BESTE BAYRAMOĞLU, Assist. Prof. Dr.

Tel: +90 232 750 6282

Fax: +90 232 750 6196

Department of Food Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Gulbahce, Urla, Izmir, Turkey

 
 
bestebayramoglu@iyte.edu.tr

 

 

                                                                                                              

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, September 2012.

Dissertation: Modeling Polystyrene With and Without Confinement: Exploring the Limits of Iterative Boltzmann Inversion

M.S., Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TURKEY, September 2007.

Thesis: Solvent-free Microwave Extraction and Microwave Hydro distillation of 

Essential Oils from Spices

B.S., Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TURKEY, June 2005.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

Molecular Modeling and Simulations of Polymeric, Biomolecular and Colloidal Systems

Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Food Engineering

Functional Foods

Colloid Science

Layer-by-Layer Assembly

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Assistant Professor, Izmir Institute of Technology                                                         2013-

Department of Food Engineering, Izmir, Turkey   

 

Research Assistant, University of California, Davis                                                         2010-2012

Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Davis, CA 

 

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis                                                         2008-2009

Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Davis, CA

 

Project Assistant, Middle East Technical University                                                       2006-2007

Food Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey     

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Bayramoglu, B., & Faller, R. (2013). Mesoscale Modeling of Confined Polystyrene Brushes by Iterative Boltzmann Inversion. (In preparation).

 

Bayramoglu, B., & Faller, R. (2013). Modeling of Polystyrene under Confinement: Exploring the Limits of Iterative Boltzmann Inversion. Macromolecules, (Accepted).

 

Bayramoglu, B., & Faller, R. (2012). Coarse-Grained Modeling of Polystyrene in Various Environments by Iterative Boltzmann Inversion. Macromolecules, 45:9205-9219.

 

Karakaya, S., El, S. N., Karagozlu, N., Sahin, S., Sumnu, G., & Bayramoglu, B. (2012). Microwave-assisted Hydrodistillation of Essential Oil from Rosemary. Journal of Food Science and Technology.  doi 10.1007/s13197-011-0610-y.

 

Bayramoglu, B., & Faller, R. (2011). Structural Properties of Polystyrene Oligomers in Different Environments: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(40): 18107-18114.

 

Bayramoglu, B., Sahin, S., & Sumnu, S.G. (2009). Extraction of Essential Oil from Laurel Leaves by Using Microwaves. Separation Science and Technology, 44: 722–733.

 

Bayramoglu, B., Sahin, S., & Sumnu, S.G. (2008). Solvent-free microwave extraction of essential oil from oregano.  Journal of Food Engineering, 88(4): 535-540.

 

 

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

 

Bayramoglu, B., & Faller, R. (2011). Coarse‐Grained Modeling of Polystyrene at Different Concentrations Using the Iterative Boltzmann Inversion Technique. Bulletin of the American Physical Society 56. (APS March Meeting, 2011, Dallas, TX, 2011.)

 

Faller, R., Huang, D., Bayramoglu, B., & Moule, A. (2011). Systematic Multiscale Modeling of Polymers. Bulletin of the American Physical Society 56. (APS March Meeting, 2011, Dallas, TX, 2011.)

 

Bayramoglu, B., & Stroeve, P. (2010). Ultrathin Edible Coatings by Layer‐By‐Layer (LbL) Assembly Technique. Book of Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Chicago, IL, 2010.

 

Faller, R., Elliot, I., Bayramoglu, B., Mulder, D., & Kuhl, T. (2010). Confined Polymer Systems: Synergies Between Simulations and Neutron Scattering Experiments. Pacifichem 2010, International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, HI.

 

Bayramoglu, B., & Stroeve, P. (2009). Layer-By-Layer Assembly of Chicken Egg White Lysozyme and Bovine Hemoglobin for Edible Coatings. Gordon Research Conferences Chemistry of Supramolecular Assemblies, Waterville, ME.

 

Bayramoglu, B., Sahin, S., & Sumnu, S.G. (2008). Microwave assisted hydrodistillation of essential oils from rosemary. Proceedings of the CIGR International Conference of Agricultural Engineering, Brazil, 2008.

 

Bayramoglu, B., Sahin, S., & Sumnu, S.G. (2007). Solvent-free microwave extraction of essential oil from oregano. Proceedings of the 3rd CIGR Section VI International Symposium on Food & Agricultural Products: Processing and Innovation, Naples, Italy, 2007.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

American Physical Society (APS)                                                                                          2011-2012

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

-          Teaching Assistant of the Year, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, UC Davis, 2009.

-          Graduate Student Association (GSA) Travel Award, UC Davis, 2009.

-          International PhD Fellowship Program, TUBITAK, Ankara, 2007-2008.

-          Scholarship in The Support Program for Scientific and Technological Research Projects, TUBITAK, Ankara, 2006-2007.

 

 

COURSES

 

FE 813 Special Studies

FE 913 Special Studies