Academic Staff Retirees

He was born in 1911 in Tirebolu. Due to his success in exam organized by General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, he was sent to France. Due to Second World War, he sent to USA in 1939. He graduated from Columbia University in 1941 and he took master degree in 1942 in same school. Between years of 1942 and 1960, he worked in Ereğli Coal Mine, Kandilli and Ögelman Chrome Mining Company. He lectured underground mining and underground survey between 1963 and 1980. 

He was born in 1919 in Adana. He completed his undergraduate  and graduate education at Columbia University. He started to work in GLİ(Western Lignite Works) in 1943. He worked in Faculty of Mines of Istanbul Technical University between 1963 and 1982.  

He was born in 1917 in Istanbul. He completed his undergraduate education at Faculty of Law of  Istanbul University in 1938. After working in different cities in Turkey as prosecutor and judge, he started to work in Faculty of Mines in 1956. He had given lectures concerning mining law, oil law and business law for 45 years. In the same period, he worked as an advocate and consultant of law. He retired in 1980. 

He was born in 1919 in Istanbul. Due to his success in exam organized by General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, he was sent to France. Due to Second World War, he was sent to USA in 1939, Montana Mining Engineering School. He completed his graduate education at Utah University in 1944. After his return to Turkey in same year, he started to work in Ereğli Coal Mines. He gained doctoral degree from Durham University.  He became associate professor in 1962 and professor in 1971. He retired in 1986.

Tayfun Evergen was born in 1940. He graduated from ITU, Faculty of Mines in 1966. He worked in Etibank Eastern Chrome Works(Elazığ) between 1966 and 1968, Etibank Halıköy Mercury Works (İzmir) between 1970 and 1972. Then, he stated to work in Faculty of Mines in 1972 as research assistant. He completed his doctorate in 1978. He received titles of assistant professor in 1982 and associate professor in 1982 and professor in 1996. He retired in 1999.

Nuh Bilgin graduated from the Mining Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Later he accomplished his PhD studies in the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK in 1977 on “Mechanical Cutting Characteristics of Some Medium and High Strength Rocks.” He joined the Mining Engineering Department of ITU in 1978. He was appointed as a full time professor in 1989. He spent one year in the Colorado School of Mines, USA, and one year in Witwatersrand University, SA as a visiting professor. He has published more than a hundred papers on mechanized mining and tunneling technologies. He is currently retired and working as a private consultant on tunneling and mechanical excavation. He is also chairman of the Turkish Tunnelling Society.

S. Erkin Nasuf was born on December, 7^th 1951 in Eskisehir, Turkey. He was graduated from the Mining Enginering Department of ITU Engineering Faculty in 1972. After he graduated he went to University of Strathclyde University, Scotland from which he completed his PhD study in 1977.  He then came back and joined to ITU Mining Faculty in 1977.  He was given Asistant Associate Professor degree in 1982, Asssociate Professor  Degree in 1983 and  Professor  Degree in 1989 respectively. He went to University of Virginia Polytechnical Institute between 1984-1985 as a Visiting Research Professor in order to do some reserach on Computer Applications in Mining Industry. He was the Associate Dean of Mining Faculty between 1996-2000. He also attended as a Vice President of the Istanbul Tecnical University, responsible for the Student and International Affairs, between 2004 -2008. He again went to  University of  Missouri Science and Technology, USA Rolla MO between  2014-2015 as a Research Professor this time to do a research work on Mine Planning.

İsmail Uğur graduated from ITU, Faculty of Mines in 1973. Then he completed his doctorate at Rheinische Westfaelische Tech. Hochschule-Aachen. He studied mining machinary, mineral economics and mine transportation. 

Turgay Dinçer was born in 1956. He graduated from Faculty of Mines in 1981. He started to work at Department of Mining Engineering in 1983 as engineer. He gained master's degree in 1991 and completed his doctorate in 1999. He retired in 2007.