R & D Activities

Research and development activities are producing a new product, increasing the quality  and Standard of the product, applyig new techniques which lower the cost and increase the standard, developing new  production technology,  the studies aiming to adjust the new technology to the cauntry’s conditions and transforming the results of the studies into useful equipment,  material, product, method, system,  production techniques, studies whose every step is arrnged to improve the ones that already exist in terms of technoloy and applying the technology. GTU gives importance to R & D studies which are the dinamo of technology and development .

The topics related to R&D projects based on collaboration with industry are summarized in the context of the related laboratory

Antenna and microwave Laboratory

• Radar cross section area (RKA) measurement and estimation
• Antenna measurement and calibration
• S-parameter measurements in the range of 1-18GHz microwave elements
• Electromagnetic compatibility and interaction (EMC/EMI) issues, testing services
• Measurement and analysis of antenna on scaled models.

Computer networks and information security Laboratory

• Information communication networks research Setup and analysis
• Design of general purpose systems for these types of applications
• Information security solutions

Computer vision, graphics and HCI (human computer interaction) Laboratory

• Tailored application development for computer Vision aided industrial application 
• Desigining general purpose systems for computer vision applications.
• Event analysis on advertorials and web pages with eye movements. 
• Tracking with eye movements and software control and criminal review of defendants
• Computer use for people with disabilities with tracking eye movements and communication with totally paralyzed people (including speaking) 
• Industrial automation and quality control software development
• The creation of new applications in safety  sector using human computre interaction.
• Software interface design
• Interface event analysis and user experiments
• Development of Virtual reality applications
• PDA application development
• Mobile interface design
• Medical and physiological investigations
• Systems for people with disabilities

Computer-Aided Design/Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Lab

• CAD/CAM 
• Mold design
• Structured System Analysis
• A wide range of tooling and production
• Dynamic System Analysis
   

Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory

• Agricultural Department of molecular biology and biotechnology Projects
• Chromosomal analysis
• TEM-Sc spreading analizleri 
• RAPD analysis
• RFLP analyses
• Mutajenite tests
   

Plant Tissue Laboratory

• To provide micro propagation in aseptic conditions and in a short time by using plant tissues of different kinds of plants.
• To determine the somatic variations in acquired plant clones with genetic reagents.
• To obtain transgenic plants by means of gen transmissions to plants. 
   

Environmental Engineering Research and Analysis Laboratory

• Clean technology utilisation and waste recovery
• Process and capacity development, system and reactor design and economic analysis
• Analyses of water, wastewater, sea water, sludge, ash, soil and indoor and outdoor air samples from industrial establishments

 

EE Power System Laboratory

• Web based visual simulator for power systems
• The risk analysis of electric shocks in power plants.
• The measuring system of soil impedance
• Microprocessor based analyzer
• Observation of the change of soil impedance
• Incident classification and establishment in power systems
• Smart uninterrupted power supply
   

Electron Spin Resonance Laboratory (ELS)

• Magnetic Record Technology
• Polymers, Superconductors 
• Material defect
• Research of chemical materials (drug) with ELS
   

Enzyme Molecular Genetics Laboratory

• The production of industrial enzyme
• The selection of bacterial issue which produces enzymes that can function in extreme conditions in order to use in industries like detergent, fabric, leather, paper, pharmaceutical industries .
• Recombinant enzyme production
• To provide enzyme stability increment by means of directed mutagenesis and development of more productive issues.
   

Foodstuff Laboratory

• Identification of ozanization conditions for Turkish exported goods and reduction of microbial burden.
   

Geodesy and Photogrammetry Laboratory

• Map production with photogrammetric method
• Industrial photogrammetric measurements
• Photogrammetric Architectural Relievo  Intake
• Reconstruction applications/ urban area design
• Public measurements, deformation measurements, designing of numerical terrain models
• Preparation of data for geographical information systems
• Map production, land planning, the observation of environment pollution and natural events with the help of satellite images
• Geolocation techniques, measurement and analysis of deformation
• Applications of geodesic measurement and evaluation especially GPS
• Detection of earth movements
• Vehicle tracking systems
• Planning, designing, setting and education of geographic and city information system based on graphical and verbal information for public institute, local administrations, natural people and legal identities.
• The examination of technical and juridical aspects of engineering and plan/project applications
• The examination of measurement techniques
• Research and application works about computer-aided map production in CAD
• Infrastructure planning and applications
• Expert and property and land counseling services
   

Chemistry Laboratory

• The synthesis of organic and inorganic substances needed in industrial applications, research for the understanding their structures and defining their working areas.
• The production of sugar which does not cause tooth decay
• Prebiodic production
• The immobilization of industrial enzymes
• The production of olive oil without free fatty acid
• The production of energy drink
• The synthesis of chemical catalyzator, environmentally friendly production (Green Chem.), nanoproducts, gas sensors, drug and impurity
• Inorganic polymer synthesis
• The production of industrial enzyme
• The production of vulnerary
• The production of biodiesel
   

Material Science Laboratory

• The paving of metallic surfaces with corrosion-proof materials
• The development of new white ceramic materials (Chinese porcelain)
• The development of biocompatible ceramic materials
• Designing, production and characterization of piezoelectric based ceramic materials for underwater sonar, biomedical and nondestructive examination applications
• The development, production and characterization of ceramic fiber reinforced ceramic composite materials for high temperature and high performance applications
• The production of semiconductor and ferroelectric thin film for electronic and optoelectronic applications and their micro structural, electrical and optical characterization
• The examination and solution of laceration problems encountered in aluminum extrusion
• The production and characterization of magnetic thin films for information storage
• The examination of characteristics of fatigue and creep property of metals and composite materials
• The synthesis and characterization of nano-dimensional powder
   

Microbiology Laboratory

• The studies for the development of bacteriogenetic toxins which are used for a biological protection against insects
• The identification of an unknown microorganism with the help of BBL Crystal system quickly
• The studies for the application of HACCP system
   

Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory

• The vitro analysis of medical and pharmacological drugs
• The analysis and trial of medical diagnosis kits
• The vitro examination of potential carcinogen effects
   

Robotic and Control Laboratory   

• Industrial control
• Robot control
• The design of smart systems
   

Defense Technologies and Simulation Laboratory

• Distributed defense systems
• HLA applications
• Software development
• Software and research projects depending on offer
   

Urban and Regional Planning Laboratory 

• Demographic, economic and social environmental planning
• Housing zone planning
• Industrial zone planning. For example, the detection of structural analysis and specializations of industries, planning of new industry and employment areas, planning of finding suitable places industrial facilities which are delicate issues for living space and environment.
• The planning of tourism areas
• The planning of coastal zones
• The planning of water basin areas such as Ömerli Dam water basin
• The planning of infrastructure and transportation. For example, the studies for the improvements of current infrastructures (transportation, water, sanitary sewerage, clarification etc.). The analysis of the relations between cities and environment (transportation, communication etc.)
• Carrying out planning procedure with the help of geographical information systems and remote sensing methods. For example, creating an information system for planning of industrial zones
• The planning of environment and landscape like protection plans for industrial landscape
• The standardization of land use and preparing a booklet for this work
• The modeling of the demand of transportation in transportation planning
• The traffic safety and the analysis of aggressive drivers
   

Tribology Laboratory

• The characterization of friction and wear in different working conditions
• The parameter measurements of friction and wear
• The experiments of stretch and fracture
• The examination of lubrication in hydrodynamic bearings
• The characterization of lubrication
• The design and characterization of sealing systems in turbo machines
   

High Performance Calculation Laboratory

• Developing specially needed software and hardware for industrial applications necessitating high performances
• The design and production of general purpose systems for these kinds of applications
• Pave the way of high performance applications by using personal computers