SAFAK YILMAZ................
Istanbul Technical
University
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Makina Malzemesi ve Imalat
Teknolojisi ABD.
80191 Gumussuyu Taksim Istanbul TURKEY
E-mail:yilmazsaf@itu.edu.tr
Personel
Born 1964 in Turkey, married and have
a boy.
Current Position
Professor
(Istanbul Technical University-Mechanical Engineering
Department)
Education
Istanbul Tech. Univ.,
B.S. Aeronautical Eng., 1985
Istanbul Univ., M.S.
Business Administration, 1988
Istanbul Tech.
Univ., M.S. Mechanical Eng., 1989
Istanbul Tech.
Univ., Ph. D.Mechanical Eng., 1995
Research Interests
Research on
“relationships between properties and microstructures of metals, ceramics, plastics and composites”
“micromechanical modelling of materials” and
“simulation of manufacturing processes”
fields using also the modern techniques such as
-Numerical Tools based on “Finite element Method”
-Experimental Tools based on “Synchrotron X-Ray”
Teaching Interests -Courses Thought In The Past
Undergraduate
Material
Science
Manufacturing
Processes
Numerical
Methods
Forming of
Metals
Ethics in
Engineering
Graduate
Material
Modelling in Manufacturing
Finite Element
Modelling in Manufacturing
Polymer
Engineering
Mechanics and
Analysis of Metal Cutting
Engineering
Mathematics
Positions
Research Assistant, Istanbul Technical University,
1987-1996
Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University,
1996-1998
Visiting Scholar, Northwestern
University, Department of Material Science and Engineering, 1998-1999
Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University,
1999-2004
Project Assistant, Vienna Technical
University, Sept. 2004-Jen.
2005
Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University,
2005-2009
Professor, Istanbul Technical University, 2009-present
Selected
Publications
JOURNALS
1.
“The Microplastic
Flow In Particle Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites Analyzed By FEM”, S. Yilmaz and A. Aran, Material Science Forums, Vols. 217-222,
pp. 1121-1126, 1996)
2.
“Finite Element Analysis Of Deformation Behavior In Ductile Matrix Containing Hard
Particles”, S. Yilmaz and A. Aran ,Material
Science And Technology , Vol. 14, p.1154, 1998
3.
“Finite
Element Analysis Of The Effect Of Particle Alignment On The Deformation Behavior For A Ductile Matrix Containing Hard
Particles”, S. Yilmaz and A. Aran, Canadian
Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol.38, No.3, p.201, 1999
4.
“Phase Transformation In Thermally-Cycled
Cu-ZrW2O8 Composites Investigated By Synchrotron X-Ray
Diffraction”, S. Yilmaz , J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 14
(2002) 365–375
5.
“Thermal
Mismatch Stress Development in Cu–ZrW2O8 Composite Investigated by
Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction” S. Yilmaz,
Composites Science and Technology 62 (2002) 1835–1839
6.
“Finite-Element Analysis of Thermal Expansion
and Thermal Mismatch Stresses in a Cu–60vol%ZrW2O8 Composite”S.
Yilmaz , D.C. Dunand ,
Composites Science and Technology 64 (2004) 1895–1898
7.
“Increased Osteoblast
Adhesion on Nanoparticulate
Calcium Phosphates with Higher Ca/P Ratios”, C. Ergun, H. Liu , T.J.
Webster., E. Olcay, S. Yılmaz, F.C. Sahin, J. Biomed Mater Res. 85A (2008)
236-241
8.
“An approach for predicting the elastic modulus of heterogeneous materials”, Yilmaz, S., Materials and
Design, 30 (8) (2009)
2938-2945
1-“Finite Element Analysis Of
Deformation Behavior And Local Damages In Al Matrix-SiC Particulate Composite Microstructures”, S. Yilmaz and A. Aran, The 5th. Internatiaonal
Conference On Aluminum Alloys, Vol. 217-222, p.
1121-1126, 1-5 July , 1996,France
2-“Finite Element Analysis of Effect of
Particle Alignment On Deformation Behavior Of Metal
Matrix Composite” , S. Yilmaz
and A. Aran , 15th. Physical Metallurgy and Material Science
Conference, Vol. 2, p.691, 17-21 May ,
1998, Poland
3- “A
Synchrotron Radiation study of the phase fraction, texture and strain
evaluation in superelastic NiTi”, R. Vaidyanathan , S. Yilmaz, D. C. Dunand, MRS
Symposium 1999-Fall, USA
4- “A
Synchrotron X-ray study of texture induced by application of magnetic fields
during phase transformations in shape memory alloy Ni2MnGa.”, R.Vaidyanathan,
S. Yilmaz,
R.C. O'Handley, D.C. Dunand, MRS
Symposium 2001-Spring, USA
5-“On The Arrangement Of Inhomogenity For MTM Method Used Elastic
Moduli Estimation Of Particulate Composites”, S. Yilmaz,
3th International Conference Multiscale
Materials Modelling, p. 249-252, 18-22 September, 2006, Germany
