Experience:
Executive Vice President, Aerostructures, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc., Ankara, Türkiye (03/2023 – Present),Executive Vice President, Manufacturing, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc., Ankara, Türkiye (03/2022 – 03/2023),Executive Vice President, Prototype, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc., Ankara, Türkiye (12/2021 – 02/2022),Executive Vice President, R&D and Prototype, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc., Ankara, Türkiye (12/2020 – 11/2021),Vice President, R&D and Prototype Operations, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc., Ankara, Türkiye (04/2019 – 12/2020),Vice President, Strategy and Technology Management, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc., Ankara, Türkiye (12/2016 – 04/2019),Structural and Testing Engineer (Contractor – part-time), GE Corporate Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY, USA (10/2000 – 02/2003)
Academic Experience:
Professor of Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Türkiye (07/2024 – Present),Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Türkiye (11/2017 – 07/2024),Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE (09/2011 – 12/2016),Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department, Niğde University, Niğde, Türkiye (04/2011 – 08/2014),Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department, Niğde University, Türkiye (03/2004 – 04/2011),Instructor (Dr.) of Mechanical Engineering Department, Niğde University, Niğde, Türkiye (09/2003 – 03/2004),Research Assistant (Dr.) of Mechanical Engineering Department, Niğde University, Niğde, Türkiye (03/2003 – 08/2003),Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA (08/2002 – 12/2002),Researcher, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA (06/2002 – 08/2002),Instructor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA (01/2002 – 05/2002),Teaching Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA (01/1997 – 12/2001),Research Assistant, Niğde University, Niğde, Türkiye (07/1993 – 03/2003),Research Assistant, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Türkiye (04/1993 – 07/1993)
Gold Medal for “A Rudder Movement Mechanism,” ISIF’22, Samsun, Türkiye, 2022.,Silver Medal for “A Rudder Movement Mechanism,” ISIF’22, Samsun, Türkiye, 2022.,Bronze Medal for “A Forming System,” ISIF’22, Samsun, Türkiye, 2022.,Bronze Medal for “A Plate Shaping System,” ISIF’20, İstanbul, Türkiye, 2020.,First Place Award, INNOVATOR Summer Series Competition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2014.,First Place Award, Think Science Competition, UAE, 2014.,First Place Award, Ebtikar Senior Design, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2014.,First Place Award, Ebtikar Senior Design, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2013.,University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Index Award, Niğde University, Niğde, Türkiye, 2013.,Best Thesis Award, Technology Development Foundation of Türkiye (TTGV), 2012.,Top SCI Publications, Niğde University, 2011 and 2012.,Most Downloaded Articles Award, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2010.,Achievement and Personal Development Award, The Boeing Company and The Archer Center for Student Leadership Development, RPI, Troy, NY, USA, 1998.,Graduate Study Abroad Scholarships, Türkiye, 1993.,First Rank in Mechanical Engineering, Selcuk University, Konya, Türkiye, 1992.