Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
I would like to express my sincere thanks to my supervisor Prof. Dr. Tolga Ciloglu for his
guidance, encouragements, criticism and insight throughout the research.
I would also like to thank my co-advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cagatay Candan for his valuable
ideas throughout this study.
Thanks to the examining committee members Prof. Dr. Mubeccel Demirekler, Assist. Prof.
Dr. Umut Orguner and Erdinc Oguz for evaluating my work.
ITAK)
I am grateful to The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUB
for their financial support during my graduate study.
Deepest thanks to my family for their love, trust and every kind of support not only throughout
my thesis but also throughout my life.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Prof. Dr. Ali Kalkanl
for his guidance, support and encouragement during the study.
My special thanks go to Gkhan Trkylmaz and Seda Saylgan for their continuous
support and valuable recommendations throughout this study.
I would also like to thank to Salih Tre for castings, sa Hasar for machining and
Necmi Avc for XRD analyses.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to Yank Baaran and Anl Bayr for
always being supportive in my life.
Finally, I want to express my greatest thanks to my mother, Mnevver Kele, for
her endless love, invaluable trust, support and guidance throughout my life.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor Prof. Dr. Ali
Kalkanl for his guidance, continuous support and encouragement throughout this
study.
I am also thankful to Seda Saylgan and zgr Kele for their valuable supports,
motivation and invaluable friendship in all part of the study.
My special thanks go to the technical staff of the Department of Metallurgical and
Materials Engineering, METU, especially Salih Tre for their contributions to this
study.
I would also like to thank to Arda etin, Turgut Krma, Yank Baaran, Betl Pelin
Maradit, ala zgit, Glhan akmak, Gher Kotan, Evren Tan, Serdar Tan, Emre
Ergl and Onur Rauf Bingl for their helps and supports.
Thanks are also extended to Zafer Pesen from Mechanical and Chemical Industry
Corporation and Deniz Takesen from RUTA Aluminum.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mustafa Emre Ycetrk, evket Reha
Soysal and Tuba Uyar for always being supportive in my life.
Finally, I want to express my greatest thanks to my family for supporting,
encouraging, and loving me all through my life.
This study was supported by The Ministry of Industry & Commerce of Turkey and
Mechanical & Chemical Industry Corporation, Project No: 00023.STZ.2006-1.
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