Materials Science and Engineering
General Information
Materials Science includes a detailed research of the relations between micro structures of materials such as metal, ceramic, glass, polymer and their features. And materials engineering covers the process of designing and production steps in order to achieve the pre-determined specifications using the existing this micro structure specification relation. Despite the huge improvements in materials science and engineering discipline recently, much more detailed research is needed to improve the higly qualified materials taking notice of the effects of material production on the environment
The first Materials Science and Engineering department was planned in a way to include phsical mettalurgy, ceramic materials, electronic materials and polymer departments at the Gebze Institute of Technology. Our department have the opportunities of labs which were formed according to international standards and contains staff who are experts in their fields with their PhD and Post PhD degrees completed abroad. (The USA and England) There is undergraduate, graduate and Phd education in our department.
Materials Science and Engineering Department, pursue its studies towards researching the existing engineering materials specifications and enhancing new engineering materials. Our department with its undergraduate, graduate and Phds education mainly aims to be internationally accepted higher education institute, which is leader in its field.
Besides that, Nano-Materials Research Center and Aliminum Research and Application Center was founded in the departent with the support of State Planning Organization.
Research in department labs are pursued connected with SPO,TUBİTAK and private sector, supported nationally and foreign founded with the European Union 6th frame program.
Department Targets
To be able to apply mathmatical, science and engineering knowgledge, defining, formulating, and solving materials engineering problems.
Designing a material in intented way, defining and achieving skills to produce steps and end product specifications with characterization.
Educate graduates having the skills to characterize and comment the structure-specification-management relations between the defined/undefined materials.
Insuring the global and social effects of engineering solutions understood.
Basic Research Fields
*Thin battery solar battery production
* Developing PEM, DMFL and SOFL fuel battery
* Developing surface for parbolic solar collectors
* Covering the metal surfaces with electrosparc surface micro alloy.
* Surface modification of aliminium, magnezium, titanium and alloys with electrolic plasm oxidation (microarc oxidation) techniques.
* Hard coverts like nitride, carbide, boride
* Decreasing the unevenness on the coverts done with electrosparc technique.
* Defining the crystallisation kinetics of CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass ceramics
* Producing newly produced anorthide basic sanitary ware ceramics in different tecniques and defining micro structure-specification relations.
* Characterization of pyroklor phase developed on the micro structure of ZnO varistors.
* Defining crystallization mechanism of Li-Mn-B amorph systems.
*Shaping porcelain structures with gel foundry method.
* Producing Mullite-zireonia composits with casting tape and defining mechanical specifications resulting from tacticity.
* Analysing the production of Cr3C2-NiCr cermet composits and analysing the effects of hard ceramics additives on sintering kinetics and physical specification.
*Production of GaN semiconductor thin films with sol-gel method.
* Production of Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics, fibers and stripes having crystallographic texture and device applications.
* Production of. Multi-Ferroic thin films and defining electrical features
*Alginate Gelling of Piezoelektric Ceremic Fibers and syntesizing with Sol-Gel technique and developing piezoceramic fiber- Polymer Matrix Piezokompozit
* Researching the use of semiconductor oxid photocatalyst in fragmentazing waste organic materials.
*Covering the surfaces of iron and nonferrous metals with boron-based solid phases.
*The influence of vanadium pure iron as alloying element on boron coating.
* The effect of magnezium as allying element on the surface hardening behavior with aluminum micro-arc oxidation method.
* The use of lightweight aluminum alloys in automotive applications
* The coating of metals with boron and nitride
* Improving the quality of surface on extrusion alloys
* Oxide coating
* Modification and Hardening of metals with electrolytic plasm surface coating technique.
* The development and production of ceramic filter/Membrane
* Ceramic Fiber Production and Development
*The development and characterization of fiber with Surface Modification
* Functional coating and development on the glass surface at nano and micro level.
* Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Thin Film Surface Coating and Development
* Production of Composite Ceramic and Ceramic Composite Refractories
* Production and Development of Advanced Technology Inorganic Polymer Composites
* Traditional Ceramic Constitutive development and Shaping
Job Opportunities
Alumni may have jobs at iron and steel enterprises, non-ferrous metal and alloy production facilities, foundry, rolling and heat treatment facilities, applicances, automotive, aeronautics, defense, paints, and petrochemicals, plastics and polymer industries, biomaterials, ceramics, electrical-electronic materials, factories producing refractories and glass and in all sectors needing selection and design.
Besides these, our alumni work at material research and development (R & D), non-destructive testing and quality control departments of various institutions.
Academic Staff
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Çapoğlu ( Department Head )
PhD: University of Sheffield, England
Prof. Dr. Orhan Şahin
PhD: New York Polytechnic University, THE USA
Prof. Dr. Alexandre Ribalco
PhD: Engineering University, Russia
Prof. Dr. Ali Ata
PhD: University of Florida, THE USA
Prof. Dr. Metin Usta
PhD: Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, THE USA
Assoc. Dr. Sedat Alkoy
PhD: The Pennsylvania State University, THE USA
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yavuz Oral
PhD: University of California, THE USA
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin YILMAZ
PhD: The Pennsylvania State University, THE USA
Asst.Prof. Dr. Mehmet Tarakçı
PhD: University of Utah, THE USA
Asst.Prof. Dr. Yücel Gençer
PhD: University of Sheffield, England
Asst.Prof. Dr. Koray Öztürk
PhD: The Pennsylvania State University, THE USA
Asst.Prof. Dr. Erdem ATAR
PhD: İstanbul Technical University
Asst.Prof. Dr. Yahya Kemal Tür
PhD: University of Michigan, THE USA
Asst.Prof. Dr. Kemal Korkmaz
PhD: Gebze Institute of Technoloy
Asst.Prof. Dr. İlke ANAÇ
PhD: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, THE USA
Research Ast.Dr. Işıl KUTBAY
Research Ast.Ali ÖZER
Research Ast.Erdem AKÇA
Research Ast.Salih DURDU
Research Ast.Salim Levent AKTUĞ
Research Ast.Ali Sabri BERKEM
Research Ast.Ahmet Serkan TEKDAŞ
Research Ast.Mehmet KONYAR
Research Ast.Sezgin CENGİZ
Research Ast.Yunus AZAKLI
Research Ast.Ali Emre GÜLEÇ
Research Ast.Ali Murat SOYDAN
Research Ast.Begüm ÜNVEROĞLU
Research Ast.Aydın HAŞİMOĞLU
Department Labs.
Engineering Ceramics and Composite Research Lab.
Development Laboratory of Technological Processes
Ball Mill
Inolab pH meter (Temperature and Conductivity Measurement)
Ultrasonic Bath
Brooker Viscometer (With temperature mechanism)
Dry Carver Press
Fritsch Electrical Analysis Set
Struers LaboPol Shining Set(With automatic Shining Set)
Heraeus Stov (max. 300ºC)
Struers Vacuum System
Nabertherm - 1800ºC
Nabertherm - 1800ºC
Nabertherm - 1400ºC (Sintering Oven for Fast Cooking Operations)
Nabertherm - 1400ºC
Nabertherm - 1700ºC (Sintering in Vacuuming Environment)
Thermal and Ceramic Characterization Laboratory
Malvern Laser Particle Size Distribution Measuring Device
Digital Instrument Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Netzsch Differential Thermal Analyzer (DTA/TG)
Quantachrome Ultrapyc™ 1200e He pycnometer
Netzsch dilatometer
Malvern ZetaSizer Zeta Potential and Nano Particle Size Distribution Measuring Device
Misura Optical Dilatometer and Heat Microscope
Chemical Processing Laboratory
Chemical Testing and Production Mechanisms
Fume Hoods
Electroceramics Production Process Laboratory
Fiber Pulling Device (MSE)
Ball Mill (MSE)
Oven (Binder)
Ultrasonic Bath
Ultrasonic Mixer (Sonics)
Precision Scales– (Mettler Toledo)
Laboratory of Engineering Ceramics Manufacturing Process
Tape Casting Equipment (MSE)
Cold Isostatic Pressing (MSE)
Dry Pressing (MSE)
Mill Atritör
Vacuuming System
Device Design, Simulation, Manufacturing & Characterization Laboratory
Piezoceramic polarization mechanism
- 35 kV DC Power Supply (Trek)
- Heating and circulating bath (Julabo)
Ferroelectric, piezoelectric and pyroelectric characterization system
- Precision LC Ferroelectric testing device (Radiant)
- Precision LC high-voltage interface (Radiant)
- Photonics Displacement Sensor (MTI)
- Thin Film Test Setup (Signatone)
- Delta Design -196 ve +300ºC testing oven
Piezoelectric charge coefficient (D33) measuring device (APC)
ATILA – GID finite element analysis programs
Clean Room & Thin Film Synthesis Laboratory
Class 10.000 Clean Room (HTL)
Spin Coating Equipment (SCS P 6708)
High-Toughness Ceramics Manufacturing Process Laboratory
Hot Pressing
Elastic Measuring Device using Resonance Frequency Mehtod (GrindoSonic Mk5)
Low Temperature Materials Synthesis Laboratory
Hydrothermal Dust Synthesis Equipment (Pars)
centrifugal (Beckman Coulter Allegro 64R)
Smart2 Pure Water Purifier (TKA)
pH Meters
Heat Treatment Laboratory
Box Oven – 1700ºC (Nabertherm)
Box Oven – 1700ºC (Protherm)
Box Oven – 1500ºC (Protherm)
Box Oven – 1300ºC (Protherm)
Box Oven – 1200ºC (Nabertherm)
Tube Furnace – 1700ºC (Elite)
Tube Furnace – 1700ºC (Carbolite)
Tube Furnace – 1500ºC (Protherm)
Mechanical Characterization Laboratory
Mechanical Test Equipment (Instron 5569)
Microhardness Tester (Instron Series 2100)
Microstructural Analysis Laboratories
X-ray Diffractometer (Rigaku Dmax 2200)
X-ray Diffractometer (Bruker D8 Advance)
Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM (Philips XL30 SFEG)
Aluminum Research and Application Center Laboratories
TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) Laboratory
Transmission Electron Microscopy, ( Philips-FEI Tecnai G2 F20 S-Twin 200 kV )
TEM electrolytic sample preparation device, ( Struers TenuPol-5 )
Metallography Laboratory
Rotating disk grinding and polishing machine, ( Struers LaboPol–5 500 rpm )
Rotating disk grinding and polishing machine, ( Phoenix Beta 600 rpm )
Electrolytic polishing and etching unit, ( Struers LectroPol-5 )
Light microscopy (Zeiss Imager.M1m)
Microhardness device (Anton Paar MHT-10)
Stereomicroscope (Zeiss)
Ultrasonic Bath
Precision Scales (Precisa)
Temperature-Controlled Bath (Julabo)
Characterization Lab-1
Coating Thickness Measuring Device (Fischer Dualscope)
Friabilitor (CSM , Tribometer)
Scratch Test Device (Nanovea Series)
Profilometre (Veeco DEKTAK 8, Advanced Development Profiler)
Corrosion Tester, (Voltalab PGZ 402 Universal Pulse Dynamic-EIS Voltametry)
Differential Scanning Calorimeter ( DSC ) cihazı, (Netzsch DSC 404 C)
Characterization Lab-2
Spectrometer (SpectroMaxx)(Al, Fe, Cu)
Glow Discharge (Horiba Jobin Yvon GD Profiler)
Hydraulic universal testing equipment, (Pull, push and curving) (Instron 4204)
Heat treatment and Oven Lab
Wire resistance furnace (1100 ºC Protherm Alser Technic)
Wire resistance furnace (1200 ºC Protherm Alser Technic)
High temperature mufl furnace (1800 ºC NABERTHERM)
Oven (250 ºC Heraeus)
Mill
Metal Melting Laboratory
Vacuum Arc Melting Unit
Induction Melting Unit
Heat Treatment Laboratory
Box Oven – 1100ºC (Protherm)
Nanotechnology research and Application Center Laboratories
Magnetron Spray Thin Film Coating System
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Hydrogen-Based Research Systems
Fuel Cell Test Systems
Hydrogen Production Plant
Some International Projects
Parabolic solar collector design with Julich Research Center,Germany
Creation of Alumina Ceramic with micro-arc oxidation method of aluminium surfaces with theUniversity of Moscow.
Thin film applications of solar batteries with Hain Meitner Institute (Berlin)
Direct methanol fuel batteries with Julich Research Center.
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