YER2024 symposium focusing the undergraduate student design projects in Earth Sciences that was honored by the participation of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) rector has been enriched with interesting presentations by our students.
In this event, our research assistants Kürşat Hasözdemir and Anıl Soylu gave their speeches entitled “Optimum Production Planning in Open-Pit Mining Operations” and “Evaluation of the Phenomenon of Spontaneous Combustion as a Universal Process”, respectively.
YER Symposiums are held on an annual basis in June with a view to disseminating the outcomes of various undergraduate design projects conducted by ITU Faculty of Mines students under the supervision of their thesis advisors to the scientific community. Oral and poster presentations from 30 capstone projects selected by our department heads and relevant commissions met with the earth sciences community at the symposium.
In addition to the substantial field and laboratory studies, the theses encompassing original design and analysis methodologies, and the voluminous proceedings embodying the substance of the presented works, are pivotal in demonstrating the rigorous endeavours undertaken in these student projects. These design projects, signifying the inaugural scientific and technological research endeavours of senior students prior to their entry into the professional realm, necessitate meticulous scientific collaboration, wherein students, research assistants, and thesis advisors converge within the scope of these studies. For this reason, activities reflecting the essence of graduation studies are highly valued by our faculty and maximum effort is put to make these studies more comprehensive in the form of beneficial teamwork.
At the end of this event, Mert Meral (thesis advisor Prof. Dr. Ataç Başçetin) from Department of Minin Engineering, Mert Sarıkaya (thesis advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Birgül Benli) from Department of Mineral Processing Engineering and Gülnihal Aygün, Irmak Demirel, and Yunus Emre Ilgın (thesis advisor Assist. Prof. Dr. Ş. Beste Aydın) from Department of Mineral Processing Engineering were deemed worthy of the first, second and third best thesis awards for their theses, respectively.
