Derek Baker
CERES: Clean Energy Research, Education, and Service
Middle East Technical University > Department of Mechanical Engineering
Derek Baker
Derek Baker, Ph.D.
- Professor, Dept. of Mech. Engr.
- Co-Director, ODAK: Conc. Solar Thermal Energy Lab; Part of GÜNAM: Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications
Mech. Engr. E-105
Middle East Technical University
06800 Ankara, Turkey
Tel.: +90-312-210-5217
Fax: +90-312-210-2536
CV: Download (PDF). In the past I tried to replicate my information in my CV on a webpage, and I found it too difficult to keep both the CV and webpage updated and consistent. Therefore to simplify my life I am only attaching a link to my CV and am making no attempt to replicate this information on a webpage.
Short Bio: Derek Baker is a Full Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU). He is also the Co-Director of ODAK, The Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Research Laboratory, which is part of The Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM) at METU. He received his BS from Virginia Tech in 1992, and his MS and PhD from The University of Texas-Austin in 1996 and 2000, respectively, all in Mechanical Engineering. Currently he is the METU Principal Investigator for the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 project Integrating National Research Agendas on Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (INSHIP). From 2012-2016 he participated in the EU-SOLARIS Research Infrastructure project on CST. He regularly serves as an independent expert for the evaluation of EU research proposals and is active in the European Energy Research Alliance Joint Program on Concentrating Solar Power (EERA JP CSP). He received awards from the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) for his research performance in 2016 and 2017 and from METU for his overall academic performance (research, education, and service) in 2017. He was twice named METU Educator of the Year (2003-4 and 2005-6), and in 2013 was named METU Outstanding Educator, which is METU's highest and terminal teaching award.
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Information for Prospective Graduate Students: As of 09 Feb 2018,
  • I do not have space for any more graduate students. I hope some students graduate by Fall 2018 but this is not guaranteed.
  • I several unfunded graduate students, I am currently looking for funding for these students, and I will not have funding for new graduate students this fall.
  • In the past several students whom I thought would be accepted into our graduate program were not. Trying to work with the students before they were accepted was not a good use of my time or her/his time.
  • Due to all the reasons above, if you want to work with me contact me after you are accepted. Due to the large number of emails I am receiving from prospective students who are not accepted yet and the lack of space for new students, I am no longer answering these emails (i.e. if you email me before you are accepted, I will assume you did not take the time to read my webpage and therefore I am part of a mass email campaign, and I will delete your email without replying).

Spring 2018 Course Information:

  • 351:
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    • If you want to add this course, attend the 1st day of class, sign the attendance sheet, and write down your unique 3-digit Registration Number from the attendance sheet. After class complete the followning Survey using the instructions given in class.
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  • 496:
    • Folder for Course Files
    • If you want to register for this course, attend the 1st day of class, sign the attendance sheet, and write down your unique 3-digit Registration Number from the attendance sheet. After class complete the followning Survey using the instructions given in class.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Created: Nov. 04, 2014
Last Updated: Mar. 28, 2017