Dr Ridvan Berber Prof Dr Rdvan Berber received

Dr. Ridvan Berber Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Berber received his B. S. , M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in chemical engineering from Ankara University, where he had been working at different academic positions since 1973. He had served as chemical engineering department chairman in 2000/2001, and become the Founding Dean of Engineering, the position he had held for 6 years.

Dr. Ridvan Berber Teaching activities at the Ankara University Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics Process Control Production Planning Optimization Graduate Model Based Process Control Process Optimization Supervision of 7 Ph. D. theses Supervision of 16 Ms. theses

Dr. Ridvan Berber Main Research Areas • Process systems engineering • Modelling and optimization in environmental systems (river water quality modelling and parameter estimation) • Modelling and control of waste water treatment plants • Modelling and control in biomedical systems • Model based process control • Technology management • Teaching on innovation in engineering

Dr. Ridvan Berber Participation in EU projects FP 6 INNOVA-MED: Innovative processes and practices for wastewater treatment and re-use in the Mediterranean region. European Union 6 th Framework program, Coordination Action. Contract No: INCO-CT-2006 -517728 (Lead participant and member of Expert Group 2; 13 partners from 8 European and Mediterranean countries) FP 7 - RISKCYCLE - Risk Based Management of Chemicals and Products in a Circular Economy at a Global Scale, 16 Partners from EU, China, Brasil and Vietnam (Lead participant) Estimated starting date: September 2009 (for three years) TO-INNOEN : A Teaching on Innovation Module for Engineering Programs (Project coordinator; 13 partners from 8 European and Mediterranean countries). European Union, Leonardo da Vinci Partnership Program (Coordinator; Partners: 5 Participants from England, Austria and Turkey). Project no: 2008 -1 -TR 1 -LEO 0403134 -1

INNOVA-MED project Barcelona kick-off meeting (March 2007) Ismailia course (December 2008)