Dr. Hasan ÇEP

He was born in Trabzon in 1964, 1990 ITU Metallurgical Engineering, M.Sc., 1992 Marmara University Institute of Science on Materials Science, and completed his PhD studies on Materials Science at ITU Institute of Science and Technology in 2022.

Hasan ÇEP, who stepped into his business life as a intern heat treaters at Tamçelik A.Ş in 1989, worked as a researcher at TÜBİTAK Materials Institute between 1990 and 1995, both in charge of laboratories and as project manager in many NATO projects.

In 1995, he gained the TTGV project from the World Bank and started his new business life as a heat processor as the founding partner of 3T Isıl Islem A.Ş. In 1999, after opening a new page in the heat treatment sector for the second time with Alper Isıl  A.Ş. and successfully executing it until 2021, Alpha Metallurgy A.Ş. He is a member of the board.

Hasan Çep, who started to produce furnaces for special processes by establishing Teknovak Industrial Furnace Systems A.Ş in 2016, is still the general manager and has successfully completed 3 projects in TÜBİTAK TEYDEB project calls and developed the furnace systems they have developed in Turkey, especially in defense industry, automotive and aviation. and started their routine sales to Europe.

He also served as a member of the TTGV field committee in 1997-1999, Advisor to the President of TÜBİTAK MAM in 2012-2013, and Member of the Executive Board of TÜBİTAK-TEYDEB in 2015-2018.

He also took part in the team that started the Nuclear Energy Localization Committee Studies in 2012. He was the report editor of the Nuclear Energy Localization infrastructure inventory studies, which were the first official records in Turkey. Dr. Hasan Çep's areas of expertise are materials science and special processes, and the sectors he is active in are defense industry, aerospace, automotive and machinery manufacturing. He is the founder and member of the Metal Heat Processors Association, as well as a founding member of the Industrial Furnace Manufacturers Association, and he is still the chairman of the board of  this association. The father of two children, Dr. Hasan Çep is fluent in English.