Dr. Ridvan Berber

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Dr. Ridvan Berber
Prof. Dr. Ridvan Berber received his B.S., M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from
Ankara University, where he had been working at
different academic positions since 1973. He
had served as chemical engineering department
chairman in 2000/2001, and become the Founding
Dean of Engineering, the position he had held for
6 years.
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Dr. Ridvan Berber
Teaching activities at the Ankara
University Undergraduate Fluid MechanicsProcess
ControlProduction PlanningOptimization Graduat
e Model Based Process ControlProcess
Optimization Supervision of 7 Ph. D.
theses Supervision of 16 Ms. theses
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Dr. Ridvan Berber

• Main Research Areas
• Process systems engineering
• Modelling and optimization in environmental
  systems  (river water quality modelling and
  parameter estimation)
• Modelling and control of waste water treatment
  plants
• Modelling and control in biomedical systems
• Model based process control
• Technology management
• Teaching on innovation in engineering

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Dr. Ridvan Berber
Participation in EU projects FP6 INNOVA-MED
Innovative processes and practices for wastewater
treatment and re-use in the Mediterranean region.
European Union 6th Framework program,
Coordination Action. Contract No
INCO-CT-2006-517728 (Lead participant and
member of Expert Group 2 13 partners from 8
European and Mediterranean countries) FP7 -
RISKCYCLE - Risk Based Management of Chemicals
and Products in a Circular Economy at a Global
Scale, 16 Partners  from EU, China,  Brasil and
Vietnam (Lead participant) Estimated starting
date September 2009 (for three years) TO-INNOEN
A Teaching on Innovation Module for Engineering
Programs (Project coordinator 13 partners from 8
European and Mediterranean countries). European
Union, Leonardo da Vinci Partnership Program
(Coordinator Partners 5 Participants from
England, Austria and Turkey). Project no
2008-1-TR1-LEO04-03134-1
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INNOVA-MED project
Ismailia course (December 2008)
Barcelona kick-off meeting (March 2007)