Bilkent University

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Bilkent University

• Electrical and Electronics
• Engineering Department

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Energy
Solid-State Lighting
Smart Grids
Renewable Energy
Fuel Cell
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Health
Da Vinci Robot Operator
Bio-sensors
Tele-health
Imaging
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Transportation
Embedded Systems
Hybrid Cars
Smart Transportation Systems
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Telecommunications
Haberlesme
Cognitive Radio
Smart Phones
Wireless Internet
3D TV
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EEE Department

• 1 Conference Hall
• 5 Lecture Hall
• 3 Education Laboratuvari
• 2 Laboratory
• (Optics, Control)
• 8 Research Laboratory
• (Telecom, DSP, Nanotech, Antenna, 3D Video,
  Optics, Electronics, Robotics)

• 2 Administrative Personel
• 3 Technical Personel
• 6 Support Staff

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Student Counts

• Undergraduate Total 744
• Preparatory 110
• Freshman 200
• Sophomore 202
• Junior 169
• Senior 173
• Graduate Total 166
• MS 88
• PhD 78

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Expectations from a EEE graduate
at various educational levels

• Bachelor of Science, B.S.
• Graduates are expected to succeed in well defined
  tasks. Typically, they are hired for test and
  production related positions.
• Master of Science, M.S.
• Graduates are expected to take role in more
  complicated tasks that require expertise in a
  specific field.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D.
• Graduates are expected to become researchers who
  can provide engineering solutions to highly
  ill-defined problems. Typically, they are hired
  to conduct RD.

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Exchange Programs

• European Universities (Erasmus Programme)
• Tampere University of Technology, Finland (2
  Students)
• Rouen Business School, France (1 Student)
• Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
  Switzerland(2 Students)
• Telecom Paristech, France ( 2 Students)
• Other Universities in Other Countries
• University of California,USA (5 Students)
• UCLA, San Diego, Santa Barbara
• UCLA, Los Angeles
• Case Western Reserve University,USA (1 Student)
• Carleton ,CANADA (1 Student)
• City Univ. Of Hong Kong ,CHINA (1 Student)
• Internship Opportunities
• Fraunhofer Institute (4 Student interns for 3
  months)

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Minor Programs

• Economy (10 Students)
• International Relations
• Political Sciences
• Psychology (1 Student)
• History
• Philosophy ( 2 Students)
• Physics (5 Students)
• Chemistry
• Mathematics (5 Students)
• Molecular Biology and Genetics
• Music

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Bachelor Graduates
Lisans Mezunlarimiz
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We have World Class Graduates
Ilker Karakasoglu, Class of 2012, has been
granted "The International Fulbright Science and
Technology Award" for his PhD studies. He is the
only recepient of this prestigious award in
Turkey.
Fulbright ST is designed to be the most
prestigious international scholarship in science
and technology and to demonstrate the United
States' commitment to welcoming top-notch future
researchers and leaders to pursue serious
scientific study and research at U.S.
institutions. Grantees receive three years of
funding from ECA followed by support from their
U.S. host institution until the completion of
Ph.D. programs. http//scienceandtech.fulbri
ghtonline.org/index.php
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Student Achievements

• Baris Canatan (EE-2)
• A memory show was presented on the Okan
  Bayulgens television program show Medya Krali
  by Baris Canatan with the title of national
  memory champion of Turkey (10 April 2011).
• Oguzhan Teke (EE-2)
• During the summer training at ASELSAN, Oguzhan
  Teke published a conference paper with his
  supervisor and presented his paper at Signal
  Processing and Communications Applications
  Conference.
• Furkan Çimen (EE-5)
• Third place in the fourth level Race of Turkish
  Orienteering Federation.
• (07 May 2011)
• Yigitcan Eryaman (EE-9)
• Yigitcan Eryaman was awarded a fellowship of
  Madrid-MIT MVision and became a post doctoral
  fellow at MIT (Research Laboratory of
  Electronics). (April 2011).

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Faculty Members
Akademik Kadro
Associate Professors N.AKAR (1994, Bilkent) H.V. DEMIR (2004, Stanford) V.B. ERTÜRK (2000, Ohio State) S. GEZICI (2006, Princeton) F. Ö. Ilday (2003,Cornell)

Assistant Professors
A. K. OKYAY (2007, Stanford) S. S. KOZAT (2004, UIUC) E. Ü. SARITAS (2009, Stanford) T. ÇUKUR (2009, Stanford) C. TEKIN (2013, Univ. Michigan)
Instructors
Dr. T. REYHAN (1981, Birmingham)
Also faculty member of Physics Department
Will start at Bilkent in February 2015
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Research Areas at Bilkent EEE
Bilimsel Arastirma Konulari

• Biomedical
• Computer Networks
• Electromagnetics
• Electronics
• Nanotechnology
• Optic and Photonics
• Robotic
• Signal Processing
• Systems and Control
• Telecommunications

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Research Centers

• NANOTAM (Nanoteknoloji Research Center)
• (E. Özbay)
• 3DTV (L. Onural)
• BASTA (Bilkent Acoustics and Underwater
  Technologies Research) (H. Köymen)
• BilUZAY (Bilkent Space Technologies Research
  Center) (T. Reyhan and E. Özbay)
• BiLCEM (Electromagnetics Research Center) (L.
  Gürel)
• ISYAM (Communications and Spectrum Management
  Research Center) (A. Altintas)
• UMRAM (National Magnetic Resonance Research
  Center) (E. Atalar)

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Research Activities
Number of Citations/Faculty is approximately 95
per year.
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Bilkent University Electrical and Electronics
Engin. Dept.
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Academic Awards
TÜBITAK Science Awards Ergin Atalar (2006) Ekmel
Özbay (2006) Haldun Özaktas (1999) Abdullah
Atalar (1994) Özay Oral (1985)
2013 IEEE BAKER PRIZE PAPER AWARD Erdal Arikan
IEEE Fellows Erdal Arikan Abdullah Atalar Enis
Çetin Tolga Mete Duman Levent Gürel Levent
Onural Özay Oral Haldun Özaktas
TÜBA Members Abdullah Atalar Haldun Özaktas Ekmel
Özbay
ISMRM Fellow Ergin Atalar (2011)
EU Descartes Award Ekmel Özbay (2005)
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Academic Awards
Akademik Ödüller
IEEE 3rd Millennium Medal Ayhan Altintas Levent
Onural
2010 IEEE Information Theory Paper Award Erdal
Arikan
TÜBITAK Incentive Awards TÜBITAK Incentive Awards
Özay Oral (1978) Abdullah Atalar (1982) Erol Sezer (1985) Bülent Özgüler (1987) Enis Çetin (1993) Levent Onural (1995) Ayhan Altintas (1996) Ömer Morgül (1997) Ekmel Özbay (1997) Billur Barshan (1998) Orhan Aytür (1999) Orhan Arikan (2002) Levent Gürel (2003) Ezhan Karasan (2004) H.Volkan Demir (2009)
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Conducted Projects

• 23 TÜBITAK supported projects
• Total budget 52.902.038 TL
• 17 European Union supported projects
• Total budget 1.491.005
• 20 Government Entities and Private Firms
  supported projects
• Total budget 66.777.407 TL

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Bilkent University Electrical and Electronics
Engin. Dept.
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Professional Activities

• Scientific Seminars
• Graduate Research Conferences
• Orientation Seminars

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Social Activities