Prof. Figen Balo

She has received her B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Firat University in
Turkey. She worked at the Ministries of Environment-Urbanization and Education. She is currently
working  as a Professor in the Engineering Faculty at Firat University. She has published 76 papers in
scientific journals,45 book chapters, 116 research papers in conferences and 2 projects. As reviewer,
she reviewed more than 1740 articles for scholarly journals. As Editor, she completed 13 scientific books
and also she has been actively serving as Area Editor for 6 different scientific journals. Her main research
area includes renewable energy, renewable building-insulation materials, optimization of energy
efficiency at buildings, MCDM for renewable energy systems, energy simulation of buildings and
renewable energy systems.