Natural Environment and Ecosystem Research in anakkale Onsekiz Mart University COMU, Turkey

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Natural Environment and Ecosystem Research
inÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (COMU),
Turkey

• Balkan Universities Network Meeting
• June 22-24, 2006 Thessaloniki
• Erdinç Yigitbas
• (Earth Scientist)

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Canakkale situated in northwestern corner of
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Terra/MODIS August 14, 2004
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Overview of COMU

• As a state university ÇOMU was established in
  1992 in the city of Çanakkale (population about
  76000).
• Approximately 20.000 students have been
  enrolled in 9 faculties, 2 (4 year) colleges and
  2 institutes, and also 11 (2 year) vocational
  schools.

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Overview of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
(COMU)

• In addition to Scientific Technology Research
  Center (that has ICP-AES (for elemental
  analysis), GC-MS (for organics analysis), various
  spectrophotometers, TSS (total suspended
  solids), Oxygenmeter), other laboratories exist,
  such as biology, chemical analysis, chemistry,
  microbiology, natural sciences, and soil sciences
  to conduct research.

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International Relations with Other Universities
and Cooperation

• Since the 2004-2005 academic year, ÇOMU has
  been actively participating in the EU
  Socrates/Erasmus and Leonardo Education
  Programmes. Total 11 students went abroad using
  Socrates/Erasmus and Leonardo Programmes in the
  first academic year. 21 students went abroad
  using the same programmes in the second
  (2005-2006) academic year.

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International Relations with Other Universities
and Cooperation

• From overseas, 4 and 9 university students
  came to ÇOMU in 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 academic
  years, respectively.
• From ÇOMU, 5 and 12 faculty members visited
  various European Union Universities in 2004-2005
  and 2005-2006 academic years. From abroad 7 and 9
  European faculty members used exchange programmes
  to visit ÇOMU in 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 academic
  years.

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International Relations with Other Universities
and Cooperation

• In addition, ÇOMU has introduced the ECTS
  system for all programmes, alongside the local
  credit system.

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• Geological, Geophysical, and Environmental Eng.
  Departments (Faculty of Engineering and
  Architecture)
• Biology, Chemistry, and Geography Departments
  (Fac. of Science and Letters)
• Public Administration Dept. (Fac. of Economics)
• Fundamental Sciences Dept. (Fac. of Fisheries)
• Soil Science and Landscape Architecture Depts.
  (Fac. of Agriculture)
• have been educating their students and perform
  research on naturel environment and ecosystem
  preservation.

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Education and Research

• All programmes are more or less related to
  Natural Areas and Ecosystem Preservation.
• Approximately 30 academicians (but not limited
  with this number) have worked and/or will be
  willing to work on the environment, in the
  general sense, or Natural Areas and Ecosystem
  Preservation in specific.

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ÇOMU has the following facilities

• Scientific Tecnology Research Centre that
  equipped with the
• Oxygenmeter
• ICP-AES (Inductively Coupled Plasma - Atomic
  Emission Spectroscopy),
• GC-MS (Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry),
• UV-Visible Spectrophotometer (for water waste
  water analyses),
• TSS (Total Suspended Solids)

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Main Education and Research

• In Faculty of Engineering and Architecture,
  geological structure and geological change are
  researched.
• In Faculty of Fisheries, water pollution and its
  effect on aquatic living resources in the
  Norhtern Aegean are investigated.
• Finally, academicians from Faculty of Agriculture
  study soil pollution, landscape architecture and
  optimum growth of plant resources.

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Scientists in Geological Engineering department
studies on

• Environmental and engineering geology,
  geothermal systems, hydrogeology, fate and
  transport of environmental contaminants on
  terrestrial environment and in groundwater. They
  are keen on working closely with other scientists
  of interest to perform studies in environmental
  geology and hydrogeology.
• Contact Person
• Assist. Prof. Alper Baba
• alperbaba_at_comu.edu.tr

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Scientists in Geophysical Engineering department
studies on

• Environmental geophysics, mine geophysics,
  groundwater geophysics. They are keen on working
  for geophysical parameters that also have
  importance in human environment.
• Contact People
• Assist. Prof. Mehmet Ali Kaya
• makaya_at_comu.edu.tr
• Assist. Prof. Tolga Bekler
• tbekler_at_comu.edu.tr

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Environmental Engineering

• Ecohydrology, river and sediment
  contamination by metals, beach pollution via
  solid wastes (beach litter), quality of
  precipitation (acid rain), sea water intrusion to
  near shore groundwater. Proposes investigation of
  beaches on Aegean and Adriatic Seas for beach
  litter and their sources to reduce wastes by
  controlling contamination pathways.
• Contact Person
• Assist. Prof. H. Göksel Özdilek
• hgozdilek_at_gmail.com

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Faculty of Science Letters

• Many national and international projects have
  been completed or are being studied specifically
  in chemistry / biology / geography departments.
  

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Biology

• Environmental biology, microbial ecology,
  inorganic dissolved nutrient biomass, biotic and
  abiotic factors (specially on river delta
  estuarine - regions). They could work on
  biotechnology and environmental biology related
  projects specifically primary production in
  estuarine zones located in the Biga peninsula.
• Contact Person
• Assist. Prof. Esra Koçum
• kocuej_at_hotmail.com

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Chemistry

• Organic chemistry and chemical specifications
  of herbs that have economic value. They are
  interested in searching chemistry of the Balkan
  Regions herbs.
• Contact Person
• Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Ay
• mehmetay06_at_comu.edu.tr

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Chemistry

• Anorganic chemistry, environmental chemistry,
  chemical bonds and their application, magnetism
  and spectroscopy. Usability of fly ash from
  coal-powered energy production plants in ceramic
  (tile) industry.
• Contact Person
• Assist. Prof. Mustafa Yildiz
• myildiz_at_comu.edu.tr

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Geography

• Climatology, energy policy and measurements,
  meteorology, climate change/environment, drought
  and desertification, natural disasters,
  sustainable development. They are keen on
  working on climatic systems.
• Contact Person
• Assoc. Prof. Murat Türkes
• murat.turkes_at_comu.edu.tr

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Geography

• Coastal geomorphology, natural hazards, stream
  drainage basin analysis, coastal pollution and
  degradation, coastal geomorphology and sea level
  change, use of radionuclides in erosion
  investigations, weathering of sandstones and
  granite terrains.
• Contact Person
• Dr. Evren Erginal
• aerginal_at_comu.edu.tr

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Health Services Vocational College

• Radionuclides, biomonitoring of pollutants,
  heavy metal contamination of the terrestrial
  environment via long range transport, speciation
  of trace elements in soils and waters. They would
  like to work on long range transport of
  environmental contaminants in the region.
• Contact Person
• Assoc. Prof. Mahmut Coskun
• mahmutcoskun2_at_yahoo.com

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Faculty of Fisheries

• has algae production facility, a mid-size
  research sea-vessel (Bilim-1), aquatic research
  laboratory. Other chemical and physical
  parameters are investigated in coordination with
  Faculty of Science Letters, Scientific
  Technologic Research Center, and Remote Sensing
  Research and Training Centers.

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Faculty of Fisheries

• Aquatic ecology and management, plankton
  ecology, plankton-nutrient relations, computer
  simulations and numerical modeling in the aquatic
  environment.
• Contact Person
• Ass. Prof. Yesim Büyükates
• ybuyukates_at_yahoo.com

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Faculty of Agriculture

• has wide application fields (350 acres of
  application field in Dardanos, 250 acres of
  application field with animal farm at Saricaeli
  Village, 85 acres of vineyard and 250 acres of
  non-irrigated agrarian field in Terzioglu
  Campus), and also scientific laboratories and a
  computer laboratory.

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Soil Science (Fac. of Agriculture)

• Environmental pollution and soil
  contamination, Productivity of soils and
  fertiliziation, Soil biology, Research on changes
  in soils under coal powered energy production
  plants, usability of treated wastewater sludges
  in agricultural production
• Contact Person
• Dr. Cafer Türkmen
• turkmen_at_comu.edu.tr

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