LIST OF TOPICS OFFERED BY THE ADVISORS FOR ENVE 490 (2025-2026 II. )

Prof. Dr. Ayşegül AKSOY

1. A review on atmospheric water harvesting and its potential for Türkiye

Prof. Dr. İpek İMAMOĞLU

Horizon scanning to identify the most pressing chemicals-related problems: What are the approaches? Which ones are better suited for our country? Can we conduct a preliminary horizon scanning? This study is aimed to be an input to one of the tasks of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Chemicals Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP) established in June 2025. This science-policy panel is the newest member of the trifecta - together with IPCC and IPBES - to tackle the triple planetary crises (i.e., climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution) we are facing.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre ALP

1. Resilient Cities: Management of Climate Change, Disasters and Ecosystem
2. Call for Nexus: Policies, Governance and Implementations
3. Circular Economy: A tool for Climate Change Mitigation and Resource Management
4. Future of Water Sector: Innovations, Governance and Finance

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yasemin Dilşad YILMAZEL TOKEL

1. Biological and bioelectrochemical hydrogen production (experimental study)
2. Energy systems; processes, environmental impacts and water use (data analysis, review and reporting)
3. Design of novel electrodes for enhanced performance of microbial electrolysis cells (experimental study)
4. Use of AI and digitalization in microbial electrochemical technologies: a review (literature review)
5. Calculation of carbon footprint of METU campus (big data collection and analysis)
6. Resource recovery from wastes (experimental/literature)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sema Sevinç ŞENGÖR

1. Regeneration of Nanoadsorbents for Arsenic Removal from Aqueous Environmental Systems
2. Nanotechnology in Sustainable Environmental Remediation

Asst. Prof. Dr. Zeynep ÖZCAN

1. Climate Change Impacts on Basin-Scale Streamflow Seasonality
2. Climate Change Impacts on Basin-Scale Streamflow Variability