Director
Pinar Menguuc, after graduating from Ankara Science High School, received his BS and MS degrees from ODTU/METU in Ankara, Turkey, and his PhD from Purdue University, USA in 1985. He joined to the University of Kentucky and promoted to the ranks of associate professor and professor in 1988 and 1993, respectively, and eventually selected as the Engineering Alumni Association Chair Professor in 2008. He was a visiting professor at Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy during 1991, and at Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA during should be 1998-1999 academic year.
He joined Özyeğin University, Istanbul in 2009 as the founding Head of Mechanical Engineering. The same year, he established CEEE/EÇEM. Mengüç’s research areas include radiative transfer, nanoscale transport phenomena, applied optics and sustainable energy applications. Over the years, he has guided more than 70 MS and PhD students, and postdocs researchers.
He is the author/coauthor of more than 150 archival papers, 220 conference publications, four books, and several book chapters. He holds six patents, including a triadic patent. Since 2008, he is one of the three Editors in Chief of Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (JQSRT ).
Mengüç received a R&D100 Award in 2005 based on a particle characterization technique they developed with the startup company STI in the USA. He also received 2014 Knowledge Transfer Award (2014) and 2015 Outstanding Researcher Award (2015), both from Ozyegin University, and the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Heat Transfer Memorial Award in the category of Art (2018). In 2020 he was chosen as an Outstanding Mechanical Engineer by the Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering. Mengüç is an elected member of Science Academy of Turkey and currently serving at its executive board.
In the first half of 2022, he has been a visiting professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in addition to his duties at CEEE.
You can access Prof. Pınar Mengüç’s detailed CV here.
Administrative Manager
Dilek Saygı graduated first in her class from the Department of International Relations (English, Full Scholarship) at American University in 2007. She completed her Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations (English, Full Scholarship) at Yeditepe University with a thesis entitled “The Securitization of Climate Change–Induced Migration: An Analysis of the European Union’s Discourse and Policies.”
Between 2007 and 2010, she worked as a Project Assistant at Kadir Has University, within the International Office for Planning, Research and Consultancy Services (IPADHO). During this period, she actively contributed to the monitoring of funding calls and the preparation of expressions of interest and project applications for international institutions such as the European Union, International Finance Corporation, United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank. She also took part in the project management phases of various social responsibility and consultancy projects.
Since 2011, she has been serving as Administrative Manager at CEEE, where she provides administrative support to the Center Director and oversees the operational and financial processes of all Center activities. She continues to work on national and international projects, focusing on project development, dissemination, and coordination within the framework of project cycle management.
Finance Specialist
Gülçin Mezireli graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Public Finance. Following her graduation, she obtained the Certified Public Accountant (S.M.M.M.) license and subsequently worked at leading organizations including Soyak Holding, BRISA, and Ernst & Young.
She joined EÇEM in 2011 to support project and budget-related activities. She continues to work in close coordination with other university departments to ensure the effective implementation and completion of projects, primarily focusing on the accounting of the Center’s and projects’ budgets, financial reporting, and related financial processes.
Ozyegin University
Academic Building 4, B5-520,
Nisantepe, Orman Street, 34794 Cekmekoy
Istanbul / TURKEY
Ozyegin University
Academic Building 4, B5-520,
Nisantepe, Orman Street, 34794 Cekmekoy
Istanbul / TURKEY
+90 (216) 564 91 34
+90 (216) 564 91 34
energy@ozyegin.edu.tr
energy@ozyegin.edu.tr
