Research Projects

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• TÜBİTAK-ARDEB 1002-A Rapid Support Module “Examination of Spatial Skill Development in the First Year of the Industrial Design Undergraduate Program” (2025) (Executor: Saliha TÜRKMENOĞLU BERKAN, Researcher: Ceyda Özgen, Ersegün Erciş, Nehir Taştan, Ayşe Dalyanoğlu, ÖBegüm Türeyengil)


•  2025 GTU Research University Support Program - “Conversion of Pine Needles into Biocomposite Material and Product Design in the Context of a Sustainable Campus” (Executor: Ceyda Özgen, Researcher: Saliha TÜRKMENOĞLU BERKAN,  Ersegün Erciş, Nehir Taştan,  Ayşe Dalyanoğlu, Begüm Türeyengil,  Merve Mocan, ELAS 3D A.Ş.)

 

• GTÜ TTO, AR-GE-24-127, ‘Research and Development of Human-Centred Design for Plastic Medical Tube Stands’ (Project Leader: Ceyda ÖZGEN, Researchers: Saliha TÜRKMENOĞLU BERKAN, Ersegün ERCİŞ, Ayşe DALYANOĞLU)

 

• EU Framework, Erasmus+ Folk and Culture: Offering Eduactional Opportunities to Young People (2022-2024) Researcher: Ersegün ERCİŞ

 

• Kastamonu University, KÜ-İHT/GTÜ-HIZ_DES 2024-03, ‘Determination of the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Hemp Fibre-Reinforced Plywood Using Numerical Modelling’ (Principal Investigator: Emre BİRİNCİ, Researcher: Ceyda ÖZGEN)

 

• ITU SRP, MDK-2023-44736-Design Education in the Metaverse from the Perspective of Philosophy of Mind (2023-2025) Researcher: Begüm TÜREYENGİL

 

• GTU SRP, Integration of Virtual Reality Technologies into the Sketching Stage in the Industrial Design Process (2018-2021) Executor: Saliha TÜRMENOĞLU BERKAN

 

• TÜBİTAK MAG, Smart Respiratory Mask Providing High Protection Against Respiratory Threatening Factors (2021-2022) Researcher: Begüm TÜREYENGİL

 

• GTU SRP, Research on Ottoman Period Masjids in Izmit (2018-2020) Researcher: Ceyda ÖZGEN

 

• GTU SRP, Application of Life Cycle Analysis in Turkish Packaging Industry Products (2017-2019) Executor: Ceyda ÖZGEN

 

• Ministry of Development, Innovation Leader Istanbul Project (2016-2017) Scholarship: Begüm TÜREYENGİL

 

• ITU SRP, Development of an Interactive Learning Resource for Craftsmen to Design New Products (2014-2016) Researcher: Ersegün ERCİŞ

 

• Ministry of Development, Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA) Innovative and Sustainable Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Development and Clustering Centre (2014-2015) Researcher: Nehir TAŞTAN

 

• Ministry of Development, Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA) Okan University Innovative Design Centre Project (2013-2014) Researcher: Nehir TAŞTAN

 

PSS Designing Sustainable Product-Service Systems for All, DIS–INDACO Politecnico di Milano (2002-2008). Prof.Dr. Carlo VEZZOLI, Politecnico Di Milano-Italy, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi: Prof. Dr Amrit Srinivasan, Prof. G.V. Soumitri, Prof. Parag Anand; USP University, Brazil: Prof. Dr Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, André Luiz Teixeira dos Santos; Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, China: Prof. Cai Jun; Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Prof. Benny Ding Leong; Istanbul Technical University, Turkey: Prof. H. Alpay Er, Res.Ass.Ceyda Vatan; Ewha Womans University, South Korea: Prof. Cho Young‐sik and Sooyun Ahn.

 

Last update: November 05, 2025