Süleyman Şener Akın

  Room No: Proje Lab. 125

  Tel No: +90 (312) 210-7417

  Fax No: +90 (312) 210-7417

  E-mail:  sener.cheeng@gmail.com

Education: 

Micro and Nanotechnology, Middle East Technical University, Ph.D., 2019 - ...

Micro and Nanotechnology, Middle East Technical University, M.Sc., 2017- 2019

Chemical Engineering, Hacettepe University, B.Sc., 2010-2015

Research Interests:

• Thermochemical conversion processes: combustion, pyrolysis, and gasification.
• Synthesis and characterization of engineered biochars for energy and catalytic applications.
• Hydrometallurgical recovery of iron from fly ash and other industrial residues.
• Design of Fe-exchanged FAU and CHA zeolite catalysts derived from fly ash for methane-to-methanol partial oxidation via synthesis, ion exchange, and steaming.

Publications:

• Akın, S.Ş., Magalhães, D., Kazanç, F., A study on the effects of various combustion 502 parameters on the mineral composition of Tunçbilek fly ash. Fuel 2020, 275 117881.503
• Akın, S.Ş., Kirdeciler, S.K., Kazanç, F., Akata, B., Critical Analysis of Zeolite 4A synthesis through one-pot fusion hydrothermal treatment approach for Class F fly ash Microporous Mesoporous Materials 2021;325:111338
• Akın, S.Ş., Akgül, A., Kazanc, F., Sodium salt surface interactions affect single particle combustion behavior of biomass, coal, and their chars, Fuel 2023; 354: 129259
• Akgül, A., Akın, S.Ş., Gulec, F., Kazanc,F., Biochar gasification: Insights from pyrolysis atmospheres and gasification heating rates, Fuel 2024,360:130469
• Akın, S.Ş., Kır, A.B., Kazanc, F., Impact of nitrogen and alkali dopants on pore architecture and surface functionalities of biochar in one-step CO2 pyrolysis, Journal of Analytical Pyrolysis,2025, 186,106962

Thesis / Research Information: 

M.Sc. Thesis: Investigation of Fly Ash Characteristics on Zeolite 4A Synthesis

Ph.D. Thesis: Pore Engineering and Surface Functionalization of Porous Carbon Structures Derived from Biochar, and Zeolites Derived from Fly Ashes