Energy System Engineering

Hello dear students, I am Ezgi Bayraktar Ateş. I am a doctoral faculty member. I have been working in the Department of Energy Systems Engineering at Yalova University since August 2011. Our department has been accepting students since the 2009-2010 academic year and had its first graduates in 2013-2014. We currently have around 300 students in the department, and we have 309 graduates from the department who are continuing their careers in various industries. Currently, 2 professors, 4 associate professors, 4 doctoral lecturers, 5 research assistants and 1 lecturer are working in our department. We also have a departmental secretary. Our department aims to train students and graduate candidates who can respond to the requirements of the age, are proficient in the energy sector, love to develop themselves, are open to innovations, and have a vision in academic and technical subjects. In general, the courses we offer consist of subjects related to mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, environmental and electrical engineering, and other subjects that meet all the needs of the energy sector, including both renewable energy technologies and conventional energy technologies, such as energy generation, transmission and distribution. At the same time, as of the end of the 2020-2021 academic year, important revisions have been made in the curriculum of our department, and it has been suggested that some courses should be included in the curriculum of our department for the needs of the energy sector, which has been in demand in recent years. We think that our department will become stronger with the revisions that have been made. There are 3 energy laboratories, 4 research laboratories, 1 computer laboratory and 1 workshop in our department. In our energy laboratories, the students of our department conduct experiments during their undergraduate education. While mechanical experiments with thermal origin experiments are carried out in energy laboratory 1, basic electrical and electronic experiments are carried out in our energy 2 and energy 3 laboratories. In the research laboratories, the studies carried out by our academicians and graduate students, and the experiments of the graduation thesis and graduation projects are carried out in the research laboratories.
The students of our department have business, production and laboratory internships within the scope of undergraduate program. Within the framework of the rules determined by our department and faculty, they complete their internships in many different energy-related institutions and graduate with important knowledge about the sector. The relevant internship regulations apply in these processes. In addition to this, our students graduate by completing their graduation project in the fall semester and their thesis in the spring semester of their last year. Thanks to these theses and projects, they have the chance to apply the theoretical knowledge they have acquired. Our department has Erasmus Agreements with universities in 6 different countries; Two in Austria, one in Croatia, one in Poland, one in Romania and the remaining two in Bulgaria. If our students’ GPAs are above the determined grade point average, they can benefit from the Erasmus program if they are accepted by the universities with which we have an agreement, and they can continue their education abroad within the scope of the Erasmus program for 1 semester. We have participated in European Union projects and conferences, workshops and congresses on different subjects, led by our students and other colleagues where we have provided both study group leadership and consultancy to our students on different subjects. In addition to this, we also participated in various competitions and presentations with our students in different congresses related to energy. At the same time, we participated in different studies together with our students. Our students, unlike other engineering students, are one step ahead in this regard as they receive education in many different subjects in the field of energy. Engineers are required in many different fields related to energy, starting from the production of energy to transmission, distribution and storage. Our graduates can pursue their career in many different areas on different subjects, from renewable energy technologies to the development of smart energy materials and conventional energy production, including the field of energy storage and energy-environment relations. In short, with the increase in issues related to the energy sector, especially sustainable energy policies and the environment in recent years, the need for energy systems engineers are increasing and therefore our students and graduates are needed more by the sector. Our door is open to all students who have a vision, who are really into the energy field, who are innovative, who can keep up with the requirements of the age, and who love to work. With all our academic staff, we try to do our best with different revisions for our students with our academic studies. We are awaiting all students who want to get involved in important studies in the field of energy.