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PERSONAL :

Name and Last Name : Hikmet KOCABAS

Title and Job : Professor – Mechanical Engineer

Birth Place and Date : Canakkale, Turkey, 1961

Gender : Male

Marital Status : Single

Job Address : Istanbul Technical University (I.T.U.),

Mechanical Engineering Department, Beyoglu, 80191 Istanbul, Turkey.

Phone: ++90 (212) 293 1300 ext 2468 , Fax : ++90 (212) 245 0795

Home Address : Cumhuriyet Mh. Aksemsettin Sok.,No:3/4 G.O.Pasa, Istanbul.

Phone: ++90 (212) 667 9330

e-mail : kocabash@itu.edu.tr

web page : www.mkn.itu.edu.tr/~kocabash

WORK EXPERIENCE :

(05/2010 – present ) Professor

Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engg. Dept., Turkey.

(10/1998 – 05/2010) Associate Professor

Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engg. Dept., Turkey.

(07/2004 - 10/2004) Visiting Academic Univ.of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

(01/2002 - 07/2002) Visiting Professor GIKI, Islamabad, Pakistan, sponsored by Islamic Development Bank.

(01/1995 - 09/1995) Project Engineer

Production Modeling Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

(09/1993 - 09/1995) Visiting Professor,

University of Michigan, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. and App.Mechs, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

(04/1992 - 10/1998) Assistant Professor

Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engg. Dept., Turkey.

(04/1991 - 02/1992) Computer Programmer Officer

Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC), Ankara, Turkey.

(06/1987 - 12/1990) Research Assistant

Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engg. Dept., Turkey.

EDUCATION University Graduate Year Subject

Ph.D. : Istanbul Technical University 1990 Modular Robot Design

M.Sc. : Istanbul Technical University 1986 Computer Graphics

B.S. : Thrace University 1983 Mechanical Engineering

TEACHING :

· Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (Graduate Level)

· Engineering Design (Graduate Level)

· Machine Design (Mechanical Engineering Design)

· Computer Aided Technical Drawing

· C Programming Language

INTERESTS : Design, CAD, CAM, CAE, Robotics, Simulation, Mechatronic.

COMPUTER SKILLS :

· I-DEAS , ANSYS, Visual NASTRAN, Mechanical Desktop, Solid Works

· Pro ENGINEER, CATIA, Dynamic Designer (ADAMS), CAMWorks, COSMOS Works

· Pascal, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Auto Lisp, MathCad, MatLab

ACTIVITIES : Member of Turkish Society of Mechanical Engineers

(1996 - 2000) Vice Director of CAD-CAM Center, I.T.U.

(1992 - 1993) Member of Faculty Computer Advisory Committee, I.T.U.

AWARDS :

· Fellowship by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey in the scope of the NATO Science Fellowships Program (1993-1995)

· Doctorate Grant of Elginkan Foundation by Elginkan Holding Company (1986-1990)