PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 – Present Acting Instructor Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Center, GEMSEC, NSF/UW-MRSEC Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

2006 – 2007      Postdoctoral Fellow Computational Biology Group, Department of Microbiology, and Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Center, GEMSEC, NSF/UW-MRSEC Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

2003 – 2005      Postdoctoral Fellow Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

1997 – 2003      Research Assistant Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TURKEY

2001 – 2001      Visiting Scientist Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Seestrasse 92, D-70174, Stuttgart, GERMANY

1996 – 1997      Student Assistant Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Seminar Series Organization

GEMSEC SRD seminars are biweekly meetings organized and moderated by myself. In these meetings GEMSEC students/postdocs find an opportunity to presents their research progress and plans. These discussions help GEMSEC students/postdocs to be aware of the other research going on the GEMSEC and enlarge the number of collaborative work among many GEMSEC research groups.

Invited Lectures

  • MSE 298                Introduction to Modern Materials
  • MSE 555                Bioinspired Design and Processing of Materials
  • CONJ 548              Modelling Proteins and Proteomes
  • BioE/ChemE 511    Biomaterials Seminar
  • Phys576/Chem560  Frontiers in Nanotechnology

Courses Assisted

  • Met.E. 201             Materials Science I
  • Met.E. 202             Materials Science II
  • Met.E. 502             Diffusion Phenomenon
  • Met.E. 503             Mathematical Methods in Materials Science I
  • Met.E. 504             Mathematical Methods in Materials Science II
  • Met.E. 506             Kinetic of Processes in Materials
  • Met.E. 509             Physics of Materials I
  • Met.E. 510             Physics of Materials II
  • Met.E. 528             Computer Applications in Material Science

As a teaching assistant, I assisted the above listed undergraduate and graduate level courses given by Dr. Ogurtani. My duties included preparing lecture related materials, regulating student discussions, holding recitation sessions, and maintaining attendance and grading records.

Computer Laboratory Classes Developed

  • Met.E. 502             Diffusion Phenomenon
  • Met.E. 503             Mathematical Methods in Materials Science I
  • Met.E. 504             Mathematical Methods in Materials Science II
  • Met.E. 528             Computer Applications in Material Science

I was solely responsible for developing course materials and teaching them to the students taking the courses listed above. The computer laboratory classes were conducted 2 hours per week per course. My responsibilities also included student evaluation and grading based on their performances related to the Computer Laboratory section, which would later make the 30% of their final grades.

Outreach Activities