Demirel's Hydrology and Remote Sensing LAB

Education:

PostDoc: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland - GEUS.dk (8.2015-10.2017)
PostDoc: Portland State University, USA (12.2013-7.2015)
PhD: University of Twente, the Netherlands, Water Engineering and Management (8.2008-2.2014)
Erasmus Mundus: Universidad de Cádiz, Spain, Water and Coastal Management - WACOMA (8.2005-3.2007)
MSc: İstanbul Technical University, Water Engineering (2004)
BSc: Selçuk University, Civil Engineering (2001)

PhD Students:

Master Students:

Alumni:

Özgür Yılmaz
Halil İbrahim Demir (now at Dolfen)
Ayberk Yiğit (now at Tetratürk)
Oğulcan Gültekin (now at Rönesans)
Emre Salkım (now at Gelişim Üniv)
Eymen Berkay Yorulmaz (now at Universal Yazılım A.Ş.)
Eyyup Ensar Başakın (now at Wisconsin Madison)
Lütfü Kaynar (now at Su-Yapı A.Ş.)
Samet Kıran (now at İSKİ)
Enes Ergün (2023 MSc, now PhD candidate at Alfred-Wegener-Institut)
Utku Demirci (2023 MSc, now at Suiş Proje)
Muhammet Bahattin Avcuoğlu (2023 PhD, now at DSİ, Head of the Flood Control Dept.)
Mehmet Melih Koşucu (2022 PhD, now at İTÜ, assist. prof.)
Harun Alp (2022 MSc, now at Ege University)
Emirhan Özsoy (2022 MSc, now at ARUP)
Ibrahim Olayode Busari (2021 MSc, Uni. of Bologna, now PhD candidate at Clemson Uni.)
Maysoun Hameed (2015 MSc, Portland State University, now Senior Engineer at the General Commission for Irrigation and Reclamation Projects/ Ministry of Water Resources/Iraq)
Pieter Bouwma (2011 MSc, UT)
Jasper Bisterbosch (2010 MSc, UT)
Behnam Sarshad (now in Germany)
Mücahit Oruç (now Growth Manager at Rollic)
Alparslan Özen (Chalmers University of Technology - Erasmus 2021)
Abdullah Kılıç (now at İSKİ)
Mehmet Eray Yılmaz (now at İSKİ)
Hakan Tongal (UT-Erasmus-2009)
Ahmet Bilal Sağ (now at İSKİ)
Süleyman Furkan Kırkıl (now at Rönesans)

Research Topics:

Hydrology

Hydrologic modeling
Spatial calibration of distributed models (e.g. mHM and MIKE-SHE)
Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty analysis
Conceptual and data-driven models
Climate change impacts on extreme events (floods and droughts) using CMIP5 data
Monte Carlo simulations,Latin Hybercube Sampling
Ensemble ECMWF products and their effects on short range and seasonal flow forecasts
Optimization, time series analysis, source apportionment, circular statistics
Urban Hydrology
Stormwater Management
Smart Flood Measures

Remote Sensing

Hydraulics

Products:
mesoscale Hydrologic Model

SPAtial EFficiency (SPAEF) – a new metric for pattern comparison

Research Projects:

Title	Funder	Budget	Period
Earth Surface Model Investigation of Cascading Earthquake Hazards augmented by field and remote sensing observations	NASA - (Grant 24-ESI24-0031) (Grant 22-RRNES22-0010)	594.000 $	06/21/2024 - 06/21/2027
Coseismic landslides and cascading hazards of the Feb 6, 2023 Turkiye earthquake: Preliminary database development and modeling analysis	NASA (Grant 22-RRNES22-0010) (Grant 22-RRNES22-0010)	120.000 $	27/05/2023 - 27/05/2024
Yağmursuyu ve Gri Suyun Geri Kazanımında Yapay Zekâ Destekli Yönetim Sistemi Geliştirilmesi	İTÜ BAP-DAP (Grant MDA-2022-43762)	300.000 ₺	30/06/2022 - 01/07/2024
The effect of different uncertainty sources on flood and drought prediction performance of hydrologic models	TÜBITAK 2232 International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers Programme (Grant 118C020)	89.500 ₺	01/05/2018 - 02/12/2019
SPAtial Calibration and Evaluation in distributed hydrological modeling using satellite remote sensing data (SPACE)	Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (Grant VKR023443)	930.000 €	01/08/2015 - 30/09/2017
Comprehensive Assessment of Climate Change over the Columbia River Basin with Characterizing and Reducing the Uncertainties on Hydrologic Projections	Department of Energy, USA (Grant 00063182)	400.000 $	13/12/2013 - 01/07/2015
Seasonal and Long-term Prediction of Low flows in the Rhine Basin	Dr. Ir. Cornelis Lely Stichting (Grant 20957310)	160.000 €	01/08/2008 - 20/02/2014

Teaching:

Editorial Board & COST Membership:

Editor - Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (Link)
Associate Editor - Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) (Link)
Larhyss Journal - ISSN 1112-3680 (Link)
SI Guest Editor - Water (Switzerland) (Link)
SI Guest Editor - Remote Sensing (Link)
SI Guest Editor - Hydrology (Link)
MC Substitute for CA17109 - Understanding and modeling compound climate and weather events (Link)

Awards:

2021: Publons Top Editor (Link)
2019: Publons Top Peer Reviewer (Link)
2019: Türkiye 1. Su Yönetimi Ödülü (Üniversite Kategorisinde Birincilik) (Link)
2016: AGU travel award - San Francisco (3000$) by GEUS - Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
2006: EU A3 Mundus travel award - Miami University (4200€) by Universidade do Algarve

Summer schools:

4-11 July 2021: Hydrologic Modeling Training Workshop (2000$+VAT per person) organized by ITUNOVA-TTO

workshop

PhD candidate Mr. Faisal Baig from UAEU

workshop

Künye-Kütük: 1980 Konya - Taşkent (Pirlerkondu - Garallar/Vahaplar/Körpeler): Mustafa oğlu Ahmed (1892)

Publications:

Videos:

TEZ SUNUMU	EGU - 2016 SUNUMU	AYBE SUNUMU
PROQUEST YAYIN YAPMAK SUNUMU	İTÜ KARİYER ZİRVESİ - 2008	TAF-NETWORK Röportaj
SPAEF METRİĞİ	HSK531E - MAKALE YAZARLARI (İTÜ HABER Linki )	HSK531E - MAKALE YAZARLARI (İTÜ HABER Linki )
HSK531E - MAKALE YAZARLARI (İTÜ HABER Linki )	HSK531E - MAKALE YAZARLARI (İTÜ HABER Linki )	HSK531E - MAKALE YAZARLARI (İTÜ HABER Linki )