EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Ceramic Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla Dec. 1989
  
• M.S. Ceramic Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla May 1986
  
• B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University June 1982

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Professor of Mechanical Engr. and EP, SIUC May 2000-Present
  
• Associate Professor of Materials Sci.&Engr., University of Florida Aug.1999-May 2000
  (on leave from SIUC)
  
• Associate Professor of Mechanical Engr. and EP, SIUC Aug.1994-Aug.1999
  
• Senior/Staff Ceramic Engineer, USDOE's NREL July 1992-Aug .1994
  
• Assistant Professor of Metallurgical Engr. METU Mar.1990-May 1992
  
• Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Ceramic Engr., UMR Aug.1984-Dec. 1989

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Member, Sigma Xi, February 1999-Present.
  
• Member, American Ceramic Society, January 1984-Present.
  
• Manuscript Referee, for the Journal of American Ceramic Society, 1994-Present.
  
• Manuscript Referee, for the Journal of Materials Science, 1997-Present.
  
• Manuscript Referee, for the Carbon International Journal, 1999-Present.
  
• Proposal Reviewer, for U.S. Department of Energy Division of Materials Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, January 1999-Present.
  
• Proposal Reviewer, for U.S. Department of Energy SBIR/STTR Program, April 2000.
  
• Organizer and Session Chair, for Novel Ceramics and Composites-III at the 24th ACerS Annual Cocoa Beach Meeting, Cocoa Beach, FL 2000.
  
• Session Chair, for Novel Fibers and Whiskers at the 24th ACerS Annual Cocoa Beach Meeting, Cocoa Beach, FL 2000.
  
• Session Chair, for Synthesis and Processing at the 99th ACerS Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 1997.
  
• Treasurer, for the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Ceramic Society, 1994-1995.
  
• Member, Alumni Outstanding Thesis Award, SIUC, 1998-1999.
  
• Member, Assessment Committee, College of Engineering, SIUC, 1998-present
  
• Member, Graduate Committee, MEEP, 2001-present.
  
• Member, Materials Faculty Search Committee, SIUC-Dept. of MEEP and Advanced Friction Studies Position, 1996-1997.
  
• Member, SIUC-Student Affairs, 1997-1999.
  
• Member, Scholar Awards Committee, Phi Kappa Phi, 1995.
  
• Member, Graduate Student Admission Committee, MEEP, 2001-present.