ABOUT ME
I have been working at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering since February 11, 2004.
A) Academic Background:
Prof.Dr., Istanbul Technical University, June 2021 – …
Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University, October 2013 – May 2021
Y. Assoc. Dr., Istanbul Technical University, March 2007 – September 2013
Lecturer Dr., Istanbul Technical University, February 2004 – March 2007
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, December 2003
M.Sc., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, December 1998
B.Sc., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, July 1996
B) Areas of Interest and Research Activities:
Design and control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Design and Control of Robotic / Mechatronic Systems, Visual control of Robotic Systems, Driverless Land Vehicles.
Additional information about our research activities can be found here.
I am the founder and director of the Autonomous Systems Research Laboratory, which focuses on civil applications of unmanned aerial and land vehicles.
My publication list is here.
C)Teaching
In the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Machine Theory, System Dynamics and Control, Mechanical Vibrations; I am giving Industrial automation course in Manufacturing Engineering program. I also teach Advanced System Dynamics and Control and Data Acquisition and Signal Processing courses in machinery master's and doctoral programs. I contribute to the Mechatronics graduate courses in the Interdisciplinary Mechatronics Master's Program. In some periods, I teach at the Aselsan Academy and at the Medipol University.
[Updated on: 26.03.2023]