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EDUCATION

·         Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

Ph.D. Candidate (Control Systems), Mechanical Engineering, ABD.

·         Middle East Technical University, Turkey.

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, 2001.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1998.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

·         Pergamon Corporation, King of Prussia, PA                                                      Apr 2009 – Present

·         Confero Solutions, King of Prussia, PA                                                                         Jul 2007 – Mar 2009

·         Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA                                                                   Oct 2004 – Jul 2007

·         Cascade Microtech, Portland, OR                                                                     Mar 2004 – Jun 2004

·         TUBITAK (Turkish Gov. R. & D. Council), Turkey                                      Aug  1997 – Nov 2002

COMPUTER SKILLS

MATLAB (&Simulink), MathCAD, Mathematica, LabVIEW 7.1, LabVIEW Real time, LabVIEW FPGA, LabVIEW Motion Control, SolidWorks, Mechanical Desktop (&AutoCAD), ProE, CADKEY, ANSYS, ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS CFX, Marc MENTAT, Stella, Minitab, Visio, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Project, Programming Languages: Fortran, Turbo C, CCS C, Visual Basic, Visual C#.

AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS, CERTIFICATES

·         Involved in the organization of 2007 Drexel University Research Symposium

·         2007 Flying Robot Contest Recognition

·         Mechanical Engineering Department Service and Outreach Award (2006)

·         Graduate Assistant in Areas of National Need Fellowship (2006)

·         Research Experience for Teachers Fellowship (2006 Summer)

·         High School Summer Mentorship Program Fellow (2006 Summer)

·         2006 Flying Robot Contest Recognition

·         Lockheed Martin/George Law Scholarship (2006)

·         Research Experience for Teachers Fellowship (2005 Summer)

·         Dean’s Fellowship (2004)

·         Builder of Brotherhood and Sisterhood Recognition (2004)

·         ISO 9001 Certified. (2000-2005)

·         NATO Security Clearance (2001-2006)

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

·         Laser Radar Characteristics And Mapping of FMS (Accepted ASME 2008)

·         A Hardware-in-the-loop Test Rig for Designing Near-Earth Aerial Robotics (ICRA 2006)

·         Near-Earth Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Sensor Suite Testing and Evaluation (IDETC 2006)

·         HIL Test Rig To Capture Aerial Robot and Sensor Suite Performance Metrics (IROS 2006)

MEMBERSHIPS

·         Philly Runners (2007-)

·         Landskaters Inline Skate Club (2006-)

·         IEEE Control Systems Society, Member (2006-2007)

·         Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students (MEGA), President (2006-2007)

·         Turkish American Scientists and Students Association (TASSA), Member (2006-)

·         Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students (MEGA), Vice President (2005-2006)

·         American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Member (2005-)

·         Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member (2005-)

·         Bridge Student Organization at Middle East Technical University (METU), Member (1996)

·         International Youth Student Organization at METU, Member (1994)

 LANGUAGES: Turkish (Native), English (Fluent), German (Beginner).