Education

Awards & Recognitions

Middle East Technical University Graduates Association undergraduate Scholarship

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Master Thesis Award, 1992, Ankara, TURKEY

Turkish High Educational Counsel PhD Award in USA

Tübitak-Hüsamettin Tugaç Vakfı Technology Research Award 2004 (Second Degree)

Tübitak Young Scientist Award (2007)

Professional Experience

Director, Center for Materials Research of İzmir Institute of Technology, 2002-2005

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, İzmir Institute of Technology, Urla-İzmir, Turkey, 2007 – present.

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, İzmir Institute of Technology, Urla-İzmir, Turkey, 2002 – 2007.

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, İzmir Institute of Technology, Urla-İzmir, Turkey, 1998 – 2002.

Visiting Senior Scientist, Center for Composite Materails, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA 2001(6 months).

IQN (International Quality Network-DAAD) lecturer, University of Wildeau, Germany December2002

IQN (International Quality Network-DAAD) lecturer, University of Wildeau, Germany December 2004

Research Assistant, Materials Science and Engineering Program University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, 1994-1998

Research Assistant, Metallurgical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey,1990-1993

CURRENT Research Areas

Crashworthiness: Armors, protective structures,  performance measurements and stress wave propagation

Biomaterials: Porous metallic implant processing and characterization.

High strain rate mechanical testing: metals, ceramics and their composites.

Aluminum metal foams: processing and mechanical properties

Composites: processing, mechanics and microstructures.

Modelling: High strain rate mechanical behavior of composites

General research interests: Material characterization, Scanning electron microscope, Atomic force microscope, X-ray diffraction, modelling, mechanical property/microstructure relationships, material processing, materiallography .

RESEARCH GRANTS

Preparation and characterization of SiC-particulate reinforced aluminum foams. TUBİTAK  (Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) #MİSAG 135 (1998-2001)

Crushing behaviour of aluminium foam filled multi aluminum and composite tubes. TUBİTAK  (Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) # MİSAG 227 (2002-2004)

Preparation and mechanical characterization of the Functionally Graded SiC-particulate reinforced aluminum metal matrix composite structures. Turkish Government Planning Council (2003-2004)

Development of porous Ti-alloy implant structures for biomedical applications,  Joint venture project Hipokrat A.Ş., 407/6 Sk., No:10, Pınarbaşı, Izmir, Turkey (2003-continue)

Wave Propagation in Multi-Layered Materials. NSF (National Science Foundation USA-TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technical

Research Council of Turkey) international joint project, MISAG-NSF-7 (2003-2007)

Processing of high strength ceramic reinforced closed-cell aluminum foams for automobile industry and their applications in crash box design TUBİTAK  (Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) # 106M186 (2006-continue)

 VISITING APPOINTMENTS

August-October 1998 University of Delaware, USA

February-September 2001-Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, USA

December -2002- University of Wildeau , IQN lecturer, Germany

November 25-December 4 -2004 University of Wildeau , IQN lecturer, Germany

January 2005-January 2006, Visiting Prof. Kazakh-British Technical University, Kazakhstan