Semra Ülkü Explained

Semra Ülkü
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:

• Isolation of polyphenols from the extracts of olive leaves (Olea europaea L.) by adsorption on silk fibroin. Evren Altıok . Deniz Bayçın . Oguz Bayraktar . Semra Ülkü . Separation and Purification Technology. 62. 2. 342–348. September 2008. 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.01.022 . 11147/2155 . free.
• The effect of HCl treatment on water vapor adsorption characteristics of clinoptilolite rich natural zeolite. Fehime Cakicioglu-Ozkan . Semra Ulku . Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 77. 1. 47–53. January 2005. 10.1016/j.micromeso.2004.08.013 . 11147/1997 . free.
• Silver, zinc, and copper exchange in a Na-clinoptilolite and resulting effect on antibacterial activity. Ayben Top . Semra Ülkü . Applied Clay Science. 27. 1–2. 13–19. October 2004. 10.1016/j.clay.2003.12.002 . 11147/4734 . free.
• Dynamics of water vapor adsorption on humidity-indicating silica gel. Devrim Balköse . Sevgi Ulutan . Fehime Çakıcıoglu Özkan . Sedat Çelebi . Semra Ülkü . Applied Surface Science. 134. 1–4. 39–46. September 1998. 10.1016/S0169-4332(98)00244-X . 11147/4508 . free.
• Book: Novel Application of Adsorption: Energy Recovery. Semra Ülkü. Fundamentals of Adsorption, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis. 80. 685–693. 1993. 10.1016/S0167-2991(08)63577-6 . 9780444986580.
• Book: Zeolites in Heat Recovery. Semra Ülkü . Moghtada Mobedi . Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis. 49. 511–518. 1989. 10.1016/S0167-2991(08)61748-6 . 9780444874665 .
• Adsorption heat pumps. Semra Ülkü. Journal of Heat Recovery Systems. 6. 4. 277–284. 1986. 10.1016/0198-7593(86)90113-X .

External links

• Semra Ülkü, Professor, İYTE Department of Chemical Engineering https://web.archive.org/web/20071010031357/http://likya.iyte.edu.tr/cheweb/academic/Sulku.htm

Notes and References

1. Web site: Farewell from Dear Rector, Prof. Dr. Semra Ülkü . 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. Web site: Untitled Document . 2008-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071010031357/http://likya.iyte.edu.tr/cheweb/academic/Sulku.htm . 2007-10-10 .