Mehmet DEMIRKOL

PERSONAL DATA:

Born in 1953, Ankara-TURKEY, Turkish Nationality, married, two children.

PRESENT POST:

Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Istanbul Technical University. Teaching and Research in the fields of Materials Engineering and Manufacturing Processes.

DEGREES EARNED:

·1976 B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering - Bogazici University - Istanbul - TURKEY
·1979 M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering - Bogazici University - Istanbul - TURKEY (by research)
·1987 Ph.D. in Materials and Manufacturing Processes - Istanbul Technical University - Istanbul - TURKEY (by research)

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

·1977 - 1978 : Teaching assistant in Bogazici University.

·1978 - 1986 : Research Scientist in Marmara Research Institute of the Turkish Scientific

and Technical Research Council, Kocaeli - TURKEY.

·1982 - 1983 : Visitor Scientist in Fulmer Research Institute, Slough - London - ENGLAND.

·1986 - 1989 : Senior Scientist in Marmara Research Institute of the Turkish Scientific and

Technical Research Council, Kocaeli - TURKEY.

·1989 - 1990 : Assistant Professor in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Istanbul Technical

University - Istanbul - TURKEY.

·1990 - 1999 : Associate Professor in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Istanbul Technical

University - Istanbul - TURKEY.

·1993 - 1994 : Visiting scientist in Materials Engineering Department of University of Wales -

Swansea - WALES.

·1994 - 1999 : Vice Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Istanbul Technical University -

Istanbul - TURKEY.

·1999 - ......... : Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical

Engineering - Istanbul Technical University - Istanbul - TURKEY.

·2001 - ......... : Dean,Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Istanbul Technical University -

Istanbul - TURKEY.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

·Materials Science,

·Mechanical Forming of Metals,

·Mechanical Metallurgy,

·Surface Technology of Metals and Alloys,

·Design Methods and Analysis of Engineering Experiments (in English),

·Basic Fundamentals of Metalworking (in English),

·Forging Technology (graduate course),

·Materials and Design for Elevated Temperatures (graduate course - in English).

RESEARCH INTERESTS :

·Surface Hardening of Steels

·Mechanical Behaviour of Materials

·Fatigue and Fracture of Materials

·Failure Analysis