Sustainable and Adaptive Materials (SAM) Research Group

Current Students

Shagayegh Benam is a Ph.D student in Civil Engineering  working on development of sustainable cementitious materials for additive manufacturing. Shagayegh is currently working on adapting high volume fly ash concrete and calcined clay foamed concrete to 3D printing (Funded by EU IraSME MODACON-3D Project-Partner: Luca Industries GmBH,  TİCEM Ltd. Şti.; ISTON A.Ş. and BAGEP) (01/2020-present)

Ilgın Sandalcı is an Ph.Dtudent in Civil Engineering and working on the development of  self-healing plasters for coating applications and 3D prting of soil materials  (Funded by TUBITAK 1005 Grant-Partner: Betek Boya A.Ş. and BAGEP) (09/2022-present)

Matineh Mahmoudi is an M.Sc. student in Civil Engineering  working on Recement: Using end-of-life materials in cement-based materials in ERA-MIN project coordinated by Sabancı University and IraSME Modacon Project on using calcined clays in foamed concrete technology (01/2021-present).

Sercan Baş is an M.Sc. student in Civil Engineering  working on Techno-economic impacts of using alternative binders in additive manufacturing- (01/2020-present)- Co-Advisor: Gürşans Güven

Ozan Eray Aydın  is an M.Sc.student  in Civil Engineering and working on developing optimization tools for  assesing fresh and hardened state performance of building materials (09/2022-present)- Co-Advisor: Derya Deniz

Tolga Aydın is an M.Sc.student  in Civil Engineering and working on adapting bio-based mortar composites to additive manufacturing (Funded by TUBITAK 1001 Grant-119M520)(09/2022-present)

Former Students:

Ilgın Sandalcı (MSCE 2022) was an M.Sc. student in Civil Engineering and working the development of 2-phase bacteria-aggregate systems for self-healing concrete and its impact on shrinkage and corrosion cracks (Funded by TUBITAK 1001 Grant-118M327) (09/2019-08/2022).Currently, Ilgın is a Ph.D. student at ÖzÜ

Yiğit Alper Atalay (MSCE 2022) was an M.Sc. student in Civil Engineering working on establishing a prototyp by additive manufacturing using fiber reinforced geopolymers (Funded by FR-TR Bosphorus Bilateral Grant-119N246)(09/2019-08/2022)

Eylül Mina Aydın (MSCE 2021) was an M.Sc. student in Civil Engineering and working on the design of fiber reinforced cement-based composites for additive manufacturing (Funded by TUBITAK 1001 Grant-119M520) (01/2019-01/2021)

Gisu Güldoğan (MSCE 2020) received her  BSc. from the Civil Engineering Department at ÖzÜ and she is currently enrolled to ÖzÜ for her master’s degree. Gisu is a scholar working on  rheological properties of 2-phase bacteria-aggregate systems for self-healing concrete (Funded by TUBITAK 1001 Grant-118M327).

Mustafa Mert Tezer (MSCE 2020) received his  BSc. from the Civil Engineering Department at ÖzÜ and he continued his MSc. degree in our research group. Mert worked on the development of 2-phase bacteria-aggregate systems for self-healing concrete (Funded by TUBITAK 1001 Grant-118M327). Mert will continue his graduate studies in Ghent University, Belgium.

Mahzad Azima (MSCE 2018) was an MS student in the Construction Materials specialty in Civil Engineering.  Her BS degree is from  Tabriz University, Iran.  Mahzad worked on the development of bio-based admixtures for cement-based materials, particularly on the rheology of cement-based materials. (Funded by TUBITAK 1005 Grant-116M183). Mahzad is currently a Ph.D. student at Ghent University, Belgium

Ali Amiri (MSCE 2017) was an MSc student in the Construction Materials specialty in Civil Engineering. Ali worked on the use of biomineralization of self-healing cement-based materials. Currently, Ali is a Ph.D. student at Leeds University, UK.

Şeyma Gürel (BSCE 2018) was a BS student in Civil Engineering and she worked working on the development of bio-based self-healing mortar and evaluating of fresh state performance of bacteria amended cement paste  (Funded by TUBITAK 1005 Grant-116M183). Şeyma recieved her MSc. degree in Koç University, Turkey and will continue her Ph.D degree in ETH Zurich on additive manufacturing of concrete.

Cansu Acartürk (BSCE 2017) was a BSc student in Civil Engineering and she was working on the use of biomineralization for surface treatments of recycled aggregates. Cansu continues her graduate studies in The Ohio State University.

Arda Sepetçi (BSCE 2017) was a BSc student in Civil Engineering and he was working on the use of biomineralization for surface treatments of recycled aggregates. Arda continues his graduate studies in Boğaziçi University