Senior Project Engineer: Dr. Federico Villatico Campbell
Federico Villatico Campbell is working as a senior project engineer for the Centre since March 2008. He is especially involved in the realisation of hydrogen energy projects in developing countries. Dr. Villatico got a MSc in Mechanical Engineering in 2002 and then proceeded to doctoral studies in “Energy technologies for sustainable development” at Sapienza University of Rome within CIRPS - Interuniversity Research Centre for Sustainable Development. In 2007, after graduating, he worked as a researcher within GEA, Energy and Environment Group of CIRPS receiving a research fellowship in sustainable mobility. His main field of research was hydrogen and renewable energy sources, embracing the whole hydrogen chain (production, storage and utilisation) with particular emphasis on transportation. He has gained a deep experience in management and coordination of EU research projects.
Project Engineer: Ms. Öznur Tabakoğlu
Öznur Tabakoğlu has been working as a Project Engineer at UNIDO-ICHET since December 2005. Her main responsibility in the Centre is to assist and carry out national demonstration projects. She has a Master degree in Energy Conversion and Management from University of Offenburg, Germany and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. During her graduate studies, she worked at Alstom Power (Switzerland) within a scientific project team and investigated the autoignition time characteristics of lean-premixed fuel combustion in gas turbines. Later on, she joined Fichtner Consulting Company in Stuttgart to write her master thesis about the development of Turkish energy and water market and the chances of German companies in these markets. After completing her thesis successfully, she continued to work in the same company as an Assistant-Project Engineer for international energy and environment projects.
Project Engineer: Ms. Gülbahar Tabakoğlu
Gülbahar Tabakoğlu has been working as a project engineer since February 2006. She is involved in the realization of hydrogen energy projects in developing countries. Gülbahar Tabakoglu graduated from the school of Chemical Engineering at Bogazici University in 2002. Between 2002 and 2003 she worked in an oilseed processing plant of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) in Turkey. In 2005 she received her Master of Science Degree in “Energy Conversion and Management” at the University of Offenburg in Germany. She completed her master thesis in the Gas Turbine Combustion Development Department (TGNTB) at Alstom Power, Switzerland. Her thesis work was on optimization of the premix hole pattern of one of Alstom’s lean premix burners.
Project Engineer: Mr. Yücel Ceviz
Mr. Yücel Ceviz got his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Yildiz Technical University (YTU) in March 2001; his final year thesis was about solid polymer electrolysis (SPE) technology. Afterwards he got his M.S. degree in chemical eng. from YTU in July 2004; his M.S. thesis was about composite electrodes in PEM fuel cells. Thereafter he has enrolled to the Ph.D. program in chemical eng. in YTU in February 2006 and his still continuing Ph.D. thesis is about solid oxide electrolytes for SOFCs. In his professional life of 8 years, firstly he was a project assistant in FC project in YTU; later he worked as a sales engineer in EKA (Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri) AS and as a senior sales engineer in GET (Guc Elektronigi Teknolojileri) AS. Subsequently, he worked in Argaz AS as a project engineer and was responsible for the H2-FC joint project that was being prepared for the EU FP7-JTI. He has perfect command in English and has been working as a project engineer in UNIDO-ICHET since February 2008.
