“Deviations from Commitments: Markov Decision Process Formulations for the Role of Energy Storage” with Harun Avci, Ayse Selin Kocaman, and Emre Nadar. 2022. International Journal of Production Economics.
“Optimization of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Systems under Uncertainty: A Review” with Parinaz Toufani, Olav B Fosso, Emre Nadar, and Ayse Selin Kocaman. 2023. Journal of Energy Storage
Submitted Papers
“Integration of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage and Wind Energy Generation: Structural Analysis” with Harun Avci, Parinaz Toufani, Ayse Selin Kocaman, and Emre Nadar, 2022.
Major revision at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
“Optimal Hour-Ahead Commitment and Storage Decisions of Wind Power Producers” with Harun Avci, Woonghee Tim Huh, Ayse Selin Kocaman, and Emre Nadar, 2023, submitted to INFORMS Journal on Computing.
Working Papers
“The Impact of an Energy Imbalance Penalty Mechanism on a Day-Ahead Electricity Market” with Ayse Selin Kocaman, Kemal Goler, and Emre Nadar.
“A Theoretical Bound on the Cost of Advance Commitments” with Ayse Selin Kocaman and Emre Nadar.
Research in Progress
“Optimal Day-Ahead Commitment Decisions of an Energy Storage Operator” with Stefan Minner, Ayse Selin Kocaman, and Emre Nadar.
Funded Research Projects
“Markov Decision Process Approaches for the Profitability Analysis of Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Facilities,” The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey – 3501 (TUBITAK – 3501), National Young Researchers Career Development Program (CAREER), Ph.D. scholarship holder, Researcher, 2021 – 2023.
“Markov Decision Processes and Multi-Stage Stochastic Programs for Energy Commitment Decisions of a Hybrid System with Pumped Hydro Storage,” The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey – 1001 (TUBITAK – 1001), The Support Program for Scientific and Technological Research Projects, Ph.D. scholarship holder, Researcher, 2018 – 2020.
Visiting Positions
Visiting Researcher, Technical University of Munich, Chair of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Germany, May 2022– August 2022
Selected Presentations
“Optimal Hour-Ahead Commitment and Storage Decisions of Wind Power Producers”
EURO, Finland, July 2022
MSOM Annual Conference, Germany, June 2022
POMS Annual Conference, Virtual, April 2022
“Deviations from Commitments: Markov Decision Process Formulations for the Role of Energy Storage”
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Virtual, October 2021
National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Turkey, July 2021
“Integration of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage and Wind Energy Generation: Structural Analysis”
MSOM Annual Conference, Virtual, June 2021
POMS Annual Conference, Virtual, May 2021
National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Turkey, June 2019
“The Impact of an Energy Imbalance Penalty Mechanism on a Day-Ahead Electricity Market”
National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Turkey, June 2018
Workshops Attended
EURO Ph.D. Summer School in Sustainable Supply Chains, Virtual, July 2021
Second Online Doctoral Workshop on Supply Chain Analytics, Rutgers Business School, Virtual, June 2021