Sevcan (KÜÇÜK) ÜNLÜTÜRK, PhD

 

Position: Associate Professor

E-mail: sevcanunluturk[at]iyte.edu.tr

Telephone: 0090-232-750 6317 

Fax: 0090-232-750 6196  

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

 

 Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering  

 1996-2002 Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago , IL/USA

 Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

 1994-1996 Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago , IL/USA

 Bachelors of Science in Food Engineering  

 1987-1992  Ege University, Izmir/Turkey

 
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES

§  Assistant Chairman of Food Engineering Department, IYTE, Izmir / TURKEY (2003 – 2013)

§  Assistant Professor of Food Engineering, IYTE, Izmir / TURKEY (2003 – 2011)

§  Associate Professor of Food Engineering, IYTE, Izmir / TURKEY (2011 – present)

§  Teaching Assistant in Food Engineering Department, IYTE, Izmir / TURKEY (2002-2003)

§  Teaching Assistant in Chemical Engineering Department, IIT, Chicago , IL / USA (1999-2002)

§  Intern, City of Chicago , Department of Water, Bureau of Water Quality, Water Purification Laboratory, Chicago , IL / USA (June 2001-August 2001)

§    Training Course, Certificate in FIDAP/GAMBIT – Fluent Inc., Chicago , IL / USA

§    Participant in Bioseperation Seminer, Jacobs University Bremen Germany (July, 2007)

§    Agean Region Chamber of Industry (EBSO), Co-chair of the University Part in the Committee of Issues in Food Industry, 2005-2007
 Professional Memberships

§  Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST)                                           1994-2002

§   American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)                                      1994-2002  

Peer Reviewer

§  International Journal of Food Science and Technology

§  Process Biochemistry

§  Ozone: Science and Engineering

§  LWT: Food science and Technology

§  Chemical Engineering and Technology

§  Environmental Science & Technology

§  Journal of Food Engineering

§  Environmental Technology

Languages

§    Turkish (native), English (fluent)

Research Interests

·         Food Processing

·         Physical Properties of Foods

·         Rheology of Liquid Foods

·         Mathematical Modeling 

        HONORS AND AWARDS

·         B.S., Graduated at the first place (1992)

·         Scholarship for Postgraduate Education ( High Educational Council of Turkey) (1993-2000)

·         Turkey Exporters Assembly (TIM) Food R&D Brokerage Event, 3rd prize (2012)
PUBLICATIONS
A.       ARTICLES IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Kucuk Unluturk, S. and Arastoopour H., (2003).  Steady State Simulations Of Liquid-Particle Food Flow in a Vertical Pipe, Industrial and Enginering Chemistry Research, 42(16), 3845-3850

 

2. Kucuk Unluturk, S., Arastoopour, H. and Koutchma, T.,  (2004).  Modeling of UV Dose Distribution In a Laminar Flow Apple Cider Processing, Journal Food Engineering, 65(1), 125-136

 

3. Koutchma, T., Parisi B. and Kucuk Unluturk, S., (2006).  Evaluation of UV Dose in flow through reactors for fresh apple juice and cider, Chemical Engineering Communication, 193, 715-728

 

4. Göğüş, N., Tari, C., Oncü, S., Unluturk S. and Tokatli, F., (2006).  Relationship between morphology, rheology and pectinase production by Aspergillus sojae ATCC 20225 in submerged cultures, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 32, 171-178

5. Oncü, S., Tari C. And  Unluturk, S. (2007).  Effect of various process parameters on morphology, rheology and polygalacturonase production by Aspergillus sojae in a batch bioreactor,   Biotechnology Progress, 23(4), 836-845

6. Unluturk, S., Atılgan, M. R., Baysal H.A. and Tarı, C. (2008).  Use of UV-C radiation as a non-thermal process for Liquid Egg Products (LEP),  Journal  Food Engineering, 85, 561-568 

7. Atılgan M. R. And  Unluturk, S. (2008).  Rheological Properties of Liquid Egg Products (LEPs) as a Function of Temperature”, International Journal of Food Properties, 11(2), 296-309

8.  Yıldız Ö. and Unluturk S., (2009).  Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) as a tool to detect antibiotic residues in UHT whole milk.  International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 44(12), 2577-2582

9.  Unluturk, S., Atılgan, M.R., Baysal, A.H., Unluturk, M.S., (2010).  Modeling inactivation kinetics of liquid egg white exposed to UV-C irradiation”. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 42(3), 341-347

10.  Unluturk, S. , (2010).  Rebuttal: Response to Regarding Letter to Editor  On the modeling of inactivation kinetics by UV irradiation, Letter to editor, International Journal of Food Microbiology, 143 (3), 258

 

11.  Unluturk S, Unluturk M. S., Pazir F. And Kuscu A., (2011).  Process Neural Network (procNN) Method, Case Study I: Discrimination of Sweet Red Peppers Prepared by Different Methods.  EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Volume 2011, doi:10.1155/2011/290950

12.  Unluturk M. S., Unluturk S., Pazir F. and Abdollahi F.  (2011).  Capillary Dynamolysis Image Discrimination Using Neural Networks, Journal of Information Technology & Software Engineering, 1(1)  doi: 10.4172/2165-7866.1000101

13.  Hakguder Taze, B., Unluturk, S., Buzrul, S. and Alpas, H. (2013).  The impact of UV-C irradiation on spoilage microorganisms and colour of orange juice. Journal of Food Science and Technology, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13197-013-1095-7

 

 

14.  Unluturk, S., Pelvan, M. and Unluturk, M.S. (2013). The discrimination of Raw and UHT milk samples contaminated with Penicillin G and Ampicillin Using Image Processing Neural Network and Biocrystallization Methods. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 10.1016/j.jfca.2013.06.007

 

15. Unluturk S, Unluturk M. S., Pazir F. and Kuscu, A. (2013). Discrimination of Bio-Crstallogram Images Using Neural Networks. Neural Computing and Applications (NCA), doi: 10.1007/s00521-013-1346-6.

 

16. Baysal A. H., Molva C. and Unluturk S. (2013). UV–C light inactivation and modeling kinetics of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores in white grape and apple juices. International Journal of Food Microbiology,  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.08.015

 

B. ARTICLES IN NATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Yıldız Ö., Ünlütürk S., ve Tari C.  “ Uzun ömürlü (UHT) sütlerdeki antibiyotik kalıntılarının tespitinde üç farklı ticari test kitinin karşılaştırılması (Comparison of three different commercial test kits for detection of Antibiotic residues in UHT milk). Akademik Gıda, 7(4), 19-23 (2009).

 

2. Ünlütürk S., Baysal A.H. ve Atılgan M.R.  UV-C uygulamasının sıvı yumurta beyazının mikrobiyolojik kalitesi üzerine etkisi” (Effect of UV-C application on the microbiological quality of liquid egg white). Gıda (2010) 35 (5): 363-369.

 

C. CHAPTER IN A BOOK

Unluturk S. (2012). Ultraviyole (Mor Ötesi) Işınlama (6. Bölüm). Gıda Mühendisliğinde Isıl Olmayan Güncel Teknikler ve Uygulamalar. Ed. Baysal T ve İçier F., Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara.

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES  

1. Kucuk Unluturk S., A. K. Oskouie, V. M. Balasubramaniam and A. Cinar, “ Numerical Study On Solid-Liquid Food Flow In A Riser”, Proc.of 6th Conference On Food Engineering (COFE'99), AICHE Annual Meeting, 552-557, Dallas, TX, 1999. (Full text)

 

2. Kucuk Unluturk S., T. Koutchma and H. Arastoopour, “ Modeling of   Dispersed Particle-Liquid (Solid-Liquid) Phase Flow and Application to UV Pasteurization of Apple Cider”, Proc. of 7th Conference On Food Engineering (COFE'01), AICHE Annual Meeting, 586-591, Reno, NV, 2001. (Full text)

 

3. Kucuk Unluturk S., H. Arastoopour and T. Koutchma, “ CFD Modeling of Dispersed Particle-Liquid (Solid-Liquid) Phase Flow: Application to UV Pasteurization of Apple Cider”,  AICHE Annual Meeting, paper 291c, Indianapolis, IN, 2002. (Full text)

 

4.  Koutchma T., B. Parisi and S. K. Unluturk, “  Biodosimetry and dose distribution in UV radiation of juices in annular flow”, IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo, Session 103, Nonthermal Processing: Recent advances in pulsed electric field and nonthermal processes, Chicago, IL, Nonthermal processing division newsletter, vol. 5, issue 2, 103-107, 2003.(Full text)

 

5.  Koutchma T., B. Parisi and S. K. Unluturk, “Evaluation of UV Fluence in flow-through UV reactors for juices”,  AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 119b, San Fransisco, CA, 2003. (Abstract)

 

6.  Tarı C., S. Unluturk, N. Gogus, S. Oncu, F. Tokatlı, “ Investigation the effect of various factors on morphology, rheology and production of pectinase by using statistical approach”,  CEFood 2006, 3 rd European Congress on Food,  Book of Abstracts, 101, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2006. (Full text)

 

7. Oncu S., S. Unluturk, C. Tarı, N. Gogus, “ Investigation of various factors affecting the pellet morphology, broth rheology and pectinase enzyme production in submerged fermentation of Aspergillus sojae”, CEFood 2006, 3 rd European Congress on Food,  Book of Abstracts, 221, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2006. (Full text)

 

8. Atılgan M.R. and S. Unluturk, “ Evaluation of processing criteria for the UV disinfection of liquid egg products: I. Fluid dynamics parameters”,  CEFood 2006, 3 rd European Congress on Food,  Book of Abstracts, 104, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2006 (Full text)

 

9. Oncu S., S. Unluturk, C. Tarı, N. Göğüş, “ Effect of agitation speed on the pellet morphology, broth rheology and pectinase enzyme production in submerged fermentation”, Food Micro, Food safety and food biotechnology: diversity and global impact, Book of abstract, 279, Bologna, Italy, 2006. (Abstract)

10. Göğüş, N., C. Tarı, S. Oncu, S. Unluturk, F. Tokatli, “Optimization of fermentation parameters using Aspergillus sojae ATCC 20235 as a new pectinase producer”,  Food Micro, Food safety and food biotechnology: diversity and global impact, Book of abstract, 272, Bologna, Italy, 2006. (Abstract)

11. Oncu S., S. Unluturk., C. Tarı ve N. Göğüş, “ Various factors affecting the pellet morphology, broth rheology and pectinase enzyme production in submerged fermentation of Aspergillus sojae”,  Proc. IUFoST: 13th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Food is Life, Nantes, France, 2006.  (DOI: 10.1051/IUFoST:20060271) (Full text)

12.  Oncü, S., S. Unluturk, ve C. Tari,. “ The role of aeration in pectinase fermentation of Aspergillus sojae”, Proc. 5th International Congress on Food Technology: Consumer protection through Food Process improvement and innovation in the real world, Vol I, 258-265, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2007. (Full text)

13. Atilgan M. R., A. H. Baysal ve S. Unluturk, “ Short Wave Ultraviolet Light (UVC) Inactivation of Escherichia coli  in Liquid Egg White”, Proc. 5th International Congress on Food Technology: Consumer protection through Food Process improvement and innovation in the real world”, Vol 2, 358-365, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2007. (Full text)

14. Yıldız Ö., S. Unluturk, C. Tarı C. Ve M. S. Ünlütürk, “Electrical conductivity can be used as a rapid tool for detection of antibiotics in cows milk?”, Proc. 5th International Congress on Food Technology: Consumer protection through Food Process improvement and innovation in the real world, Vol I, 71-77, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2007. (Full text)

15. Baysal A. H. ve S. Unluturk, “Efficacy of short wave ultraviolet light (UVC) irradiation on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores in apple juice”, 2nd International Congress on Food and Nutrition, Book of Abstract, 30, İstanbul, Turkey,  2007. (Abstract)

16. Atılgan M. R., S. Unluturk ve A.H. Baysal, “Thermal and non-thermal processing of liquid egg products”,  2nd International Congress on Food and Nutrition, Book of Abstract, 225,  İstanbul, Turkey,  2007. (Abstract)

17. Yıldız Ö., S. Unluturk ve C. Tarı, “ An evaluation and comparison of different rapid tests and electrical conductivity for detection of antibiotics in cows milk”,  2nd International Congress on Food and Nutrition, Book of Abstract, 110,  İstanbul, Turkey,  2007. (Abstract)

18. Hakgüder B. ve S. Unluturk,  “UV disinfection of fruit juices”,  2nd International Congress on Food and Nutrition. Book of Abstract, 112,  İstanbul, Turkey, 24-26 October, 2007. (Abstract)

19. Dinçer Baysal, A. H. and Unluturk S. “ Efficacy of short wave Ultraviolet Light (UV-C) Irradiation on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores in grape juice”, XII. International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology, Abstract Book, BP506, Istanbul, Turkey, 5-9 August 2008 (Abstract)

20. Dinçer Baysal, A. H. and Unluturk S. “Short wave Ultraviolet Light (UV-C) Disinfection of Surface -  Inhibition of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores on Agar Medium.”  Risk Assesment of Microbial Problems and Preventive Actions in Food Industry, 2nd Open seminar arranged by SAFOODNET - Food Safety and Hygiene Networking within New Member States and Associated Candidate Countries; FP6-022808-2006, 92-93, Espoo, Turkey, 22-23 October 2007 (Abstract)

21. Atılgan, R.M., Baysal A.H. and Unluturk S. “ Antimicrobial Efficacy of UV-C Radiation on Escherichia coli K-12, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria innocua in Liquid Egg White”, Food Micro 2008. Evolving microbial food quality and safety.  Abstract Book, PM16, p 318, Aberdeen, England, 1-4 September 2008 (Abstract)

22. Hakgüder, B. and Unluturk S. “Non-Thermal pasteurization of white grape juice by using UV radiation”,  Food Micro 2008. Evolving microbial food quality and safety.  Abstract Book, PM26, p 323, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1-4 September 2008 (Abstract)

23. Yıldız, Ö. and Unluturk S. “Use of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)  for The Detection of Penicillin G and Tetracycline in Cow’s Milk”,  1st European Food Congress on Food, Food production, Nutrition, Healthy Consumers, Delegate Manual,  O21.5,  Lujibljana, Slovenia, 4-9 November 2008. (Abstract)

24. Atılgan, R.M., Hakguder B., Baysal A.H. and Unluturk S.  “Efficacy of UV-C Radiation for Inactivation of Escherichia coli K-12, Escherichia coli ATCC 8739 and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in White Grape Juice”, 1st European Food Congress on Food, Food production, Nutrition, Healthy Consumers, Delegate Manual,  O17.3, Lujibljana, Slovenia, 4-9 November 2008. (Abstract)

25. Hakgüder B. and Unluturk S. “Effect of Penetration Depth and UV Dose on the Performance of UV-C Disinfection Process of White Grape Juice Inoculated with Escherichia coli K-12”. Proceedings of the 5th CIGR Section VI International Symposium on Food Processing, Monitoring Technology in Bioprocesses and Food Quality Management,  87-92, Potsdam, Germany, 31 August - 02 September. 2009. (Full text)

26. Pelvan M, Unluturk S. and Yılmazer O.  Applications of flow cytometry and fluorescence techniques in somatic cell analyses of raw milk. Proceedings of the International Food Congress, Novel approaches in Food Industry, Vol I, p 245, Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey, May 26-29, 2011. (Extended abstract, oral)

27.  Kaya Z and Unluturk S.  Disinfection of white grape juice by using continuous flow UV reactor.  Proceedings of the International Food Congress, Novel approaches in Food Industry, Vol I, p 328, Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey, May 26-29, 2011. (Extended abstract)

28.  Atılgan, M.R. and Unluturk S.  Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation for Continuous Flow of Liquid Egg. White Proceedings of the International Food Congress, Novel approaches in Food Industry, Vol I, p1094, Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey, May 26-29, 2011. (Extended abstract)

29.  Hakguder B, Gogus N, Unluturk S., Tari C. And Lahore M.F.  Morphology and bulk rheology affected by operational conditions in submerged fermentation of Aspergillus sojae.  Proceedings of the International Food Congress, Novel approaches in Food Industry, Vol I, p 1031, Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey, May 26-29, 2011. (Extended abstract)

30.   Dinçer Baysal A.H. and Unluturk S.  Inhibition of Sorbic and Benzoic acid and short wave Ultraviolet Light (UV-C) treatment on  Saccharomyces cerevisiae in apple juice. Proceedings of the International Food Congress, Novel approaches in Food Industry, Vol I, p 28, Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey, May 26-29, 2011. (Extended abstract)

31. B36. Kaya, Z. And Unluturk, S. UV-C Treatment of verjuice. I. C. FaBE 2013, International conference on Food and Biosystem Engineering, FaBe2013_018, Skiathos Island, Greece, 30 May-2 June, 2013 (Full text, poster)

32. Hakguder Taze, B. and Unluturk, S. UV-LED Technology for Non Thermal Treatment of Liquid Foods. I. C. FaBE 2013, International conference on Food and Biosystem Engineering, FaBe2013_019, Skiathos Island, Greece, 30 May-2 June, 2013 (Full text)

33. Unluturk, M.S., Pazir S., Abdollahi, F., Kuscu A. and Unluturk S. Neural Network Models with Image Processing Techniques for Discrimination of Conventional and Organic Foods. I. C. FaBE 2013, International conference on Food and Biosystem Engineering, FaBe2013_179, Skiathos Island, Greece, 30 May-2 June, 2013 (Full text)

34. Atılgan, M.R., Kaya, Z., Unluturk S. UV-C irradiation as a nonthermal treatment method for solid and liquid food materials: A Review.  Advanced Nonthermal Processing in Food Technology:  Effects on Quality and Shelf life of food and beverages (ANPFT)., p 163-169, Kuşadası, İzmir, Turkey, May 07-10, 2012. (Full text)

35.  Atılgan M.R. and Unluturk S. Benh top collimated beam and continuous flow UVC disinfection of liquid egg white (LEW). Advanced Nonthermal Processing in Food Technology:  Effects on Quality and Shelf life of food and beverages (ANPFT)., p 220-226, Kuşadası, İzmir, Turkey, May 07-10, 2012. (Full text)

36.  Kaya Z. And Unluturk S.  UVC irradiation of white grape juice: a collimated beam study.  Advanced Nonthermal Processing in Food Technology:  Effects on Quality and Shelf life of food and beverages. Advanced Nonthermal Processing in Food Technology:  Effects on Quality and Shelf life of food and beverages (ANPFT)., p 263-269, Kuşadası, İzmir, Turkey, May 07-10, 2012. (Full text, poster)

 

  NATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Göğüş N., C. Tarı, Ş. Öncü, S. Ünlütürk ve F. Tokatlı, “Aşılama ortamları ile Fermentasyon Besi Yerinin Aspergillus sojae ve Rhizopus orayzae Morfolojisine ve Pektinaz Enzim Üretimi Üzerine Olan Etkisi.”, XIV. Ulusal Biyoteknoloji Kongresi, 392-396, Eskisehir, 2005. (Full text)

2. Öncü, Ş., S. Ünlütürk, N. Göğüş ve C. Tarı, “ Sıvı Ortam küf Fermentasyon Ortamının reolojik ve Morfolojik Karekterizasyonu”, XIV. Ulusal Biyoteknoloji Kongresi, 411-415, Eskisehir, 2005.  (Full text)

3. Ünlütürk, S. “Gıda Mühendisliğinde Matematiksel Modelleme ve CFD Uygulamalarından Örnekler.”,  Izmir Gıda Kongresi, Bildiri kitabı, 258-265, Izmir, 2005. (Full text)

4. Göğüş N., C. Tarı, Ş. Öncü, S. Ünlütürk ve F. Tokatlı, “ Değişik Fermentasyon parametrelerinin pektinaz enzimi üretimim ve moroloji açısından istatiksel yaklaşımla optimizasyonu”,  Türkiye 9. Gıda Kongresi, yayın no 33, 233-236,  Bolu,  2006. (Full text)

5. Öncü, Ş., S. Ünlütürk, C. Tarı,ve N.Göğüş, “ Sıvı ortam küf Fermentasyon ortamının reolojik ve morfolojik karakterizasyonu:  Fermentör uygulamaları”, Türkiye 9. Gıda Kongresi,  yayın no 33, 253-256, Bolu, 2006. (Full text)

6. Atılgan, M. R. ve S. Ünlütürk, “ Sıvı Yumurta Ürünlerinin Reolojik Özelliklerinin Karakterizasyonu”, Türkiye 9. Gıda Kongresi, yayın no 33, 771-772,  Bolu,  2006. (Full text)

7. Yıldız Ö. ve  S. Ünlütürk.  “İnek sütünde bulunabilecek antibiyotiklerin tespiti için Differansiyel Taramalı Kalorimetrenin (DSC) kullanımı”, Türkiye 10. Gıda Kongresi, yayın no 37, 733, Erzurum, 2008. (Abstract)

8. Merve Pelvan, Zehra Kaya ve Sevcan Ünlütürk. Resveratrol içeriği zengin fonksiyonel sofralık üzüm üretimi için yeni bir teknolojik yaklaşım, Türkiye İhracatçılar Meclisi (TİM) II. Uluslararası Gıda Ar-Ge Proje Pazarı, İzmir, Türkiye, 3-4 Haziran 2013 (Poster)

9.  Merve Pelvan ve  Sevcan Ünlütürk.  Biokristalizasyon görüntü oluşturma metodu ve gıda uygulamaları. Türkiye 11.Gıda Kongresi, S092, p. 11, Hatay, Türkiye, 10-12 Ekim 2012, (Abstract, sözlü sunum)

10. Sevcan Ünlütürk ve Merve Pelvan.  Biyokristalizasyon Metodu İle Penisilin G ve Ampisilin İçeren Çiğ Süt örrneklerinin Ayırt Edilmesi, Süt Endüstrisinde Yenilikçi Yaklaşımlar Sempozyumuna, Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Acıpayam, Denizli, 15-16 Kasım 2012 (sözlü sunum)

11.  Atılgan M.R., Kaya Z ve Ünlütürk S. Koruk suyunun hafif ısıl işlem ve UV-C ışınlamam ile raf ömrünün arttırılması,  Türkiye İhracatçılar Meclisi (TİM),  Türkiye İnovasyon Haftası, İstanbul, Türkiye, 6-8 Aralık 2012 (Poster)

12.  Atılgan M.R., Kaya Z ve Ünlütürk S. Koruk suyunun hafif ısıl işlem ve UV-C ışınlamam ile raf ömrünün arttırılması, Türkiye İhracatçılar Meclisi (TİM) Gıda Ar-Ge Proje Pazarı, P-039, 90-93, İzmir, Türkiye, 29 Mayıs 2012 (Poster)

     PROJECTS

1.    Mathematical modeling and investigation of the effect of morphology on the oxygen transfer in submerged fungal fermentations. (Scientific Research Project – IYTE 08, principal investigator) (2004-2007)

2.    UV Disinfection of liquid egg products (Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, TUBITAK-TOVAG), 104O210 principal investigator) (2005-2007)

3.    Microbiological quality control of UV light treated liquid egg products (Scientific Research Project – IYTE 38, principal investigator) (2005-2007)

4.    Investigation of the physical and chemical properties of milk containing antibiotics (Scientific Research Project –IYTE 37, co-researcher) (2005-2007)

5.    The effects of UV light application on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris in some fruit juices (Scientific Research Project –IYTE 34, co-researcher) (2005-2007)

6.    Production and downstream processing of the polygalacturonase (PG) from Aspergillus sojae. The effect of microbial morphology and fluid rheology on system global productivity under conditions close to industrial practice. A theoretical and experimental approach. (Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) – Germany BMBF-IntenC, 107O602, co-researcher) (2008- 2011)

7.    UV disinfection of some fruit juices (Scientific Research Project –IYTE 19, principal investigator) (2008 - 2009)

8.    Design of a continuous flow UV reactor for disinfection of opaque liquid foods (Scientific Research Project –IYTE 09, principal investigator), 2010-2011

9.    Bioprocess platform for the A.sojae PGzyme system  (PGSYS EXCHANGE FP-7 IRSES 269211, FP7 projesi, co-researcher , 2012-2016

Investigation of the Usage of UV light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) as an Alternative Technology in Freshly Squeezed Apple Juice Pasteurization. (Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, TUBITAK-TOVAG), 113O200 principal investigator (2013- ) 

         COURSES  

§  FE 526 Physical Properties of Food and Biological Materials

§  FE 532 Food Engineering Principles

§  FE 806 Special Studies

§  FE 906 Special Studies