Dr. Arif Hepbasli
ProfessorYagar Universit, Turkiye
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Selcuk University, Konya, Turkiye
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Selcuk University, Konya, Turkiye
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Dr. Arif Hepbasli, who has dealt with energy-related issues for 33 years and aims at attaining Industry (I), Profession Institutions (P) and University (U), Balanced IPU simultaneously and trying to focus on RIC. He is currently working as Professor and Head of Energy Systems Engineering at Yagar University in Izmir, Turkey. He received B.S. (first class honor) in Mechanical Engineering from Selcuk University (SU), Turkey in 1980, M.S. from Istanbul Technical University of Istanbul (studied also one year at the Preparation Class of Institution of Higher Education for Foreign Languages, Technical University of Istanbul), Turkey in 1985 (also completing his military service) and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Selcuk University in 1990 while he was working in industry. He worked as a Research Assistant in ME Department of Selcuk University from 1982-1986. He was Vice Director of Solar Energy Institute of Ege University between 1997-2000 and EBILTEM (Ege University Science Technology Application and Research Center) between 2000-2001. He worked as a Visiting Professor between 2004-2005 at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada and between 2010-2012 at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. His research has been involved with Energy, Exergy, Exergoeconomic and Exergoenvironmental analyses and Assessments of Energy-Related Systems, Energy/Exergy efficiency and Management, Fluidized bed Combustion Systems, Ground-Source Heat Pumps, utilization and potential of renewable energy sources and sustainable energy technologies. Dr. Hepbasli is also a Certified Industrial Energy Manager in Turkey (also having a certificate from JICA, Japan) while he is author and co-author of over 550 papers on a national and international basis as well as several national and international books and book chapters. He has chaired and co-chaired many national and international conferences, symposia, workshops and technical meetings. He has served as a Consultant for industry in cases involving his research area and is also a member in the International Advisory Board of eight prestigious energy-related journals and an Associate Editor of Journal of Energy Engineering (ASCE) while also serving many energy journals and industrial projects as a reviewer. As of 2014, he became the Turkish expert of the Energy Configuration of the Horizon 2020 Programme Committee while also serving as an advisory committee member at TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific Technology Research Institute).