Experience

EXPERIENCE

11/2022-	*Chair*
	Department of Aeronautical Engineering
	University of Turkish Aeronautical Association
	Ankara, TURKEY

10/2022-	*Professor*
	Department of Aeronautical Engineering
	University of Turkish Aeronautical Association
	Ankara, TURKEY

10/2019-09/2021	*Visiting Professor*
	School of Engineering and Architecture
	SRH University Heidelberg
	Heidelberg, GERMANY

12/1990-08/2020	*Professor*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

11/2010-10/2019	*Coordinator of the Graduate Committee*
	Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

09/1997-10/2019	*Member of Graduate Education Committee*
	Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

06/2015-06/2019	*Member of the Atomic Energy Commission*
	Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
	Ankara, TURKEY

06/2012-03/2015	*Member of Advisory Committee for Transportation, Defence, Energy and Textile Technologies Grant Committee (USETEG)*
	Technology and Innovation Funding Programmes Directorate
	Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey
	Ankara, TURKEY

09/2002-12/2011	*Member of Administrative Board*
	Institute for Applied Mathematics
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

01/2001-11/2011	*Member of Administrative Board*
	Center for Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

12/2004-10/2011	*Member of Research Projects Committee*
	Faculty of Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

11/2010-06/2011	*Member of Undergraduate Program Update Working Group*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

03/2009-11/2010	*Coordinator of the Ph. D. Committee*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

11/2006-11/2010	*Member of Web Page Update Committee*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

01/2003-03/2009	*Member of Ph. D. Committee*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

01/2004-12/2005	*Member of Technical Advisory Committee*
	Von Karman Institute
	BELGIUM

06/2002-12/2005	*Consultant*
	Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)
	Ankara, TURKEY

03/1991-02/1994	*Consultant*
	Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey
	Defence Research and Development Institute
	Ankara, TURKEY

11/1984-12/1990	*Associate Professor*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

04/1989-12/1989	*Consultant*
	Soyut Holding
	Ankara, TURKEY

03/1985-01/1987	*Assistant Chairman*
	Department of Aeronautical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

10/1983-11/1984	*Assistant Professor*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

11/1982-09/1983	*Part-Time Instructor*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Gazi University
	Ankara, TURKEY

11/1982-09/1983	*Teaching Assistant*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

09/1981-06/1982	*Visiting Professor*
	Department of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering
	Lehigh University
	Bethlehem, Pennyslvania, U. S. A.

02/1979-08/1981	*Teaching Assistant*
	Department of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering
	Lehigh University
	Bethlehem, Pennyslvania, U. S. A.

09/1978-08/1981	*Research Assistant*
	Department of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering
	Lehigh University
	Bethlehem, Pennyslvania, U. S. A.

02/1977-08/1978	*Assistant*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

02/1976-02/1978	*Part-Time Instructor*
	Ankara Technical Instructor School
	Ankara, TURKEY

02/1976-02/1977	*Part-Time Assistant*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY

09/1974-02/1976	*Student Assistant*
	Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Middle East Technical University
	Ankara, TURKEY