Industrial Engineering

Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Murat Ermiş, our senior students Hacı Mahmut Demirkutlu, Şevval Aygün, Selay Berker, Ayşe Ulaşlı, and Gizem Özcan from the Department of Industrial Engineering have been accepted into the 2024-2025 LIFT UP Industry-Oriented Undergraduate Graduation Projects Program run by TUSAŞ.

In scope of their graduation projects, our students will focus on solving the “Flow-Shop Job Assignment Problem in Machine Tools.”

Our faculty members and alumni from the Department of Industrial Engineering presented their work at the “International Symposium for Production Research 2024” held in Budva, Montenegro, between October 10-12.

Papers presented at the symposium: 

1) "Solving the Large-scale Crew Pairing Problem in the Airline Industry Using the Column Generation Method"
Authors: Gökçe Mol, Prof. Dr. Murat Ermiş

Two General Research Project (GAP) proposals applied by the faculty members of the Department of Industrial Engineering were accepted by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit.

Project details are as follows:

1) Machine Learning Based Dynamic Air Traffic Flow Optimisation in High Density Low Altitude Airspace for Future Urban Air Mobility
Project Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Murat Ermiş
Researcher: Engineer Abdullah Osman

Zeynep Ceren Söğüt, a 2023 graduate, participated as a speaker in the seminar held on Thursday, October 10, as part of the “ENC1001-Engineering Orientation” course given in the Department of Industrial Engineering. Söğüt, who continues her career as Fuel Supply Assistant Specialist at Istanbul Jet, made a presentation on lifelong learning.

The full-text paper titled “A Study on Family Businesses Started by Women Entrepreneurs as First Generation and Their Sustainability,” co-authored by Assist. Prof. İbrahim Ethem Tarhan from the Department of Industrial Engineering, was published in the Proceedings of the 10th Family Business Congress.

Link: https://openaccess.iku.edu.tr/items/899acfe9-868f-48d5-982b-1e67384260f9 

Our faculty members and graduates from the Department of Industrial Engineering participated in the 43rd National Congress of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, held in Trabzon between October 2-4, to present their work. Istanbul Kültür University Department of Industrial Engineering was one of the top three universities in the congress with the highest number of participants this year, just like last year. 

The papers presented at the congress are as follows:

As a result of the evaluation made by the Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs (MÜDEK), Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering was entitled to receive MÜDEK Accreditation which is valid from 01.07.2024 until 30.09.2026.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Department of Business Administration and Department of Industrial Engineering organized the “Sustainability and Innovative Technologies Symposium” on Thursday, May 9 at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center in Bakırköy campus Ataköy building.

The article titled "THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR: THE CASE OF A TURKISH CONSULTANCY COMPANY", prepared by Assist. Prof. İlayda Ülkü, Deputy Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering, together with her graduate student Eda Gözütok, was accepted to be published in the Engineers and Machinery Magazine.

The article titled "Investigation of Policies for the Elimination of Mucilage in the Sea of Marmara with System Dynamics", co-authored by Assist. Prof. Duygun Fatih Demirel, Deputy Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering, was accepted to be published in Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Journal of Engineering Sciences.