Curriculum Vitae

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Onur Tunçer

İstanbul Technical University

Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Department of Aeronautical Engineering

Maslak, İstanbul 34469

URL: http://www2.itu.edu.tr/~tuncero/

E-Mail:tuncero@itu.edu.tr

 

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Combustion
  • Gas Turbines
  • Laser Diagnostics
  • Energy Conversion Systems

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, December 2006
    Louisiana State University    , Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Sumanta Acharya
    Ph.D. Concentration: Active Control of Spray Combustion
    With a Minor in Electrical Engineering

  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, June 2001
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

  • İzmir Fen Lisesi, June 1997


EXPERIENCE

  • Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY  
           Assistant Professor (July 2009  – to date)
           Visiting Assistant Professor (August 2008  – June 2009)
                  UZB 232, Isi Gecisi (Heat Transfer)
                  MAT 202E, Numerical Methods, Fall 2008
  • Isik University, Istanbul, TURKEY 

         Part Time Faculty Member  (October 2008  – January 2009)

              ME 201, Computational Methods in Engineering, Fall 2008
  • Land Forces Non-Comissioned Officer Vocational College, Balıkesir, TURKEY 

    • Second Lieutenant (August 2007  – July 2008)

    • MKT-01, Makine Tasarımı (Machine Design), Spring 2008
    • İMT-02, İmalat İşlemleri ve Meslek Teknolojisi (Manufacturing Processes and Technology), Spring 2008
    • BDÜ-02, Bilgisayar Destekli Üretim (Computer Aided Manufacturing), Spring 2008
    • BDT-01, Bilgisayar Destekli Tasarım (Computer Aided Design), Fall 2007
    • İMT-01, İmalat İşlemleri ve Meslek Teknolojisi (Manufacturing Processes and Technology), Fall 2007

  • LSU Turbine Innovation and Energy Research Center (TIER), Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    • Post-Doctoral Research Associate (August 2006  – May 2007)

  • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA , USA

    • Research Assistant (August’01 – June’06)

    • Teaching Assistant (January’02 – June’06)

      • ME 3603 – Instrumentation (Lab Sessions), Spring 2005, Spring 2004

      • ME 4611 – Thermal Systems Laboratory, Fall 2002, Spring 2002

      • ME 4621 – Thermal Sciences Laboratory, Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Fall 2003, Spring 2003

      • Short Lecture Series on Solidworks, Fall 2004

  • ASMAŞ (Ağır Sanayi Makinalari A.Ş.), İzmir, Turkey

    • Intern (August 2000 - September 2000)

  • AKDÖKÜM SANAYI A.Ş., İzmir, Turkey

    • Intern (July 1999 - August 1999)

PUBLICATIONS

International Refereed Journals (SCI) 

  1. "Flame Speed of Hydrogen Enriched Methane Fuel and Chemical Kinetic Analysis of Emissions [In Turkish]", O. Tuncer, Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, vol. 29, pp. 29-42, October 2009
  2. "Dynamics, NOx and Flashback Characteristics of Confined Pre-Mixed Hydrogen Enriched Methane Flames", O. Tuncer, S. Acharya, J. H. Uhm, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 34, pp. 496-506, January 2009
  3. "Control of Heat Release and NOx Emissions in a Combustor Through Modulation of Transverse Side Air Jets", O. Tuncer, S. Acharya, J.H. Uhm, Combustion Science and Technology, vol. 179, pp. 2255-2278, December 2007

  4. “Side Air-Jet Modulation for Control of Heat Release and Pattern Factor”, O. Tuncer, S. Acharya, J. Cohen, A. Banaszuk, Combustion Science and Technology, vol. 177, pp. 1339-1364, July 2005

International Refereed Conferences

  1. “Combustion in a Ramjet Combustor with Cavity Flame Holder”, O. Tuncer, AIAA Paper No: 2010-1532, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, Florida, January 2010

  2. “Fully Automatic Road Network Extraction From Satellite Images”, O. Tuncer, Recent Advances in Space Technologies 2007, pp. 708-714, İstanbul, Turkey, June 2007

  3. “Dynamics, NOx and Flashback Characteristics of Confined Pre-Mixed Hydrogen Enriched Methane Flames”, O. Tuncer, S. Acharya, J. H. Uhm, ASME Paper No: GT-2007-28158, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2007, vol. 2, pp. 857- 868, Montreal, Canada, May 2007

  4. "Effects of Hydrogen Enrichment on Confined Methane Flame Behavior", O. Tuncer, J. H. Uhm, S. Acharya, ASME Makale No: PWR2006-88079, Proceedings of the ASME Power Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, March 2006

  5. “Hydrogen Enriched Confined Methane Flame Behavior and Flashback Modeling”, O. Tuncer, J. H. Uhm, S. Acharya, AIAA Paper No: AIAA-2006-0754, 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 2006

  6. “Side Air-Jet Modulation for Control of Heat Release and Pattern Factor”, O. Tuncer, S. Acharya, J. Cohen, A. Banaszuk, ASME Paper No: GT-2003-3853, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2003, Volume 2: Combustion and Fuels, Industrial and Cogeneration, 2003, pp. 603-611
Other International Conferences

  1. “Combustion Dynamics: Modeling, Diagnostics and Control”, S. Acharya, O. Tuncer, J. H. Uhm, A. De, International Workshop on Role of Combustion Diagnostics in Modeling Design and Control, Calcutta, India, January 2006

  2. “Modeling of Limit Cycle Thermoacoustic and Hydrodynamic Behavior of Conical CH4/H2 Flames”, O. Tuncer, ASME Graduate Student Technical Conference, Fayetteville, AR, USA, April 2006
National Conferences
  1. "Flame Speed of Hydrogen Enriched Methane Fuel and Chemical Kinetic Analysis of Emissions [In Turkish]", O. Tuncer, 17th Natioal Congress on Thermal Science and Technology, Paper No: MOT-017, Sivas, Turkey, June 2009
  2. “A Procedure fro the Online Measurement of a Vehicle's Inertia Tensor On a Stewart Platform”, O. Tuncer, S. Ç. Başlamışlı, OTEKON 2008 4th Annual Automotive Technologies Congress, pp. 1-5, Bursa, Turkey, June 2008 

Dissertation

  1. "Active Control of Spray Combustion", O. Tuncer, PhD Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, August 2006

Patents

  1. "Atalet Parametreleri Ölçümü İçin Bir Cihaz (A Device for Measuring Inertial Parameters)", O. Tuncer, S. Ç. Başlamışlı, submitted to TPI with file #2008/03928

Presentations and Talks

  1. "Combustion Diagnostics", Boğaziçi University Mechanical Eng. Departmental Seminar Series, February 2008, İstanbul, Turkey
  2.  "Combustion Diagnostics", İstanbul Technical University Aeronautical Engineering Departmental Seminar Series, February 2008, İstanbul, Turkey
  3. "Hydrogen Enriched Combustion Studies”, Clean Power and Energy Research Consortium (CPERC) Annual Review Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, April 2006
  4. “Syngas Combustion Studies”, 5th Annual ME Graduate Student Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, April 2006
  5. “Side Air Jet Modulation for the Control of Heat Release, Pattern Factor and Emissions”, 4th Annual ME Graduate Student Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, April 2005
  6. “Side Air-Jet Modulation for Control of Heat Release and NOx Emissions”, Clean Power and Energy Research Consortium (CPERC) Annual Review Meeting, New Orleans, August 2004

Conferences Organized

  • Clean Power and Energy Research Consortium (CPERC) Annual Review Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, April 2006

REFEREE

  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

  • Combustion and Flame

  • ASME Graduate Student Technical Conference, Fayetteville, AR, USA, April 2006

  • IEEE Potentials Magazine, May 2005 to date

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Member of IEEE

  • Member of ASME

  • Member of AIAA

  • Member of The Combustion Institute

  • Member of the Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers
  • Member of Turkish Thermal Science and Technology Foundation

AWARDS

  • LSU Graduate School Travel Award,  January 2006, May 2006

  • Biography appeared in "Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering", 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 editions 

  • Biography appeared in "Marquis Who's Who of Emerging Leaders", 2007 1st Edition

  • Nominated for Outstanding Research Assistant Award, LSU, April 2005

  • Nominated for Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship, April 2005

  • Borso di Studio, Istutito Italiano di Cultura ad Ankara, July 2000

  • Dean's Honor and High Honor Undergraduate Awards, METU1997-2001

Computer Skills

  • Engineering Software: MATLAB, Labview, Mathcad, Simulink, CANTERA, OpenFOAM

  • Programming Languages: FORTRAN, MATLAB, C/C++, Turbo Pascal

  • Graphics Packages: TECPLOT, Origin, gnuplot

  • Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows/NT, Linux

  • Other: MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Frontpage, Access), OpenOffice, LaTeX

ACTIVITIES

  • Turkish American Association of Louisiana (TAAL) Member (2001-2006)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
  • Turkish (Native Speaker)
  • English (Fluent, TOEFL iBT: 114/120)
  • Italian   (Advanced)

Last Updated On : 27 July 2009