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Dr. Ercan Gurses
Associate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey 06800


Office: 202
Tel: +90-312-210 4257
Fax: +90-312-338 4250
Email: gurses@metu.edu.tr

CV

Education

    Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2002-2007
    University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
    Thesis: Aspects of Energy Minimization in Solid Mechanics: Evolution of Inelastic Microstructures and Crack Propagation.

    M.Sc., Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures (COMMAS), 2000-2002
    University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
    Thesis: Two-Scale Relaxation Analysis of Finite-Strain Single Slip Plasticity based on a First-Order Rank-One Convexification.

    B.S., Civil Engineering, 1994-1999
    Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey


Academic Positions

    Associate Professor at Aerospace Engineering Department
    Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, April 2017 to present


    Assistant Professor at Aerospace Engineering Department
    Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, May 2011 to April 2017


    Postdoctoral Scholar in Mechanical Engineering (Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory)
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),
    Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, October 2009 - February 2011


    Postdoctoral Scholar in Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (Computational Solid Mechanics Group)
    California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), USA, October 2007- October 2009


    Graduate Research Assistant at the Institute of Applied Mechanics
    University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2002-2007


    Graduate Student Assistant at the Institute of Applied Mechanics
    University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2001-2002


    Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Civil Engineering Department
    Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, 1999-2000


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