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METU Welding and NDT Personnel Certification Center (METU-PCC) acts as an accredited
certification body (accredited by Turkish Accreditation Council TURKAK) according to EN
ISO 17024, EN 473 (NDT), EN 287-1 (steel welder), and EN ISO 9606-2 (aluminum welder).
WTNDT leaded the establishment of the Turkish Section of the American Society for NDT which
was approved by ASNT in November 2008.
WTNDT gives laboratory support for the welding and NDT undergraduate and graduate
courses in the departments of Metallurgical-Materials Eng. and Mechanical Eng. of METU.
MSc and PhD theses (more than 30) on welding and NDT have been finished; the total number
of publications in journals and congresses is about 60.
Current research topics: Hybrid plasma arc welding; Finite element simulation of welding;
Phased array applications.
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Brief information about METU: Middle East Technical University (METU), a state university founded in 1956,
currently has about 23,000 students of which 4,500 are in masters and 2,700 are in doctorate programs. The
language of instruction at METU is English. METU hosts over 1,500 international students from nearly 80 different
countries. METU has 40 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties. Additionally, there are 5 Graduate Schools with
97 masters and 62 doctorate programs and a "School of Foreign Languages" which includes the English Preparatory
Department. 13 undergraduate programs (including 1 international program) are offered in connection with METU
Northern Cyprus Campus. As a part of its efforts to ascertain world-quality education, in 1991 METU initiated a long-
term program to have all its engineering programs accredited by ABET. The Engineering Faculty has all its thirteen
undergraduate programs declared as "substantially equivalent" to the ABET accredited programs in the USA.
http://www.metu.edu.tr
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B. Congress Papers
1. Gr CH, Nondestructive Monitoring of Surface Residual Stresses in Steels by Magnetic Barkhausen Noise
Technique: Welded Plates and Shot-peened Components, Proc. of 3rd Int. Conf. On Distortion Eng., 14-16
Sept 2011, Bremen, 361-368
2. Tan E, Gr CH, Simon A, Gacsi Z, Investigating the Microstructure of Hot-Pressed SiC Reinforced AlCu and AlSi
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Alloy Composites by Ultrasonic Technique, 6 Int. Powder Metallurgy Cong, 5-7 Oct 2011, Ankara
3. Yelbay I., Cam I., Gur H. Prediction of Surface Residual Stresses in Butt-Welded Steel Plates by Magnetic
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Barkhausen Noise Analysis, 10 European Conference on NDT, 06-11 June 2010, Moscow-Russia, Paper No:
1.01.03
4. Kara Z, am , Gr CH, Abramova M, Alexandrov I, Characterization of Equal Channel Angular Pressed AISI
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1020 Steels by Magnetic Barkhausen Noise Analysis, CD Proc 15 Int Metallurgy & Materials Cong, 11-13
Nov 2010, Istanbul, 551-560
5. Batgn, C., Garipova, N. Demircan, M., Gr, C.H. (2010). Effect of Weld Repair on Microstructure and
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Mechanical Properties of API 5L X65 Steel (Bildiri). 63 Annual Assembly & Int. Conf. of IIW. 11-17 July 2010,
stanbul.
6. Davut K, Gr CH, Monitoring the Microstructural Evolution in Spheroidised Steel by Magnetic Barkhausen Noise
Measurement, Proc. of 7th Int Conf on Barkhausen Noise and Micromagnetic Testing, July 15-16 2009,
Aachen, 143-150
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