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- Tenure Track
Faculty at Mechanical Engineering Department of Middle East
Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, September 2006- present
- Post-Doctoral
Research Associate, University of Maryland, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, February 2005- September 2006
Designed
and built a small scale reactor to generate nanoparticles from which new
composite materials may be formed and from which specialized toxicological
studies will be conducted.
- Post-Doctoral
Research Associate, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
February 2005- September 2006
Conducted specialized experiments to understand the growth rate of carbon
based nanoparticles.
- Graduate Research
and Teaching Assistant, Drexel University, Department of Mechanical
Engineering and Mechanics October 2000- January 2005
Conducted innovative
and unique research to determine the influence of sooting and radiation
on microgravity droplet combustion. Results provided important insights
on the influence of pressure, oxygen indices, and inert variation on the
effective control of sooting behavior of practical biomass-derived
fuels. Performed microgravity droplet combustion research at NASA-Glenn
Research Center in Cleveland, OH. In support of this work, performed
experiments in the 2.2 second droptower and logged parabolas in NASA’s
reduced gravity KC-135 aircraft. Performed microgravity experiments at
JAMIC (Japan Microgravity Center) 10 sec. drop tower in Hokkaido,
Japan.
- Guest Researcher,
Argonne National Labaratory, Argonne, IL, Summer 2002. Performed
research on Diesel soot morphology. Soot sampled from diesel exhaust
were analyzed using TEM and Raman Spectroscopy to study the effects of
engine operating conditions on morphology, micro structure and fractal
geometry of light-duty Diesel engine particulates.
- Graduate Research
and Teaching Assistant, Middle East Technical University (METU),
Ankara, Turkey, 1996- 2000.
Performed research in the Internal Combustion
Engine Laboratory. Performed exhaust gas measurements from Diesel and SI
engines according to the European Union Standards. Assisted “Internal
Combustion Engine Fundamentals”, “Internal Combustion Engine Design” and
“Engineering Systems Laboratory” courses. |
