Architecture Amfitheater July, 6th, 2013, 15.00
Program:
- Opening
- Speech of President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Acar
- Music Recital
- Speech of Prof.Dr.Canan Özgen on the behalf of Institutes
- Thesis Awards
- Course Performance Awards
- Poster Presentations
METU GRADUATE COURSES PERFORMANCE AWARD
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
| Department | Student’s Name and Surname | Program |
| Aerospace Engineering | Senem Ayşe Haser | M.S. |
| Archaeometry | Fulya Karahan Dağ | Ph.D. |
| Architecture | Paria Valizadeh | M.S. |
| Architecture Building Sciences | Meltem Erdil | M.S. |
| Architecture Building Sciences | Işın Meriç | Ph.D. |
| Architecture - Restoration | Feran Özge Güven | M.S. |
| Architecture - Restoration | Nur Yaren | M.S. |
| Biology | Aktan Alpsoy | M.S. |
| Biotechnology | Tuğba Dursun | M.S. |
| Biotechnology | Sayit Mahmut Erdoğan | Ph.D. |
| Chemical Engineering | Özgen Yalçın | Ph.D. |
| Chemistry | Yılmaz Kelgökmen | Ph.D. on B.S. |
| Chemistry | Zeynep Gündoğan | M.S. |
| Chemistry | Duygu İşibol | M.S. |
| City and Regional Planning-Regional Planning | Erdem Asena | M.S. |
| City and Regional Planning-Urban Design | Ebru Eren | M.S. |
| Civil Engineering | Aksel Fenerci | M.S. |
| Civil Engineering | Utku Akkaya | M.S. |
| Computer Education and Instructional Technology | Mithat Çiçek | Ph.D. on B.S. |
| Computer Education and Instructional Technology | Berkan Çelik | M.S. |
| Computer Engineering | Ziya Özkan Göktürk | Ph.D. |
| Computer Engineering | Utku Şirin | M.S. |
| Earth System Sciences | Batuhan Eren Engin | M.S. |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Özlem Tuğfe Demir | M.S. |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | Onur Çulha | Ph.D. |
| Environmental Engineering | Hale Demirtepe | Ph.D. |
| Environmental Engineering | Ayşe Özgül Çallıoğlu | M.S. |
| Environmental Engineering | Aybala Koç | M.S. |
| Geological Engineering | Mustafa Kaplan | M.S. |
| Mechanical Engineering | Hayrettin Ulaş Akova | M.S. |
| Mechanical Engineering | Taner Kalaycıoğlu | Ph.D. |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Burcu Arslan | M.S. |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Coşkun Şahin | Ph.D |
| Micro and Nanotechnology | Mehmet Koç | M.S. |
| Mining Engineering | Canberk Aras | M.S. |
| Mining Engineering | Bekir Artam Atalay | M.S. |
| Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering | Cansu Afşar | M.S. |
| Polymer Science and Technology | Hatice Esra Oğuztürk | M.S. |
| Statistics | Dinçer Göksülük | Ph.D. |
Graduate School of Social Sciences
| Department | Student's Name and Surname | Program |
| Asian Studies | Yaprak Olcay | M.S. |
| Business Administration | Ebru Yıldız | M.B.A |
| Business Administration | Eren Taran | M.B.A |
| Business Administration | Bahadır Tevfik Güler | Ph.D. on B.S. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Pelin Erdoğan | M.S. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Gülçin Mutlu | Ph.D. |
| Economics | Abdurrahman Yılmaz | M.S. |
| Elementary Education | Zuhal Yılmaz | Ph.D. |
| Elementary Science and Mathematics Education | Rukiye Ayan | M.S. |
| English Language Teaching | Yasemin Erdoğan | M.A. |
| Eurasian Studies | Büke Tosun | M.A. |
| Executive Master of Business Administration | Burçe Tural | M.B.A |
| Executive Master of Business Administration | Semih Zafer Tiryaki | M.B.A |
| International Relations | Büşra Barın | M.S. |
| International Relations | TolgahanAkdan | M.S. |
| Middle East Studies | Kübra Oğuz | M.S. |
| Political Science and Public Administration | Serdar Oluğ | M.S. |
| Psychology | Ece Akça | M.S. |
| Psychology | Begüm Babuşcu | M.S. |
| Science and Technology Policy Studies | Osman Gürcan Ozan | Ph.D. |
| German-Turkish Social Sciences | John Morris Dykes | M.A. |
| German-Turkish Social Sciences | Martin Joormann | M.A. |
| German-Turkish Social Sciences | Daniel William Meehan | M.A. |
| Sociology | Zeynep Baykal | Ph.D. |
| Sociology | Emre Sünter | Ph.D. |
| Urban Policy Planning and Local Governments | Ufuk Poyraz | Ph.D. |
| Urban Policy Planning and Local Governments | Emine Merve Önder | Ph.D. |
Graduate School of Applied Mathematics
| Department | Student’s Name and Surname | Program |
| Cryptography | Fuad Hamidli | Ph.D. |
| Scientific Computing | Simge Güneri | M.S. |
| Scientific Computing | Tuğba Akman | Ph.D |
Graduate School of Informatics
| Department | Student’s Name and Surname | Program |
| Information Systems | Şeyma Küçüközer | M.S. |
THESIS AWARDS
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Mustafa Kulakçı, PhD
Silicon Nanostructures for Electro-Optical and Photovoltaic Applications
Physics, Prof.Dr.Raşit Turan (advisor)
Fatih Şen, PhD
The Preparation and Analysis of New Carbon Supported Pt and Pt+Second Metal Nanoparticles Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
Chemistry, Prof.Dr.Gülsün Gökağaç Arslan (advisor)
Neslihan Kulözü, PhD
Socio-Psychological Dimensions of Participatory Processes: In the Case of the Local Government and NGO Cooperation in Participatory Democracy Project
City and Regional Planning, Assoc.Prof.Dr.Anlı Ataöv (advisor), Prof.Dr. İlhan Tekeli (co-advisor)
Okan Tarık Komesli, PhD
Removal of Endocrine Disrupter Compounds and Trace Organics in Membrane Bioreactors
Environmental Engineering , Prof.Dr.Celal Ferdi Gökçay (advisor)
Barış Erdil, PhD
Behavior of CFRP Confined Concrete Specimens Under Temperature Cycles and Sustained Loads
Civil Engineering, Prof.Dr.Uğurhan Akyüz (advisor), Prof.Dr.İsmail Özgür Yaman (co-advisor)
Şebnem Garip, PhD
Investigation of Drug-Related Changes on Bone Tissues of Rat Animal Models in Healthy and Disease States
Biochemistry, Prof.Dr.Feride Severcan (advisor), Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sreeparna Banerjee (co-advisor)
Yavuz İnal,PhD
Physically Interactive Educational Game Design for Children: Defining Design Principles
Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Prof.Dr.Kürşat Çağıltay (advisor)
Arda Özen,PhD
Impact of Top Down and Bottom Up Controls on the Microbial Loop in Turkish Shallow Lakes: Space for Time Substitute, Monitoring and Mesocosms Approaches
Biology, Prof.Dr. Meryem Beklioğlu Yerli (advisor), Prof. Dr. Erik Jeppesen (co-advisor)
Tuğba Kaya Deniz, MSc.
Solution Processable Benzotriazole, Benzimidazole and Biphenyl Containing Conjugated Copolymers for Optoelectronic Applications
Polymer Science and Technology, Assoc.Prof.Dr.Ali Çırpan(advisor)
Özgün Özçakır,Msc.
Interpretation and Presentation of Natural and Cultural Heritage Sites: Environmental Design Project for Göreme Open Air Museum
Architecture-Restoration, Assoc.Prof.Dr.Neriman Şahin Güçhan (advisor)
Şahin Coşkun, MSc.
Synthesis of Silver Nanowires Through Polyol Process
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Assist.Prof.Dr.Hüsnü Emrah Ünalan (advisor)
Egemen Yıldırım,MSc.
Development of Multi-Layered Circuit Analog Radar Absorbing Structures
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Prof.Dr.Özlem Aydın Çivi (advisor)
Yekta Bakırlıoğlu,MSc.
Biomimicry for Sustainability: An Educational Project in Sustainable Product Design
Industrial Design, Assist. Prof. Dr.Çağla Doğan (advisor)
Graduate School of Social Sciences - Thesis Awards
Ekin Ayşe Özşuca, PhD
Banks and Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism: An Empirical Analysis for Turkey,
Economics, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Akbostancı (advisor)
Pelin Gürol Öngören, PhD
Displaying Cultural Heritage, Defining Collective Identity: Museums from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Early Turkish Republic,
History of Architecture, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elvan AltanErgut (advisor)
Dilek Sarıtaş, Doktora
Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents: Maternal Rearing Behaviors, Basic Personality Traits and Emotion Regulation Processes,
Psychology, Prof. Dr. Tülin Gençöz (advisor)
Kurtuluş Cengiz,PhD
The Tale of Industrialization in a Small Town in Turkey: Hacılar - Kayseri,
Sociology, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Şen (advisor)
Ayça Erinç Erdal, PhD
History and Education in the İnönü Era: Changes and Continuities on Perceptions of History and its Reflections on Educational Practices,
History, Prof. Dr. Seçil Karal Akgün (advisor)
Seda Ekmen Özçelik, PhD
Turkey’s Export Competitiveness in the EU-15 Market,
Economics, Prof. Dr. Güzin Erlat (advisor)
DeryaÇokal, PhD
The Online and Offline Processing of this, that and it by Native Speakers of English and by Turkish Non-Native Speakers of English,
English Language Teaching, Prof. Dr. Wolf König (advisor), Dr. Patrick Stuart (co-advisor)
Sedef Algı, M.A.
Hedges and Boosters in L1 and L2 Argumentative Paragraphs: Implications for Teaching L2 Academic Writing,
English Language Teaching, Assoc. Prof. Dr. ÇilerHatipoğlu (advisor)
Graduate School of Informatics
Gözde Bahadır, PhD
Structural Priming in Turkish Genitive-Possessive Constructions
Cognitive Science, Assist.Prof.Dr.Annette Hohenberger (advisor), Prof.Dr.Deniz Zeyrek Bozşahin (co-advisor)
Lal Gamze Bozgeyikli, MSc.
Introducing Tangible Objects into Motion Controlled Gameplay Using Microsoft Kinect
Modeling and Simulation, Prof.Dr.Veysi İşler (advisor)
Evren Can Bozgeyikli, MSc.
Introducing Rolling Axis Into Motion Controlled Gameplay as a New Degree of Freedom Using Microsoft Kinect
Modeling and Simulation, Prof.Dr.Veysi İşler (advisor)
Institute of Applied Mathematics
Hamdullah Yücel, PhD
Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Convection Dominated Optimal Control Problems,
Scientific Computing, Bülent Karasözen (advisor)
Serkan Zeytun, PhD
Risk Measurement, Management and Option Pricing Via a New Log-normal Sum Approximation Method
Financial Mathematics, Ömür Uğur(advisor), Ralf Korn(co-advisor)
Mete Tepe, MSc
Market Reaction to Rights Offering Announcements in the Turkish Stock Market
Financial Mathematics, Seza Danışoğlu(advisor)
