Born 1946, Turkish citizen.

Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering - Işık University, 

Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Composite Materials, Engineering Education

1970   Dipl.Ing. Mechanical Engineering - Istanbul Technical University (honors degree)

1979   PhD. Mechanical Engineering - Istanbul Technical University.

1984   Qualified for Associate Professorship by the National Council of Higher Education.

1990   Promoted to Full Professorship by the National Council of Higher Education 

2009/..   Faculty of  Engineering / Işık University.

1985/2009 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering / Istanbul Technical University.

1971/84 Research Scientist in the Materials Department at the Marmara Research Institute

1970-71 Visiting assistant in TU Braunschweig-Germany

1973      Visiting scientist in MIT Cambridge-USA

1980      Visiting scientist in Mannesmann Research Institute –Germany

2000-01 Visiting professor at St.Cloud State University- Minnesota -USA

1990-95  Foreign Relations Committee

1995-97  Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

2000-01  Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department

2001-09    Head of the Quality Assurance and ABET Accreditation Committee

2002-09    Coordinator of the Manufacturing Engineering Program

1967-70  TUBITAK Scholarship for outstanding students

1970-71  DAAD (German Government) scholarship

1974      UNIDO fellowship

1975      OECD research fellowship

            Several travel grants

            Several best paper awards

            Mostly in the annual list of best instructors based on student evaluations

Experienced in curriculum design and quality assurance system design in undergraduate teaching.

Good communication and teaching skills in Turkish, English and German languages. 

Some of the courses thought:

            Materials Science       Manufacturing Processes        Engineering Materials

            Materials Selection     Fatigue of Metallic Materials    Composite Materials

Member of Society of Mechanical Engineers