Dr Ferhat Karaca
Research Fellow
Location: 1 Medway Court, Cranfield campus
E: f.karaca@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 750111 x5679
Manufacturing and Materials
Current activities
Dr Ferhat Karaca’s recent research has focused on environmental science and technology. His research interest lies in a multidisciplinary area in the field of environment and energy.
His first international project was a Minerva project related to adaptive adaptable e-learning systems. As an output of that project he was invited to Brussels to participate in SYMMETRY, a new integrated management tool developed by EC.
In addition he has worked on several national and international projects as PI, CO, research fellow and advisor. This includes an international project “Effects of indoor air quality on cultural heritages” which focused on the interactions between indoor/outdoor pollutants and surface corrosion/deterioration of the historical items.
Recently, he is working on the topics related to energy and buildings.
He is a research fellow in the project “All in one”, an IDEAS Factory Sandpit project supported by EPSRC.
Clients
- TUBITAK
- EU Framework Programmes
- SMEs
- Turkish Ministry of Development
- Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
Background
He gained his BCs and PhD at Yildiz Technical University, Turkey. He spent 7 years in Fatih University as an Assistant Professor before joining Cranfield University in 2011. He was awarded outstanding performance in publications and having granted projects in 2009.
To date, Dr Karaca has been awarded £120,000 and £50,000 grants from TUBITAK for national projects in Turkey.
He also helped Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry sponsored project grant worth more than £3 million for the preparation of new national water discharge regulations of the colour parameter.
He has several publications in highly prestigious journals and conference publications.
Selected publications
- Karaca Ferhat; Camci Fatih (2009). Distant source contributions to PM(10) profile evaluated by SOM based cluster analysis of air mass trajectory sets, Atmospheric Environment, 44 (7) 892-899.
- Karaca Ferhat; Anil Ismail; Alagha Omar Title (2009). Long-range potential source contributions of episodic aerosol events to PM(10) profile of a megacity, Atmospheric Environment, 43 (36) 5713-5722.
- Karaca Ferhat; Anil Ismail; Alagha Omar; et al. (2009). Traffic Related PM Predictor for Besiktas, Turkey, in (eds: Athanasiadis IN; Mitkas PA; Rizzoli AE; et al.) Information Technologies In Environmental Engineering Book Series: Environmental Science and Engineering, pp. 317-330.
- Tecer Lokman Hakan; Alagha Omar; Karaca Ferhat; et al. (2008). Particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10-2.5, and PM10) and children's hospital admissions for asthma and respiratory diseases: A bidirectional case-crossover study, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues, 71 (8) 512-520.
- Kurt Atakan; Gulbagci Betul; Karaca Ferhat; et al. (2005). An online air pollution forecasting system using neural networks, Environment International, 34 (5) 592-598.
- Karaca F; Ozkaya B (2005). NN-LEAP: A neural network-based model for controlling leachate flow-rate in a municipal solid waste landfill site, Environmental Modelling & Software, 21 (8) 1190-1197.
- Karaca F; Alagha O; Erturk F (2004). Statistical characterization of atmospheric PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations at a non-impacted suburban site of Istanbul, Turkey, Chemosphere, 59 (8) 1183-1190.
