12. The Faculty of Engineering is founded with the aim of training engineers to serve in different disciplines and to carry out research in various engineering branches. The students of the faculty receive education at European standards through the academic staff competent in their fields.
13. THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING The Faculty publishes periodicals such as Chemica Acta Turcica, University- Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Earth Sciences and Engineering Bulletin, in addition to organizing many national and international conferences and carrying out research and publishing papers in the field of engineering. The Journal of Engineering Sciences considering to publish have been prepared and will be published next within 2 or 3 months.
Publications (2009) Journal Papers (SCI) : 7 International Conference Papers : 15 Research Projects International Research Projects : - National Research Projects : 1 (TUBITAK) Research and Teaching Staff Full Professors : 3 Associate Professors : - Assistant Professors : 9 Research/Teaching Assistants : 12 Undergraduate Students : 500 MsC : 9 PhD : 15
Basic Research Areas Computer Architecture Image Processing Cellular Neural Networks Network Security Wireless Networks Artificial Intelligence VLSI Circuit Design Pattern Recognition Biomedical Engineering Networking And Traffic Analysis
Research Projects New Analytical Methods for Stable Cellular Neural Networks Template Design and Signal and Image Processing Applications of These Templates with CNN computer Stability Analysis of Neural Networks with Time Varying Delays and Their Simulations Cancer Region Diagnosis of a 2-Dimensional Mammographic Data Using Image Processing Techniques
Publications (2009) Journal Papers (SCI) : 12 International Conference Papers : 16 Research Projects International Research Projects : - National Research Projects : 3 (TUBITAK) Research and Teaching Staff Full Professors : 2 Associate Professors : 1 Assistant Professors : 10 Research/Teaching Assistants : 10 Undergraduate Students : 500 MsC : 1 9 PhD : 6
Basic Research Areas Water and W astewater T reatment Water Quality Management Advanced water/wastewater treatment and recycling Air Pollution Control Waste Sludge Treatment and Recycling Soil Pollution and Treatment Outfall Systems Microbial Ecology Waste minimization Estuary ecosystems
Research Projects Investigation of the structure and stability of aerobic granular sludge Investigation of recovery from industrial wastewater by nanofiltration Antibiotic resistance profiles of Enterobacteria isolated from Küçükçekmece Lagoon (Istanbul) Size distribution of airborne particulate matter and associated heavy metals in Istanbul Personal exposure to air pollutants in traffic microenvironments in Istanbul Experimental Studies of the Hydrodynamics and Mixing of Dense Wastewater Discharges from Diffusers S ubstrate inhibition in anaerobic wastewater treatment Investigation the Removal of Heavy Metal from Industrial Sewage Sludge as Hazardous Waste Production of Syngas from Industrial Sewage Sludge by Pyrolysis/Gasification
Istanbul University Geophysical Engineering History HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCE IN OUR UNIVERSITY AND TURKEY In Anatolia, the history of geophysical sciences may go back to Antiquity namely the period that lived Thales in Magnesia. In modern sense, geophysics was started with the geomagnetic works in 1600’s. The period among 1600 and 1800 years includes the magnetic declination, inclination and strength measurements. Before these years, there is a little information, how is used a compass, in the Kitab-i Bahriye (the Book of Navigation) of Piri Reis who is one of the most important mariner of the Ottoman Empire. Although this may not understand that magnetic declination angel knows in generally. The first scientific book related the geophysics is the book of Füyuzat-i Miknatissiye that was translated by Ibrahim Müteferrika and that was printed in 1731. The subject of this book is the earth’s magnetism. There is information concerning with the geophysics in the book of Cihannuma that was written by Katip Çelebi and in the book of Marifetname that written by Ibrahim Hakki Erzurumlu but these books are partly geophysical books. In Istanbul, the year of 1868 is one of the most important year for geophysical sciences. Because an observatory called Rasathane-i Amire was installed around Pera region in this city. In this Observatory, the first systematic geophysical observations such as meteorological, seismological and even gravimetrical was made. Breaking up this Observatory due to anti-revolution that was made by the religious of the Ottoman Empire in 1909, M. F. Gökmen - who is one of the pioneer of the modern geophysical and astronomical works- charged with reorganization of observatory that broke up. The Place of Observatory is transported to Kandilli region of Istanbul (now, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute). Kandilli Observatory started the systematic meteorological observations in 1911. There have been the meteorological records in Anatolia since 1839. These records are concerning with temperature, pressure and humidity of the weather. Evaluation of geomagnetic data has been obtained in Istanbul since 1600. Going further back in the past as much as possible, magnetic data obtained from Istanbul is analyzed for showing the time variations of the geomagnetic field. In the Ottoman Empire, the science of geophysics is one of the natural sciences such as astronomy, mineralogy, geology and etc., and these sciences were agreed as a part of physics and chemistry. After founding the Republic of Turkey by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923, the first geophyisical department for educational purposes was established in İstanbul Darülfünunu (University of Istanbul) by Fatin Gökmen in 1926 as the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics. In the same year, first geophysical lecture was given as a Lesson of Meteorology and Geophysics at the same Institute. Later, because Fatin Gökmen was not a staff of newly organization of University of İstanbul, reorganization of the Geophysical Institute would be officially formed in 1948 (İshakoğlu, 1995). By the 1952, Geophysical Institute of University of İstanbul was strongly established in Faculty of Science by the contributions of Prof. İ. Özdogan, M. Fouche, Coulomb who is a famous French geophysicist and J. Barthels who is co-writer of monumental book of Geomagnetism and who was the director of Geophysical Institute of Gotingen University in this time. At the same faculty of University, by the 1968, Applied Geophysics Department was established and then general and applied geophysics departments began the geophysical engineering education. On 1952 A Seismological Institute was organized at the Technical University of Istanbul by the contributions of UNESCO by the works of Prof. K. Ergin and their colleagues. The name of this institute was changed as Institute of Physics of the Earth on 1966 and was formed as a part of Mining Faculty of this University. At this Institute, applied geophysics lectures for educational purposes was given by Prof. K. Ergin and a geophysical engineering department was established on 1966 (Ergin, 1976). By the reorganization of the higher education of Turkey on 1982, Kandilli Observatory which is first geophysical and astronomical observatory of Turkey was reorganized as a part of Bogaziçi University and began in M.Sc. and Ph. D. Education in geophysical sciences at Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute. The first geophysical journal was published by the Geophysicists Association of Turkey as Jeofizik in 1959. Later, this journal was published up to 1986 year irregular form. On 1986, Biannual Jeofizik Journal was more regularly published by Chamber of Geophysical Engineers that is only geophysical society in Turkey. In the present, structure and dynamics of Geophysics in İstanbul are presented by the three departments of geophysics at University of İstanbul, at Istanbul Technical University and at Boğaziçi University all of which have three geophysical sub-departments such as Earth's Physics, Seismology and Applied Geophysics.
İstanbul Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Kimya Mühendisliği Bölümü, ülkemizde kimya öğretimi yapan ilk kuruluşlara dayanmaktadır. 1915 yılındaki Darülfünun reformu sonucu 1917 yılında Almanya'dan getirilen üç profesör; Arndt (Anorganik ve Analitik Kimya), Hoesch (Organik Kimya) ve Fester (Sınai Kimya) tarafından ilk kuruluş amacı "Endüstri Kimyageri" yetiştirmek olan Kimya Enstitüsü kurulmuştur. Bu enstitü normal olarak 1918-19 ders yılından itibaren 1. sınıfına öğrenci almıştır. 1918 antlaşmasından sonra Alman profesörlerin ülkelerine dönmesiyle 1933 yılına kadar eğitim, onların yanında yetişen Türk öğretim elemanları ile sürdürülmüştür. Atatürk'ün direktifiyle gerçekleştirilen 1933 Üniversite Reformu'nun getirdiği yenilik ve gelişmelere paralel olarak İ.Ü. Fen Fakültesi Kimya Enstitüsü üç yeni enstitü halinde örgütlenmiştir. Prof. Dr. F. Arndt (Alman) başkanlığında Genel Kimya, Prof. Dr. O. Herzog (Alman) başkanlığında Sınai Kimya ve Prof. Dr. G. Valensi (Fransız) başkanlığında Fizikokimya Enstitü'leri üç yıllık öğretim sonucu sertifika veren kuruluşlar olarak görev yapmışlardır. Bu enstitüler kadrosunda yeralmış olan Türk profesör yardımcıları da Remziye Hisar, Tahsin Rüştü Beyer, Tarık Artel, Turhan Şeşbeş (Genel Kimya), Ali Rıza Berkem (Fizikokimya), Saffet Rıza Alpar, Haldun Nüzhet Terem'dir (Sınai Kimya). 1937'den itibaren üç yıl olan öğrenim süresi dört yıla çıkarılmış ve öğretim programında bazı değişiklikler yapılarak "Kimya Mühendisi" diploması verilmeye başlanmıştır. Daha sonra bu diploma Kimya Yüksek Mühendisi" diplomasına dönüştürülmüştür. 1964 yılında yeni bir yapılanma ile Fen Fakültesine bağlı "Kimya Yüksek Okulu" kurulmuş ve Kimya Yüksek Mühendisliği öğrenim süresi beş yıla çıkarılmıştır. Bir yıl sonra Kimyagerlik ve Yüksek Kimyagerlik öğretimleri de başlamıştır.İ.Ü. Senatosu'nun 4 Mayıs 1967 tarihinde almış olduğu Kimya Yüksek Okulu'nun Kimya Fakültesi'ne dönüştürülmesi kararının Milli Eğitim Bakanlığınca 4 Ağustos 1967 tarihinde onaylanması sonucu Kimya Yüksek Mühendisliği, Kimya Mühendisliği, Yüksek Kimyagerlik, Kimyagerlik ve Kimya Lisans diplomaları veren İ.Ü. Kimya Fakültesi kurulmuştur. 6 Kasım 1981 tarihinde 2547 sayılı Yüksek Öğretim Kanunu uyarınca üniversite sistemi yeniden düzenlenmiştir. Bunun sonucu İ.Ü. Kimya Fakültesi ile Yerbilimleri Fakültesi birleştirilerek dört bölümlü bir Mühendislik Fakültesi haline dönüştürülmüştür. Kimya Mühendisliği Bölümünde Mühendislik Fakültesindeki lisans öğretiminin yanısıra, İ.Ü. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü bünyesinde Kimya Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı olarak, yüksek lisans ve doktora öğretimi de yapılmaktadır. Halen Bölümde 7 Profesör, 7 Doçent, 13 Yardımcı Doçent, 3 Doktor Araştırma Görevlisi, 9 Araştırma Görevlisi görev yapmaktadır.