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 […]

It was a great pleasure to co-chair “Offshore Renewable Energy” session with Dr I.Catapovic at the 19th 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 […]

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. […]

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).

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 […]

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..!

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.!

Baran Kaya successfully defended his MSc thesis on February 9th, 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.!

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.

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 2nd 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 […]

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)

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 […]

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 […]

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..!

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.!

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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.

I attended 20th 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) Welcome to METU Blog Service. This is your first post. Edit […]