Kumbaroğlu, Gürkan S., Ph. D. (Alumni)

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

http://www.ie.boun.edu.tr/People/pages/kumbaroglu.html

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

• Industrial and Residential Energy Analysis
• Energy Efficiency Decision Making in Industry
• Bottom-Up Technological Modelling of Energy Systems
• Top-Down Economic Modelling
• Computable General Equilibrium Modelling
• Environmental Taxation and Economic Implications
• Integrated Modelling of Energy-Economy-Environment Interactions and Policy Planning

Current Research Projects

• Development of an Energy Modelling System with Techno-Economic Submodels for Switzerland
• CO₂ Mitgation Potential of Natural Gas Use [in Switzerland]

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

• Kumbaroğlu, G. (1997). A Model for Long-Term Global Air Quality Prediction and Development of Efficient Control Strategies in Turkey, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.102, pp.380-392.
• Arıkan, Y., Kumbaroğlu, G. (2001). Endogenising Emission Taxes; A General Equilibrium Type Optimisation Model Applied for Turkey, Energy Policy, Vol.29 (12), pp.1045-1056.

Book Chapters

• Arıkan, Y., Güven, Ç., Kumbaroğlu, G. (1997). Energy-Economy-Environmental Interactions in a General Equilibrium Framework: The Case of Turkey, in: D.Bunn and E.Larsen (eds.), Systems Modeling for Energy Policy , J.Wiley & Sons, Chp.8, pp.117-139 (ISBN 0-471-95794-1).

Contributions to Conference Proceedings

• Arıkan, Y. and Kumbaroğlu, G. (1995). Energy-Economy-Environment Interactions in Turkey", Proceedings of the International Conference ECOS'95: Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Vol.2 pp.598-607, Istanbul, Turkey, July 1995.
• Arıkan, Y., Güven, Ç., Kumbaroğlu, G. (1996). SO₂-NO_x Emissions and Nuclear Energy" (in Turkish), Proceedings of YA/EM'96: Operations Research and Industrial Engineering XVIII. National Congress, pp.140-143, Istanbul, Turkey, October 1996.
• Arıkan, Y. and Kumbaroğlu, G. (1997). Energy Policies and Economic Growth under Emission Constraints (in Turkish), Proceedings of Environment and Energy First National Congress, Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers publication No:192, pp.243-255, Ankara, Turkey, June 1997.
• Arıkan, Y. and Kumbaroğlu, G. (1999). Energy-Economy-Environment Integrated Planning and Reducing SO₂ emissions in Turkey (in Turkish), Proceedings of the 2^nd Turkish Energy Symposium: National Energy Policies in the New Millenium; published by the Turkish Chamber of Electrical Engineers, pp.265-274, Ankara, Turkey, December 1999.
• Arıkan, Y. and Kumbaroğlu, G. (2000). Energy Models from Past to the Future (in Turkish), Proceedings of the 8^th Turkish Energy Congress: Energy and Technology for Sustainable Development in the 21^st Century; published by the WEC Turkish National Committee, pp.9-20, Ankara, Turkey, May 2000.
• Kumbaroğlu, G. (2002). Environmental taxation within a bottom-up framework of energy-economy interactions: The model ENVEES, Proceedings of the Methodical Workshop on Approaches in the Integration of Energy and Economy Models for the Evaluation of Future Strategies, University of Stuttgart Institute of Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy, pp.93-103, Bonn, Germany, February 2002.

Working Papers

• Kumbaroglu, G., Madlener, R. (2001). A Description of the Hybrid Bottom-Up CGE Model SCREEN with an Application to Swiss Climate Policy Analysis, CEPE Working Paper No. 10, November.

Reports

• Ç. Güven, Y. Arıkan, G. Kumbaroğlu, (1994). Energy-Economy-Environmental Interactions in Turkey, Middle East Technical University Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Ankara, Tech. Rep. No:94-14, July.
• Kumbaroğlu, G. (1995). An Energy Model for Turkey: Focus on Environmental Issues", M.S. Thesis in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, January.
• Arıkan, Y., Güven, Ç., Kumbaroğlu, G. (1995). Economical and Environmental Impact of National Energy Production and Consumption Policies, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, Ankara, Research Report No: EEEAG-50, June.
• Kumbaroğlu, G. (2001). Energy-Economy-Environment Modelling for Turkey, Ph.D. Thesis in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, February.
• Aebischer, B., Catenazzi, G., Dones, R., Faist. M., Frischknecht, R., Gantner, U., Hirschberg, S., Jakob, M., Jochem, E., Jungbluth, N., Kumbaroğlu, G., Kypreos, S., Lienin, S., Madlener, R., Röder, A., Schwarz, J. (2002). CO2 Reduktionspotential Erdgas. Projektphase 1: Referenzszenario. Schlussbericht. Study on behalf and in cooperation with the Swiss natural gas industry, April.