Central Service Units is a concept that has existed since the establishment of METU. Over time, some centers for education, service, and research in many different fields became operational in METU. The first official Central Laboratory Project studies started in September 1994 with the "Laboratories Development Commission" affiliated to the Rectorate. The Commission submitted its first report, prepared by the Department's efforts with the existing device inventory, to the Rectorate in January 1995. After the report was discussed and accepted by the University Administrative Board, the commission continued its work and presented its final report to the rectorate in July 1995. Afterward, commissions composed of academic members worked in the coordination of the Rectorate, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Deans of Engineering Faculty, finalizing the device lists, preparing the technical specifications, evaluating the tenders, preparing the laboratory plans, and other stages of the project. Approximately sixty lecturers and experts took part in these studies.

This project includes the 'R&D Training and Measurement Center,' which includes advanced technology devices for determining the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of materials, and the 'Molecular Biology-Biotechnology R&D Center,' which includes devices for all kinds of recombinant DNA studies, analysis of proteins and other biomolecules. As its laboratories, it was included in the 1998 investment program of the State Planning Organization and recorded as the first Central Laboratory project supported by this organization.

A significant number of the devices within the scope of the project came to our laboratory in 2004. As of October 2004, the establishment and testing of these devices were completed and opened for service. Other devices on the first list were received between 2007 and 2009 and put into service in our laboratory, revised to technological developments at the time of their installations.

We want to thank our faculty members, whose names are listed below, who took part in the device commissions during the establishment of METU MERLAB.

Name

Surname

Department

Vedat

Akdeniz

Metallurgical Eng.

Kemal

Alyürük

Chemistry

Ali İhsan

Arol

Mining Eng.

O. Yavuz

Ataman

Chemistry

Aysel

Atımtay

Environmental Eng.

Sezer

Aygün

Chemistry

Suat

Bağcı

Petroleum Eng.

Ufuk

Bakır

Chemistry Eng.

Göknur

Bayram

Chemistry

Erdal

Bayramlı

Chemistry

Ömer G.

Bilir

Mechanical Eng.

Şakir

Bor

Metallurgical Eng.

Ali

Çulfaz

Chemistry Eng.

Timur

Doğu

Chemistry Eng.

Çiğdem

Erçelebi

Physics

İnci

Eroğlu

Chemistry Eng.

Ali

Gökmen

Chemistry

İnci G.

Gökmen

Chemistry

Cemal

Göncüoğlu

Geology Eng.

Nilgün

Güleç

Geology Eng.

İbrahim

Günal

Physics

Hakan

Gür

Metallurgical Eng.

Rıza

Gürbüz

Metallurgical Eng.

Jale

Hacaloğlu

Chemistry

Haluk

Hamamcı

Food Eng.

Nesrin

Hasırcı

Chemistry

Halil

Kalıpçılar

Chemistry Eng.

Gürkan

Karakaş

Chemistry Eng.

Cevdet

Kaynak

Metallurgical Eng.

Altan

Kayran

Aeronautical Eng.

Fatma

Toksoy Köksal

Geology Eng.

Burcu

Kurç Akata

MNT

Savaş

Küçükyavuz

Chemistry

Zuhal

Küçükyavuz

Chemistry

H. Avni

Öktem

Biology

Ahmet M.

Önal

Chemistry

Pırıl

Önen

Geology Eng.

Gülhan

Özbayoğlu

Mining Eng.

Gülay

Özcengiz

Biology

Can

Özen

Natural Sciences

Macit

Özenbaş

Metallurgical Eng.

Aymelek

Özer

Physics

Necati

Özkan

Central Lab..

Hüsnü

Özkan

Physics

Saim

Özkar

Chemistry

Cevdet

Öztin

Chemistry Eng.

Abdullah

Öztürk

Metallurgical Eng.

Mehmet

Parlak

Physics

Feride

Severcan

Biology

Muharrem

Timuçin

Metallurgical Eng.

Teoman

Tinçer

Chemistry

Semra

Tuncel

Chemistry

Raşit

Turan

Physics

Asuman

Türkmenoğlu

Geology Eng.

Deniz

Üner

Chemistry Eng.

Mürvet

Volkan

Chemistry

M. Esra

Yener

Food Eng.

Levent

Yılmaz

Chemistry Eng.

Ülkü

Yılmazer

Chemistry Eng.

Hayrettin

Yücel

Chemistry Eng.

Meral

Yücel

Biology