Education
1984 - 1987
1984 - 1987Doctorate
Tohoku University, Faculty Of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Japan
1980 - 1983
1980 - 1983Postgraduate
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Turkey
1975 - 1980
1975 - 1980Undergraduate
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Turkey
Dissertations
1987
1987Doctorate
Computation and analysis of unsteady turbulent flow on flat bottom and over rigid ripples
Tohoku University, Civil Engineering Department
1983
1983Postgraduate
On large scale flow structure detection of a turbulent jet
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
Research Areas
Civil Engineering
Hydraulic
Hydromechanics
Engineering and Technology
Academic Positions
2011 - Continues
2011 - ContinuesProfessor
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
Non Academic Experience
2001 - Continues
2001 - ContinuesAssociate Professor (Promotion)
METU, Associate Professor (Promotion)
1994 - Continues
1994 - ContinuesAssociate Professor (Title)
METU, Associate Professor (Title)
2000 - 2001
2000 - 2001Instructor/Reader
METU, Instructor/Reader
1988 - 2000
1988 - 2000Assistant Professor
METU, Assistant Professor
1996 - 1998
1996 - 1998Associate Professor (Promotion)
EMU, Associate Professor (Promotion)
1980 - 1988
1980 - 1988Assistant
METU, Assistant
Supervised Theses
2022
2022Postgraduate
AUTOMATION OF SPILLWAY GATE OPERATIONS BASED ON RESERVOIR WATER LEVEL MONITORING
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
M.KHORAM(Student)
2022
2022Postgraduate
Parametric analysis of two-layer shallow flow modelling for landslide and water waves in dam reservoirs
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
M.MERİÇ(Student)
2021
2021Postgraduate
WATER SURFACE PROFILE COMPUTATION AROUND SQUARE BLOCKS BY IMAGINARY REPRESENTATION OF THE OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
S.OMAR(Student)
2020
2020Postgraduate
Numerical solution to kinematic wave equation for surface runoff analysis using satellite based DEM data
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
H.Hüseyin(Student)
2019
2019Postgraduate
Feasibility of pumped-storage hydraulic systems based on hourly variation of electricity prices
Aydın İ. (Advisor)
E.BARBAROS(Student)
2019
2019Postgraduate
Assessment of sensitivity of depth integrated solutions to longitudinal discontinuities on the channel bed
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
R.Mohammadi(Student)
2016
2016Postgraduate
PERFORMANCE OF FLO-2D SOFTWARE ON FLOOD INUNDATION ANALYSIS
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
A.NAZIM(Student)
2016
2016Doctorate
Flow measurement in open channels by combined use of free surface PIV and CFD
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
S.GHARAHJEH(Student)
2015
2015Postgraduate
Computer code development for numerical solution of depth integrated shallow water equations to study flood waves
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
B.NİLAY(Student)
2015
2015Postgraduate
Depth integrated equations applied to longitudinal discontinuities on the channel bed
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
M.RAZMAND(Student)
2014
2014Postgraduate
Impact assessment of water jets from flip buckets /
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
C.YAVUZ(Student)
2014
2014Postgraduate
Numerical investigation of hydraulic characteristics of Laleli dam spillway and comparison with physical model study
AYDIN İ. (Co-Advisor), KÖKEN M. (Co-Advisor)
E.USTA(Student)
2014
2014Postgraduate
Validation of depth-averaged mixing length turbulence model for uniform channel flows/
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
Ç.HASAN(Student)
2014
2014Postgraduate
Prediction of downpull on high head gates using computational fluid dynamics
AYDIN İ. (Co-Advisor), KÖKEN M. (Co-Advisor)
M.AKIŞ(Student)
2012
2012Postgraduate
Computational modelling of free surface flow in intake structures using flow 3D software
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
A.AYBAR(Student)
2012
2012Postgraduate
Motivators and barriers for green building construction market in Turkey
AYDIN İ. (Co-Advisor), ALTAN SAKARYA A. B.(Co-Advisor)
H.Gündoğan(Student)
2011
2011Postgraduate
Use of air chambers against waterhammer in penstocks
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
B.ADAL(Student)
2010
2010Doctorate
Modeling of Newtonian fluids and cuttings transport analysis in high inclination wellbores with pipe rotation
PARLAKTUNA M. (Co-Advisor), AYDIN İ. (Co-Advisor)
M.SORGUN(Student)
2010
2010Postgraduate
Utilization of cfd tools in the design process of a Francis turbine
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
G.OKYAY(Student)
2009
2009Postgraduate
Experimental investigation on sharp-crested rectangular weirs
ALTAN SAKARYA A. B. (Co-Advisor), AYDIN İ. (Co-Advisor)
H.ÇİĞDEM(Student)
2006
2006Postgraduate
Determination of computational domain boundaries for viscous flow around two dimensional bodies
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
M.MAZHAR(Student)
2005
2005Postgraduate
Simulation of surface waves generated by a rapid rise of a block at the sea bottom
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
N.ŞENOL(Student)
2004
2004Postgraduate
Generation of surface waves due to sudden movements at the sea bottom
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
Ö.ULAŞ(Student)
2003
2003Postgraduate
Development and validation of two-dimensional depth-averaged free surface flow solver
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
B.YILMAZ(Student)
2003
2003Postgraduate
Development and validation of two-dimensional depht-averaged free surface flow solver
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
B.Yılmaz(Student)
2002
2002Postgraduate
Water jet pumps with multiple nozzles.
GÖĞÜŞ M. (Co-Advisor), AYDIN İ. (Co-Advisor)
E.GÜRSOY(Student)
2002
2002Postgraduate
Roughness coefficient for compound channels with macro roughness elements.
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
M.USTAÖMER(Student)
2002
2002Postgraduate
Pressure distribution and downpull force on vertical gate lips
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
İ.TONGUÇ(Student)
2002
2002Postgraduate
Air flowrate measurement in the ventilation shaft behind a power intake gate model
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
O.DÜNDAR(Student)
2002
2002Postgraduate
Air flowrate measurements in the ventilation shaft behind a power intake gate model.
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
O.Dündar(Student)
2001
2001Postgraduate
Overflow through spacings around leaf gates
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
F.GÜREŞÇİ(Student)
1995
1995Postgraduate
Investigation of pier length of an ogee-crested overflow spillway
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
V.Yüksel(Student)
1995
1995Postgraduate
Investigation of pier length of an agee-crested overflow spillway
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
V.YÜKSEL(Student)
1994
1994Postgraduate
Comparisonof K-E and stress models of turbulence in unsteady flows
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
A.GÖKÇE(Student)
1994
1994Postgraduate
Computation of flow over vertically curved channels
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
M.HAKAN(Student)
1993
1993Postgraduate
Study of tube length effect in dynamic pressure measurement
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
M.İNAN(Student)
1993
1993Postgraduate
Study of tube length effect in dynamic pressue measurement.
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
M.İnan(Student)
1992
1992Postgraduate
Numerical study of boundary conditions for flow fields with parous boundaries
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
S.KAYA(Student)
1992
1992Postgraduate
Experimental study of boundary cenctitions for flow fields with porous boundaries
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
G.BAŞOĞLU(Student)
1992
1992Postgraduate
Experimental study of boundary conditions for flow fields with porous boundaries.
AYDIN İ. (Advisor)
G.Basoglu(Student)
Articles
All (28)
SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI (26)
SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI (27)
ESCI (1)
Scopus (27)
TRDizin (2)
Other Publications (1)
2025
20251. Experimental investigation of landslide-induced impulse waves for various slide densities
Mohajer Barough R., Karayama E. T., DEMİREL E., AYDIN İ.
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
, vol.25, no.4, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2023
20232. Finite volume analysis of dam breaking subjected to earthquake accelerations
Mosaddeghi F., Köken M., Aydin I.
Journal of Hydraulic Research
, vol.61, no.6, pp.854-865, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2022
20223. An iterative hydraulic design methodology based on numerical modeling for piano key weirs
Köken M., Aydın İ., Ademoglu S.
JOURNAL OF HYDRO-ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
, vol.40, pp.131-141, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2021
20214. Feasibility of pumped storage hydropower with existing pricing policy in Turkey
Barbaros E., AYDIN İ., Celebioglu K.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
, vol.136, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2019
20195. Deducing the stage-discharge relationship for contracted weirs by the outflow theory of Malcherek
Ferro V., AYDIN İ.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
, vol.50, no.2, pp.80-87, 2019 (ESCI, Scopus)
2018
20186. New Theoretical solution of stage-discharge relationship for slit weirs
FERRO V., AYDIN İ.
Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
, vol.144, no.3, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2018
20187. Testing the outflow theory of Malcherek by slit weir data
FERRO V., AYDIN İ.
FLOW MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION
, vol.59, pp.114-117, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2017
20178. Sığ Akım Denklemlerinin Hidrolikte Kullanılması Üzerine Değerlendirmeler
İşcen B. N., Öktem N., Yılmaz B., Aydın İ.
Teknik Dergi
, vol.28, pp.7747-7764, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
2017
20179. Application of computational fluid dynamics to predict hydrodynamic downpull on high head gates
Köken M., Aydın İ., Şahin A.
ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONS
, vol.34, pp.1191-1203, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2017
201710. On the Use of Shallow Water Equations in Hydraulics
Iscen B. N., ÖKTEM N., Yilmaz B., AYDIN İ.
TEKNIK DERGI
, vol.28, no.1, pp.7747-7764, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
2016
201611. Head loss estimation for water jets from flip buckets
YAVUZ C., DİNÇER A. E., AYDIN İ.
The International Journal of Engineering And Science , vol.5, pp.48-57, 2016 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2016
201612. Application of video imagery techniques for low cost measurement of water surface velocity in open channels
GHARAHJEH S., AYDIN İ.
FLOW MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION
, vol.51, pp.79-94, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2016
201613. Numerical Simulation and Formulation of Wave Run-Up on Dam Face due to Ground Oscillations Using Major Earthquake Acceleration Records
DEMİREL E., AYDIN İ.
Journal Of Engineering Mechanics-Asce
, vol.142, pp.6016001, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2015
201514. Weir velocity formulation for sharp-crested rectangular weirs
GHARAHJEH S., AYDIN İ., Altan-Sakarya A. B.
FLOW MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION
, vol.41, pp.50-56, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2012
201215. Mathematical Modeling of Turbulent Flows of Newtonian Fluids in a Concentric Annulus with Pipe Rotation
SORGUN M., AYDIN İ., ÖZBAYOĞLU E., SCHUBERT J. J.
ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
, vol.34, pp.540-548, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2011
201116. Hydrodynamic Modeling of Dam-Reservoir Response during Earthquakes
AYDIN İ., Demirel E.
Journal of Engineering Mechanics
, vol.138, no.2, pp.164-174, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2011
201117. Friction factors for hydraulic calculations considering presence of cuttings and pipe rotation in horizontal/highly-inclined wellbores
Sorgun M., AYDIN İ., Ozbayoglu M. E.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
, vol.78, no.2, pp.407-414, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2011
201118. Discharge formula for rectangular sharp-crested weirs
AYDIN İ., Altan-Sakarya A. B., ŞİŞMAN Ç.
FLOW MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION
, vol.22, no.2, pp.144-151, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2010
201019. Global volume conservation in unsteady free surface flows with energy absorbing far-end boundaries
Demirel E., AYDIN İ.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS
, vol.64, no.6, pp.689-708, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2010
201020. Modeling and Experimental Study of Newtonian Fluid Flow in Annulus
SORGUN M., Ozbayoglu M. E., AYDIN İ.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
, vol.132, no.3, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2009
200921. Nonlinear mixing length model for prediction of secondary currents in uniform channel flows
AYDIN İ.
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
, vol.135, no.2, pp.146-153, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2006
200622. Performance of slit weir
AYDIN İ., Altan-Sakaya A. B., Ger A. M.
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
, vol.132, no.9, pp.987-989, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2006
200623. Prediction of downpull on closing high head gates
Aydin I., Telci I. T., DÜNDAR O.
JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH
, vol.44, no.6, pp.822-831, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2004
200424. Combined-free flow over weirs and below gates
Negm A., Al-Brahim A., Alhamid A., Sakarya B., Aydin I., Ger A.
JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH
, vol.42, no.5, pp.557-559, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2002
200225. Measurement of small discharges in open channels by Slit Weir
AYDIN İ., Ger A. M., HINCAL O.
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
, vol.128, no.2, pp.234-237, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2002
200226. Air demand behind high head gates during emergency closure
Aydin I.
JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH
, vol.40, no.1, pp.83-93, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
1998
199827. Evaluation of fluctuating pressures measured with connection tubes
AYDIN İ.
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
, vol.124, no.4, pp.413-418, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
1988
198828. An application of k-e model to oscillatory boundary Layers
AYDIN İ., SHUTO N.
Coastal Engineering Journal , vol.30, pp.11-24, 1988 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2022
20221. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF LANDSLIDE GENERATED WAVES IN A LABORATORY TEST SET-UP
KARAYAMA E. T., AYDIN İ., DEMİREL E., Kürümüş A. T., Barough R. M.
14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HYDROSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, İzmir, Turkey, 26 May 2022, (Full Text)
2022
20222. NUMERICAL SIMULATION of LANDSLIDE GENERATED SURFACE WAVES USING OVERSET GRID METHOD
AYDIN İ., DEMİREL E., Barough R. M., Kürümüş A. T., KARAYAMA E. T.
14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HYDROSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, İzmir, Turkey, 26 May 2022, (Full Text)
2018
20183. Artvin bottom outlet aeration: an innovative arrangement
Comelli M., AYDIN İ., Nurhat E., Chambas P.
HYDRO 2018, 15 - 17 October 2018, (Full Text)
2018
20184. Flow resistance in conveyance channels
AYDIN İ.
13th int. Congress on Advances in Civil Enginnering, 12 - 14 September 2018, (Full Text)
2018
20185. Prospects of Large Scale Energy Storage in Turkey- Pumped Hydro and Electrochemical Energy Storage
ÖZTÜRK T., AYDIN İ., AYDINOL M. K., PATAT Ş.
14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY STORAGE, 25 - 28 April 2018, (Summary Text)
2017
20176. WALL FUNCTIONS FOR BOUNDARY ROUGHNESS PREDICTION IN UNIFORM CHANNEL FLOWS
AYDIN İ.
IAHR 2017 World Congress, 13 - 18 August 2017, (Full Text)
2017
20177. Experimental and numerical investigation of piano key weirs.
KÖKEN M., AYDIN İ., HASPOLAT E., ŞAHİN A. N.
37th IAHR Congress, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia, 13 - 18 August 2017, (Full Text)
2017
20178. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF A COMBINED SYSTEM OF PIANO KEY WEIRS AND STEPPED SPILLWAY USING
KÖKEN M., AYDIN İ.
17th Flow 3d European User’s Conference, Barselona, Spain, 5 - 07 June 2017, (Summary Text)
2016
20169. Roughness and discharge estimation in open channels by free surface velocity measurement
GHARAHJEH S., AYDIN İ.
12th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, İstanbul, Turkey, 21 - 23 September 2016, (Full Text)
2015
201510. Stream gauging by combined use of surface PTV and CFD techniques in channel flows
GHARAHJEH S., AYDIN İ.
36 th world congree of IAHR, 28 June - 03 July 2015, vol.1, pp.1-7, (Full Text)
2015
201511. IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF WATER JETS FROM FLIP BUCKETS
Yavuz C., AYDIN İ.
36th IAHR World Congress, Delft, Netherlands, 28 June - 03 July 2015, pp.3013-3022, (Full Text)
2013
201312. Experimental Investigation of Flow Conditions over Cambasi Dam Spillway
ALTAN SAKARYA A. B., AYDIN İ., GÖĞÜŞ M., KÖKEN M.
35th World Congress of the International-Association-for-Hydro-Environment-Engineering-and-Research (IAHR), Chengdu, China, 8 - 13 September 2013, pp.5748-5755, (Full Text)
2013
201313. Experimental and Computational Investigation of Vortex Formation in a Vertical Intake Structure
AYDIN İ., KÖKEN M., Aybar A.
35th World Congress of the International-Association-for-Hydro-Environment-Engineering-and-Research (IAHR), Chengdu, China, 8 - 13 September 2013, pp.1084-1092, (Full Text)
2010
201014. MODELING OF NEWTONIAN FLUIDS IN ANNULAR GEOMETRIES WITH INNER PIPE ROTATION
Sorgun M., Schubert J. J., Aydin I., Ozbayoglu M. E.
3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 1 - 05 August 2010, pp.1453-1461, (Full Text)
2005
200515. Yamula Barajı ve HES Hidrolik Model Çalışmaları
YILMAZ B., ALTAN SAKARYA A. B., GÖĞÜŞ M., ÖNDER H., AYDIN İ., TOKYAY N.
II. Ulusal Su Mühendisliği Sempozyumu, İzmir, Turkey, 21 - 24 September 2005, pp.281-291, (Full Text)
Activities in Scientific Journals
2014 - Continues
2014 - Continues