environmentally important reductants, especially antioxidants

Investigation and modelling of heavy metal adsorption on unconventional adsorbents; control, utilization and availability of industrial solid wastes

Sample preparation for atomic and moleculer spectroscopy: preconcentration, (solvent extraction, simple and chelating ion exchange, solid phase extraction, cloud point extraction)

Optical sensor development

Coordination chemistry of compounds, organometalic chemistry, metal-organic compounds

Diabetes mellitus, Hyerlipidemia, Antioxidants, Toxicity, Hepatotoxicity, Enzyme Purification, Enzymes Inhibitors, Immobilized Enzymes

Adsorption, nuclear chemistry, electrochemistry, electrolytic conductivity, ion assosiation, photochemistry, polymers

Research ProjectsMethods of Measurement and Evaluation of Natural Antioxidant Capacity/Activity

Development of a new bilirubin method in biological samples by colorimetric–solid-phase extraction-fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy

Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidants in vegetable oils by a new extractive separation technique

The Synthesis of iron (III) and nickel(II) chelates derived from methoxy- and hydroxy-substitued-S-alkylthiosemicarbazones

The Synthesis of substitue N1, N4-di(salicylidene)-S-methyl-isothiosemicarbazidato-oxovanadium(IV) complexes

Purification of some enzymes from plants; Antioxidant activity of various plant

The effects of some chemical compounds on diabetes mellitus

Department of Chemical Engineering


2. International Conference Papers: 13

Research Projects

• International Research Projects: -








Polymer Gels and Their Applications

Surface Coating Materials

Catalysts and Catalytic Reaction Engineering

Functional Polymers, Biodegradable Polymers, Imprinted Polymers

Sol-Gel Technology

Liquid-Liquid Extraction

Supercritical CO2 Extraction

Memrane Seperations

Essential Oil Extraction Methods

Applied catalysis

Polymer synthesis and characterization

Fuel technology

Research Projects

Preparation of polyester-clay nanocomposites by melt blending technique, and investigation of their physical properties

Development of new type of polymer electrolyte membranes for proton exchange and direct methanol synthesis for fuel-cells

Usage of intermediates obtained from reaction of simultaneousglycolysis-aminolysis and hydrolysis-aminolysis of waste PET forproduction of water reducible alkyd resins

Production of nano particle modified alkyd-amino resins for baking enamel and their applications

Supercritical CO2 Extraction From Citrus Peel And Leaves

Carboxsilic Acid Extraction From Fermantation Broth

Separation Of Acetic Acid From Fermentation Broth With Reactive Distillation

Anode fuel catalyst development

Department of Mining Engineering



Research Projects








Basic Research Areas Drilling and Blasting Technology

Explosives Engineering

Environmental Effects Induced by Blasting

Blast Design Projects in Tunnels, Underground Mine, Open Pit Mine

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Cutoff Grade Calculations

Boron Minerals

Ultrasonic and Microwave Energy

Rock Mechanics

Mine Planning and Design

Mine Systems Design

Coal Technologies

Research Projects Estimating Structural Damages Produced by Ground

Vibration and Airblast in Blasting Excavations and Establishing National Damage Criteria

Measurement of Ground Vibration and Air Blast Induced by Blasting Excavations on Emet Espey Open Pit Mine at Kütahya

Pre-Bench Blasting Design Based on Risk Analysis on Cemaltepe Quarry at Zonguldak

Investigation of Bench Face Profile Effects to Blasting Performance

Investigation of Ultrasonic and Microwave Energies as Pre-Treatment in Colemanite Flotation

Production Quality Control by 3D Modeling in a Dolomite Open Pit Mine

Production of water based rheological agent from bentonites by use of activation methods

Department of Mechanical Engineering



Research Projects









Non-Linear Control Theory

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Flows

Vehicle Vibrations and Control

Aerodynamics

Aeroelasticity

Electromagnetic Non-Destructive evaluation

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Biomechanic

Earthquake Engineering

Structures

Research Projects

Vibration analysis of a two degrees of freedom quarter vehicle model

Modelling of coanda effect

Development of dynamic walking algortihms for bipedal robots

Spinal cord injury using quantitative methods

Muscle force predictions using theoretical and experimentaltechniques

Simulation of complex flows with spectral element method.

Department of Metallurgical And

Materials Engineering



Research Projects








Basic Research Areas Hydrometallurgy

Pyrometallurgy

Metallurgical Engineering Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Metallurgical Engineering Kinetics

Mechanical Metallurgy

Casting Technology

Powder Metallurgy and Sintering

Semiconductors, Magnetic Materials

Recycle of Metals

Nanomaterials

Surface Treatment

Research Projects Investigation of mechanical, thermomechanical and

corrosion properties of MgO-spinel composite refractories

Production and investigation of alumina coated graphite added high alumina-spinel castable refractories

Finite-Element-Simulation of solidification of a metal casting and thermomechanical coupled field analysis

Characterization of intermediate and final products occurred during thermal decomposition of ammonium salts of tungsten and molybdenum

The construction of phase diagrams of Cu-Mg-Si ternary alloy using the Knudsen Effusion Method

Micro structural and mechanical properties of porous martensitic stainless steel obtained by powder metallurgy method

Thermal decomposition behavior of compounds containing rare-earth elements

Department of Electrical and

Electronics Engineering



Research Projects









Communication

Biomedical

Signal Processing

Integrated Circuit Technology

Microwave Techniques

Electronics

High Voltage Techniques

Control Techniques

Analog Circuit Design

Research Projects Computational and Experimental Study of Facemasks Used

for the Copd Patients with Non-Invasive Ventilation: Towards Intelligent Ventilator

Development of Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms for Super 3G Systems Physical Layer

Reconstruction of Dysphonic Speech for People with Trachea Cancer

Performance Improvement of Cooperative Communication Systems with Continuous Phase Modulation

Investigation of the External Effects on the Performance of Communication Cables Installed at HV Transmission Lines

FDCCII Based-Active Filters Design for Analog Signal Processing Application and Communication Systems

Geological Modeling of Sivas City using Markov Random Field and Cellular Neural Network Approaches

Department of Industrial Engineering



Research Projects









Location-Allocation Analysis

Logistics Network Design and Optimization

Vehicle Route Planning and Scheduling

Industrial Applications of Fuzzy Clustering, Artificial Neural Networks, Self Organizing Maps and Particle Swarm Optimization

Statistical Quality Control

Green Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Chaotic Behavior of the Industrial Systems

Process Mapping and Modelling

Theory of Constraints

Intelligent Forecasting

Research Projects Location-Allocation Analysis for Sales points, Shops, Warehouses,

Plants, Car Parks, Base Stations, Blood and Relief Centers, Firefighters and Ambulances, Mobile Crews/teams such as Maintenance, Sales, Utility etc.

PSO and SOM-based Vehicle Route Planning

Dynamic Shelf Space Management for Retailing

Emmission Factor (Carbon footprint)-based Location Analysis

SMS Informing System for E-Coded Food Additives

Measuring, Monitoring and Analysing the Work Loads of Employees with Computerized Job Study Module

Port Location and Allocation for a Fertilizer Company using a modified Fuzzy C-means Algorithm

Location Analysis for Recycling Plants using Fuzzy Clustering-based Algorithms

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