Prof. Dr. Semra Ülkü is a Turkish educator and university administrator who served for eight years (1998–2006) as the

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İzmir Institute of Technology İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

. She was the second academic to serve in the institution's top position since its founding in 1992. Semra Ülkü received her degrees in

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from

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Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...

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, 1969,

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, 1971 and

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, 1975). Among her research writings, which have been published in a number of scientific journals, have been: * * * * * * *

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* Semra Ülkü, Professor, İYTE Department of Chemical Engineerin

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