Koc University

Koc Engineering

Highlights

- Koc University will be hosting the International Workshop on Hybrid Systems: Modeling, Simulation and Optimization (May 14-16, 2008)

- Our paper on 2-stage algorithm for predicting protein secondary structures is published. (August 13, 2007)

- Metin Turkay is the recipient of IBM SUR Award. It is the first IBM SUR Award given to a researcher in Turkey. (July 18, 2007)# # # # # # #

- Metin Turkay delivers semi-plenary talk in EURO XXII Conference in Czech Republic on Operations Research in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Medicine (July 10, 2007).

- Our paper on QSAR Analysis of DHP Antogonosits is published. (June 9, 2007)

- Our work on drug design was featured in AKSAM daily newspaper (May 26, 2007) > #

- SystemsLab group members Fadime Uney Yuksektepe and Ali Ozturk successfully defended their PhD Proposals. (March 14, 2007)

- SystemsLab group members Fadime Uney Yuksektepe and Ali Ozturk passed the PhD Qualifying Exam. (September 14, 2006)

- Our paper on model predictive control of supply chain systems is published. (September 12, 2006)

- Metin Turkay's TÜBİTAK Young Scientist Encouragement Award is featured in Milliyet daily newspaper (August 10, 2006) >

- Metin Turkay is awarded with TUBITAK Young Scientist Encouragement Award for his contributions to mixed-integer programming (July 24, 2006)

- Our paper on collaboration for environmentally conscious energy systems is published. (Aug 10, 2006)

- Our paper on a new method for multi-class data classification is published is published. (Aug 10, 2006)

- Metin Turkay is elected as the Chair of EURO Working Group on Operational Research in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Medicine. (July 5, 2006)

People at SystemsLab

Metin Turkay
Associate Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering
Tel: +90 (212) 338-1586
Fax: +90 (212) 338-1548
E-Mail: mturkay[at]ku.edu.tr

Graduate Students

Ugur Kaplan
PhD Student (4th year)

Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
E-Mail: ukaplan[at]ku.edu.tr

Onay Batur
PhD Student (2nd year)

Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
E-Mail: obatur[at]ku.edu.tr

 

Narges Shahraki
PhD Student (1st year)

Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
E-Mail: nshahraki[at]ku.edu.tr

Bora Kabatepe

M.S. Student (2nd year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: bkabatepe[at]ku.edu.tr

Buse Aras

M.S. Student (2nd year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: baras[at]ku.edu.tr

Zeynep Ozsarp

M.S. Student (2nd year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: zozsarp[at]ku.edu.tr

Yigit Can Oren

M.S. Student (2nd year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: canoren[at]ku.edu.tr

 

Irem Donmez

M.S. Student (1st year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: idonmez[at]ku.edu.tr

Ali Fattahi

M.S. Student (1st year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: afattahi[at]ku.edu.tr

Aysim G. Kublay

M.S. Student (1st year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: akublay[at]ku.edu.tr

H. Giray Resat

M.S. Student (1st year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: gresat[at]ku.edu.tr

Damla Sener

M.S. Student (1st year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: dasener[at]ku.edu.tr

Ezgi Seremet

M.S. Student (1st year) Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: eseremet[at]ku.edu.tr

Visitors

Youssef Masmoudi

PhD Candidate (4th year), Logiq Laboratory: Logistics, Industrial Management and Quality, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia

Advisor: Prof. Habib Chabchoub

Undergraduate Students

Deniz Uzun

SR, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: duzun[at]ku.edu.tr

Halit Bayer

SR, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: hbayer[at]ku.edu.tr

Basak Baysal

SR, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: babaysal[at]ku.edu.tr

Aysenur Kinoglu

SR, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: akinoglu[at]ku.edu.tr

Deniz Bilge

JR, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: dbilge[at]ku.edu.tr

 

Pinar Hasboyaci

SO, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: phasboyaci[at]ku.edu.tr

Ozge Ozguleryuz

SO, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: oozguleryuz[at]ku.edu.tr

Gul Kamisli

SO, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: gkamisli[at]ku.edu.tr

 

Adil A. Seney

FR, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: aseney[at]ku.edu.tr

 

Verda Ozturk

FR, Department of Industrial Engineering
E-Mail: vozturk[at]ku.edu.tr

Alumni

Fadime Uney Yuksektepe
 Degree, Year: PhD, 2009
Thesis Title: MILP Based Hyper-box Enclosure Approach for Multi-Class Data Classification
Current Job: Asst, Prof., Istanbul Kultur University

Mehmet Can Arslan
 Degree, Year: PhD, 2011

Thesis Title: Modeling and Analysis of Sustainable Supply Chain Systems

Current Job: Military Service

Arda Gezdur
Degree, Year: M.S., 2003
Thesis Title: Integrated Vehicle Routing And Warehouse Location Problem
Current Job: Aygaz

Esen Mestan
Degree, Year: M.S., 2003
Thesis Title: Application of MPC for Optimization of Centralized and Decentralized Supply Chain Systems

Current Job: Avon Cosmetics, UK

Ozlem Yilmaz
Degree, Year: M.S., 2003
Thesis Title: A Two-Stage Mathematical Programming Algorithm for Predicting Secondary Structures of Proteins
Current Job: ORACLE

Cihan Oruc
Degree, Year: M.S., 2003
Thesis Title: Analysis of Multi-Company Collaborative Supply Chain Management Using MILP
Current Job: Bosch

Erhan Deniz
Degree, Year: M.S., 2004
Thesis Title: Inventory Management with Unreliable Suppliers
Currently PhD Candidate, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University

Sabri Bora Erdemli
Degree, Year: M.S., 2005
Thesis Title: Analysis of Hot Spots in Protein-Protein Interactions
Currently PhD Candidate, Biophysics Department, John Hopkins University

Ahu Soylu
Degree, Year: M.S., 2005
Thesis Title: Modeling and Analysis of Energy Production Systems for Environmentally Conscious Supply Chain Management
Currently PhD Candidate, London Business School

Burcu Saglam
Degree, Year: M.S., 2005
Thesis Title: A Mixed-Integer Programming Approach to the Clustering Problem with an Application in Customer Segmentation
Currently PhD Candidate, Technology and Operations Management, EPFL
 

Zeynep Orman
Degree, Year: M.S., 2005
Thesis Title: The Location-Routing Problem with Inventory Control Considerations: Formulation, Solution Method and Computational Results

Current Job: Strategy Manager at Akbank

Suat Bog
Degree, Year: M.S., 2006
Thesis Title: Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and the Location-Routing Problem

PhD Degreee, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida

Current Job: Senior Operations Research Specialist at Cheetah Software Systems

Eda Yucel
 Degree, Year: M.S., 2006
Thesis Title: Product Assortment under Customer-Driven Demand Substitution in Retail Operations

Current Job: TemSA

M. Emre Ozdemir
Degree, Year: M.S., 2007

Thesis Title: Structure-Based Drug Design for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Currently PhD Candidate, EPFL-Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Pinar Kahraman
 Degree, Year: M.S., 2008

Thesis Title: Algorithms and Methods for Pre and Post Structure Based Drug Design
Currently PhD Candidate, Vrije University

Pelin Armutlu
 Degree, Year: M.S., 2008

Thesis Title: Structure-Based Drug Design and QSAR analysis of candidate drugs for the treatment of Cancer

Currently PhD Candidate, Southewestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas

Guven Kaya

Degree, Year: M.S., 2008

Thesis Title: Integration of Facility Location and Layout of Intermodal Transportation System with Scheduling

Currently PhD Candidate, Texas A&M University

Mehmet Mumtaz Bakan

Degree, Year: M.S., 2009

Thesis Title: Optimization of Decentralized Supply Chain Systems with Information Sharing and Upstream Competition

Ali Ozturk

Degree, Year: M.S., 2009

Thesis Title: Optimization Models for Energy Productions Systems

Current Job: Intel in Portland, Oregon

Onur Dagliyan
 Degree, Year: M.S., 2010

Thesis Title: Hyper-Box Enclosure Method and its Application to Microarray Analysis Hyper-Box Enclosure Method and its Application to Microarray Analysis

Currently PhD Candidate, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ezgi Dagyildiz
 Degree, Year: M.S., 2010

Thesis Title: Computational Screening for the Discovery of Small Molecule Regulators of Insulin Degrading Enzyme

Currently Job: Yapi Kredi Bankasi

Ozge Arslan Demiryapan
 Degree, Year: M.S., 2010

Thesis Title: Finding the Extrema of Continuous Piecewise Linear Functions

Current Job: Citibank

Fatih Bagci

Degree, Year: M.S., 2011

Thesis Title: Planning of Disassembly, Refurbishing, and Remanufacturing Operations in a Generic Closed Loop Supply Chain under Uncertain Demand and Returns

Current Job: Selco Systems Engineering & Logistics Consulting

Meric Ataman

Degree, Year: M.S., 2011

Thesis Title: Mathematical Modeling of Circadian Clock

Currently PhD Candidate, EPFL-Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Ahu Telli
Degree, Year: M.B.A., 2004
Current Job: Eczacibasi

Mustafa Emrah Coskun
Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2004
Current Job: P&G

Eda Kaya
Degree, Year: B.A. in Business Adm., 2004
Currently MS Candidate, Department of Industrial Engineering, Koç University

Sibel Bilge Sonuc
Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2005
 Currently PhD Candidate, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida

Ahmet Bakan
Degree, Year: B.S. in Chemistry, 2005
Currently PhD Candidate, Department of Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Mehmet Murat Zengin
Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2005
Current Job: Ford-Otosan

Ibrahim Halil Kanalici
Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2005
Current Job: IBM

Murat Karabacak
Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2005
Currently MS Candidate, Sweden

Osman Nuri Yogutcu
 Degree, Year: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2006
 Currently PhD Candidate, Biophysics Department, John Hopkins University

Zafer Akin
 Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2006
Current Job: Innovation Center Lead at Hewlett-Packard

Ali Bahtiyar
 Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2007
Current Job: Kronos Holding

Burak Baskurt

Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2008
 Currently MS Candidate, Columbia University

Ozge Tuncel

Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2010
 Currently MS Candidate, Department of Industrial Engineering, Koç University

 

Ayse Nur Kibar

Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2010
 Currently MS Candidate, Department of Industrial Engineering, Koç University

Sinem Eskin

Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2010
 Currently MS Candidate, Logistics and Supply Chain, University of East Anglia

Ozgur Dogan

Degree, Year: B.S. in Ind. Eng., 2011

Current Job: Owner at Nappsak