Dr Murat Aymelek

BSc, MSc, PhD

Biography

Dr. Murat AYMELEK is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) of NUI Galway. He has expertise in marine transport operations, port logistics, maritime economics, shipping energy efficiency and marine commerce. He previously worked as a Research Associate at Izmir Katip Celebi University, Turkey. He completed his interdisciplinary Ph.D. study at the University of Strathclyde's Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering department in the UK. He studied his M.Sc Degree at University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in Marine Transport & Management field after completion of his BSc Marine Transport-Management Engineering degree at Istanbul University. Before his academic career, he had 2 years of professional experience in international logistics & freight forwarding. During his Ph.D. studies, he involved in EU research projects and postgraduate level teaching activities. He is currently working on Marine Institute funded SEMRU research projects.

Research Interests

Murat's current research interest contains maritime commerce, maritime logistics and ports, supply chain distribution networks modelling, decision support systems and choice modelling, game theory, optimisation, shipping and port finance, maritime risk and safety, shipping energy efficiency, marine environment, policy making, Inland waterways and urban freight modelling and many other issues related to marine transport, supply chain management and decision science

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	'An Application of Bayesian Belief Networks on the Integrated Energy Efficiency of Ship-Port Interface: A Dry Bulk Shipping Case' Canbulat, O; Aymelek, M; Turan, O; Boulougouris, E (2019) 'An Application of Bayesian Belief Networks on the Integrated Energy Efficiency of Ship-Port Interface: A Dry Bulk Shipping Case'. Maritime Policy & Management, [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'Developing Multi-Disciplinary Blended Learning Courses for Maritime Education with cross-European Collaboration' Boulougouris, E; Mizythras, P; Chrysinas, L; Vavourakis, G; Theotokatos, G; Aymelek, M; Kurt, I (2019) 'Developing Multi-Disciplinary Blended Learning Courses for Maritime Education with cross-European Collaboration'. WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'Developing a Dynamic Policy Management Algorithm for Ship Provision: An Integrated Delphi Technique-Hesitant Fuzzy Set Approach' Yalcin, E; Arslan, O; Aymelek, M (2020) 'Developing a Dynamic Policy Management Algorithm for Ship Provision: An Integrated Delphi Technique-Hesitant Fuzzy Set Approach'. Maritime Policy & Management, [Details]
	(2020)	'Offshore Container Port System Application to Optimize a Container Transportation Network' Kurt, I; Aymelek, M; Boulougouris, E; Turan, O (2020) 'Offshore Container Port System Application to Optimize a Container Transportation Network'. Transportation Research Part E-Logistics And Transportation Review, [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	'Challenges and opportunities for LNG as a ship fuel source and an application to bunkering network optimisation' Aymelek, M; Boulougouris, E; Turan,O; Konovessis, D (2015) 'Challenges and opportunities for LNG as a ship fuel source and an application to bunkering network optimisation' In: Maritime Technology and Engineering. London: CRC Press- Taylor and Francis Group. [Details]
	(2018)	'A Bayesian belief network model for integrated energy efficiency of shipping' Canbulat, O; Aymelek, M; Turan, O; Boulougouris, E (2018) 'A Bayesian belief network model for integrated energy efficiency of shipping' In: Trends and Challenges in Maritime Energy Management. UK: Springer, Cham. [DOI] [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	2nd International Conference on Maritime Technology (ICMT) 2014 Aymelek, M; Boulougouris, E; Turan, O; Konovessis, D (2014) Triopoly Competition Analysis of New Generation Strategic Shipping Alliances in Marine Container Transport Systems 2nd International Conference on Maritime Technology (ICMT) 2014 Glasgow, [Details]
	(2015)	International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2015 Conference Kurt, I; Aymelek, M; Boulougouris, E; Turan, O (2015) A Container Transport Network Analysis Study on the Offshore Port System Case of West North America Coast International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2015 Conference KUALA LUMPUR, [Details]
	(2015)	International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2015 Conference Aymelek, M; Kurt, I; Boulougouris, E; Turan, O (2015) A Hybrid Multi Criteria Decision Making-Game Theory Methodology to Analyse Port Competition in Izmir International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2015 Conference KUALA LUMPUR, [Details]
	(2016)	International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2016 Conference Aymelek, M; Boulougouris, E; Turan, O (2016) A Game Theory Competition Analysis of Quadropolistic Liner Container Shipping Market International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2016 Conference Hamburg, [Details]
	(2015)	International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2015 Conference Canbulat, O; Aymelek, M; Kurt, I; Turan, O; Koldemir, B (2015) Green Sustainable Performance Comparison of the Three Biggest Container Terminals in Turkey International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) 2015 Conference KUALA LUMPUR, [Details]

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	A Survey of Marine and Coastal Overseas Tourism Activity in Ireland. Hynes, S., Aymelek, M., Corless, R. & Evers, N. (2019) A Survey of Marine and Coastal Overseas Tourism Activity in Ireland. SEMRU, Galway. [Details]
	(2019)	Ireland's Ocean Economy 2019. Tsakiridis, A., Aymelek, M., Norton, D., Burger, R., O’Leary, J., Corless, R. & Hynes, S. (2019) Ireland's Ocean Economy 2019. SEMRU, Galway. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Enhancing Nursing Through Educational Research (ENTER) Conference 2014, McMurray, H; Aymelek, M (2014) Application of a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methodology to compare education in models of nursing. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Enhancing Nursing Through Educational Research (ENTER) Conference 2014, Aberdeen , 13-NOV-14 - 14-NOV-14. [Details]
	(2014)	The 5th UK Marine Technology Postgraduate Conference, Aymelek, M; Boulougouris, E; Turan, O (2014) Complex adaptive development analysis of marine container transport system. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], The 5th UK Marine Technology Postgraduate Conference, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom , 09-JUN-14 - 10-JUN-14. [Details]

Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2015	MISI Most Innovative Idea Award	MIT GLOBAL SCALE NETWORK
	2011	Official Scholarship for MSc and PhD Studies Abroad	Turkish Government

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME)	Scientific Society	/
	Shipping and Trade Alliance for Research (STAR)	Scientific Society	/

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
Izmir Katip Celebi University	Research Associate Dr.	01-MAR-17 / 15-MAY-18
University of Strathclyde	Teaching Assistant	01-SEP-14 / 30-JUN-16
KITA LOGISTICS	Seafreight Import Executive	19-JUL-09 / 22-APR-11

Education

Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
2016	University of Strathclyde	PhD	Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
2012	University of Newcastle Upon Tyne	Msc	Marine Transport with Management
2011	Istanbul University	Msc	Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering
2009	Istanbul University	BSc	Marine Tranport-Management Engineering

Languages

	Language
	English
	Turkish

Reviews

	Journal	Role
	Maritime Policy & Management	Reviewer