ITU/EED-EBRC
Istanbul Technical University-Faculty of Civil Engineering
Profile
Environmental Biotechnology Research Center (EBRC) was founded as one out of the 10 national interdisciplinary centers of excellence established jointly by The Scientific and Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), to manage existing R&D potential, to keep up with the emerging scientific and technological developments, to generate cooperative contribution to the international science base and to train new researchers.
:: Foundation and Organization
The Environmental Biotechnology Research Center was founded in 1997, based on the consensus between TUBITAK and the Environmental Engineering Department (EED) at the Istanbul Technical University (ITU), as a research center located at the main campus of ITU. After the closure of the consent in 2002, EBRC has continued its activities embodied exclusively in ITU-EED, which has been housing the Center since its foundation, and has significant contribution via satisfying the physical needs of the EBRC, as well as providing top-quality researcher profile. To ensure the long-term objective of creating new momentum in the field of environmental biotechnology, the EBRC continues to carry out fundamental, strategic and applied research activities since May 2004 at its new location; Dr. Sedat Üründül Environmental Sciences Laboratory, at ITU-EED, to nurture the knowledge infrastructure and to extend knowledge-application interface.
:: Objectives
The EBRC, combining the principles of basic sciences with engineering methodologies within the context of understanding, manipulation and utilization of the potential of the microbial world for the improvement of environmental quality, occupies a central and leading role in Turkey in the field of environmental biotechnology. The prime concerns of the EBRC are to lead the way in determining local and international research priorities in environmental biotechnology and to develop a knowledge-application interface where the gap still exists in translating research outcomes into practical realities. The individual and collective strengths, research, and expertise generating from EBRC are strongly believed to serve for the realization of the long-term commitment of the EBRC to create and implement innovative, appropriate, feasible, and sustainable solutions for the elucidation of real-world problems, addressing the needs of the national and international communities, in the field of environmental biotechnology.
:: Staff
Prof. Dr. Derin ORHON
Prof. Dr. Nazik ARTAN
Prof. Dr. Fatoş GERMİRLİ BABUNA
Prof. Dr. Orhan İNCE
Prof. Dr. İzzet ÖZTÜRK
Prof. Dr. Seval SÖZEN
Assoc. Prof. Dr. İdil ARSLAN-ALATON
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülen EREMEKTAR
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdem GÖRGÜN
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rüya TAŞLI
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emine UBAY ÇOKGÖR
Dr. Süleyman ÖVEZ
Egemen AYDIN
Serdar DOĞRUEL
Ebru DULEKGURGEN
Didem GÜVEN
Özlem KARAHAN
Güçlü İNSEL
Nevin ÖZGÜR YAĞCI
:: Research Activity Areas
In the EBRC, there are currently 18 researchers (6 professors, 5 associate professors, 1 lecturer, and 6 young researchers) conducting research activities in the core research areas of environmental biotechnology, including:
:: Achievements/Outputs
On the base of extensive research activities carried out at the EBRC, 13 research projects listed below were successfully finalized and more than 60 scientific papers were published in journals cited in Science Citation Index.
· Computer Aided Design of Nitrogen Removal Activated Sludge Systems
· Assessment of Carbon Removal and Nitrification-Denitrification Kinetics for Tannery Wastewaters
· Assessment of Denitrification Kinetics using Endogenous Carbon and Fermentation Products
· Assessment of Hydrolysis Mechanism and Yield Coefficient for Different Industrial Wastewaters
· Wastewater Characterization and Biological Treatability for Agro-industries
· Effect of Nitrification-Denitrification Processes on Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal in Sequencing Batch Reactors
· Standardization of the Design Procedure for Single Sludge Nitrogen Removal Systems for Domestic Wastewaters
· Treatability of Corn Wet Mill Wastewaters
· Experimental Basis for the Modeling of Enhanced Biological Phosphorus removal
· Modeling of Activated Sludge Process with the Introduction of Storage Phenomena
· Wastewater Recycle and Reuse in Wool Finishing Textile Industry
· Behavior of Moving Bed Sequencing Batch Reactor
· Filamentous Organisms Causing Bulking and Foaming Problems and Their Effect on Population Dynamics
The accumulation of expertise generating from the research activities of EBRC combined with the top-quality academia affiliated with the EBRC enabled the establishment of a new Graduate Program in EnviroBioTech in Fall-2002.
:: Future Targets and Priorities
:: Contact
For more information about EBRC, contact us by mail, email, phone or fax:
Prof.
Dr. Derin ORHON,
Chairman Environmental Biotechnology Research Center (EnviroBiotechRC)
Istanbul Technical University
Civil Engineering Faculty
Maslak 34469,
Istanbul, TURKEY
E-mail : dorhon@ins.itu.edu.tr
Phone : +90 212 285 3855
Fax : +90 212 285 3336