Ahmet Turan

Associate Professor Dr. Ahmet Turan is currently Vice-Head of the Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering at Yeditepe University, Faculty of Engineering. Since 2021 he has led research and teaching in extractive metallurgy, advanced ceramics, and sustainable materials processing, while previously serving as doctoral lecturer and lecturer at Yalova University (2010-2021) and visiting researcher at Heriot-Watt University (2017).

Education

• PhD, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2014)
• MSc, Production Metallurgy & Technologies, Istanbul Technical University (2009)
• BSc, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Sakarya University (2006)

Research Interests

Dr. Turan’s work centres on extractive metallurgy, self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS), refractory and advanced ceramics, metallothermic reduction, waste valorisation, magnesium and light alloys, and carbon-capture materials. His laboratory explores sustainable routes to synthesise borides, carbides, and intermetallics from domestic ores and industrial by-products, while also investigating additive manufacturing of metallic lattice structures.

Publication Profile

Across 2013-2022 his peer-reviewed output reveals a clear trajectory from fundamental studies on SHS of TiB₂, ZrB₂ and B₄C towards applied processing of mill-scale, EAF slags, aluminium dross and demolition concrete for CO₂ capture and metal recovery. Recent emphasis lies on vacuum metallothermy for magnesium–strontium alloys and FeCo-based magnetic materials.

Grants & Projects

• Coordinator, H2020 ABTOMAT (2022-ongoing) – valorisation of aluminium-bearing raw materials
• Researcher, COST Action TrANsMIT (2022-ongoing) – carbon mitigation technologies
• Principal Investigator, TÜBİTAK 1002 – TiC production via SHS (2020-2021)
• Principal Investigator, TÜBİTAK 1002 – Al₂O₃ ceramics from aluminium black dross (2019-2020)
• Multiple national grants on FeCo, FeCrNiMo alloys, vanadium carbide, and sponge iron production from wastes

Advising & Supervision

He currently supervises 6 MSc and 3 PhD students at Yeditepe University on topics ranging from high-entropy oxides for energy materials to 3-D-printed aluminium lattice structures and rare-earth magnet recycling.

Laboratory & Teams

Dr. Turan leads the Advanced Materials Processing & Sustainability Laboratory, equipped for SHS, spark plasma sintering, vacuum metallothermy, and additive manufacturing, fostering collaboration with Istanbul Technical University, Heriot-Watt University, and COST/Horizon networks.