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Curriculum Vitae

Professional activities
Since 10/2011
Scientist and Research Engineer in the Hydraulic Structures  Division of VAW at ETH ZURICH
2008-2011 Research Fellow in the Environmental Hydraulics Group of the University of Aberdeen in the project ‘Biophysics of flow-plant interactions in aquatic systems’ funded by Leverhulme Trust, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
2003-2008 Research and teaching assistant in the Environmental Hydraulics Laboratory (LHE), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
2001-2003 Research and teaching assistant in the Civil Engineering Department of Istanbul University, Istanbul Turkey
Education
2003-2008
Ph.D. in the Environmental Hydraulics Laboratory(LHE), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne Switzerland
2001-2003
M.Sc. in Hydraulic Engineering, Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
1996-2000 B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Publications
1
Albayrak, I. and Lemmin, U. 2011. ‘Secondary currents and surface boils in a turbulent open-channel flow over a rough bed’. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE) HY.1943-7900.0000438
2
Albayrak, I., Nikora, V., Miler, O., O’Hare, M. Flow-plant interactions at a leaf scale: effects of leaf shape, serration, roughness and flexural rigidity. Aquatic Sciences, 2011, DOI 10.1007/s00027-011-0220-9.
3 Miler, O., Albayrak, I., Nikora, V. and O’Hare, M. 2011. 'Biomechanical properties of aquatic plants and their effects on plant–flow interactions in streams and rivers' Aquatic Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s00027-011-0188-5.
4 Albayrak, I., Hopfinger, E. J. and Lemmin U., 2008. Near field flow structure of a confined wall jet on flat and concave rough walls, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 606:27-49. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008001444
5 Cokgor, S., Albayrak, I. and Yegen, B. 2008. ‘The spatial Inhomogeneity of Turbulence over Large Relative Random Roughnesses in Open-Channel Flow’. Inter. J. Fluid. Mech. Res. DOI: 10.1615, 35: 299-317.
6 Cokgor, S., and Albayrak, I. 2005. "Suction Removal of non-uniform sediment from between armor blocks". RMZ-Material and Geoenvironment, Periodical for mining, metallurgy and geology, 52, 1, 9-12.
- more than 20 scientific conference and symposium papers
Fields of Research
Hydro-abrasion of hydraulic structures, by-pass tunnels and turbines
Downstream Fish Migration
Reservoir sedimentation issues at hydroelectric projects
Sediment transport i.e. bedload, suspended load in super-critical open-channel flow
Eco-hydraulics: flow-biota interactions at multiple scales, ecologically relevant transport processes, vegetated channels, benthic boundary layers, Biomechanics of aquatic plants
Fluid Mechanics, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, River and lake Limnology
Large and small scale turbulence structures in open-channel flow
Hydraulic instrumentation and measurement techniques (ADV, ADVP, Large & small scale PIV, stereoscopic and panoramic PIV, High-speed imaging, PTV, Drag Force Measurement Techniques, Geophones)
Awards
2007
2nd Prize in J.F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition organized by The
International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), for the paper entitled, “Secondary currents and coherent structures, their
distribution across a cross section and their relation to surface boils in turbulent gravel-bed open-channel flow” at the XXXII Biennial Congress, Venice, Italy
 

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