BAHAR IPEK

Chemical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey

Voice: +90 312 2102635

E-mail: bipek@metu.edu.tr

Researcher ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0584-2296

Publons ID: O-9010-2014

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bahar-Ipek

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr., Chemical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye, August 2023-Present
  • Assist. Prof. Dr., Chemical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye, April 2017-August 2023
  • Teaching Fellow, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, Spring 2015
  • Visiting Researcher, Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA (November 2014- February 2015)
  • Research Assistant, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, 2011-2016

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, 16.08.2016
    • Thesis: “H2 Adsorption and Direct Methane Conversion to Methanol on Cu-Exchanged Zeolites”
    • Advisor: Prof. Dr. Raul F. Lobo
  • M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye, 21.04.2011
    • Thesis: “Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Liquid Media”
    • Advisor: Prof. Dr. Deniz Uner
  • Minor, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye, 20.01.2008
  • B.Sc., Food Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye, 29.06.2008
PUBLICATIONS

GIVEN COURSES

  • CHE204 Thermodynamics I
  • CHE311 Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • CHE320 Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
  • CHE327 Heat and Mass Transfer Operations
  • CHE410 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
  • CHE428 Introduction to Process Principles
  • CHE499 Topics in Chemical Engineering
  • CHE508 Surfaces and Spectroscopy in Catalysis

PROJECTS

  • TÜBİTAK 1001 (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye)
    • October 2022-Present
    • Project ID: 122M396
    • Project Title: “Carbon dioxide Hydrogenation to Methane using Ni containing Zeolite Catalysts”
    • Budget: 810.000 TL
  • ODTÜ BAP (Middle East Technical University)
    • 18.06.2021-20.09.2022
    • Project ID: HDESP-304-2021-10806
    • Project Title: “Methanol Production from Methane Using Cu-Ferrierite and Zeolite Characterizations”
    • Budget: 19.995 TL
  • ODTÜ BAP (Middle East Technical University)
    • 06.01.2022-20.04.2021
    • Project ID: GAP-304-2020-10275
    • Project Title: “H2 Storage on Co and Ni containing Zeolites”
    • Budget: 37.453 TL
  • TÜBİTAK 1001 (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye)
    • 01.11.2019-01.09.2022
    • Project ID: 119M437
    • Project Title: “CO2 Hydrogenation at Atmospheric Pressure Using Supported Catalysts Containing Holmium”
    • Budget: 867.814 TL
  • TÜBİTAK 3501 (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye)
    • 01.11.2018-28.01.2021
    • Project ID: 118M656
    • Project Title: “Direct Methane Conversion to Methanol Using Novel Zeolites”
    • Budget: 367.500 TL
  • ODTÜ BAP (Middle East Technical University)
    • 11.05.2018-11.07.2019
    • Project ID: YÖP-304-2018-2839
    • Project Title: “Synthesis of Mesoporous Al and B containing Zeolites”
    • Budget: 35.000 TL
  • TÜBİTAK 2232 (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye)
    • 01.08.2017-14.02.2019
    • Project ID: 117C024
    • Project Title: “Hydrogen Storage on Cu(I) Containing Zeolites”
    • Budget: 29.700 TL

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS

  • 9th Eastern Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference, Ankara, Türkiye, September 2018
  • 7th National Catalysis Congress, Denizli, Türkiye, September 2018
  • 6th Anatolian School of Catalysis, İzmir, Türkiye, September 2022
  • 7th Anatolian School of Catalysis, İzmir, Türkiye, September 2024

MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Chemical Society, 2020-Present
  • The Young European Catalysis Network, 2019-2021
  • The Turkish Catalysis Network, 2017-Present
  • Women in Engineering Program, University of Delaware, 2012-2015

AWARDS

  • Science Academy’s Young Scientist Award, Science Academy, Turkey, April 2024
  • Northeast Corridor Zeolite Association Poster Prize, Northeast Corridor Zeolite Association, Philadelphia, PA, ABD, December 2015
  • Richard J. Kokes Travel Award, The North American Catalysis Society, Pittsburg, PA, ABD, June 2015
  • Robert L. Pigford Teaching Assistantship Award, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ABD, April 2015
  • Shirley and Fraser Russell Teaching Fellowship, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ABD, April 2014
  • Prof. Dr. Hasan Orbey Research Award, Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2011