MÜDEK accredited our undergraduation program for another five years until September 30, 2028.

15/07/2023

We are pleased to announce that the accreditation and EUR-ACE Label of our Industrial Engineering undergraduate program, initially awarded by MÜDEK on May 01, 2013, have been renewed for another 5 years until September 30, 2028.

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Ertem has been promoted to Full Professorship.

01/03/2023

Dr. Ertem has published 22 articles in various outlets. Dr. Ertem's research interests are data science, intermodal transportation, and humanitarian logistics. We congratulate Dr. Ertem on this achievement.

Industrial Engineering Department welcomes Dr. QADRI at launch on February 22nd, 2023.

22/02/2023

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Syed Shah Sultan M. QADRI has joined our department as a new faculty member. Syed Shah Sultan M. QADRI holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Yaşar University. Shah's research lies in the Simulation-Optimization frameworks for transportation management and operations, particularly focusing on optimizations of traffic signal timings. With his experience and expertise, Shah will be an invaluable addition to our department. His research interests include simulations, traffic modeling, transportation planning, and optimization. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., he received his MS and BS degrees in Applied Mathematics from NED University and the University of Karachi, Pakistan, respectively. In addition to his research, Shah is also committed to providing high-quality education to his students. We look forward to the valuable contributions he will make to our academic community and the success of our students.

Students presented the first part of their senior design projects.

24/01/2023

As part of the Systems' Analysis, Design and Implementation courses in the Industrial Engineering curriculum during which groups of our senior students work on real-life problems in partnership with various companies in Ankara, our students presented their work for the IE 407 Systems' Analysis course after final exams. We congratulate all groups for their teamwork and presentations.

Our faculty member presented his research at the 6th Euro Hope Mini-Conference on Recent Developments in Humanitarian Operations in İstanbul.

10/10/2022

Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Alp ERTEM chaired a session on Disaster Response Operations and presented his research, titled “Selection of Identical Container Depots for Disaster Response Operations by Restructuring the Existing Ones” at the 6th EURO Hope Mini-Conference, İstanbul that was held on October 5-7, 2022.

Our faculty member presented his research at the 10th Defense Technologies Congress in Ankara.

15/09/2022

Prof. Dr. Orhan Karasakal presented his research, titled “Analysis of Air Defense Effectiveness of a Naval Task Group Under Full and Partial Coordination” at the 10th Defense Technologies Congress, Ankara that was held in September 13-15, 2022.

Our Research assistant presented her research at the 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management in Ankara.

05/08/2022

Res. Assist. Simge YOZGAT presented her research, titled “Sustainable Closed-loop Supply Chain Network Design and Optimization” at the 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management, Ankara that was held on August 3-6, 2022.

Students presented their senior design projects.

17/06/2022

As part of the Systems' Analysis, Design and Implementation courses in the Industrial Engineering curriculum during which groups of our senior students work on real-life problems in partnership with various companies in Ankara, our students presented their work for the IE 408 Systems' Design and Implementation course on the last day of final exams week. A selected subset of the teams will be attending and presenting their projects in the 15th R&D Fair that will be held on June 21st. We congratulate all groups for their teamwork and presentations.

Chair of Department Handover.

27/01/2022

On 31 December 2021, Prof. Dr. Orhan Karasakal took over as Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering. Prof. Dr. Ferda Can Çetinkaya stood down after six and a half years of service. A small handover ceremony was held in the Department.

Students presented the first part of their senior design projects.

24/01/2022

As part of the Systems' Analysis, Design and Implementation courses in the Industrial Engineering curriculum during which groups of our senior students work on real-life problems in partnership with various companies in Ankara, our students presented their work for the IE 407 Systems' Analysis course after final exams. We congratulate all groups for their teamwork and presentations.

IE 408 senior project presentations were held in two sessions on the 22nd and 23rd of June.

23/06/2021

Final presentations of the one-year long projects, done by groups of senior students under supervision of faculty members, on real-life problems of companies in Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) were held in two sessions. We congratulate all groups presenting their projects.

Students presented the first part of their senior design projects.

27/01/2021

As part of the Systems' Analysis, Design and Implementation courses in the Industrial Engineering curriculum during which groups of our senior students work on real-life problems in partnership with various companies in Ankara Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) industrial zone, our students presented their work for the IE 407 Systems' Analysis course after final exams. We congratulate all groups for their exceptional teamwork and presentations during these extraordinary times due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Department Chair Professor Ferda Can Çetinkaya receives Certificate of Appreciation from the Turkish Academy of Sciences.

08/02/2020

“Workshop on Information and Communication Technology: Internet and Social Impact” organized by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) was held on February 8, 2020, at the host of Boğaziçi University. At the Workshop, Engineering Terms Dictionary Introductory Meeting within the scope of the TÜBA Turkish Scientific Terms Dictionary Project conducted by Professor Bülent Sankur from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Boğaziçi University was held, and certificates of appreciation were given to academics who contributed to the preparation of the dictionary. Due to his work on Industrial Engineering terms, a certificate of appreciation to our Department Chair Professor Ferda Can Çetinkaya was given by Professor Necdet Ünüvar, who is a member of the Turkish Republic Presidential Food and Health Policy Committee.

Students presented the first part of their senior design projects.

14/01/2020

As part of the Systems' Analysis, Design and Implementation courses in the Industrial Engineering curriculum during which groups of our senior students work on real-life problems in partnership with various companies in Ankara Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) industrial zone, our students presented their work for the IE 407 Systems' Analysis course after final exams end. We congratulate all groups presenting their projects.

Model Factory, Turkey’s first-ever Capability and Digital Transformation Center, opens new horizons for IE students.

20/11/2019

Industrial Engineering Club organized a field trip to Serdar Plastik and Turkey’s first-ever Capability and Digital Transformation Center - Model Factory on November 14th, 2019. Mr. Serdar Tütek, CEO of Serdar Plastik and Accountant Board Member of Ankara Chamber of Industry (ASO) 1st Organized Industrial Zone as well as Mert Özkılıç (Class of 2019) welcomed our students and our faculty member Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Alp Ertem. Ufuk Kaya, the director of the Model Factory, explained the hands-on training opportunities at the Model Factory. The field trip was fruitful for both parties.

Our faculty member presented his research at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA.

05/11/2019

Asst. Prof. Dr. Benhür Satır presented his research at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington that was held in October 20-23, 2019. The INFORMS Annual Meeting is held each fall and it is the largest Operations Research and Analytics conference bringing together more than 5,000 people from all over the world.

We got together at the traditional IEC brunch.

19/10/2019

The traditional brunch activity of the Industrial Engineering Club that started at 10:30 on October 19th gave us the opportunity to get together with our students and the alumni.

Our faculty member presented his research at the 25th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making in İstanbul.

25/06/2019

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orhan Karasakal co-organized an invited session on Hybrid Approaches in MCDM and presented his research, titled “Multiple Criteria Target Classification Using Heterogeneous Sensor Data” at the 25th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, İstanbul, Turkey that was held in June 16-21, 2019.

13th Research and Development Fair took place on the 13th of June.

15/06/2019

13th Çankaya University R&D Fair, organized jointly by the Engineering Faculty, Technology Transfer Office of Çankaya University and Polatlı Chamber of Commerce, and supported by 1503 - R&D Project Brokerage Events Grant Programme, was held on the 13th of June at the Central Campus. Three out of 16 senior student groups which received the highest scores on their year-long efforts in the IE 408 senior project course were selected to present their projects at the fair. We congratulate our students for their success.

IE 408 senior project presentations were held in two sessions on the 31st of May and 11th of June.

13/06/2019

Final presentations of the one-year long projects, done by groups of senior students under supervision of faculty members, on real-life problems of companies in Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) were held in two sessions. Three out of 16 presenting groups which received the highest scores on their year-long efforts from a jury of faculty members were selected to present their projects in the 13th Çankaya University R&D Fair. We congratulate all groups presenting their projects.

Students presented the first part of their senior design projects.

16/01/2019

As part of the Systems' Analysis, Design and Implementation courses in the Industrial Engineering curriculum during which groups of our senior students work on real-life problems in partnership with various companies in Ankara Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) industrial zone, our students presented their work for the IE 407 Systems' Analysis course after final exams end. We congratulate all groups presenting their projects.

Our faculty member introduced our department and Industrial Engineering as part of the Career Days activities.

05/12/2018

We hosted 102 students and five teachers from one of the well-established schools in Ankara, Özel Arı Okulları, as part of Career Day activities at the university. Asst. Prof. Dr. Nureddin Kırkavak held a question-and-answer session upon a brief introduction of the department and Industrial Engineering as a profession.

Our alumnus spoke at the "Personal Development Day" event organized by Cultural and Social Affairs Office.

04/12/2018

Personal Development Day event which is organized by Cultural and Social Affairs Office of our university was held at central campus on December 4th. During the day-long event, invited guests gave training and speeches on personal-development-related topics. Sezin Çağlayan (IE 2002) delivered a training on "Networking" during the event. We thank all speakers for their valuable contributions.

Our faculty member presented his research at the 2. Transportation and Logistics National Congress held at Sakarya University.

23/11/2018

Asst. Prof. Dr. Benhür Satır attended the 2. Transportation and Logistics National Congress held on 22-23 November 2018 at Sakarya University presenting a talk titled "Loading and Routing Optimization System for a Local Market Chain."

Alumni Meeting 2018 and Brunch we had prior to the Meeting was a great opportunity to see our alumni again

07/10/2018

We had a brunch with our IE alumni and their families before heading to the Alumni Meeting 2018 at our Central Campus. Both the brunch and Alumni Meeting 2018 were great opportunities to spend time with our alumni and their families, reminisce about past times at the university. Medals were presented to the alumni having their 5th, 10th and 15th anniversary of their graduation year.

38th National Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Congress (OR/IE 2018) was held with contributions from our faculty.

29/06/2018

Every year, Operational Research Society of Turkey and a university organize the National Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Congress. This year, the 38th congress was held on June 26th through 29th, 2018 at Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey. Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Alp Ertem, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orhan Karasakal and Asst. Prof. Dr. Nureddin Kırkavak presented their talks titled "İstanbul İçi Deniz Taşımacılığı ile İntermodal İnsani Yardım Lojistiği", "PROMETHEE Yontemini Beklenti Teorisi ile Uyumlandıran Bütünleşik bir Yaklaşım," and "Çok Hollü Yerleşim Düzenleme Probleminin Modellenmesi ve Analizi," respectively, at the congress.

Senior design project group successfully represented our department at the finals of the Student Project Contest at the 38th Operations Research & Industrial Engineering National Congress.

29/06/2018

Senior design project of Gizem Uluğ, Asil Kutlu, Deniz Bastak, Ayşe Uzunöz and Cihan Tatar was selected into the final eight teams from among 68 different competing projects in the 38th Operations Research & Industrial Engineering National Congress held in Anadolu University, Eskişehir. We congratulate our students who successfully presented their project at the finals and their project advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Alp Ertem.

We visited our collaborator Başkent Organized Industrial Zone and held an information session for the firms.

29/06/2018

We held an information session to representatives of several firms located in the Başkent Organized Industrial Zone, to introduce our department and to give details about the senior projects.

12th Research and Development Fair took place on the 7th of June.

07/06/2018

12th Çankaya University R&D Fair, organized jointly by the Engineering Faculty, Technology Transfer Office of Çankaya University and Polatlı Chamber of Commerce, and supported by 1503 - R&D Project Brokerage Events Grant Programme, was held on the 7th of June at the Central Campus. Three out of 15 senior student groups which received the highest scores on their year-long efforts in the IE 408 senior project course were selected to present their projects at the fair. We congratulate our students for their success.

IE 408 senior project presentations were held on the 5th of June.

05/06/2018

Final presentations of the one-year long projects, done by groups of senior students under supervision of faculty members, on real-life problems of companies in Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) were held on June 5th. Three out of 15 presenting groups which received the highest scores on their year-long efforts from a jury of faculty members were selected to present their projects in the 12th Çankaya University R&D Fair. We congratulate all groups presenting their projects.

Our industrial collaborator and two of our alumni spoke at the Career Days organized by Publicity, Culture and International Relations Office.

04/04/2018

Career Days event which is organized by Publicity, Culture and International Relations Office of our university was held at central campus on April 4th. During the day-long event, invited guests gave speeches on career-related topics, and several companies had booths in the common atrium.

Şadi Türk, Chairman of the Board of Directors of our collaborator Başkent Organized Industrial Zone, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Şa-Ra Group, participated in the event as a speaker with the title of "Persistent Success Art." In addition, our alumni Ceyhun Akçael who graduated in 2007 and who is now working as a Sales engineer at OPTIBELT Turkey, and Fatih Gülseren, as well as our another alumni who graduated in 2010, and now working as the Manager of Metal Parts Factory of BOZANKAYA A.Ş., participated in the event as speakers with the titles " Contribution of Social Activities and Volunteer Services for Working Life" and "Imagine, Produce", respectively. We thank all speakers for their valuable contributions to our department and university.

Two IE undergraduates are admitted to the "Intern Engineer Program" of TAI.

23/02/2018

TAI recently gave start to "Intern Engineer Program," that aims to accelerate the aeronautical projects carried out by increasing their engineers' productivity. TAI signed the collaboration protocol concerning the internship program with 16 selected universities including Çankaya University that will provide successful engineering students with internship opportunities. Our undergraduate students Elçin Yıldız and İpek Kıratlı are admitted to the internship program. We congratulate our students and wish them success.

Students presented the first part of their senior design projects.

16/01/2018

As part of the Systems' Analysis, Design and Implementation courses in the Industrial Engineering curriculum during which groups of our senior students work on real-life problems in partnership with various companies in Ankara Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) industrial zone, our students presented their work for the IE 407 Systems' Analysis course after final exams end. We congratulate all groups presenting their projects.

Undersecretariat for Defence Industries System Analysis and Studies Panel was held.

24/11/2017

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ferda Çetinkaya and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orhan Karasakal attended the 1st System Analysis and Studies Panel that was organized by the Undersecratariat for Defence Industries in SSM Nuri Demirağ Hall on the 24th of November. The Panel aims to coordinate, diffuse and relate similar activities in national defence technology activities. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orhan Karasakal gave a talk titled "İnsan Kaynakları Yönetimi için Bilimsel Yöntemler," that is on scientific methods for human resources management.

Seminar titled "Communication, Occupational Health and Safety for Tomorrow's Leaders" was organized with joint efforts between our department, IEC and UCTEA Chamber of Mechanical Engineers Ankara Branch.

14/11/2017

Bedri Tekin, administrative board member of UCTEA Chamber of Mechanical Engineers, and Candan Seçkin, mechanical engineer, gave talks at the seminar titled "Communication, Occupational Health and Safety for Tomorrow's Leaders." The seminar, organized by joint efforts between our department, Industrial Engineering Club and UCTEA Chamber of Mechanical Engineers Ankara Branch, attracted interest from the student body and participants were given attendance certificate.

Three of our faculty members presented their research at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, USA.

30/10/2017

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayyüce Aydemir Karadağ, Asst. Prof. Dr. Gonca Yıldırım, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Benhür Satır presented their research at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas that was held in October 22-25, 2017. The INFORMS Annual Meeting is held each fall and it is the largest Operations Research and Analytics conference bringing together more than 5,000 people from all over the world.

Honor and High Honor Certificates Award Ceremony took place.

25/10/2017

A ceremony took place on 25.10.2017, Wednesday, for IE students who met the requirements for Honor and High Honor Certificates during the Spring semester of the academic year 2016-2017. We congratulate our students.

Alumni Meeting 2017 and Brunch we had prior to the Meeting was a great opportunity to see our alumni again.

08/10/2017

We had a brunch with our IE alumni and their families before heading to the Alumni Meeting 2017 at our Central Campus. Both the brunch and Alumni Meeting 2017 were great opportunities to spend time with our alumni and their families, reminisce about past times at the university. Former alumni who graduated from the Balgat Campus visited the new campus located by Eskişehir Highway. Medals were presented to the alumni having their 5th, 10th and 15th anniversary of their graduation year.

Research and Development Fair took place on the 9th of June.

09/06/2017

11th Çankaya University R&D Fair, organized jointly by the Engineering Faculty and Technology Transfer Office of Çankaya University and supported by 1503 - R&D Project Brokerage Events Grant Programme, was held on the 9th of June at the Central Campus. Three out of 11 senior student groups which received the highest scores on their year-long efforts in the IE 408 senior project course were selected to present their projects at the fair. The senior team with members Mehtap Acar, Melek Asena Dörtkardeş, Meray Özbey, Kübra Şentürk and Zeliha Turan was awarded the first place among the IE groups presented. We congratulate our students for their success.

IE 408 senior project presentations were held on the 5th of June.

05/06/2017

Final presentations of the one-year long projects, done by groups of senior students under supervision of faculty members, on real-life problems of companies in Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) were held on June 5th. Three out of 11 presenting groups which received the highest scores on their year-long efforts from a jury of faculty members were selected to present their projects in the 11th Çankaya University R&D Fair. We congratulate all groups presenting their projects.

IE undergraduate student, Çağrı Çakmak, received certificates and was entitled a grant on a start-up project business plan.

12/05/2017

Çağrı Çakmak, an IE undergraduate student and former IEC president, participated in a seven-day enterpreneurship training that was organized by Çankaya University and Ankara Development Agency with financial support of European Union as part of the Project on the Development of the Ankara Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for Enhancing Youth Employment. 49 students received certificates at the end of the training that was held during 24 April 2017-12 May 2017. Çağrı, with two other team members, shared the first place with another group, and as a result, were awarded a grant from T.C. Small and Medium Business Development and Support Adminitration (KOSGEB). The business plan involved a start-up project aimed to increase the productivity in workplaces by reducing the non-business-related phone calls that negatively affect the productivity. We congratulate our student on his success.

MÜDEK Advisory Board meeting was held as part of our efforts to extend our undergraduate program accreditation.

20/01/2017

We held a meeting with the MÜDEK Advisory Board on 20 January 2017 Friday between 14:00-16:00 at Faculty of Engineering meeting room as part of the ongoing work in our department to be accredited by Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs (MÜDEK) for five years after September 2018 with a general evaluation expected to be held in 2017. We are grateful to our Advisory Board members for their participation and valuable comments during our productive meeting.

IE 407 Systems' Analysis presentations were held after the finals.

17/01/2017

Our students presented their work for the IE 407 Systems' Analysis course after the final-exam period. We congratulate all groups presenting their projects.

Our student, İ. Kaan Mandıroğlu, became the runner-up in World Mixed Martial Arts Championship.

07/12/2016

İ. Kaan Mandıroğlu, one of our undergraduate students, became the runner-up in the category of 85 kg MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) full in the World Championship held by World Mixed Martial Federation in Kharkiv, Ukraine between 3-7 December 2016. We congratulate our student for his outstanding achivement.

Industry 4.0 seminar was organized with joint efforts between our department and Başkent Organize Sanayi management at Başkent OSB Conference Center.

05/12/2016

Onat Totuk gave a talk on Industry 4.0 held in Başkent Organize Sanayi Conference Center. The seminar, organized by joint efforts between our department, Industrial Engineering Club and Başkent Organize Sanayi magament, received great interest from the attendees including faculty, students and industry professionals together.

We visited Başkent Organize Sanayi Bölgesi and held an information session for the firms.

01/08/2016

In an attempt to initiate university-industry relations, we previously visited Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) - an industrial zone located 16 km away from our university and 6 km away from Eskişehir Highway which hosts various metal, chemical, defense, mining, printing, food industries. In our second visit during the last week of July, we held an information session to representatives of several firms located in the zone, introducing our department and to give details about the senior projects. Upon the information session, we came together with the representatives of the firms and agreed to meet and discuss possible project opportunities, which will accelerate university-industry relations.

We visited Başkent Organize Sanayi Bölgesi to initiate University-Industry relations.

26/07/2016

In an attempt to initiate university-industry relations, we visited Başkent Organize Sanayi (Başkent OSB) - an industrial zone located 16 km away from our university and 6 km away from Eskişehir Highway which hosts various metal, chemical, defense, mining, printing, food industries. Faculty of our department, Technology Transfer Office director and members, and some faculty members from the Mechanical Engineering department attended the meeting held with the Başkent OSB management. A concensus was agreed upon the meeting that will pave the way to conduct senior projects at firms in the zone. A second visit will be made in the last week of July during which our department will hold an information session to give details about the senior projects and to meet with the firms.

36th National Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Congress (OR/IE 2016) was held with contributions from our faculty.

18/07/2016

Every year, Operational Research Society of Turkey and a university organize the National Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Congress. This year, the 36th congress was held on July 13th through 15th, 2016 at Yaşar University, İzmir, Turkey.

Our department chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ferda Can Çetinkaya served in the Program Committee and a member of our faculty, Asst. Prof. Dr. M. Alp Ertem organized a session on "Humanitarian Logistics".

IE 408 Systems' Design and Implementation final presentations were held.

02/05/2016

Final presentations of the one-year long projects done, by groups of senior students under supervision of faculty members, on real-life problems of companies in Ankara were held on June 2nd. Three out of 13 presenting groups which received the highest scores on their year-long efforts from a jury of faculty members and experts/research assistants were selected to present their projects in the 10th Çankaya University R&D Fair. We congratulate all groups presenting their projects.

Our student, Elif Gökçe Kıyak, won a grant for summer training in Europe with YİTAK.

28/04/2016

We congratulate Elif Gökçe Kıyak, on her winning a grant for summer training in Europe with YITAK and wish her a successful summer training.

"ERP Awareness Day" organized by the joint efforts between our Industrial Engineering Club and the ERP Committee was a huge success with a high participant rate.

25/04/2016

"ERP Awareness Day," a-day long series of seminars and tutorials held on April 25th by experts in Enterprise Resource Planning, was a huge success with a high participant rate from inside and outside our university. The activity was a joint effort between our Industrial Engineering Club and the ERP Committee. A certificate of attendance was given to participants at the end of this successful activity that shed a light to the career development and career path selection for our students. Stated as an "impeccable organization" by the invited speakers of the activity, we congratulate our students and their advisor, Dr. M. Alp Ertem, who have worked hard in making this activity possible and a huge success.

Dr. Alp Ertem contributed to the January-February 2016 issue of the "Atmosfer" magazine, a publication of SF Customs Consultancy, with his interview on logistics.

12/03/2016

Dr. Alp Ertem contributed to the January-February 2016 issue of the "Atmosfer" magazine, a publication of SF Customs Consultancy, by giving an interview on logistics. This issue also mentions about the collaboration of our department and SF Customs Consultancy on two senior design projects.

We had a farewell party for our former Res. Asst. Melike İşbilir.

15/02/2016

We held a farewell party for our former research assistant, Melike İşbilir, who recently got an offer from Yapı Kredi to work as Marketing Analysis and Optimization Expert. We congratulate her and wish her success in her new job.

Dr. Gonca Yıldırım is appointed as an adjunct professor to teach an online course at Missouri University of Science & Technology.

12/02/2016

Dr. Gonca Yıldırım has been offered a part-time adjunct professor position to teach online a doctorate level course (Economic Analysis of Systems Engineering Projects) at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) in United States of America. Dr. Yıldırım recently started teaching the course and her efforts will contribute to the linkage agreements, which started last summer between Çankaya University and Missouri S&T. We congratulate Dr. Yıldırım on her appointment.

A special issue, which is edited by Associate Professor Ferda Can Çetinkaya and including the award-winning articles of the student projects competition in OR/IE 2015 National Congress, of the Journal of Industrial Engineering has been published.

12/02/2016

A special issue, including the first three winning articles of the student projects competition in Operational Research and Industrial Engineering National Congress (OR/IE 2015), of the Journal of Industrial Engineering, which is a publication of the Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers, has been published. The articles in this special issue which edited by Associate Professor Ferda Can Çetinkaya, can be accessed online. All students taking the course IE 408 Systems' Design and Implementation are recommended to read these award-winning articles of the student projects competitions.

35th National Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Congress was held with contributions from our faculty.

16/09/2015

Every year, Operational Research Society of Turkey and a university organize the National Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Congress. This year, the 35th congress was held on September 9th through 11th, 2015 at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ferda Can Çetinkaya served in the Organizing Committee and chaired a cluster on "Scheduling and Project Management". Asst. Prof. Dr. Nureddin Kırkavak served in the Advisory Board for the congress. Another member of our faculty, Asst. Prof. Dr. M. Alp Ertem organized and chaired a session on "Humanitarian Logistics". Asst. Prof. Dr. M. Alp Ertem also made two presentations under "Humanitarian Logistics and Societal Problems” cluster titled as “Comparison of Single and Multi-Objective Modeling of Container Allocation in Humanitarian Logistics” and “Models, Solutions and Enabling Technologies in Humanitarian Logistics".

A special issue, which is edited by Associate Professor Ferda Can Çetinkaya and including the award-winning articles of the student projects competition in OR/IE 2014 National Congress, of the Journal of Industrial Engineering has been published.

03/09/2015

A special issue, including the first three winning articles of the student projects competition in Operational Research and Industrial Engineering National Congress (OR/IE 2014), of the Journal of Industrial Engineering, which is a publication of the Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers, has been published. The articles in this special issue, which is edited by Associate Professor Ferda Can Çetinkaya can be accessed online.

Assistant Professor M. Alp Ertem has been selected for two years as a member on the evaluation board for TUBITAK Science Center Establishment Support Programme.

21/07/2015

Assistant Professor M. Alp Ertem has been selected for two years as a member on the evaluation board for The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Science Center Establishment Support Programme as of 17.04.2015. We congratulate and wish him continued success. Science Center Establishment Support Programme (4003) is developed to trigger interest in science by establishing science centers that connect people from all ages and diverse education levels with science as well as provide an experimental and practical learning environment from the information source.

Our undergraduate program's MÜDEK accreditation and First Cycle EUR-ACE Certificate have been extended for another three years.

07/07/2015

Our undergraduate program was first accredited in May 1, 2013 for two years by the Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs (MÜDEK) and awarded the First Cycle EUR-ACE Certificate. Our dedication to quality education has been rewarded with an extension of three more years for the MÜDEK accreditation and the award of First Cycle EUR-ACE Certificate until September 30, 2018.

Dictionary of Engineering Terms by the Turkish Science Academy can now be accessed online.

06/07/2015

A Dictionary of Engineering Terms for 22 engineering fields including industrial engineering has been prepared by the Turkish Science Academy working committee, in which Associate Professor Ferda Can Çetinkaya served as a member, and can be accessed online.

Our top graduating senior of class 2015, Ülkühan Küçük, was awarded by UCTEA Chamber of Mechanical Engineers at the Commencement

03/07/2015

Ülkühan Küçük, our top graduating senior of class 2015, was awarded with a plaquette and given a graduation gift by the vice chair Ahmet Eniş, treasurer Alaaddin Eksin, and technical official Ali Göktaş of the board of Ankara branch of the UCTEA Chamber of Mechanical Engineers during the Commencement held on the 3rd of July. We are proud of Ülkühan and wish her continued success in her future.

Senior Design Group 2 won the Best Presentation Award at the 9th R&D Project Fair.

13/06/2015

Group of our senior students with their senior design project titled "Detection of Technical and Non-Technical Electricity Losses" won the "Best Presentation Award" among five Industrial Engineering senior design student groups presenting at the Çankaya University 9th R&D Project Fair. We congratulate our students Aslı Nur Acaröz, Nihan Çelen, Elif Erdem and Tuğba Tutar and their project advisor Asst. Prof. Özlem Türker Bayrak.

Our senior students received TÜBİTAK support for their project.

05/06/2015

A group of our senior students, Duru Altındemir, Derya Gürcan, Fatma Ülkühan Küçük, Aylin Berk and Fatoş Gamze Özdemir, are awarded the TÜBİTAK 2241/A scholarship for Industry Oriented Bachelor Senior Project Support Program with their senior design project titled "M-Stage Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling for Multiprocessing Identical Parallel Machines with Recirculating Jobs" under supervision of our faculty member Asst. Prof. Dr. Benhür Satır. We congratulate our students and their project advisor for their success.

We held our traditional Alumni Meeting at Balgat Campus.

09/05/2015

Senior Design Group 2 successfully represented our department at the finals of the Student Project Contest at the 34th Operations Research & Industrial Engineering National Congress.

02/07/2014

Senior Design Group 2 was selected into the final 12 teams from among 22 different universities and 64 different competing projects, and successfully represented our department at the finals of the Student Project Contest at the 34th Operations Research & Industrial Engineering National Congress. Group 2's project, titled "System Improvement for Minimizing the Setup Losses of Press Line in AKSAN Steel Forging", competed against 63 other projects in the first round and 11 other projects at the finals. We congratulate our students Büşra Dindar, Dilşad Karaduman, Gözde Öz, and Şule Ünal and their project advisors Asst. Prof. Haluk Aygüneş, Asst. Prof. Nureddin Kırkavak, and Expert Atıl Kurt.

Senior Design Group 4 wins the Best Presentation Award at the 8th R&D Project Fair.

24/06/2014

Group 4 with their senior design project titled "Development of Material Handling Management System for Replenishment of Assembly Lines" won the "Best Presentation Award" among 12 Industrial Engineering senior design student groups presenting at the Çankaya University 8th R&D Project Fair. We congratulate our students İbrahim Ethem Altürk, Oktay Mesut Arslan, Kadir Döğer, and Ece Pınar Kocatepe and their project advisors Asst. Prof. Özlem Türker Bayrak, Asst. Prof. Nureddin Kırkavak, and Expert Derya Akbulut.

Senior Design Project presentations took place as part of the 8th R&D Project Fair on 10 June 2014.

10/06/2014

Presentations, of the senior design projects conducted by groups of our senior students working on real-life problems in partnership with various production and service companies in Ankara, took place as part of the 8th R&D Project Fair at Çankaya University. IE students presented their solutions and decision support systems developed to solve real-life problems met in these firms.

Assistant Professor Alp Ertem received TÜBİTAK CAREER support for his project.

10/06/2014

Assistant Professor M. Alp Ertem received a career award for 157,100TL (approximately $73,724) for his project entitled "Sustainable Humanitarian Logistics Through Intermodal Freight Transportation (113M493)" under TÜBİTAK 3501 - National Young Researchers Career Development Program (CAREER). The purpose of this program is to encourage young scientists with Ph.D. degrees and who are at the beginning of their scientific careers by supplying project funds for their studies. Dr. Ertem is among one of the four scientists in Turkey who received a career support in 2013 from the Industrial Engineering discipline.

The key idea of Dr. Ertem's project is to provide for the beneficiaries of a disaster using intermodal transportation when single mode alternative becomes unusable or infeasible. This project explores the opportunities of intermodal freight transportation in sustainable humanitarian aid delivery. The research area involves two main domains: (1) humanitarian aid delivery, and (2) intermodal freight transportation. The first domain is often called "humanitarian logistics" by the academicians and practitioners in the disaster management field. The second domain is intermodal freight transportation. Intermodal transportation is defined as the type of transportation that involves multiple modes. This project aims to investigate the intersection of these two research domains from the perspective of sustainability.

The outcomes of this project will help Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) reach beneficiaries of a disaster in shorter time, with fewer disruptions, and in an efficient way. The high cost transportation investments could only be justified by using these investments in different ways such as freight transportation. This project will enhance the application of already funded intermodal transportation projects from a humanitarian logistics standpoint such as the Transport Corridor Europe - Caucasus – Asia (TRACECA).