Graduate Students
Theses
Current
Arif Eren Özdemir, M.S., CFD-DEM
Modeling of Spouted Bed Solar Receivers, with Dr. Görkem
Külah (part of Project No: MAG 122M514).
Cankut Erkaya, M.S.,
Eulerian-Eulerian Modeling of Directly Irradiated Spouted Bed Thermal
Receivers, with Dr. Görkem Külah (part of Project No: MAG
122M514).
Sayed Khoujehzadeh, M.S.,
Multi-Dimensional Modeling of Spouted Bed Thermal Receivers,
with Dr. Görkem Külah (part of Project No: MAG 122M514).
Completed
Ali Kılıçkaya, M.S., The Design and Preliminary Testing of Liquid Jet in Subsonic Crossflow Test Set-up, 2024.
Altay Tekin, M.S., Thermal Behavior and Performance of
Lithium-Ion Batteries at Low Temperatures, with Dr. Özgür
Ekici, 2023.
Necla Ecenaz Aykut, M.S., Investigation of Transition Flow over
S809 Airfoil using Infrared Thermography and Numerical Methods, 2023.
Cemre Kadıoğlu, M.S., Investigation of Performance of PEM (Proton
Exchange Membrane) Electrolysis with Photovoltaic Systems, 2023.
Tanılay Özdemir, Ph.D., Thermal Behavior of Lithium-ion Batteries
under Normal and Abuse Operating Conditions, with Dr.
Ozgur Ekici, 2022.
Taner Kaya, M.S., Investigation of Slow
Cook-off Characteristics of Self-Igniting Energetic Materials,
with Dr. Görkem Külah, 2022.
Neslin Doğan, M.S., Gas Mixing in Conical
Spouted Beds, with Dr. Görkem Külah, 2021 (part of
Project No: MAG 115M392).
Ali Yeniçeri, M.S., Characterization of
Local Flow Behaviour in Conical Spouted Beds, with Dr.
Görkem Külah, 2019 (part of Project No: MAG 115M392).
Selin Cantürk, M.S., Short Term Electricity Production Forecasting
from a Wind Farm with Artificial Neural Networks, 2018.
Onur Yaman, M.S., Bed-to-Surface Heat
Transfer in Conical Spouted and Spout-Fluid Beds, with
Dr. Görkem Külah, 2017 (part of Project No: MAG 115M392).
Emre Gümüşsu, M.S., Thermal Modeling of Li-Ion Batteries, with Dr. Özgür Ekici, 2017
Vahid Nasiri, M.S., Energy Analysis of a Solar Assisted Draft Tube
Spout-fluid Zeolite Dryer, with Dr. Görkem Külah, 2016
(part of Project No: MAG 112M231).
Cihan Öcal, M.S., Drying of Natural Zeolite
Powders in Vibrated Fluidized Beds, with Dr. Görkem
Külah, 2013 (part of Project No: MAG 112M231).
Senem Şentürk Lüle, PhD, Computational Fluid
Dynamics Studies for a Spouted Bed Nuclear Fuel Coater, with Dr. Üner Çolak and Dr. Görkem Külah, 2012 (part of Project No: MAG
108M435).
Pınar Çangal, M.S., Gas Mixing in Conical Spouted Beds with High-Density
Particles, with Dr. Görkem Külah and Dr. Şule Ergun
(administrative supervisor), 2011 (part of Project No: MAG 108M435).
Samet Şahin, M.S., The Effects of Ozone Gas on Power and Fuel Efficiency of Four-Stroke
Engines, with Dr. Abdurrahman Tanyolaç, 2011.
Ekin Kaya, M.S., Investigation of Coal Gasification Products with Chemical
Equilibrium Theory, 2009.
Sinan İnanlı, M.S., Fluidization and Mixing Characteristics of Biomass in a
Bubbling Fluidized Bed, with Dr. Hüseyin Vural, 2008.
Completed at Dalhousie University
Torgeir Suther, MASc, Simulation of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine Cycle
System Using Aspen Plus, with Dr. Alan Fung, 2006.
Bilal Hassan, MEng, A Study for Estimating Elongation and Deflection in
Deepwater Pipelines During Hydrostatic Testing Using Analytical Methods
and FEM, 2006.
Dahai Zhang, MASc, Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer in a Pulsed Bubbling Fluidized Bed,
2005.
Srinath Madhavan, MASc, CFD Simulation of Immiscible Liquid Dispersions,
with Dr. A.M. Al Taweel, 2005.
Krishna Podila, MASc, CFD Modeling of Turbulent Bubbly Flows in Pipes, with Dr.
A.M. Al Taweel, 2005.
Jason Hicken, MASc, Turbulence Modeling on an Unstructured, Time-Adaptive Mesh, with Dr. Julio Militzer, 2004.
Mahmood Azmat, MEng, Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer in Bubbling
Fluidized Bed, 2004.
Mohammed Aziz Rahman, MASc, The Investigation of a Novel Perforation Technique in
Petroleum Wells-Perforation by Drilling, with Dr. Rafiqul
Islam, 2004.
Supervised Project Students (Graduate)
Shahab Golshan, Experimental Study and Mathematical Modeling of
Hydrodynamics of Conical Spouted Beds Operating with High Density
Particles, TUBITAK 2216 Program, 2015 – 2016, with Dr. Görkem Külah.
Chiya Savari, Early Agglomeration Detection in Fluidized Beds by
Passive Acoustic Emission, TUBITAK 2216 Program, 2014 – 2015, with Dr.
Görkem Külah.
Salih Sarı (TUBITAK MAG 108M435), Investigation of Hydrodynamic
Characteristics of Spouted Bed Nuclear Fuel Coaters, 2009-2011, with
Dr. Görkem Külah.