Microfluidics and Microreactors

Research Areas: 

Microfluidics and microreaction engineering
Catalytic microchannel reactors
Steady state/dynamic modeling and design of single/multi phase catalytic systems
Reactor and catalyst development for hydrocarbon-to-synthesis gas conversions under microfluidic conditions
Fluid dynamics and its applications
Interfacial instabilities
Spectral methods for numerical solutions of transport problems
Catalyst synthesis and characterization 
Techniques for coating catalysts on microchannels
Novel reactors for gas-to-liquids (GTL) and biomass-to-liquids (BTL) processes

Faculty: 
A. Kerem UĞUZ
Ahmet Kerim AVCI
Research Laboratories: 
Catalyst Technologies and Reaction Engineering (CATREL)
Microfluidics Laboratory
Ongoing Projects: 

- Bogazici University Scientific Research Project, BAP (August 2022 - August 2024). Investigation of microbubble dynamics under the effect of acoustic field. PI: Kerem Uğuz 

- Bogazici University Scientific Research Project (July 2011 - July 2013). Combustion assisted steam reforming of light hydrocarbons in heat-exchange integrated microchannel reactors. PI: Ahmet Kerim Avci