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Nazım Uluçay

Abcde Caddesi No. 00/0 Telephone : + 90 232 000 0000
Semt TR-35000 Izmir, Turkey E-mail :


EDUCATION

1998 – Present Bachelor of Science (BS) Izmir Institute of Technology Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering (expected date of graduation 06.2004)

1989 – 1997 High School Adnan Menderes Anatolian High School, Istanbul (majored in science and mathematics)


TECHNICAL REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Project Report on Ethylene Oxide Production Process Plant Design Submitted and presented to the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology. CHE 420 Engineering Economics and Design, Fall 2003 (with N. Meriçoğlu and D. Baycin).
Project Report on Water Proof Breathable Polymeric Textile Membrane Production Process Submitted and presented to the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology. CHE 332 Polymer Technology, Spring 2003.
Project Report on Design of NH3 Production Reactor Submitted and presented to the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology. CHE 302 Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, Fall 2002 (with N. Meriçoğlu).
Review on Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx With NH3 Submitted and presented to the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology. EN 301 Technical Writing and Communication, Fall 2002.
Project Report on Antistatic Polymer Additives Submitted and presented to the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology. CHE 228 Structure and Properties of Polymers, Spring 2001.
Project Report on PVC Production Submitted and presented to the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology. CHE 221 Introduction to Polymer Science, Fall 2000.


WORK EXPERIENCE

Practicum, Izmir – Turkey
Göktepe Plastic Corporation. Intern in Quality Ensurance Laboratory
Quality control test of products (July 2003 – August 2003)

Practicum, Istanbul – Turkey
Bilim Pharmaceutirals Corporation. Intern in Solid Department
Worked in the production process of syrup and tablet medicines (June 2002)

Practicum, Izmir – Turkey
Ege Ceramic Corporation. Intern in Chemical Analysis Laboratory
Physical and chemical analysis of ceramic tiles (June 2001)


LANGUAGES

Turkish, English; intermediate Russian


COMPUTER SKILLS

Windows Office Programs (Word, Excel, Power Point); Matematica; AutoCAD; Chemcad


ACTIVITIES

Founder and Member of Administrative Committee: Mountaineering and Nature Society of Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey, 1998 – 2003.
Member of Organization Committee: Spring Fest of Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey, Spring 2000 and Spring 2001.
Member of Swimming Team: Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey, 2002.
Representative: European Youth Festival, Ankara, Turkey, December 2002.
Head of Mathematics Society of Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey, 1998 – 1999.
Amateur Photographer since 1995.


CERTIFICATES

Scuba Diving Certificate –Single Star, Izmir, Turkey, 2002.
Swimming Championship of Universities of Turkey, June 2002.
Paragliding Certificate – Beginner Level, Izmir, Turkey, 2000.


REFERENCES

Professor Dr. Devrim Balköse Telephone : +90 232 750 62 71
Head of Department of Chemical Engineering Facsimile : +90 232 750 63 55
Izmir Institute of Technology E-mail :
Gülbahçe Urla
TR-35430 Izmir, Turkey

Mr Evren Göktepe Telephone : +90 532 246 26 60
Part-Time Instructor in Izmir Institute of Technology, Facsimile : +90 232 472 14 43
Department of Chemical Engineering & E-mail :
Member of Consultation Committee of
Göktepe Plastic Corporation
Işıkkent Kavşağı
TR-35070 Izmir, Turkey











Courses Taken

CHE 420 Engineering Economics and Design
The nature of process synthesis and analysis. Engineering economics and economics decision making. Comprehensive projects are assigned which include heat, material and economic balance, unit operations and processes, kinetics and thermodynamics. Conceptual design and finding the best flow sheet: input information, batch-versus continuous, input-output structure, recycle structure, separation system, heat exchanger network and cost diagrams. Other design tools and applications like computer aided design programs, preliminary process optimization.

CHE 402 Process Dynamics and Control
Introduction to modeling and analysis of dynamic processes and the engineering tasks of process operations and control. Subject covers the following topics: incentives for process monitoring, analysis and control; modeling the static and dynamic behavior of processes; control strategies; design of feedback, feed forward and other control structures; model-predictive, inferential and adaptive control systems; digital computer control process identification; fault diagnosis and supervisory control; computer-integrated manufacturing and industrial practice of process control.

CHE 410 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
Continuation of CHE 310. A number of experiments on heat transfer, mass transfer, instrumental analysis and chemical reaction engineering.

GC 212 History of Western Civilization I
Beginning and development of civilization. Origin of western civilization. The cultural and social lives and their developments in the western area from the beginning of the civilization until the end of the middle age.

CHE 435 Fundamentals of Air Pollution and Control
The main sources of air pollution, prevention and control methods of air pollution. Legislations related with air pollution. Treatment methods of stack gases.

CHE 445 Industrial and Hazardous Waste Treatment
Definition of waste from both physical and regulatory points of view, risk analysis and transport of contaminants. A survey of partical dynamics, aquatic chemistry, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, mass balances, population and growth and reactors. A detailed study of the various treatment methods such as physico-chemical, biological, stabilization and solidification, thermal, land disposal. A discussion of air pollution.

CHE 330 Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
Mathematical model formulation of chemical and physical processes. Solutions of model problems relating to fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer and chemical reaction engineering. This course is designed to teach a systematic approach in going from the real problem to the mathematical model and to provide students with an applied knowledge of analytical and numerical tools in solving chemical process models and open ended problems.

CHE 312 Separation Processes
General principles of separation by equilibrium and rate processes. Stages cascades. Applications to distillation, absorption, adsorption, and membrane processes. Phase equilibria and role of diffusion. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer. Novell separation processes. A small design project will be assigned to each student.


CHE 310 Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
Laboratory studies demonstrating the principles of physical chemistry, fluid
mechanics and heat transfer and to verify theoretical concepts and learn laboratory techniques. Methods for analyzing and presenting data. Report preparation and presentation of an oral technical report.

CHE 332 Polymer Technology
Continuation of CHE 228. basic processing methods of granulated polymers. Injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, etc. Stabilizers and additives. Application and usage areas of polymers. Performance tests of the products.

CHE 302 Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design
Introduces design of commercial chemical reactors, emphasizing synthesis of chemical kinetics, transport phenomena. Topics: kinetics and equilibrium - elementary steps, transition-state theory, multi-step reactions. Ideal reactors –batch, plug flow, well-stirred; residence-time distributions. Transport in reactors—heat and mass transfer, diffusion to and within the catalyst particles. Reactor design; reactor size; modeling of performance. A small design project will be assigned to each student.

ENG 301 Technical Writing and Communication
Methods of library research. Techniques for the preparation of research papers report and term papers. Communication practices on selected topics.

CHE 321 Thermodynamics II
Second law of thermodynamics. Gibbs free energy. Intermolecular forces. Fugacity, partial molar properties, activity coefficients. Phase diagrams and the phase rule. The Gibbs-Duhem equation. Multi-component phase equilibria. Chemical reaction equilibria. Applications to engineering problems.

CHE 311 Heat and Mass Transfer
Steady state heat conduction. The energy equation. Fourier’s law. Unsteady-state conduction. Convective heat transfer. Radiation. Design of heat transfer equipment. Diffusion, fluxes, and component conservation equations. Convective mass transfer. Interphase mass transport coefficients. A small design project will be assigned to each student.

CHEM 321 Physical Chemistry
Kinetic theory of gases. Chemical kinetics. Surface thermodynamics. Electrochemistry. The solid, liquid and gaseous states of matter, phase equilibria.

ME 231 Materials Science and Engineering
Atomic theory and bonding in solids. Crystalline and non-crystalline materials. Imperfections in solids. Classification of engineering materials. Pure metals, alloy steels, stainless steel, cast iron, non-ferrous alloys. Phase diagrams and iron-carbon phase diagram. Mechanical properties and testing. Corrosion control and principles.

CHE 228 Structures and Properties of Polymer
A continuation and review of CHE 211. the structures of polymers. Polymerization types. Morphology and order in crystalline polymers. Rheology and mechanical properties of polymers.

GC 234 Search and Rescue Techniques (SAR)
Organization and management of local area and people in the case of a natural disaster. Basic search and rescue techniques on disasters like earthquake, float, fire, etc.
GC 216 Basic Russian Language
Basic reading and writing skills of Russian language.

CHE 222 Fluid Mechanics
Introduction to mechanical principles governing fluid flow. Stress in a fluid. Conservation of mass and momentum, using differential and integral balances. Elementary constitutive equations. Hydrostatics. Exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. Approximate solutions using control volume analysis. Mechanical energy balances and Bernoulli’s equation. Dimensional analysis and dynamic similarity. Introduction to boundary-layer theory and turbulence. A small design project will be assigned to each student.

CHE 220 Thermodynamics I
Concept of equilibrium, temperature and reversibility. First law and concepts of heat and work. Second law and entropy. Equations of state and thermodynamics of pure substances. Engineering applications of these principles in the analysis and design of closed and open systems. Thermodynamic analysis of cyclic processes including power generation and refrigeration.

CHE 211 Introduction to Polymer Science
Basic concepts of polymer science. Polymer and chain types. Crystalline and amorphous structures. Weight distributions. Morphology of polymers.

EE 210 Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronic Circuits
Fundamentals circuit laws. Resistive circuit analysis. Sinusoidal steady state response of circuits. Three phase circuits. Magnetic circuits and transformers. Electromechanical energy conversion. Semiconductor elements. Transistor biasing and amplifiers. Operational amplifiers and integrated circuits.
CHE 210 Numerical Methods in Engineering
Numerical methods for solving problems arising in heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, and chemical reaction engineering. Topics: numerical linear algebra, solution of nonlinear algebraic equations and ordinary differential equations, and finite-difference and finite-element methods for elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. All methods presented in context of problems arising in transport phenomena. Lectures and assignments assume knowledge of FORTRAN.

CHE 201 Material and Energy Balance in Engineering
Material and energy balances for engineering systems subjected to chemical and physical changes. Calculations on industrial processes.

ECON 205 Principles of Economics
The nature of economics. A general view of price system. Market and pricing. The determination and the control of the national income. Fiscal policy. Money, banking, and monetary policy. International trade and finance. Economic growth and development.

CHEM 221 Organic Chemistry
General principles of synthetic and theoretical organic chemistry. A survey of the principle classes of organic compounds. Provided with fundamental theories. Synthesis and characterization of various functional groups.

MATH 255 Differential Equations
Classification of Differential Equations, Initial and Boundary Value Problems. Exact and Separable Differential Equations, Linear Equations and Bernoulli Equations. Higher Order Differential Equations: Homogeneous Linear Equations with constant coefficients. The Method of Undetermined Coefficients, Variation of Parameters, The Cauchy-Euler Equation. Series Solutions of Linear Differential Equations. Bessel Differential Equations. The Laplace Transform.

ME 112 Computer Aided Engineering Drawing
Introduction to the use and preparation of manually and computer generated engineering drawings, including the following topics: basic drawing techniques; dimensioning of orthographic drawings; auxiliary and oblique views; sectional drawings, working drawings; blueprint reading; freehand sketching; production standards, methods, and symbols; simplified drawing techniques.

CHE 101 Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Basic concepts of chemical engineering. Chemical Engineering profession, future trends. Assignment of a project and its literature search. Selected field trips. Oral presentations.

ENG 102 Development of Reading and Writing Skills II
A continuation of ENG 101.

ENG 101 Development of Reading and Writing Skills I
The reinforcement of reading and writing skills through reading selections with review of structural patterns and paragraph and summary writing.

CS 102 Basic Computer Science and Programming
Introduction to computer science. Foundations of programming. Coding techniques. Basic data structures. Generic coding-coding in pseudo code. Algorithmic design. Miscellaneous languages such as Pascal programming.

CS 101 Basic Information Technology
Introduction to computer technology, hardware, software and other terminology. Primary operating systems, DOS-Windows. Word processing. Database. Presentation software. Graphics and scientific visualization. Computer networks, INTERNET. Internet applications, e-mail, WWW, HTML.

MATH 142 Calculus II
Techniques of integration, polar coordinates and conic sections, infinite series, parametric curves and vectors in the plane, vectors, curves and surfaces in spaces, partial differentiation, multiple integrals, vector analysis.

MATH 141 Calculus I
Functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and their applications, integral and their applications, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric and inverse hyperbolic functions.

PHYS 122 General Physics II
Continuation of Physics I. The fundamentals laws of electricity and magnetism, including electromagnetic oscillation and applications to circuits and instruments. Coulomb’s law; electric fields; Gauss’s law; electric potential; capacitance. Simple circuits; RC circuits. Magnetic force; forces and magnetic dipoles; magnetic fields; Faraday’s law; self-inductance. Weekly laboratory experiments complement the lecture.

PHYS 121 General Physics I
Basic concepts of mechanics using vectors and calculus; Newton’s laws of motion; conservation of energy and momentum. Kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies undergoing rectilinear, rotational, and oscillatory motion. Weekly laboratory experiments complement the lecture.

CHEM 102 General Chemistry II
Solutions and their behavior, physical properties of solutions. Chemical kinetics, the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions. Chemical equilibrium, chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry. The chemistry of acids and bases. Reactions between acids and bases. Precipitation reactions. The chemistry of elements, metals, metalloids and nonmetals. The chemistry of hydrogen and the s-block elements.

CHEM 101 General Chemistry I
Matter, its properties and measurements. Introduction to atomic theory, stoichiometry. The structural and physical properties of matter. Gases, liquids and solids. Intermolecular forces. Atomic and molecular structure. Compounds, molecules and molecular formulas, ions and ionic compounds. Atomic electronic configurations and periodicity. Basic concepts of chemical bonding, ionic, covalent and metallic bonding.