• B.S. (Mechanical Engineering) Michigan State University, 1965
• M.S. (Engineering Mechanics) The University of Michigan, 1966
• Ph.D. (Engineering Mechanics) The University of Michigan, 1968 

Mechanics: Continuum mechanics, emphasizing fluid-solid interaction problems, wave propagation theory, dynamic analyses of shells, optimization, and numerical methods.

Biomechanics: head injury problems, experimental and theoretical mechanics of the major articulating joints of the human body, biological material properties, biodynamic modeling of various parts of the human body.

• 1966-1968 Teaching Fellow, Engineering Mechanics Department of the University of Michigan.
• 1968-1969 Associate Research Engineer, The Highway Safety Research Institute of the University of Michigan.
• 1969-1970 Assistant Professor, Engineering Sciences Department of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
• 1970-1971 Associate Research Engineer, The Highway Safety Research Institute of the University of Michigan.
• 1971-1974 Assistant Professor, Engineering Mechanics Department of The Ohio State University.
• 1974-1977 Associate Professor, Engineering Mechanics Department of The Ohio State University.
• 1977-1994 Professor, Engineering Mechanics Department and Director of Biomechanics Laboratory of The Ohio State University.
• 1994-1995 Professor, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Aviation of The Ohio State University (Professor Emeritus, 1995 - ).
• 1995-2003 Professor and Chairman of Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama.
• 2003-         Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama.

At these four universities, my teaching experience includes various engineering subjects such as Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, System Science at the undergraduate level and Wave Propagation in Continuous Media, Nonlinear Vibrations, Theory of Plates, Theory of Shells, Advanced Mathematical Methods in Engineering, Advanced Dynamics, Experimental Methods in Mechanics, Biomechanics, and Biomechanics of Human Joints at the Graduate Level.

• Consultant for LEXPERT (1990- ).
• Consultant for Lawyers in several states (1980- )
• United Nations Consultant for the UNDP project on Re-transfer of Technology to Turkey, December 10-24, 1982.
• UNESCO Consultant (one month during summer of 1979).
• United Nations Consultant for the UNDP project on Re-transfer of Technology to Turkey (4 weeks during summer of 1977).
• Consultant to American Hospital Supply Corporation (Summer of 1975).
• Consultant to HSRI of the University of Michigan (April 1970).
• General Motors Corp. (Summers of 1965, 1966).
• Allied Chemical Corp. (Summer of 1964).
• Clark Equipment Co. (Summer of 1963).

• Society of Automotive Engineers (1998 - )
• Society for Design and Process Science (Founding Member, 1995- )
• American Academy of Mechanics (Founding member, 1970- )
• American Society of Biomechanics (Charter member 1977- )
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1983- )
• International Society of Biomechanics (1978- )
• Sigma Xi (Full member, Michigan Chapter, 1968- )
• Tau Beta Pi (Michigan State Chapter, 1964- )
• Honorary Member of Theta Tau (Ohio State Chapter, 1991- )
• Phi Beta Delta Honor Society (1997 - )
• Phi Kappa Phi (Invited Faculty member 1999 - )

• Selected for inclusion in the seventh edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2002, April 10, 2002
• Selected for inclusion in 2000 Outstanding ScientistS of the 21^st Century – First Edition by IBC (International Biographical Centre) Cambridge, England, February 8, 2002.
• Outstanding Service Award of The Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS) received at the Fifth Biennial World Conference on Integrated Design and Process Technology (IDPT) in Dallas, Texas, June 5, 2000.
• The Phi Kappa Phi Scholar of the Year (April 21, 1999).
• Best Faculty Member award of CISO (Council of International Students Organization) of the University of South Alabama, 1998.
• Outstanding Service Award of the SDPS received in Berlin, Germany, July 7, 1998.
• Society for Design and Process Science  Fellow, 1998.
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow, 1997.
• ASME Award for Outstanding Contribution to the technical program of the Third Biennial European Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA), Montpellier, France, July 3, 1996.
• OSU Department of Engineering Mechanics Distinguished Service Award, 1995.
• ASME Award for Outstanding Contribution to the technical program of the Second Biennial European Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA), London, England, July 5, 1994.
• Outstanding Service Award of TAACO, May 16, 1993.
• ASME Award for Outstanding Contribution to ESDA, 1992.
• BORELLI Award of the American Society of Biomechanics, 1985.
• Senior Research Award of the OSU College of Engineering, 1982.
• The Ohio House of Representatives Certificate of Commendation, 1978.
• The Best Paper Award of the American Soc. of Engrng. Education, 1976-77.
• Ervin G. Bailey Award for Meritorious Achievement, 1974.
• WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD, 5th Edition.
• WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, 40th Edition.
• WHO'S WHO IN ENGINEERING, 4th Edition.
• WHO'S WHO IN TECHNOLOGY TODAY, 2nd Edition.
• AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN OF SCIENCE, 14th Edition.
• DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, Volume XIII.
• COMMUNITY LEADERS AND NOTEWORTHY AMERICANS, Bicentennial Edition.
• B.S. Degree with honors.
• The University of Michigan Fellowship (1965-1968).
• Received PhD in record-breaking time (less than 2 years)
• Scored the highest points on the three-day long Entrance Examinations of the Istanbul Technical University (1960).
• Scored the highest points on the Scholarship Examination for undergraduate study in the USA, England, or Germany. This nationwide competition was administered by the Ministry of Education of the Turkish Government (1960).
• Valedictorian of high school graduating class (1960).
  
  Back to the top
  

  ---

  

  

  INDEX