Dr. Ibrahim Dincer

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Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
UOIT
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4
Office: ACE 3024
E-mail: ibrahim.dincer@uoit.ca
Tel: 905.721.8668 ext. 5723
Fax: 905.721.3370

Education

  • PhD (Mechanical Engineering), Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1993.
  • MSc (Mechanical Engineering), Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1991.
  • BSc (Mechanical Engineering), Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey, 1987.

Courses Taught

  • Air Conditioning
  • Energy and the Environment
  • Energy Conversion
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Conduction
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Refrigeration Technology
  • Solar Energy
  • Thermal Environment
  • Thermal Environment and Energy Analysis
  • Thermodynamics I and II
  • Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Research Areas

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Systems, Renewable Energies, Energy and Exergy, Energy Conversion and Management, Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics, Drying, Refrigeration, Thermal Energy Storage

Editorial Responsibilities

  • Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Energy Research, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., UK.
  • Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Exergy, Inderscience Publishers, Ltd., UK.
  • Editor-in-Chief, Exergy-An International Journal, Elsevier Science Ltd., UK (2000- 2003).
  • Associate Editor, Entropy-An International Journal, MDPI, Switzerland.
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Green Energy, Marcel-Dekker, USA.
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd., France.
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA.

Selected Publications:

Books, Book Contributions

  • I. Dincer and M. A. Rosen, Exergy, Elsevier, London (to appear in 2006).
  • A. Bejan, I. Dincer, S. Lorente, A.H. Reis and A.F. Miguel, Porous Media in Modern Technologies: Energy, Electronics, Biomedical and Environmental Engineering, Springer Verlag, New York, 2004.
  • I. Dincer, Refrigeration Systems and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, London, 2003.
  • I. Dincer and M. A. Rosen, Thermal Energy Storage Systems and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, London, 2002.
  • I. Dincer, " Processing in Food Preservation Technologies," in Handbook of Thermal Engineering, Ed. F. Kreith, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2000.
  • I. Dincer, Heat Transfer in Food Cooling Applications, Taylor & Francis, Washington, 1997.

Journal Publications

  • Dincer, I., “Environmental and sustainability aspects of hydrogen and fuel cell systems”, International Journal of Energy Research (2006), (in press).
  • Granovskiy, M., Dincer, I. and Rosen, M.A. “Economic and environmental comparison of conventional, hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles”, Journal of Power Sources (2006), (in press).
  • Midilli, A., Ay, M. and Dincer, I., “Green energy strategies for sustainable development”, Energy Policy (2006), (in press).
  • Ay, M., Midilli, A. and Dincer, I., “Investigation of hydrogen production from Boron compounds for PEM fuel cells”, Journal of Power Sources (2006), (in press).
  • Granovskiy, M., Dincer, I. and Rosen, M.A. “Environmental and economical aspects of hydrogen production and utilization in fuel cell vehicles”, Journal of Power Sources (2006), (in press).
  • Granovskiy, M., Dincer, I. and Rosen, M.A. “Life cycle assessment of hydrogen fuel cell and gasoline vehicles”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 31(3), 337-352, 2006.
  • Sahin, A., Dincer, I. and Rosen, M.A. “New spatio-temporal wind exergy maps”, ASME-Journal of Energy Resources Technology (2006), (in press).
  • Karakilcik, M., Kiymac, K. and Dincer, I., “Experimental and theoretical temperature distributions in a solar pond”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 49(5-6), 825-835, 2006.
  • Ay, M., Midilli, A. and Dincer, I., “Energy and exergy modeling of a PEM fuel cell”, International Journal of Exergy 3(1), 16-44, 2006.
  • Hussain, M.M., Li, X. and Dincer, I., “Multi-component mathematical model of solid oxide fuel cell anode”, International Journal of Energy Research 29(12), 1083-1101, 2005.
  • Hussain, M.M., Baschuk, J.J., Li, X. and Dincer, I., “Thermodynamic modeling of a PEM fuel cell power system”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences 44(9), 903-911, 2005.
  • Ozgener, L., Hepbasli, A. and Dincer, I., “Energy and exergy analysis of geothermal district heating systems: an application”, Building and Environment 40(10), 1309-1322, 2005.
  • Sahin, A.Z. and Dincer, I., “Prediction of drying times for irregular shaped multi-dimensional objects”, Journal of Food Engineering 71(1), 119-126, 2005.
  • Ozgener, L., Hepbasli, A. and Dincer, I., “Thermo-mechanical exergy analysis of Balcova geothermal district heating system in Izmir, Turkey”, ASME-Journal of Energy Resources Technology 126(4), 293-301, 2004.
  • Dincer, I and Sahin, A.Z., “A new thermodynamic model for a drying process”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 47(4), 645-652, 2004.
  • I. Dincer, “On energy conservation policies and implementation practices”, International Journal of Energy Research 27(7), 687-702, 2003.
  • S. Syahrul, I. Dincer and F. Hamdullahpur, “Thermodynamic modelling of fluidized bed drying of moist particles”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences 42(7), 691-701, 2003.
  • I. Dincer and M.M. Hussain, “Development of a new Bi-Di correlation for solids drying”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 45(15), 3065-3069, 2002.
  • I. Dincer, “The role of exergy in energy policy making”, Energy Policy 30(2), 137-149, 2002.

Honours and Awards

  • Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation, Huddersfield,UK (2005).
  • The 2005 Research Excellence Award, APMC, Ontario (2005).
  • The Premier's Research Excellence Award, Ontario (2004).
  • Distinguished Researcher Award, KFUPM (2003).
  • The President's Special Award, Alumni Association International, Istanbul Technical University (2000).
  • First Class Honour, PhD (Graduation), Istanbul Technical University (1993).
  • Most Interesting Application, Presented Paper, ASME & EF (1993).
  • R & D Encouragement, TUBITAK-Marmara Research Center (1992).
  • First Class Honour, M.Sc. (Graduation), Yildiz Technical University (1991).
  • First Class Honour, B.Sc. (Graduation), Selcuk University (1987).