• Our Project entitled, Offshore Wind Farms Large-Scale Integration in Turkey (WindFlag) started in 2020 during pandemic. Finally, our first physical meeting was held at Aalborg University, in Aalborg.  We had a fruitful discussion on our progress as well as discussions on future collaborations. We are happy to work together and we thank collegues from Aaalborg University for hosting the meeting.
• After our Project meeting, we had a fruitful meeting with Professor Lars Bo Ibsen at the department of Civil Engineering at Aalborg University.
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• • Our next technical stop was Danmarks Tekniske Universitet at Kopenhagen. We visited DTU Civil Engineering Department and had a fruitful meeting with Professor Varvara Zania on collaboration opportunities and Exchange programmes between METU and DTU.
  • One photo from our DTU visit can be seen below. Our research asisstant Eray Caceoğlu next to a wind turbine blade. Another group photo from our visit to Denmark with Dr Nejan Huvaj is shown below.
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Posted by elif oguz on 05.03.2023 under Uncategorized

It was a great pleasure to co-chair “Offshore Renewable Energy” session with Dr I.Catapovic at the 19^th Congress of International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean 26-29 September 2022, İstanbul, Turkey.

Title of our paper: “Coupled Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Analyses of Upscaled Floating Offshore Wind Turbines”, Muhammad Juanda Putra, Elif Oğuz, Nilay Sezer-Uzol (2022).

One of my MSc students, Muhammd Juanda Putra and 3^rd year student who is one of our CE STAR (Student Academic Research Program) students, Devrim Eskibina attended the fruitful Congress in İstanbul.

Also, I met with Professor Atilla İncecik from University of Strathclyde (UK) during Congress and it was my pleasure to introduce two of my research students with him.

Posted by elif oguz on 30.10.2022 under Uncategorized

Within the framework of EuroCC Turkey Events, the “Wind Energy Computational Analyses” workshop was held online on September 21, 2022 in cooperation with TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM, Middle East Technical University and ODTÜ RÜZGEM (Center for Wind Energy Research). Trainings and hands-on demonstrations were held on the following topics:

Aerodynamic Analyses 

• Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol)
• Wind Turbine Airfoil CFD Analyses by using SU2 (Ezgi Orbay, Ezgi Aslan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol)
• Wind Turbine Rotor CFD Analyses by using SU2 (Ali Ata Adam, Ezgi Orbay, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol)

Design Analyses

• Introduction to Offshore Wind Turbine Design(Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Oğuz)
• Offshore Wind Turbine Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Analyses by using OpenFAST (Muhammad Juanda Putra, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Oğuz, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol)

Wind Farm Analyses

• Introduction to Wake Models and Wind Farm Analyses(Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol, Ali Ata Adam, Hüseyin Can Önel)
• Wind FarmCFD Analyses by using OpenFOAM (Hüseyin Can Önel)

Posted by elif oguz on 01.10.2022 under Uncategorized

CA21112 – Offshore freshened gorundwater: An unconventional water resource in coastal regions? (OFF-SOURCE)

Our COST Action Project Proposal led by Dr Aaron Micallef from University of Malta has been found successful and funded by the EU (Start date: 29/09/2022 End date: 28/09/2026).

Posted by elif oguz on 09.09.2022 under Uncategorized

One of my MSc students, Muhammad Juanda Putra, successfully defended his thesis, titled “Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Investigations on Upscaling Effects and Optimization of Offshore Wind Turbines,” in September (Supervised by Dr. Elif Oğuz & Co-Supervised by Dr. Nilay Sezer-Uzol). He will continue as a PhD researcher under my and Dr Nilay Sezer Uzol’s supervision. Congratulations Putra for such a comprehensive MSc thesis on offshore wind!

Posted by elif oguz on 08.09.2022 under Uncategorized

Kaan Göllü successfully defended his MSc thesis on September 1st, 2022, with his MSc thesis entitled, “Site Selection For Floating Photovoltaic (PV) Panels on 8 HEPP Reservoirs in Turkey by using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP)”. Congratulations Kaan..!

Posted by elif oguz on 01.09.2022 under Uncategorized

Melodi Neşe Koç successfully defended her MSc thesis on May 6th, 2022, with her MSc thesis entitled, “A Numerical Investigation of a TLP System”. Congratulations Melodi.!

Posted by elif oguz on 11.05.2022 under Uncategorized

Baran Kaya successfully defended his MSc thesis on February 9^th, 2022. Baran recived his MSc degree in 2022 from Department of Civil Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU), with his MSc thesis entitled, “Investigation of Layout Optmization for Offshore Wind Farms and a case study for a region in Turkey”. Congratulations Baran.!

Posted by elif oguz on 23.02.2022 under Uncategorized

Project name: Hydrokinetic Turbine Design – operates efficiently at low velocity flows

Funding Institution: Middle East Technical University, METU BAP–Scientific Research Project, Project Code: GAP-303-2022-10895.

Project Duration:  24 months (17.01.2022 – 17.01.2024)

Project Coordinator (PI): Dr. Elif OĞUZ (METU)

*One of my MSc students will work with me on this project.

Posted by elif oguz on 17.01.2022 under Uncategorized

It was a great pleasure to co-chair “Renewable Energy” session with Dr Emre Uzunoğlu from Center for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering, Instituto Superior Technico (CENTEC), Lisbon, Portugal at the 2^nd International Congress on Ship and Marine Technology, 16-17 September 2021.

Title of the 1st paper: “An Overview of Platform Types Used in Floating Wind Energy”, Emre Uzunoğlu, Elif Oğuz, Carlos Guedes Soares.

Title of the 2^nd paper: “Comparison and Evauation of Open-Source Panel Method Codes against Validated Data”, Muhammed Uçar, Emre Uzunoğlu, Elif Oğuz.

Posted by elif oguz on 02.11.2021 under Uncategorized

Hatice Kübra Yıldız successfully defended her MSc thesis on August 26th, 2021, with her MSc thesis entitled, “Offshore Wind Farm Site Selection For Aegean and Mediterranean Sea”. Congratulations Kübra..!  (main supervisor: Dr Elif Oğuz, co-supervisor : Dr Nejan Huvaj)

Posted by elif oguz on 01.11.2021 under Uncategorized

Project name: Multi-Purpose Floating Solar Power Plant (FloSoWer )

Funding Institution: TÜBİTAK-MSRT (Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology) Bilateral Cooperation Program

ref. Sungrow Power Supply Co

The goal of the project:

In the scope of this project, it is planned to present a suitable and realistic roadmap for the design of floating solar power plants for both countries with experimental and numerical modeling studies to be carried out in both countries. In the study, not only will the solar energy potential of lakes and reservoirs be determined, but also an appropriate design will be developed for the selected regions. While being able to benefit from the solar energy potential in this way can be a response to the increasing energy demand, evaporation can be prevented to a significant extent due to the absorption of sunlight by the floating power plants installed on the lake reservoir, so the water resources can be protected. This research consists of the determination of suitable locations for floating solar platforms, the hydrodynamic analysis of platform and mooring ropes, the analysis of electrical and mechanical performance of variable PV models and the tests of the system prototype and its analysis economically. The project is in harmony with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (United Nations Sustainable Development – 17 Goals to Transform Our World):

GOAL 7: Accessible and Clean Energy

GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Living Spaces

GOAL 13: Climate Action

GOAL 17: Partnerships for Goals

Project Coordinators: Dr. Elif OĞUZ (METU), Dr. Mahdi KHORASANCHI (Sharif Technology University, Iran)

Project Duration: 18 months (September 2021 – March 2023)

Consortium:

• Elif Oğuz, METU Civil Eng. Department and RÜZGEM-Wind Energy Research Center
• Nejan Huvaj, METU Civil Eng. Department and RÜZGEM-Wind Energy Research Center
• Raşit Turan, METU Physics Department and GÜNAM-Solar Energy Research Center
• Mahdi Khorasanchi, Sharif Techonology University, Iran, Mechanical Eng. Department
• Majid Abbaspour, Sharif Technology University, Iran, Mechanical Eng. Department

Total Budget: 481325 TL

Posted by elif oguz on 19.10.2021 under Uncategorized

METU Civil Engineering Department 4th year student who is one of our CESTAR (Student Academic Research Program) students, Doğa Derman Çiçek successfully presented our papers on marine engineering and offshore renewables at the 5th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2020) on 17 November 2020. Congratulations Derman!

Title of the 1st paper: “Life cycle assessment of a Ro-Ro ship for operation phase”, Doğa Derman Çiçek, Melih Can Sağır, Elif Oğuz.

Title of the 2nd paper: “Comparison of renewables (onshore wind, offshore wind and conventional PV) for Bozcaada Island in Turkey”, Ayşe Eylül Şentürk, Elif Oğuz, Doğa Derman Çiçek.

Posted by elif oguz on 07.01.2021 under Uncategorized

Özge Ağdoğan successfully defended her MSc thesis on July 29th, 2020, with her MSc thesis entitled, “Feasibility of Gökçekaya Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant and Metristepe Wind Power Plant”. Congratulations Özge..!

Posted by elif oguz on 24.08.2020 under Uncategorized

Ayşe Eylül Şentürk successfully defended her MSc thesis on June 29th, 2020. Her MSc thesis is entitled “A comparison of Renewable Energy Systems (Onshore Wind, Offshore Wind, Conventional PV) for Bozcaada Island”. Congratulations Eylül.!

Posted by elif oguz on 24.08.2020 under Uncategorized

A group of our undergraduate students Anıl Güneş, Uğurcan Kartal, Serhat Bozdoğan, Enes Canbo, Enes Güneş, Emre Aydın and Nisansu Balcı were awarded “2019 AdımODTÜ Undergraduate Research Project” where scientific research efforts and community service projects of undergraduate students are funded through donations.

Anıl Güneş, Uğurcan Kartal, Serhat Bozdoğan, Enes Canbo, Enes Güneş, Emre Aydın and Nisansu Balcı have received the award for their “New Generation Wind Turbine” project supervised by Prof Dr. İsmail  Aydın and Assist. Prof. Dr. Elif Oğuz. Congratulations to all of you..!

Posted by elif oguz on 04.12.2019 under Uncategorized

METU Civil Engineering Department Hydraulics division MSc student, Baran Kaya successfully presented our paper on offshore wind turbines at the 5th National İzmir Wind Energy Symposium and Exhibition on 5 October 2019.

Title of the paper: ‘Tekil Kazık Temelli Açık Deniz Rüzgar Türbinlerinin Avrupa’daki Gelişimi’. B.Kaya,E.Oğuz.

Also, 4th year student who is one of our CE STAR (Student Academic Research Program) students, Adnan Bildi attended the fruitful Wind Energy Conference in İzmir.

Posted by elif oguz on 04.12.2019 under Uncategorized

I attended the 18th International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean on ‘Sustainable Development and Innovations in Marine Technologies’ held in Varna, Bulgaria on 9-11 September 2019, and presented paper on: ‘Life cycle assessment of two different renewable energy systems for a selected region: Bozcaada Island’. Authors: A.E. Şentürk, E. Oğuz.

Also, I met with Professor Yordan Garbatov from Lisbon Technical University (Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Tecnico) during the Conference.

Posted by elif oguz on 04.12.2019 under Uncategorized

Our 2nd physical meeting was held at University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow.  We had a fruitful discussion on our progress as ISSC Specialist Committee on Offshore Renewable Energy. We are happy to work together and we thank chairman of our committee, Prof Dr Athanasios Kolios, for hosting the meeting.

Also, I met with Professor Tomoki Ikoma from Nihon University (Japan) on 13th of June 2019 during my visit to Glasgow.

Posted by elif oguz on 04.07.2019 under Uncategorized

Yusufeli Dam Construction Site and Deriner Dam were visited with a group of MSc & PhD students and faculty members on April 27-28, 2019. We thank Prof Dr Doğan Altınbilek for organising fruitful technical visit.

Posted by elif oguz on 13.05.2019 under Uncategorized

I attended 20^th International Ships and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2018), 9-13 September 2018, Liege – Belgium & Delft – The Netherlands. I was appointed to an ISSC Specialist Committee on Offshore Renewable Energy for a duration of three years.

Offshore Renewable Energy Specialist Committee (2018-2021)

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Posted by elif oguz on 16.10.2018 under Uncategorized