Electrical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
Teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in optics area.
Research in electro-optics, dielectric breakdown and power conditioning, and plasmas.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Electrical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.Jan 1993 -present.
Teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in electro-optics,
electromagnetics, and linear circuit analysis.
Conducting research in high voltage breakdown and surface flashover phenomena
in space environment, gaseous electronics and plasma physics.
Developing further research in optics, lasers and high power/efficiency
light sources (for pollution control and industrial use).
Developing optical spectroscopic measurement techniques in these related fields.
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Space Power Institute, Auburn University, AL.November,1991 to December 1992.
Research in high-power, high-voltage breakdown in space environment.
Contributed to experimental and theoretical research in SPEAR
(Space Power Experiments Aboard Rockets) program of BMDO.
Conducted research in space environmental effects, such as outgassing
and temperature effects on high-voltage, high power space power systems
in the space environment.
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Polytechnic University, Weber Research Institute, Farmingdale, NY,
January 1990 to October 1991.
Research in gaseous electronics and hollow cathode discharges in addition
to atomic and molecular spectroscopy.
Also, research in development of Continuous Wave (CW) gas laser
operating in the UV region of the spectrum.
ADJUNCT FACULTY OF PHYSICS
Polytechnic University, Department of Physics, Farmingdale, NY,
January 1991 to July 1991
RESEARCH FELLOW
Polytechnic University, Weber Research Institute & Electrical Engineering Department, Farmingdale, NY,
January 1986 to January 1990
Research in gaseous electronics, plasmas, and atomic and molecular physics.
Development of Continuous Wave (CW) excimer lasers.
Spectroscopic investigation of molecular and excimer excitation processes.
INSTRUCTOR/TEACHING ASSISTANT
Middle East Technical University, Department of Physics, Ankara,Turkey,Sept 1980 -June1984
Teaching undergraduate optics and phusics courses.
ADVISORY DUTIES:
Advisor of several Electrical Engineering Master's candidates in gaseous electronics, electrical insulation and dielectrics,
pulsed power systems, electro-optical devices adn semiconductor lasers, and high temperature materials.
Advisor of several Electrical Engineering undergraduate students in research projucts in surface flashover of
polycrystalline diamond and other dielectric thin film matreials in vacuum, developement of efficient UV lamps for
pollution control, and outgassing effects on hihg voltage breakdown in space envoirnment topics.