Education
Ph.D.
 Mechanical Engineering
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; August 2002
Thesis Title: A new approach for modeling of residential energy consumption
M.Sc.
 Mechanical Engineering
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey; June 1997
Thesis Title: The significance of the height of fluidized bed combustors’ freeboard section during the combustion of lignite
B.Sc.
 Environmental Engineering
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey; June 1994
Senior Project Title: Determination of drinking water anion and cation contents using high-pressure liquid chromatography
  Tarsus American High School, Tarsus, Turkey; June 1990


Employment

Dec 2009 – Present   Assistant Professor
Environmental Engineering Department, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Oct 2006 – Nov 2009  
Instructor
Environmental Engineering Department, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Jan 2006 – Apr 2006 Part-time Faculty
Division of Engineering, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Dec 2002 – Sep 2005 Senior Analyst
Forecasting, Itron, Inc., Boston, MA, USA
Sep 1997 – Nov 2002 Researcher
Canadian Residential Energy End-Use Data and Analysis Centre, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sep 1997 – May 2002 Teaching Assistant
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sep 1996 - Aug 1997 Teaching Assistant
Engineering Faculty, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
Jan 1995 – Aug 1996 Teaching Assistant
Engineering Faculty, Marmara University, Istanbul , Turkey
Sep 1994 - Aug 1996 Researcher
New Technologies Development Centre, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Jun 1993 - Aug 1993
 Plant Engineer (Co-op Student)
SASA Inc., a private PVC bottle production plant in Adana, Turkey
Jun 1992 - Sep 1992 Plant Engineer (Co-op Student)
MARSHALL Inc., a private paint production plant in Istanbul, Turkey


Publications

Refereed Articles in Journals

1.
 Arı I., and Aydinalp Koksal M, “Carbon Dioxide Emission from Turkish Electricity Sector And Its Mitigation Options”, Energy Policy, Vol. 39, Issue 10, pp. 6120 – 6135, 2011.
2.
 Guler B, Ugursal VI, Fung AS , and Aydinalp Koksal M, “Impact of Energy Efficiency Upgrade Retrofits on the Residential Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada ”, International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp.434-444, 2008.
3.
 Aydinalp Koksal M and Ugursal VI, "Comparison of Neural Network, Conditional Demand Analysis, and Engineering Approaches for Modeling End-use Energy Consumption in the Residential Sector", Applied Energy, Vol. 85, Issue 4, pp. 271-296, 2008.
4.
 Aydinalp M, Ugursal VI, and Fung AS, "Modeling of the Space and Domestic Hot Water Energy Consumption in the Residential Sector Using Neural Networks", Applied Energy, Vol. 79, Issue 2, pp. 159-178, 2004.
5.
 Aydinalp M, Ugursal VI, and Fung AS, "The Effects of the Socioeconomic Factors on the Household Appliance, Lighting, and Space Cooling Electricity Consumption", International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Vol. 20, No.3, pp. 302-315, 2003.
6.
 Aydinalp M, and Ugursal VI, Fung AS, "Modeling of Residential Energy Consumption at the National Level", International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 441-453, 2003.
7.
 Aydinalp M, Ugursal VI, and Fung AS, "Modeling of the Appliance, Lighting, and Space Cooling Energy Consumption in the Residential Sector Using Neural Networks", Applied Energy, Vol. 71, Issue 2, pp. 87-110, 2002.
8. Guler B, Fung AS, Aydinalp M, and Ugursal VI, "Impact of Energy Efficiency Upgrade Retrofits on the Residential Energy Consumption in Canada", International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 25, Issue 9, pp. 785 – 792, 2001.
 

Refereed Articles in Conference Proceedings

1. Aslanoglu, S. Y. and Aydinalp Koksal, M, “Estimating Regional Electricity Generation Associated CO2 Emissions of Turkey” 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington, DC, USA.
2. Ari, I. and Aydinalp Koksal, M, “Mitigation of CO2 Emission from Electricity Generation by Using Renewable Energy Sources”, 10th International Conference on Clean Energy (ICCE-2010), September 15-17, 2010, Famagusta, N. Cyprus.
3. Yoldar, T. and Aydinalp Koksal, M, “Supplying Beytepe Campus Long-term Electricity Demand by Photovoltaic Systems”, 5th International Ege Energy Symposium and Exhibition (IEESE-5), June 27-30, 2010, Denizli, Turkey.
4. Girep, C.P., Bilgic, M., Aydinalp Koksal, M., and Baker, D.K., “Forecasting Turley’s Long Term Peak Load Demand”, 16th. International Energy and Environment Conference (ICCI), May 12-14, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey.
5. Turker, L., and Aydinalp Koksal, M., “Forecasting Turkey’s Long Term Electricity Demand and Associated CO2 Emission”, European Energy Conference, April 20-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
6. Bilgic, M., Girep, C.P., Aslanoglu, S.Y., Aydinalp Koksal, M., “Forecasting Turkey’s Short Term Hourly Load with Artificial Neural Networks”, 10th International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection, March 29 – April 1, 2010, Manchester, UK.
7. Aydinalp M, "End-use Model for Residential Electricity Consumption", Third International Energy, Exergy, and Environment Symposium, July 1-7, 2007, Evora, Portugal.
8. Aydinalp M, Fung AS, and Ugursal VI, "Appliance Choice Functions in Canadian Households", First International Green Energy Conference, June 12-16, 2005, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
9. Aydinalp M, Ugursal VI, and Fung AS, "The Effects of the Socioeconomic Factors on the Household Appliance, Lighting, and Cooling Energy Consumption", The Thirteenth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, July 14-18, 2002, Victoria, BC, Canada.
10. Fung AS, Aydinalp M, Ugursal VI, and Farahbakhsh H, “A Residential End-Use Energy Consumption Model for Canada”, ESIM-2001, The Canadian Conference on Building Energy Simulation, June 13-14, 2001, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
11. Aydinalp M, Ugursal VI, and Fung AS, “Predicting Residential Appliance, Lighting, and Space Cooling Energy Consumption Using Neural Networks”, Fourth International Thermal Energy Congress, July 8-12, 2001, Izmir, Turkey.
12. Aydinalp M, Ugursal VI, and Fung AS, “Modeling of Residential Energy Consumption at the National Level”, The International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems (IEMS), March 5-7, 2001, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA.
13. Aydinalp M, Fung AS, and Ugursal VI, “A New Approach for Modeling of Residential Energy Consumption”, Canada's Energy Efficiency Conference, October 10-12, 2000, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
14. Guler B, Fung AS, Aydinalp M, and Ugursal VI, “Impact of Residential Energy Conservation Measures on National Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, The Twelfth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, July 16-20, 2000, Istanbul, Turkey.
15. Aydinalp M, Ugursal VI, and Fung AS, “Modeling of Residential Energy Consumption at the National Level”, The Twelfth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, July 16-20, 2000, Istanbul, Turkey.

 

Book Chapter

The chapter titled “Use of Neural Networks for Modeling Energy Consumption in the Residential Sector” is published in the book titled "Intelligent Information Systems and Knowledge Management for Energy: Applications for Decision Support, Usage and Environmental Protection" edited by Dr. Kostas Metaxiotis and published by IGI Global in 2010. ISBN: 978-1-60566-737-9

 

Book

My Ph.D. thesis titled “A New Approach for Modeling of Residential Energy Consumption” is published by VDM Publishing House in 2008. ISBN: 978-639-01972-8

 

Projects

1. “Measuring Household Appliance Stand-by Electricity Consumption, Determining Households Appliance and Lighting Electricity Consumption and Calculating Associated CO2 Emission”, Project Manager, TUBITAK Research Project # 110M070, Nov 2010- Nov 2012.
2. "Forecasting Long-term Regional CO2 Emission Based on Electricity Demand in Turkey", Project Manager, Hacettepe University Scientific Research Project # 0801 602 009, Dec 2008 - Dec 2010.
3. "Simulation of Electricity Generation, Distribution, Transmission and Trade in Turkey using Complex Adaptive System Analysis Method", Project Consultant, TUBITAK Research Project # 108M200 , Oct 2008 - Mar 2010.
4. “Modeling of Hourly Short and Long Term Electricity Demand at Load Distribution Regions”, Project Manager, TUBITAK Research Project # 108M001, June 2008- June 2010.

 

Supervised Graduate Students

Current Students
1. Emre YÖNTEM - Ph.D. Hacettepe University, Env. Eng. Dept. "Process Simulation in Energy Generation and Industry, Modelling for Environmental and Economical Optimisation ".
2.
 Çağrı ŞAHİN - Master of Science. Hacettepe University, Env. Eng. Dept. “Determining Household Appliance Stand-by Electricity Consumption and Associated CO2 Emission”.
3. Çiğdem BUDAK - Master of Science. Hacettepe University, Env. Eng. Dept. Co-supervisor. "A New Approach for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Sector for Turkey".
4. Emire Emel DILAVER - Master of Science. Hacettepe University, Clean and Renewable Energy Programme. "Determination of Required Cooking Energy for Different Types of Foods Using Various Cooking Methods and Testing Selected Samples in a Solar Oven"

 

Past Students

"
1.
 Levent TÜRKER - Master of Science. Hacettepe University, Env. Eng. Dept. Sep 2008. "Forecasting Turkey's Regional Long-term Electricity Demand and Associated CO2 Emission by Econometric and Neural Network Approaches".
2.

İzzet ARI - Master of Science. Middle East Technical University, Env. Eng. Dept. Feb 2010, Co-supervisor. "Investigating the CO2 Emission of Turkish Electricity Sector and Its Mitigation Potential".
3. Türkay YOLDAR - Master of Science. Hacettepe University, Clean and Renewable Energy Programme. June 2010. "Supplying Long-term Electricity Demand of Beytepe Campus by Solar Electric Conversion Systems".
4. Melike KUŞ - Master of Science. Hacettepe University, Env. Eng. Dept. Co-supervisor. May 2011. “Estimation of Residential Energy Consumption Based CO2 Emission Amounts and Determination of the Factors Causing the Variation in Ankara”.
5. Yeşer ASLANOGLU - Master of Science. Hacettepe University, Env. Eng. Dept. Sep 2011. "Determining Regional Current Carbon Dioxide Emission Based on Electricity Production and Its Long-Term Forecast for Turkey".