Muhammed Şahin Rector

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1 Istanbul Technical University s Research Activites in the areas of Energy and Climate Change Muhammed Şahin Rector

2 Istanbul Technical University Established in Faculties 5 Graduate Institutes Energy Institute Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences Institute of Sciences and Technology Institute of Informatics Institute of Social Sciences 13 Research Centers, 340 Research Labs Music Conservatory School of Foreign Languages Student Enrollment Undergraduate students: Graduate students (2000 PhD, 5000 MSc): 7000 Total : Full time Staff Academic Staff: 2200 Administrative Staff: 1200 Total : 3400

3 Istanbul Technical University - 21 engineering programs are accredited by ABET. - Architechure Faculty was evaluated by NAAB - Maritime Faculty by IMO - The University has been also evaluated by EUA - 12 Dual Degree Programs with the US universities

4 Istanbul Technical University in Numbers Total Annual Budget (2009) : 200 M

5 ITU SCIENCE PARK SUCCESS Among 19 Science Parks in Turkey 47 % of patents 36 % of trademarks 31 % of turnover 57 % of imports 48 % of exports 45 % of research funds 85 % of TTGV research funds are produced by ITU Science Park (26000 square meters working space) A new building with square meters is under construction

6 Recent Flood Disaster in Istanbul

7 Climate & Energy ITU Prominent research/graduate institutes: Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences: interdisciplinary earth system science Regional climate research Regional pollutant transport Active and paleo tectonics: earthquake hazards Energy Institute Renewable and new energy technologies Energy efficiency

8 Schools and Institutes for Energy Research Energy Institute Engineering Departments - Electrical and electronic engineering - Mechanical engineering - Chemical engineering - Civil engineering - Aeronautic engineering - Meteorological engineering - Petroleum and natural gas engineering Other departments - Chemistry - Architecture

9 Energy Research Wind Solar Geothermal Hydrogen New technologies for energy conversion and storage Energy efficiency Hydroelectric and wave Bio Nuclear

10 Climate Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences What happened in the past? Not everything is due to human impacts, there is natural climate variability What will happen in the future? Global climate change is a scientifically established fact, there is a need to narrow down the uncertainties

11 High Performance Computing Under the Informatics Institute: National Center for High Performance Computing cores, 6+ Tflops, 500+ TB of storage

12 Change in mean temperature (K) in Turkey WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL Temperatures will rise 6 degrees in southeastern Turkey in the next century

13 Change in Surface Runoff (mm/season) in Turkey The rainfall in Anatolia will increase in the Spring in 40 years Drought is expected in Eastern Anatolia with in the next century Rainfall in the northeastern part of Turkey will increase 30% in the winter

14 Wind ITU s Research Activities on Energy Incipient failure detection for large scale wind turbines Characterization and performance measurement of small scale wind turbines Rotor design of wind turbines Energy Institute Aeronautical Eng g Meteorological Eng g SOLAR CAR 1st and 2nd in Solar Car Formula G Solar Analysis and optimization of solar-wind-hydrogen hybrite energy systems On site characterization of PV panels Selective surface materials for hot water collectors Thin film solar cells Energy Institute Chemistry Electrical Eng g SOLAR BOAT 3rd in Solar Splash 2007 USA 2nd in 2008

15 ITU s Research Activities on Energy Geothermal Characterization of geothermal reservoirs Performance prediction for geothermal systems Petroleum & Natural Gas Eng g Hydrogen Direct methanol fuel cells Mathematical modelling of PEM fuel cells Liquid hydrogen storage Carbon nano tubes for hydrogen storage Energy Institute Chemistry Chemical Eng g

16 ITU s Research Activities on Energy New Technologies for Energy Conversion and Storage Thermoelectric energy conversion Cryogenic energy conversion and storage New physical effetcs for nano scale energy conversion and storage Battery degradation and state of charge modelling Energy Institute Energy Efficiency, Planning and Management Energy efficiency audits for industry and building sector Design of efficient lighting systems Energy performance evaluation tools for buildings Energy modelling studies Energy Institute Electrical Eng g Architecture Energy efficient building design

17 ITU s Research Activities on Energy Hydroelectric and Wave Experimental hydraulic analysis for hydro-power systems Performance measurements of small scale hydroturbines and pumps Mechanical Eng g Civil Eng g Wave energy potential analysis for Turkey s coastline. Bio Biomass conversion technologies Chemical Eng g Nuclear Nuclear techniques for industrial and medical applications Low level radiation detection Nuclear reactor engineering Neutronic and thermohydraulic modelling Energy Institute Physics

18 Global issues require Global collaboration

19 Climate Change Energy Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences Energy Institute Thank you!.