Alumni

Some of the graduate students who are/were supervised by Dr. C. Ozgur Colpan:

PhD Level

	Name	Graduation Year	Thesis Title	Current Position (as of September 2022)
	Anıl Erdoğan	2022	Mathematical Modeling of an Integrated Fuel Cell and Organic Rankine Cycle	Senior Research Specialist, VESTEL Home Appliances
	Yağmur Nalbant	2022	Hydrogen Production from Biogas in a Membrane Reactor	Faculty Member at Atılım University
	Ceren Yüksel (co-supervised by Dr. Senem Karahan Gülbay)	2021	Investigation of Hydrogen Production from the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Solid Hydrogen Storage Materials through Experimental and Modeling Studies	Researcher at Université Paris-Saclay
	Güvenç Alpaydın (co-supervised by Dr. Yilser Devrim)	2021	Development of a Composite Materials Based Fuel Cell through Modeling and Experimental Studies
	Görkem Yalın (co-supervised by Dr. Hikmet Karakoc)	2019	Production of PEM Fuel Cell-Lithium Polymer Battery Hybrid System Powered Mini-UAV And Modelling of Energy Management System	Faculty Member at Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi
	Ozum Calli (co-supervised by Dr. Huseyin Gunerhan)	2019	Thermal Analysis of Biomass Fired Organic Rankine Cycle	Faculty Member at Bilgi University
	Kahraman Coban (co-supervised by Dr. Hikmet Karakoc)	2018	Energy, Exergy and Sustainability Analyses of a Turbojet Engine that Runs with Different Types of Fuel on UAVs	Deputy Manager, Process Monitoring and R&D at Enerjisa Üretim

MSc Level

	Name	Graduation Year	Thesis Title	Current Position (as of September 2022)
	Beyza Dursun (co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Azize Ayol)	2023	Performance, Economic and Environmental Analyses of Integrated Biomass Gasification and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems	PhD Student, Lund University
	Merve Atılmış	2022	Mathematical Modeling of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Based Micro-CHP System for Residential Applications	Test Engineer, Gates Corporation
	Etkin Barış Çetin (co-supervised by Dr. Ebru Erünal)	2019	Innovative Catalyst Synthesis and Performance Tests on Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells	PhD Student at DEÜ
	Alper Can Ince	2019	System-Level Modeling and Simulation of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells	PhD Student and Research Assistant (Mechanical Engineering) at the University of Connecticut, Grad Intern at Los Alamos National Lab
	Yağmur Nalbant Atak (co-supervised by Dr. Yilser Devrim)	2018	Modeling and Simulation of High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Based Cogeneration Systems	PhD Student at DEÜ
	Deniz Yılmaz	2018	Heat and Moisture Transport in the Firefigher Protective Clothing and the Human Skin
	Mustafa Erçelik	2017	Manufacturing and Testing of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells Based on Alternative Materials	PhD Student, The University of Sheffield
	Anıl Erdoğan	2017	Thermal Design and Optimization of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers Used in Organic Rankine Cycles	Project Engineer, Vestel
	Faruk Atacan	2017	Three Dimensional and Two-Phase Modeling of a Flowing-Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell	Development Engineer, Bosch Thermotechnik
	Ugur Gencalp	2017	Design, Modeling, Manufacturing, and Testing of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Stack	Design Engineer, Makine ve Kimya Endüstrisi A.Ş.
	Gokmen Yasal (co-supervised by Dr. Metin Yaras)	2017	Direct Numerical Simulation of the 3D Leading-Edge Flow Development and Transition to Turbulence on Lift-Generating Bodies Inspired by Humpback Whale Flippers	Engineer, KANSAN
	Duygu Melek Cakici	2016	Thermal Modeling of A Geothermal Powered Organic Rankine Cycle Integrated with Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors	Mechanical Engineer,  Akdeniz Metal Makina San.Tic. Ltd.Sti.
	Erdem Erey	2016	Three-dimensional Multiphysics Modeling of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell	Assistant Tax Inspector, Ministry of Treasury and Finance

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Notable Undergradaute Students

	Name (s)	Year(s)	Project Title
	Ecem BinaoğluTuğçe Duranay	2016	Experimental investigation of the effect of mixing method on the homogeneity and the fuel cell temperature on the performance of direct methanol fuel cells
	Alper Can İnceM.Gizem Bayrakdar	2016-2017	Thermodynamic Modeling of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell System
	Aytuğ Serhat AkpakMeriç Kütük	2016-2017	Design and Testing of a Maglev Train Based on Solar Panel and Reversible PEM Fuel Cell
	Ceyda Günay	2016-2017	Mathematical Modeling and Exergetic Optimization of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collectur
	Adnan Ozden Mustafa Ercelik	2014-2015	Manufacturing and testing of direct methanol fuel cells with different methods
	Onur Kadem Deniz Eker	2014-2015	Design, manufacturing, and testing of a direct methanol fuel cell stack
	Kubra Ozalp Huseyin Kaman	2014-2015	Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Analysis of Electrochemical Systems
	Anil Erdogan Gokhan Fidan	2014-2015	Design and analysis of a shell and tube heat exchanger in an organic Rankine cycle
	Tarık Özbilgin Enes Yeğin Bilal Özen	2013-2014	Manufacturing of the membrane electrode assembly of a direct methanol fuel cell
	Faruk Atacan Uğur Gençalp	2013-2014	Thermodynamic analysis of Pakmaya cogeneration system
	Omer Katirci	2013-2014	Thermodynamic analysis of Gumuskoy geothermal power plant
	Onuray Halis	2013-2014	Design and manufacturing of a small wind turbine
	Enes Samed Em Mustafa Dugral	2013-2014	Numerical analysis of air flow and heat transfer in domestic and commercial refrigerators