Mehmet İsmet Can Dede, Ph.D.

 

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Florida International University (FIU), Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Miami, Florida, December 2007. Dissertation: Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Teleoperation

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, April 2003. M.S. Thesis: Position/Force Control of Robot Manipulators

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, specialized in System Dynamics and Control, June 1999. B.S. Thesis: Control of a Production Line Using SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

November 2022 – Present

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

March 2017 – November 2022

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

January 2009 – March 2017

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

April 2013 – Present

Owner & General Manager,CAROB Engineering Corp.

December 2010 – Present

Visiting Professor, ERASMUS Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments Programme, Department of Mechanical-Mechatronics Engineering, Management Center Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Advanced Handling Technology (BSc Course)

Robotics (MSc Course)

September 2008 – January 2009

Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

Structural Design of Robot Manipulators (ME 572)

August 2003 – December 2007

Research and Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, Florida International University (FIU), Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Miami, Florida

Teaching Assistant for courses Control Technology for Robots (EML 5808), Advanced Robot Design (EML 6805), Modeling of Robots (EML 4806), Robot Design (EML 4809), Mechanical Design I (EML 3500), Mechanical Design II (EML 4501), Dynamics (EGN 3321), and Technology Humans and Society (EGN 1033)

Instructor, Center for Diversity in Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Industrial Applications of Microprocessors (ESI 3161), Fall 2006

June 2000 – July 2003

Mechatronics Design Engineer, ASELSAN Military Electronics Industries, Ankara, Turkey Microwave and Systems Technologies Division

Pedestal Mounted Stinger System

Modernization of the Turkish MBT (Main Battle Tank) Leopard 1A1

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2016 – 2019 & 2020 – 2023

Member, Executive Council of International Federation for Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM)

2013 – Present

Member, Technical Committee on Linkages and Mechanical Controls of International Federation for Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM)

2010 – 2016

Vice Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

2014 – 2015

Member, Executive Council for Transportation, Defense, Energy and Textile Technologies Group of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)

 

AWARDS

IFToMM Service Appointment Certificate, 2016

Marie-Curie Fellowship, European Union 7th Framework Programme, 2009

TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Award for Promoting the Participation in EU 7th Framework Programmes, 2009

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Overall Research Productivity 2006-2007, College of Engineering and Computing, FIU, Miami, April 2007

Dissertation Year Fellowship Award, University Graduate School, FIU, Miami, 2007