Active Materials for Actuators
Composition-Processing-Microstructure-Mechanical Property Relationships
Energy Harvesting
High Strength Shape Memory Alloys
High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys
Iron Ore Sintering
Magnetic Refrigeration
Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys
Nanotube Fabrication
Phase Transformations
Severe Plastic Deformation
Shape Memory Composites
Shape Memory Polymers
Thermodynamical Modeling
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 – present Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
2008 – 2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
2007 Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University