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    Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Alper
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    		 Present Occupation Professor of Chemical Engineering
    		  
    Address Hacettepe University, Department Chemical Engineering Department, Beytepe, 06800 Ankara, TURKEY
    Phone - Fax +90 312 297 74 00 - +90 312 299 21 24
    E-mail ealper@hacettepe.edu.tr
    Research:

    • Reaction engineering of hydrogen production and storage

    • Technology assesment of petrochemical processes and industrial polymers

    • Applications of neural network modeling in chemical engineering (Applications cover predictions in diversified areas such as industrial drying, polymer properties and air pollution)

    • Mass transfer with chemical reaction in multiphase systems (including catalytic multiphase reactors)

    • Kinetics and selectivity of absorption of hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide and carbonyl sulphide into novel amine solutions and ionic liquids

    • Environmental Process Engineering (waste minimisation and air pollution modelling)

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Alper

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Personal
Nationality Turkish  
Marital Status Married with one child  
Birth Date June 2nd, 1947  
Contact adress Hacettepe University, Department Chemical Engineering Department, Beytepe, 06800 Ankara, TURKEY  
Phone - Fax +90 312 297 74 00 - +90 312 299 21 24  
E-mail ealper@hacettepe.edu.tr  
     
Education
   
PhD Chemical Engineering Dept., Cambridge University (Pembroke College), England.
Supervisor: Prof. P.V. Danckwerts, Thesis entitled: "Laboratory Models of packed-column absorbers".		 1968-1971
BSc First Class Hons. Chemical Engineering Dept., Birmingham University, England.
Option selected: Chemical Engineering Science.		 1965-1968
GCE Grades A at Advanced Level in Chemistry, Physics and Pure Mathematics. Distinction in Pure Mathematics (S level), Northwestern Polytechnic, London, England.

1964-1965

 
Employment
   
Chairman Chemical Eng. Dept., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Oct. 2004 to date
Professor Chemical Eng. Dept., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Sept.1995 to date.
Visiting Professor Chemical Eng. Dept., Kuwait University, Kuwait

Sept. 1998 -  Sept. 1999
Professor Chemical Engineering Dept., College of Engineering & Petroleum, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Sept. 1988  -  Aug. 1990
Feb. 1992  -  Sept. 1995
Chem. Eng. Division Head Tubitak Marmara Research Centre, Gebze, Turkey Jan. 1991 -  March 1993
Professor Chemical Engineering Dept., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, S. Arabia Sept. 1983 -  Sept. 1988
Professor and Head Chemical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering & Architecture, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey Feb. - Sept. 1983
Associate Professor ("Dozent") Chemical Engineering Dept., Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey Mar. 1980   -  Feb. 1983
Associate Professor ("Dozent") Chemical Engineering Dept., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Nov. 1973  -   Mar. 1980
Lecturer Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

Dec. 1971   -  Nov. 1973

 
Research Interests
   
 
  • Reaction engineering of hydrogen production and storage
  • Technology assesment of petrochemical processes and industrial polymers
  • Applications of neural network modeling in chemical engineering (Applications cover predictions in diversified areas such as industrial drying, polymer properties and air pollution)
  • Mass transfer with chemical reaction in multiphase systems (including catalytic multiphase reactors)
  • Kinetics and selectivity of absorption of hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide and carbonyl sulphide into novel amine solutions
  • Environmental Process Engineering ( waste minimisation and air pollution modelling)
  
Scholarships, Fellowships and Honors
   
High School Turkish State Scholarship  1960 - 1963
Undergraduate Turkish State Scholarship to study Chemical Engineering in
England		  1964 - 1968
Postgraduate I.C.I. Fellowship and Turkish State Scholarship  1968 - 1971
Postdoctoral Turkish Scientific & Technological Research Council
Fellowship at Cambridge University		  1977 - 1978
Visiting Scientist Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, at
Hannover University		  1978 - 1979
Honors Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council Award
for Distinguished Young Scientist in Engineering Research		  1981
Best Researcher

KFUPM Chemical Eng. Dept.

Kuwait University Chemical Eng. Dept

.1986

.1993

CURRENT COURSES
Undergraduate
 
Graduate
  • KMU 529 - Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction
  • KMU 583 - Petrochemical Technology

COURSES TAUGHT PREVIOUSLY

Undergraduate

  • Process Dynamics and Control 

  • Process Instrumentation and Control (for Applied Chemical Engng. Students at KFUPM)

  • Process Dynamics and Control Laboratory

  • Petrochemical Engineering

  • Principles of  Polymeric Materials

  • Chemical Reaction Engineering

  • Mass Transfer

  • Transport Phenomena

  • Gas Engineering

  • Unit Operations (Heat Transfer)

  • Unit Operations Laboratory

  • Mathematical Modeling in Chemical Engineering

  • Numerical Methods with MATLAB

  • Introduction to Engineering

  • Chemical Engineering Principles 1 & 2 (Material and Energy Balances)

 Graduate

  •  Multiphase Chemical Reactors

  • Special Topics in Petrochemicals and Polymers

  •  Advanced Reactor Design

  •  Transport Phenomena

  •  Separation Processes

  • Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction

  • Advanced Fluid Mechanics

  • Advanced Mass Transfer

  • Waste Minimisation

SHORT COURSES TAUGHT

  •  "Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction in Multiphase Systems", NATO ADVANCED INSTITUTE, Izmir, Turkey, August 1981.

  • "Heat Exchangers : Analysis and Design", University of Petroleum and Minerals, Feb. 1985 and Oct. 1986.

  • "Gas Processing and Sulfur Production", University of Petroleum and Minerals, Nov. 1987.

  • “Practical Process Control”, Kuwait University, 8-19 May 1993.

  •  “Hazardous Waste Management”, Project Management Systems, Holiday Inn, Kuwait, Nov. 1994.

  • “FCC Process Technology, Equipment Operations, Maintenance & Troubleshooting”, Kuwait University, 20-25 February 1999.

  • “Hazardous Waste Management : Measurements, Monitoring & Control of Air & Water Pollution”, Kuwait University, December, 1999.

  • “Petrochemical Processes: Economics and Technology Assesment”, Kuwait University, March, 2000.

  •  “Recent Developments in Multicomponent Mass Transfer”, in Summer Academy 2000, Çesme,Turkey, 26 August- 6 September 2000. (jointly held by University of Erlangen, Germany).

  • “Introduction to Industrial Polymers”, Kuwait University, November, 2000.

Sponsored Research Projects
Current Project:

TÜBİTAK Research Project (106M034): "Reaction kinetics of carbon dioxide with piperazine and piperazine-sterically hindered amine mixtures  and its application to carbon dioxide absorption", 2006-, (237 960 YTL)

SPO-PETKİM Petrokimya Holding A.Ş. Research Project (2007K120930): "Development of production technology of graft copolymers from polypropylene, maleic anhydride and wastes of phtalic anhydride plant by reactive extrusion", 2007-, (1 000 060 YTL)

TÜBİTAK Research Project (107M594): "Kinetics of carbon dioxide absorption into task-specific ionic liquids and development of its applications", 2008-, (196 880 YTL)
Past Projects:

SPONSORED RESEARCH SUPPORT OBTAINED AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • TUBITAK Research Project (MAG:398) "Optimum length to diameter ratio of Raschig rings for gas absorption with chemical reaction", 1974-76

  • NATO Scientific Affairs Research Grant "Gas absorption with chemical reaction", 1975-1980

  • TUBITAK Research Project (TBAG:452) "Gas absorption mechanism in slurry reactors", 1979-1981.

  • TUBITAK Research Project (TBAG:484) "Oxydesulfurization of Turkish lignites in aqueous slurries", 1980-1982.

  •  STIFTUNG VOLKSWAGENWERK Partnership Project "Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction in Gas/Liquid and Gas/Liquid Solid (Reactant or Catalyst) Systems", 1981-1984.

  •  UPM Research Project (CH/GASABSTN/91) "Kinetics and selectivity of absorption of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide into amine solutions" 1985-1987.

  • KACST Applied Research Project (AR-8-51) "Study of Morpholine build-up problems in DGA plants of Master Gas Systems", 1987-1989.

  • K.U., RIG Project (EDC056) "Modeling of kinetics of carbondioxide-amine reactions in aqueous and nonaqueous solvents, 1989.

  •  K.U., RMU EC(043) "Kinetics and Selectivity of gas sweetening by amine solutions" 1989-1993.

  • NATO CCMS Program "Pollution Prevention Strategies for Sustainable Development", 1991.

  •  Marmara Research Centre, "Master Plan for Environmental Monitoring of Etibank Industrial Operations", 1991.

  •   NATO CCMS Program  “Assesment of Indoor Air Quality in Ankara”, 1995-1998.

  • KU., RMU EC (068) “Optimization of Operating Conditions of Acrylonitrile Reactors ” , 1998-1999.

  • TUBITAK Research Project (MISAG-242), “Prediction of lower critical solution temperature of N-isopropylacrylamide-acrylic acid copolymer by an artificial neural network model “, 2003-2004.

SPONSORED RESEARCH SUPPORT OBTAINED AS CO-INVESTIGATOR

  •   KACST Applied Research Project (AR-7-132) "Upgrading heavy Arabian Resids: Supercritical and specialty solvents" 1986-1988.

  • CAR 001 - "Customisation of an operator training simulator for ARD unit" (supported by Kuwait National Petroleum Co.) 1992 -1995. ( A major initiative for introducing Computer Applications in Refining).

  • CAR 002 - "ARD Planning Simulator : Computer Simulation of the Atmospheric Residue Hydrodesulphurisation Process Units" (supported by Kuwait National Petroleum Co.,) 1992 -1995.

  •   EPC-016 - “Assesment of  indoor air quality in Kuwait” (supported by  Kuwait EPA) 1993-1996.

  •  KOC 11644-“Survey and assesment of ambient air quality in the KOC’s oil fields” (supported by Kuwait Oil Co.) 2001- (co-investigator and consultant). 

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