Prof. Davut KARAYEL

"Head of Technical Vocational School"

Dept. of Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Engineering

Fac. of Agriculture

Akdeniz University

07070, Antalya -Turkey

t: +90 242 310 65 32

f: +90 242 227 45 64

dkarayel@akdeniz.edu.tr

Profession Summary

Prof. KARAYEL graduated from Akdeniz University Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Machinery in 1995 as an Agricultural Engineeer. Completed his MSc and PhD degrees at the Department of Agricultural Machinery in Akdeniz University. He is currently working at the Akdeniz University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Agricultural Machinery in Turkey as a member of academic staff ( Prof. Dr.).

Personel Info

Birth of Place - Date            Gaziantep - 1974
Lingo                                 English
Area(s) of expertise             Agricultural Machinery and Technologies

Education Background

• PhD (1999-2005) Dept. of Agricultural Machinery, Inst. of Applied and Natural Sciences, Akdeniz University (Antalya / Turkey)
  Thesis Title: Effect of coulters and depth control units of a planter on sowing quality for precision sowing
• MSc (1996-1999) Dept. of Agricultural Machinery, Inst. of Applied and Natural Sciences, Akdeniz University (Antalya / Turkey)
  Thesis Title: The comparison of the seed distribution of a planter for some vegetable seeds on field and laboratory conditions
• BSc (1991-1995) Dept. of Agricultural Machinery, Inst. of Applied and Natural Sciences, Cukurova University (Antalya / Turkey)
  Thesis Title

Major Funded Research Project(s)

• Project Title              Effect of Furrow Openers and Seeding Depth Control Systems on Notill Seeding Uniformity

Position in the Project     Project Leader
Budget                           € 10 000
Funded by                      TUBITAK-PostDoc Program
Project ID / No
Term                              2005-2006

• Project Title               Comparison of Different Transplanters for Potted Vegetable Seedlings

Position in the Project     Project Leader
Budget                          € 15 000
Funded by                      Akdeniz University, Research Fund
Project ID / No
Term                              2012-2015

Major Publications - ( Science Citation Index -Expanded )

• Karayel D., Wiesehoff M., Özmerzi A., Müller J., 2006. Laboratory Measurement of Seed Drill Seed Spacing and Velocity of Fall of Seeds Using High-speed Camera System. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 50 (2), 89-96
• Karayel D., Özmerzi A., 2007. Comparison of Vertical and Lateral Seed Distribution of Furrow Openers Using a New Criterion. Soil & Tillage Research, 95(1-2), 69-75
• Karayel D., 2009. Performance of a modified precision vacuum seeder for no-till sowing of maize and soybean. Soil & Tillage Research, 104(1), 121-125
• Canakci, M., Karayel, D., Topakci, M. ve Koc, A. 2009. Performance of a No-till Seeder Under Dry and Wet Soil Conditions. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 25 (4), 459-465
• Karayel, D., Topakci, M., Unal, I., Šarauskis, E., Canakci, M. 2012. Using Real-Time Kinematik (RTK) Global Positioning System (GPS) for the Determination of Seedling Distributions over the Field. Žemdirbystė=Agriculture, 99(4), 425–430

Membership(s)

ISTRO (2002)
TARMAKBİR (2002)
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER CHAMBER