About Me
Here is a brief information about me and my background.
Awards:
- 06/99
- Best Paper in Session Award in ACC (American Control Conference)
1999, San Diego, USA
- 01/99-12/99
- Dominion Scholar
- 1982-86
- Honorary Scholarship of President of Turkish Republic, given by
TUBITAK
- 1982
- Second Prize in Marmara Region, Mathematics Competition for all Turkish high school
students, organized by TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technical
Research Council)
Academic Activities
03/2012-present Research
collaborator for
Control and Integration(HV, RF) at T.A.R.L.A./TAC
(TURKISH ACCELERATOR CENTER ) Project, DPT2006K-120470.
2006- Reviewing many
articles for International Journal of Robotics and Automation, ACTA
Press, Asian Journal of Control, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic
Systems, IET Control Theory and Applications, Paladyn Journal of
Behavioral Robotics, IET Micro&Nano Letters, and Robotica, Cambridge
University Press, Enginering Applications of Artificial Intelligence,
IET Image Processing, Applied Mathematical Modelling, IEEE
Communications Letters, Journal of Sound and Vibration.
04-07/2011 IPC(International Program Committe) member
for The 7th International Conference on Natural Computation, The 8th
International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery,
July 2011, Shanghai, China.
06-07/2006 Participation to Lecture Series on Nanotechnology
at Bilkent University, Nanotechnology Research Center
06/2006 Co-chair the 2006 ACC (American Control
Conference) session "Flexible Structures"
Memberships
IEEE and Control Systems
Society Member since 1999.
Member of TOK (National Member
Organization-NMO of IFAC- International Federation of Automatic
Control) .
ITU Alumni Association and
BUMED.
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Education:
- 09/02-01/06
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Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Ph.
D. in
Electrical Engineering Department, Graduate Program
Electrical Engineering , (Advisor: Prof Dr. Yorgo
İstefanopulos)Also cooperating with Prof. Dr. Ömer Morgül at Bilkent
University in parallel research.Core
Courses: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Adaptive Control, Optimal Control
Ph. D. Thesis
Title: “Optimal Nonlinear Controller Design for Flexible Robot
Manipulators” Completed Ph.D.
requirements successfully. 3.84 /
4.0 GPA.
- 01/99-12/99
- Old Dominion University, Electrical Engineering Department, Graduate
Program Electrical Engineering Ph. D. Candidate Core Courses: Nonlinear
Control Systems, Digital Control, Multivariable/Robust Control Systems.
Associated with NASA Research.
3.85/4.0 GPA
- 01/97-12/98
- Old Dominion University, Electrical Engineering Department, M.S. in
Electrical Engineering. Core Courses: Digital Signal Processing,
Computer Communication, Tensor Calculus/Differential Geometry. M.S.
thesis title (with the support of the NASA Langley Research Center):
"Stability Analysis and Augmentation of A Closed-Loop Computer Control
System Subject to Electromagnetic Disturbances"
3.86/4.0 GPA
- 10/82-3/88
- Technical University of Istanbul (I.T.U.), School of Electrical
Engineering, B.S. in Electronics and Communications Department.
3.13/4.0 GPA undergraduate course work
Experience:
06/17- present
POSITION: Full Professor at Control and Automation
Engineering Department ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey.
09/14- 06/17
POSITION: Associate Professor at Electrical-Electronics
Engineering Department BASKENT UNIVERSITY, Ankara, Turkey, Selected
Courses (Control Systems, Electronics, DSP, Optimization,
Statistical DSP, Linear System Theory, Digital Control).
09/11- 08/14
POSITION: Associate Professor at Control and Automation
Engineering Department DOGUS UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey, Selected
Courses (Power Electronics, Feedback Control Systems, Robotics)
10/03- 08/11
POSITION: Assistant Professor (effective from April, 2006)at
Electrical-Electronics Engineering Department BASKENT UNIVERSITY,
Ankara, Turkey, Selected Courses (Electronics, DSP, Optimization,
Statistical DSP, Linear System Theory, Digital Control).
- 08/02- 09/03
- POSITION: Instructor at Electrical Engineering Department BAHCESEHIR
UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey Lectures on computer and electronics.
- 12/99-06/02
- POSITION: Service Director METRO, Istanbul, Turkey (effective from
November 1, 2001, HEIDELBERG, Turkey) Distributor of HEIDELBERG.
Pre-press (Color Separation, Retouching, Page Assembly, Image setters),
Printing Machines (including web and newspaper) and Post-press (Saddle Stiching, Folding, Binding). Coordination and managing of the spare
parts sales and marketing department, pre-press , press and post-press
departments. Achieved a certain increase on Customer Satisfaction.
- 01/98- 12/99
- POSITION: Graduate Research Assistant at Electrical Engineering
Department OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Work on NASA
sponsored research project. In particular, stochastic stability of
fly-by-wire systems in civilian aviation.
- 10/92-12/96
- POSITION: Applications and Training Manager METRO, Istanbul, Turkey
Distributor of CROSFIELD-DUPONT, AGFA, ROCKWELL, HEIDELBERG, DICOMED and
THOMSON. Pre-press (Color Separation, Retouching, Page Assembly, Image
setters), Printing Machines and Digital Cameras. Installation of many
SUN (Sparc2 to Ultra Sparc-model 170E) workstations, running SunOS 4.1.1
to SOLARIS 2.5, for integrated Pre-press Solutions.
Environment: Power Mac’s for page planning, photo retouching, PC’s for
text editing, Novell and Windows NT (V. 3.51 to 4.0) servers for
networking and POSTSCRIPT Ripping.
- 12/91-08/92
- Military Service, Turkish Land Forces Command, Joint United States
Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JUSMMAT), Headquarters, Ankara,
Turkey
- 01/91-11/91
- POSITION: Consultant and Site Chief Contractor FORM REKLAM, Ankara,
Turkey Contractor of Coca Cola, Eastern European Division Illuminated
advertisement billboards (6 x 12 m) in WARSAW, Poland
- 07/90-12/90
- POSITION: Technical Support Manager IMAJ TV, Istanbul, Turkey
Post-production Facilities; video editing, tele-cine and sound studios.
SONY, AMPEX, QUANTEL, SG and FOSTEX equipment
- 09/86-03/89
- POSITION: Sales Representative and Account Executive UTE, Istanbul,
Turkey Distributor of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) computers and
MOTOROLA communications equipment