TÜBİTAK MAM Strategy and Technology Development Vice President Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat MAKARACI, Chemical Technology Institute Director Prof. Dr. Ülker BEKER, Energy Institute Director Assoc. Dr. Abdülkadir BALIKÇI, Materials Institute Director Prof. Dr. Metin USTA, Environment and Clean Production Institute Director Prof. Dr. Mehmet KİTİŞ and researchers from the institutes made a cooperation visit to TÜPRAŞ AŞ operating in Körfez district on 15.05.2014.
Murat YILDIRIM, Information Technologies Coordinator (R&D) Cahit BÜYÜKKANBER, Energy Management Manager Çağrı Savaşan, Process Automation Manager Hasan BALCI, Environment Manager İlksen ÖNBİLGİN, Quality Systems Management Manager Sadık ESER, Process and Equipment Development Manager Nurten KARTAL R&D Team Leaders Irmak KOÇKAN ERSOLMAZ (Innovation Management), Funda ÇETİN (Project Management), Fırat UZMAN (Optimization and Software) Ayşe Meriç KARTAL (Catalyst Development), Burcu MEMENENCİOĞLU (Laboratory and Test Center), Dr. Esra GÜMRÜK (Nanotechnology), Dr. Mustafa KARAKAYA (Modeling and Simulation), Dr. Serdar ÇELEBİ ((Fuel Development), Ramazan Oğuz CANIAZ (Bitumen/Asphalt Development) attended the meeting, where current institutional introductions of TÜBİTAK MAM and Institutes and projects were introduced.
After the MAM presentation, Investor Relations Manager Jonathan David LAMB made a presentation on TÜPRAŞ A.Ş. TÜPRAŞ. After the ongoing project partnerships and potential project collaborations were discussed, it was decided to organize workshops on energy, chemistry, materials and environment between the sub-units of the institutes and TÜPRAŞ R&D Center. The visit ended with a tour of the newly opened TÜPRAŞ R&D Center.
