Ayse Selin Kocaman

A. Selin Kocaman Associate Professor Bilkent University Department of Industrial Engineering Research Affiliate MIT Energy Initiative Associate Editor Energy for Sustainable Development Office: EA208 Phone: +90 312 290 3386 E-mail: selin.kocaman [at] bilkent [dot] edu.tr Research Interests: Optimization of energy systems Energy infrastructure design and planning Sustainable development Google Scholar

Education

Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy (Earth and Environmental Engineering), Columbia University, 2014

• Graduate Research Assistant at Sustainable Engineering Lab

• Advisors: Prof. Vijay Modi, Prof. Woonghee Tim Huh

• Dissertation: Essays on Infrastructure Design and Planning for Clean Energy Systems

• First Place in the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) College of Sustainable Operations Ph.D. Proposal Award Competition

M.Phil. in Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2012

M.S. in Operations Research, Columbia University, 2009

• Advisor: Prof. Woonghee Tim Huh

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Bogazici University, 2007

Awards, Honors and Achievements

• The American Association of University Women Fellowship 2023

• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2023

• The Science Academy's Young Scientist Awards Program (BAGEP) 2021

• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) 2232 International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers 2014

• First Place in the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) College of Sustainable Operations Ph.D. Proposal Award Competition 2011

• Full Scholarship & Assistantship for Graduate Studies at Columbia University

• Top 0.2% in the Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam, Turkey (Ranked 158th out of approximately 100 thousand college seniors)

• Top 0.01% in the University Entrance Exam, Turkey (Ranked 169th out of approximately 1.5 million high school graduates)