Semra Ülkü

Semra Ülkü
Residence	Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Occupation	Professor at İYTE
Website	iyte.edu.tr/~semraulku

Prof. Dr. Semra Ülkü is a Turkish educator and university administrator who served for eight years (1998–2006) as the rector of the İzmir Institute of Technology. She was the second academic to serve in the institution's top position since its founding in 1992.^[1]

Semra Ülkü received her degrees in chemical engineering from Ankara's Middle East Technical University (B.Sc., 1969, M.Sc., 1971 and Ph.D., 1975).^[2] Among her research writings, which have been published in a number of scientific journals, have been:

• Evren Altıok, Deniz Bayçın, Oguz Bayraktar, Semra Ülkü (September 2008). "Isolation of polyphenols from the extracts of olive leaves (Olea europaea L.) by adsorption on silk fibroin". Separation and Purification Technology 62 (2): 342–348. doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2008.01.022.

• Fehime Cakicioglu-Ozkan, Semra Ulku (January 2005). "The effect of HCl treatment on water vapor adsorption characteristics of clinoptilolite rich natural zeolite". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 77 (1): 47–53. doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2004.08.013.

• Ayben Top, Semra Ülkü (October 2004). "Silver, zinc, and copper exchange in a Na-clinoptilolite and resulting effect on antibacterial activity". Applied Clay Science 27 (1–2): 13–19. doi:10.1016/j.clay.2003.12.002.

• Devrim Balköse, Sevgi Ulutan, Fehime Çakıcıoglu Özkan, Sedat Çelebi, Semra Ülkü (September 1998). "Dynamics of water vapor adsorption on humidity-indicating silica gel". Applied Surface Science 134 (1–4): 39–46. doi:10.1016/S0169-4332(98)00244-X.

• Semra Ülkü (1993). "Novel Application of Adsorption: Energy Recovery". Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 80: 685–693. doi:10.1016/S0167-2991(08)63577-6.

• Semra Ülkü, Moghtada Mobedi (1989). "Zeolites in Heat Recovery". Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 49: 511–518. doi:10.1016/S0167-2991(08)61748-6.

• Semra Ülkü (1986). "Adsorption heat pumps". Journal of Heat Recovery Systems 6 (4): 277–284. doi:10.1016/0198-7593(86)90113-X.

References

1. "Farewell from Dear Rector, Prof. Dr. Semra Ülkü". Retrieved 2008-03-19. (Events page from the website of the İzmir Institute of Technology—Dr. Semra Ülkü visiting the Faculty of Architecture on 22 November 2006, during the final days of her rectorship.)
2. http://likya.iyte.edu.tr/cheweb/academic/Sulku.htm

External links

• Semra Ülkü, Professor, İYTE Department of Chemical Engineering