Current position: Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University

Academic Training:

B.Sc., (2012),  Uludag University - Industrial Engineering

M.Eng., (2018) University of Michigan - Manufacturing Engineering

Ph.D., (2023) University of Michigan - Mechanical Engineering

Bio/Trivia

• Born in Turkey, lived in 9 different cities so far
• I started to live in dormitories for education purposes when I was 14.
• Compulsory enlistment (6 months) was completed in 2016
• I have 3 years of (lean) manufacturing engineering experience.
• Got awarded to  Overseas Education Office of Turkish Ministry of Education's fellowship in 2016
• Apart from academic requirements, I have been enjoying using "Laser" for my experiments. Once a wise man in the laser field said: "Laser" is a magical word to make every job title sound interesting/cool, like "Rust cleaner vs Laser Rust Cleaner", "Welder, Laser Welder".

Research Experiences

• Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of Michigan, CLAIM Lab, January 2019 - Present
• Research Participant, University of Michigan, CLAIM Lab, May 2018 - January 2019
• Mainly worked on Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES)
• H13 Tool Steel and AL7075