MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING

THE LIST OF FINISHED PhD. THESES (since 1971)

NAME SURNAME SUPERVISOR THESIS DATE

ETİ UYGUR OĞURTANI TARIK DISLOCATION INTERSTITIAL INTERACTIONS IN NIOBIUM 8/25/1971
EQUILIBRIUM RELATIONS BETWEEN LIQUID IRON-COPPER
AHMET GEVECİ ROSENQUIST TERKEL 1/12/1973
MATTE, LIQUID METAL AND SLAG
PHASE RELATIONS AND THERMODYNAMICS IN LEAD
HÜRMAN R. ERİÇ TİMUÇİN MUHARREM 12/4/1979
CONTAINING SULFIDE SYSTEMS
HIGH TEMPERATURE CREEP BEHAVIOR OF NITRIDED Fe-V Fe-
ALİ ŞAKİR BOR ATASOY ERTUĞRUL 12/4/1981
Ti ALLOYS
NUCLEATION AND GROWTH STUDIES ON SELENIUM THIN
A. MACİT ÖZENBAŞ ATASOY ERTUĞRUL 6/22/1981
FILMS
THE EFFECT OF LOADING RATE, TEMPERATURE AND CRACK
RAFET ARIKAN DORUK MUSTAFA LENGTH ON FRACTURE INITIATION TOUGHNESS IN A LOW 6/25/1982
STRENGTH STEEL
BİROL SONUPARLAK TİMUÇİN MUHARREM EXAMINATION OF KAOLINITE-MULLITE REACTION SERIES 4/7/1983
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BEHAVIOR OF
FILAMENT-WOUND GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC
MEHMET HİLMİ GÜLER ANKARA ALPAY 10/3/1985
TUBES UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSIVE AND HOOP TENSILE
STRESSES
CORRELATION BETWEEN YIELDING FRACTURE MECHANICS
FİLİZ SARIOĞLU DORUK MUSTAFA PARAMETERS AND THE CRACK GROWTH RATE OF A LOW 10/3/1985
STRENGTH STEEL IN AN AMMONIUM CARBONATE SOLUTION
EFFECT OF ORIENTATION ON SALT WATER FOG ENHANCED
RIZA GÜRBÜZ DORUK MUSTAFA FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR OF 7050 T73651 12/29/1987
ALUMINUM ALLOY
THE EFFECT OF DOUBLE AUSTENITIZATION ON
BİLGEHAN ÖGEL TEKİN ERDOĞAN MICROSTRUCTURE AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF AISI M2 12/13/1989
HIGH SPEED STEELS
DAMAGE TOLERANCE OF LIFE ESTIMATION OF CRITICAL
TURGUT AKYÜREK BİLİR ÖMER GÜNDÜZ 1/8/1991
PARTS OF A FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
SEPARATION OF COPPER AND COBALT FROM HYRITE LEACH
ONUR ÇOKGÖR TOPKAYA YAVUZ 5/30/1991
SOLUTION BY SOLVENT EXTRACTION
ERGİN NOYAN ATALA HALUK SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY DESIGN 9/14/1990
 DESIGN FABRICATION AND COMPRESSION TESTING OF
FARUK ELALDI ANKARA ALPAY 7/17/1992
STIFFENED COMPOSITE PANELS FOR AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES
STUDY OF STRESS CORROSION CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY
NASSER AHMED FAYAD DORUK MUSTAFA 6/23/1993
OF 7050-T73651 ALUMINUM ALLOY IN 3.5% NaCl
ABDİ AYDOĞDU SEVİNÇ NACİ PRODUCTION OF BORON NITRIDE 8/27/1993
ACTIVITY-COMPOSITION RELATIONS IN MnCr2O4-CoCr2O4
NURŞEN KOÇ TİMUÇİN MUHARREM 9/10/1993
SOLID SOLUTIONS AND STABILITIES OF MnCr2O4 AND CoCr2O4
PITTING CORROSION IN BASE METAL DENTAL CASTING
TEVFİK ALP ALANYALIOĞLU DORUK MUSTAFA 6/24/1994
ALLOYS
COMPUTER SIMULATION OF TEM IMAGES: COMPOSITE
MEHMET KADRİ AYDINOL BOR A. ŞAKİR 9/28/1994
PRECIPITATES IN Al-Li-Zr ALLOYS
MEASUREMENT OF SURFACE TENSION AND INVESTIGATION
HALİT KALEBOZAN SELÇUK EKREM OF INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUID Cu, Al, AND Al-Si, 9/30/1994
BRONZE ALLOYS ON VARIOUS REFRACTORY OXIDES
BEHAVIOR OF SHORT CRACK IN A STEEL WITH ELONGATED
CEVDET KAYNAK ANKARA ALPAY 10/21/1994
INCLUSIONS
FINITE ELEMENT MODELING AND MEASUREMENT OF STRESS
CEMİL HAKAN GÜR TAYFUR ÖZTÜRK 8/10/1995
EVOLUTION IN QUENCHING PROCESSES
SAMI MOH'D CATHODIC HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT OF PRE-STRESSING
MASADEH DORUK MUSTAFA 1/12/1996
KHAIR AHM STEEL WIRES IN SIMULATED CONCRETE ENVIRONMENT
OXIDATIVE PRESSURE LEACHING OF ÇAYELİ ZINC SULPHIDE
NURŞEN GÜRESİN GEVECİ AHMET 1/26/1996
CONSTANT RATE
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND COMPUTER SIMULATION
OF INTERNAL FRICTION SPECTRUM ASSOCIATED WITH
RAUF GÜNGÖR OĞURTANI TARIK 1/26/1996
INTERACTION BETWEEN DISLOCATIONS AND FOREIGN
INTERSTITIAL ATOMS
PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES IN THE
İBRAHİM ÇAM TİMUÇİN MUHARREM 1/26/1996
SYSTEM IRON-NICKEL-OXYGEN AT 1300°C
STRENGTH AND STRESS CORROSION RESISTANCE
KAZIM TUR ANKARA ALPAY 4/19/1996
OPTIMIZATION OF THICK PLATE Al-7075 ALLOY
CREEP BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION AND REMAINING LIFE
FEYYAZ ÖNDER ORHANER TEKİN ERDOĞAN ESTIMATION FOR CENTRIFUGALLY CAST TUBES MADE OF Nb- 10/31/1996
STABILIZIED 25/35 Cr Ni IRON-BASED SUPERALLOY
RECOVERY OF LEAD AND CADMIUM FROM ÇİNKUR WAELZ
MURAT CAN OCAKTAN TOPKAYA YAVUZ 11/8/1996
OXIDE BY USING CHLORIDIZING VOLATILIZATION METHOD
INVESTIGATION OF MOTTLING IN RADIOGRAPHY OF
HACER AYGÜN SELÇUK EKREM DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED Ni-BASED ALLOY GAS TURBINE 12/20/1996
BLADES
FORMATION OF INTERMETALLIC PHASES AT THE METAL-
HÜSNİYE YAROĞLU ÖZENBAŞ MACİT 1/16/2001
SILICON INTERFACES
BESİM GÖKÇE DARA ANKARA ALPAY THERMAL LOADING EFFECTS ON CFRP COMPOSITES 1/18/2001
 COMPUTER SIMULATION OF ELECTROMIGRATION INDUCED
VOID-GRAIN BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS AND THE
ERSİN EMRE ÖREN OĞURTANI TARIK 1/24/2003
PREDICTION OF CATHODE FAILURE TIMES IN BAMBOO
STRUCTURES
PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BULK METALLIC
MEHMET KAAN PEHLİVANOĞLU AKDENİZ M. VEDAT 6/12/2003
GLASSES
MEHMET KUL TOPKAYA YAVUZ A. RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH METAL FROM BEYLIKAHIR - ORE 6/19/2003
MOLECULER DYNAMICS STUDIES OF DIFFUSION BEHAVIOR
ALPER TUNGA DAVUTOĞLU AYDINOL M. KADRİ 9/5/2003
IN ALUMINUM-COPPER METALS AND ALLOYS
AGING CHARACTERISTICS OF COPPER BASED SHAPE
ELİF TARHAN BOR A. ŞAKİR 1/22/2004
MEMORY ALLOYS
INVESTIGATION OF FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR STEEL/STEEL
MEHMET ŞİMŞİR ÖZTÜRK TAYFUR 3/12/2004
LAMINATES
DETERMINATION OF WELDING PARAMETER DEPENDENT HOT
CANER BATIGÜN ANKARA ALPAY CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF 5086-H32 ALUMINIUM ALLOY 1/14/2005
WITH THE USE OF MVT METHOD
A COMPARISON OF BALLISTIC BEHAVIOR OF STEEL AND
MUSTAFA ÜBEYLİ ÖGEL BİLGEHAN 4/13/2005
LAMINATED COMPOSITE ARMORS
PRODUCTION CHARACTERIZATION AND APLICATION OF
YUSUF ZİYA KARABAY BOR A. ŞAKİR 7/24/2006
(TiNi) SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS
ELECTROLYTIC MAGNESIUM PRODUCTION USING COAXIAL
GÖKHAN DEMİRCİ KARAKAYA İSHAK 8/1/2006
ELECTRODES
CARBOTHERMIC PRODUCTION OF HEXAGONAL BORON
HASAN ERDEM ÇAMURLU SEVİNÇ NACİ 11/1/2006
NITRIDE
AN INVESTIGATION OF COMPACTED GRAPHITE IRON
OMAR EL-MABROUK KALKANLI A. PRODUCTION BY MEANS OF THERMAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE 1/10/2007
AND OTHER PROCESS CONTROL WINDOWS
EFFECT OF AGING ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF B4C
MUSTAFA
KARAKAŞ ÖGEL BİLGEHAN PARTICLE REINFORCED AL - 4% Cu METAL MATRIX 9/7/2007
SERDAR
COMPOSITES
PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POROUS
ZİYA ESEN BOR A. ŞAKİR 10/16/2007
TITANIUM ALLOYS
EXAMINATION OF DESULFURIZATION BEHAVIOUR OF LADLE
ENDER KESKİNKILIÇ GEVECİ AHMET 10/17/2007
FURNACE SLAGS OF A LOW-SULFUR STEEL
DEVELOPMENT OF A GLASS-CERAMIC FOR BIOLOGICAL
JONG EE PARK ÖZTÜRK ABDULLAH 2/5/2008
APPLICATIONS
3D FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF STEEL QUENCHING IN
CANER ŞİMŞİR GÜR C. HAKAN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND 2/21/2008
RESIDUAL STRESSES
ASSESSMENT AND MODELLING OF PARTICLE CLUSTERING IN
ARDA ÇETİN KALKANLI ALİ 4/14/2008
CAST ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITES
 HOT CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF TWINROLL CAST Al-Mg
SÜHA TİRKEŞ ANKARA ALPAY 10/9/2009
ALLOYS
COMPUTER SIMULATION OF GRAIN BOUNDARY GROOVING
BY ANISOTROPIC SURFACE DRIFT DIFFUSION DUE TO
ÖNCÜ AKYILDIZ OĞURTANI TARIK 5/31/2010
CAPILLARY, ELECTROMIGRATION AND ELASTOSTATIC
FORCES
PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POROUS
TARIK AYDOĞMUŞ BOR A. ŞAKİR 7/30/2010
TITANIUM NICKEL SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS
PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGHEMITE
ÖZGE ACARBAŞ BALTACI ÖZENBAŞ A. MACİT 9/14/2010
NANOPARTICLES
HASAN AKYILDIZ ÖZTÜRK TAYFUR HYDROGEN STORAGE IN MAGNESIUM BASED THIN FILMS 10/15/2010
DEVELOPMENT OF PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS FOR
VOLKAN KALEM TİMUÇİN MUHARREM 1/12/2011
ULTRASONIC MOTOR APPLICATIONS
DIRECT SYNTHESIS OF HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOYS FROM
SERDAR TAN ÖZTÜRK TAYFUR 2/18/2011
THEIR OXIDES
THE PROCESSING OF Mg-Ti POWDER FOR HYDROGEN
GÜLHAN ÇAKMAK ÖZTÜRK TAYFUR 2/24/2011
STORAGE
INVESTIGATION OF ELECTROMIGRATION AND STRESS
AYTAÇ ÇELİK OĞURTANI TARIK INDUCED SURFACE DYNAMICS ON THE INTERCONNECT BY 3/14/2011
COMPUTER SIMULATION
INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF EQUAL CHANNEL
PINAR KARPUZ GÜR C. HAKAN 1/27/2012
ANGULAR EXTRUSION ON LIGHT WEIGHT ALLOYS
MAGNETIC MONITORING APPROACH TO KINETICS OF PHASE
NAGEHAN DUMAN MEHRABOV AMDULLA 2/9/2012
TRANSFORMATIONS IN MULTICOMPONENT ALLOY SYSTEMS
NİHAT ALİ IŞITMAN KAYNAK CEVDET FLAME RETARDANCY OF POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES 3/2/2012
SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF AGE HARDENABLE
EVREN TAN ÖGEL BİLGEHAN 9/14/2012
ALUMINUM ALLOYS
EVALUATION OF EFFECT OF FILLET ROLLING PROCESS ON
GÜL ÇEVİK GÜRBÜZ RIZA THE FATIGUE PERFORMANCE OF A DIESEL ENGINE 9/17/2012
CRANKSHAFT
THE PROCESSING OF POROUS Ni-RICH TiNi ALLOYS VIA
GÜL İPEK NAKAŞ BOR A. ŞAKİR 9/28/2012
POWDER METALLURGY AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATION
AYDIN RÜŞEN GEVECİ AHMET USAGE OF BORON COMPOUNDS IN COPPER PRODUCTION 2/1/2013
RECOVERY OF TUNGSTEN FROM TUNGSTEN BEARING
METEHAN ERDOĞAN KARAKAYA İSHAK 2/1/2013
COMPUNDS
KINETICS AND MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF FATIGUE
KORAY YURTIŞIK GÜRBÜZ RIZA FRACTURE PROGRESS IN WELD JOINTS OF DUPLEX 6/27/2013
STAINLESS STEEL GRADE 2205
ELECTROCODEPOSITION OF MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE
EBRU SARALOĞLU GÜLER KARAKAYA İSHAK 7/12/2013
PARTICLES IN NICKEL MATRIX
NECMETTİN ÇALIŞKAN BOR A. ŞAKİR PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH DENSITY 7/30/2013
KAAN TUNGSTEN-NICKEL-IRON ALLOYS
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH ENERGY
ATIL BÜYÜKBURÇ AYDINOL M. KADRİ 8/2/2013
CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BRICK-AND-
SELEN NİMET GÜRBÜZ DERİCİOĞLU ARCAN 8/29/2013
MORTAR STRUCTURED BULK BIO-INSPIRED COMPOSITES
ABDELRAHMAN EFFECT OF CHROMIUM ON THE OXIDATION OF STEELS USED
SULTAN KARAKAYA İSHAK 9/4/2013
SALEH IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PETROLEUM REFINERY HEATERS
OPTIMIZATION OF FERRONICKEL PRODUCTION FROM
SAEID POURNADERI GEVECİ AHMET 5/15/2014
SIVRIHISAR NICKEL LATERITE ORE
DESIGN OF HIGH-EFFICIENCY DYE-SENSITIZED
HALİL İBRAHİM YAVUZ ÖZENBAŞ A. MACİT 9/4/2014
NANOCRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS
INVESTIGATION OF MICROSTRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS
GÜHER KOTAN GÜR C. HAKAN AND RELATED MECHANISMS IN SEVERELY DEFORMED AL- 9/10/2014
ALLOYS
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF IRON-ALUMINIUM
MEHMET YILDIRIM AKDENİZ M. VEDAT INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS FOR STRUCTURAL 12/18/2014
APPLICATIONS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES
SYNTHESIS OF ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES BY AQUEOUS
ÖZLEM ALTINTAŞ YILDIRIM DURUCAN CANER METHODS AND EFFECT OF METAL INCORPORATION ON THE 12/23/2014
STRUCTURAL/FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF NANOPARTICLES
DEVELOPMENT AND PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF
DERYA KAPUSUZ ÖZTÜRK ABDULLAH POTASSIUM TITANATE NANOSTRUCTURE EMBEDDED RESIN 2/2/2016
COMPOSITES
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF RESIDUAL STRESSES,
NURİYA GARİPOVA GÜR C.HAKAN DISTORTION AND MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION IN MULTI- 9/21/2016
PASS WELDED STEEL COMPONENTS
EXTRACTION OF SCANDIUM FROM A LATERITIC NICKEL-
ŞERİF KAYA TOPKAYA YAVUZ ALİ COBALT ORE BY MEANS OF HYDROMETALLURGICAL 9/28/2016
TECHNIQUES
HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF TiO2 NANOSTRUCTURES FOR
NURSEV BİLGİN ÖZTÜRK ABDULLAH 2/1/2017
PHOTOCATALYTIC AND PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS