Director, Koc University Office of Learning and Teaching (KOLT) (September 2012 – present)
Professor (June 2019 – present)
Associate Professor (June 2009 – June 2019)
Assistant Professor (September 2000 – June 2009)
Head of Mechanical Engineering Department (August 2012 – April 2013)
Koc University, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Istanbul, Turkey
- Courses offered (recently):
| Academic Year | Semester | Course Title | Number of Students | Instructor Evaluation*
(+3 to -3 scale)** |
| 2013-2014 | Fall | MECH 201 Statics and Mechanics of Materials | 79 | 2.76 |
| Spring | MECH 307 Numerical Methods for Mechanical Eng. | 10 | 3.00 | |
| 2014-2015 | Fall | MECH 201 Statics and Mechanics of Materials | 68 | 2.90 |
| Spring | MECH 307 Numerical Methods for Mechanical Eng. | 46 | 2.93 | |
| 2015-2016 | Fall | MECH 201 Statics and Mechanics of Materials | 71 | 2.88 |
| Spring | MECH 307 Numerical Methods for Mechanical Eng. | 45 | 2.81 | |
| 2016-2017 | Fall | MECH 201 Statics and Mechanics of Materials | 62 | 2.92 |
| Spring | MECH 307 Numerical Methods for Mechanical Eng. | 22 | 2.94 | |
| 2017-2018 | Fall | MECH 201 Statics and Mechanics of Materials | 70 | 2.93 |
| Spring | MECH 307 Numerical Methods for Mechanical Eng. | 35 | 2.92 | |
| 2018-2019 | Fall | MECH 201 Statics and Mechanics of Materials | 73 | 2.94 |
*: 10 out of 11 last semesters (all except Spring 2016), listed in “Celebration of Learning & Teaching” by being in the top 10% in the college.
**: Scale: +3: extremely good; +2: very good; +1: good; 0: fair; -1: poor; -2: very poor; -3: extremely poor.
- Courses offered (in the past):
- ENG 100 Introduction to Engineering
- MATH 101 Finite Mathematics
- MATH 102 Calculus
- MATH 503 Applied Mathematics
- MECH 306 Manufacturing Processes
- MECH 541 Manufacturing of Composite Materials
- Academic Advising & Cumulated Alumni: 100+ undergraduate, 13 MS and 4 PhD students
Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Delaware, Center for Composite Materials, supervisor: Prof. Suresh G. Advani (June 1997 – August 2000)
- Development and maintenance of numerical simulations for RTM (resin transfer molding) process,
- Modeling of RTM stages: draping, preform permeability prediction, and mold filling,
- RTM experiments,
- Off-line and on-line design, control and optimization of complete RTM process.
Technical Editor and Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Delaware and Prentice-Hall Publishers (January 1996 – June 1997)
- Camera-ready editing for the Advanced Engineering Mathematics by M.D. Greenberg, Prentice Hall, New York
Visiting Professor
Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of Delaware (July 1995 – December 1995)
- MEEG 361 Applied Engineering Analysis (49 Mechanical Engineering juniors)
- MEEG 863 Advanced Engineering Mathematics I (54 M.S. and PhD students from Mech., Chem., Civil and Ocean Eng.)
Design Engineer
Aselsan Military Electronics Inc., Ankara, Turkey (July 1986 – August 1989)
- Designing new communication instruments and electronic packaging,
- Developing prototypes in the machine shop,
- Tests (vibration, shock, drop and sealing).