BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

1. BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITYFACULTY OF ENGINEERING H. Levent Akın, Dean

2. HISTORYFoundation Robert College • Robert College, founded by Dr. Cyrus Hamlin and Mr. Christopher Rheinlander Robert in 1863, was the first American institution of higher learning outside the United States. • Transition to Boğaziçi University in 1971 • Faculty of Engineering was established in 1912 • Civil Engineering CE (1912) • Electrical Engineering EE (1912) • Mechanical Engineering ME (1912) • Chemical EngineeringChE (1958) • Industrial Engineering IE (1973) • Computer Engineering CmpE (1981)

3. Faculty of Engineering The mission of the BU Facultyof Engineering is to educate individuals for careers of leadership and innovation in industry, government and educational institutions; to expand the engineering knowledge base through original research; to contribute through professional services towards more prosperous and sustainable society. The vision of the BU Faculty of Engineering is to continue to employ the best faculty and to admit the best students in Turkey with the aim of becoming one of the top engineering schools in the world in the areas of education, research and technology development.

4. Engineering Degrees Granted

5. High Standards • ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS… Examined by European University Association (EUA) in 1999, academic and administrative perfection of Boğaziçi University has been approved by EUA. • ENGINEERING FACULTY THAT HAS BEEN PROVED TO BE IN WORLD STANDARDS... After ABET’s (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) evaluation on Boğaziçi University Engineering Faculty in 1997, 2004, and 2009 contents and the level of the programs in the faculty were shown to be equivalent to the universities in USA and all departments were found to be in accordance with ABET standards.

6. Student Admission Standards • Top 0.3-0.6 percent of ~ 1.5 million candidates taking the Central Placement Examination

7. ENGINEERING FACULTYDEPARTMENTS

8. Department of Chemical Engineering • Kutlu Ülgen, Chair • ulgenk@boun.edu.tr • http://www.che.boun.edu.tr • RESEARCH RESOURCES: • 18 faculty members • Biomolecular Engineering • Catalyst Technologies and Reaction Engineering • Polymer and Biopolymer Engineering • Process Engineering ChE

9. Department of Civil Engineering • Turan Özturan, Chair • ozturan@boun.edu.tr • http://www.ce.boun.edu.tr • RESEARCH RESOURCES: • 25 faculty members • Structures Laboratory • Construction Materials Laboratory • Soil Mechanics Laboratory • Environmental Engineering Laboratory • Hydraulics Laboratory • Main focus in research:sustainable solutions, • hazard mitigation, innovative materials and technologies CE

10. Department of Computer Engineering • Lale Akarun, Chair , akarun@boun.edu.tr • Most preferred undergraduate program nationally; admit 70 students/yr • RESEARCH RESOURCES: • 28 faculty members; 19 full time • 200 grad students – 100 PhD students • Best publication record nationally; 2 j.p./yr • Artificial Intelligence Laboratory • Complex Systems Laboratory • Computer Architecture and Systems Laboratory • Computer Networks Research Laboratory • Media Laboratory • Perceptual Intelligence Laboratory • Satellite Networks Research Laboratory • Software Engineering Research Laboratory • TAM Project CmpE

11. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Bülent Sankur, Chair • bulent.sankur@boun.edu.tr • http://www.ee.boun.edu.tr • RESEARCH RESOURCES: • 24 faculty members • BETA: Bogazici University Electronics Design Laboratory • BUSIM: Signal and Image Processing Laboratory • BUSIM / VAVlab: Volumetric Analysis & Visualization Group • ISL: Intelligent Systems Laboratory • LAL: Lung Acoustics Laboratory • Mechatronics Laboratory • BUMEMS: BU Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Laboratory • BUSIM / SPG: Speech Processing Group • WCL: Wireless Communication Laboratory • MNL: Micro Nano Characterization Laboratory • NECS: Networked & Embedded Control Systems Laboratory EE

12. Department of Industrial Engineering • http://www.ie.boun.edu.tr • Yaman Barlas, Chair, ybarlas@boun.edu.tr • Most preferred undergraduate IE program • nationally; admits 55 students/yr from • first 0.05% • Emphasis on OR and “systems” perspective • RESEARCH RESOURCES: • 17 faculty members • ErgoLab - Ergonomics Laboratory • BUFAIM - Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Laboratory • MMS - Manufacturing Management Systems Laboratory • SESDYN - Socio-Economic System Dynamics Laboratory • Other main research groups and topics: • Location and allocation problems/ Energy Policy and Planning/ Quantitative Finance / Scheduling and Planning in Distributed Environments / Accident risk analysis in narrow waterways/ Modeling advance demand information in production-inventory systems/ Reverse logistics network design/ Graph Theory IE

13. Department of Mechanical Engineering • Günay Anlaş, Chair • anlas@boun.edu.tr • http://www.me.boun.edu.tr • RESEARCH RESOURCES: • 20 faculty members • Alternative Fuels and Combustion Technology Lab. • Automotive Acoustics and Vibration Laboratory • Computational Combustion and Heat Transfer Lab. • Control and Dynamics Laboratory • FGM and SMA Laboratory • Flow Modeling and Simulation Laboratory • High Temperature Materials Laboratory • Materials Science & Manufacturing • Technologies Laboratory • Mechanical Tests Laboratory • Solidification and Single Crystal Growth Lab. • Thermal Design and Management Lab. ME