Gürkan KUMBAROĞLU, Ph.D., Associate Professor
:: Education
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Gazi University, 1990;
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 1995;
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2001.
:: Research Interests

Macroeconomic Modeling, Energy and Environmental Policy Modeling, Energy Economics and Management, Real Options Theory, Industrial Energy Analysis, General Economic Equilibrium, Energy Demand Forecasting, Investment Planning, Power System Economics, Environmental Economics

:: Offered Courses
  • IE 255  Probability for Industrial Engineers (Fall 2003)
  • IE 341  Engineering Economics (Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009)
  • IE 441  Planning for Engineers (Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Fall 2006)
  • IE 461  Energy Policy and Planning (Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009)
  • IE 480  Case Studies in IE (Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007)
  • IE 489  Energy Policy and Planning (Fall 2004, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2007)
  • IE 494  Human Factors Management (Fall 2003)
  • IE 497  Methods Analysis and Design (Spring 2005)
:: Recent Publications
  • Kumbaroğlu, G., N. Karali and Y. Arıkan (2008). "CO₂, GDP and RET: An aggregate economic equilibrium analysis for Turkey." Energy Policy 36(7): 2694-2708.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G., R. Madlener and M. Demirel (2008). "A real options evaluation model for the diffusion prospects of new renewable power generation technologies." Energy Economics 30(4): 1882-1908.
  • Madlener, R., G. S. Kumbaroğlu and V. Ş. Ediger (2005). "Modeling technology adoption as an irreversible investment under uncertainty: the case of the Turkish electricity supply industry." Energy Economics. 27(1): 139-163.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. S. (2003). "Environmental taxation and economic effects: A computable general equilibrium analysis for Turkey." Journal of Policy Modeling. 25(8): 795-810.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. S. and R. Madlener (2003). "Energy and Climate Policy Analysis with the Hybrid Bottom-Up Computable General Equilibrium Model SCREEN: The Case of the Swiss CO₂ Act." Annals of Operations Research. 121(1): 181-203.

:: Contact Information

Personal URL

 http://www.ie.boun.edu.tr/~gurkank/index.htm

e-mail

 gurkank

Phone (office)

 + 90 (212) 359 7079

Fax (office)

 + 90 (212) 265 1800

Address

 Boğaziçi University
Department of Industrial Engineering
34342, Bebek-Istanbul, Turkey