Research Team

PHD
The State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), 2015

Graduate
The State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), 2013

Undergraduate
Yeditepe University, 2008

Research Areas
Energy economics, Operations research in Energy, Renewable energy resources, smart grid applications, power systems monitoring and control

Biography
Electrical Engineer and Assistant Professor in Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department of Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey with 10 years of academic, 4 years of Industry experience in power grid operations and planning.He is currently the Department Head of Electrical & Electronics Engineering and the Director of Grid Operations and Planning Laboratory at Ozyegin University and the Industrial Relations Coordinator at IEEE Turkey.He received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2013 and 2015 respectively. He joined Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory (MERL) in Boston, MA as a scientist in 2014, then Alevo Analytics in Charlotte, NC as a Power Systems Consultant in 2015, and later Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as Grid Operations and Planning Scientist in 2016. Since 2017, he is a faculty member at Ozyegin University.He has project experience on the topics of sustainable energy generation, energy efficiency framework, E-mobility infrastructure, flexibility assessment and forecasting in energy systems.

Graduate
Bahcesehir University, Turkey (2017)

Undergraduate
University of Balamand, Lebanon (2014)

Research Areas
Distributed Energy Resources (DER), Virtual Power Plant (VPP), Operations research, Renewable Energy, Energy Storage, and Electricity Markets.

Biography
Mr. Ahmad El Sayed received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Balamand, Lebanon in 2014, followed by his M.Sc. in Energy Systems, Operation, and Technology from Bahcesehir University in 2017. He has worked as an energy project engineer in Lebanon and as an energy consultant at Acelerex company. Currently, he is a PhD candidate in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Ozyegin University, where serves as a teaching assistant for various courses, including optimization for power engineers, fundamentals of power systems, energy economics and policy, among others. Additionally, he works as a researcher involved in projects related to energy system planning and operations. His research interests encompass Distributed Energy Resources (DER), Virtual Power Plant (VPP), Operations Research, Renewable Energy, Energy Storage, and Electricity Markets.

Undergraduate
Yildiz Technical University, Turkey (2022)

Research Areas
Power system optimization, Distributed renewable energy systems, Smart grid applications, Electric vehicles, and Energy storage systems.

Biography
Eihab E. E. AHMED received the B.Sc. from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2022. He is pursuing his master's program in the Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering at Ozyegin University. Furthermore, he is a researcher and teaching assistant in the same department. He has published several papers related to his research areas.

Undergraduate
Gebze Technical University, Turkey (2021)

Research Areas
Linear Optimization, Electricity markets, Electric vehicles, Energy economics and policies,

Biography
Ms. Sinem Kol received her B.Sc. degree from Department of Electronics Engineering at Gebze Technical University in 2021. Then, she started her master's degree at Ozyegin University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In addition to her graduate studies, she worked as a teaching assistant in department courses and then started working as a research assistant. She is actively involved in various research projects and academic publication team.

Undergraduate
Ozyegin University, Turkey (2023)

Research Areas
Transformer Analysis, E-Mobility, Network Reconfiguration, Data Science, Optimization

Biography
Mr. Eren Tekeler received his B.Sc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and minor in Computer Science, ranked 3rd in the department, from Ozyegin University in 2023. He specialized in power systems, especially in Transformers, E-Mobility, Network Reconfiguration, Data Science, and Optimization. He is currently working as a project specialist in University-Industry Collaboration TRAFORM and E-Mobility projects. He has a publication titled “Revisiting Network Reconfiguration in the Era of Unpredictable EV Charger Integration”.

Undergraduate
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey (2023)

Research Areas
E-Mobility, Smart Grid, Load Forecasting, Energy Economics, Renewable Energy Systems, Energy Storage Systems

Biography
Mr. Halil Hilmi Namlı received his B.Sc in Computer Science at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in 2023. He is currently pursuing his master's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Özyeğin University. Additionally, he works as a project specialist, collaborating with relevant departments on various projects related to developing sustainable energy solutions within the scope of university-industry collaboration projects, involving various institutions and organizations.