Professional Experience

• January 2022–Present: Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University
• December 2022–Present: Interim Director, EVATEG Center, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
• March 2012–December 20222: Professor and Director EVATEG Center, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
• December 2011–February 2016: Associate Professor and Director EVATEG Center, Ozyegin University
• April 2018–June 2020: Member, Board of Directors and Chair, Board of Directors Risk Committee, ASELSAN Inc., Ankara, Turkey
• June 2017–Present: Digital Faculty Consultant (DFC), McGraw-Hill Education Company London, UK
• December 2014–June 2020: Founding Partner and Chairman of the Board, NARTEG Inc. Istanbul, Turkey
• June 2016–August 2016: Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA
• May 2015–April 2018: Executive Committee Member, TUBITAK (Turkish National Science Foundation), Ankara, Turkey
• June 2015–November 2018: Executive Committee Member, Turkish Ministry of Science and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
• October 2012–October 2014: Chief Advisor to CTO and CEO, Seoul Semiconductor Corp. (SSC), Seoul, Korea
• December 2000–June 2011: Program leader, General Electric Global Research Center (GE GRC), New York, USA

Editorial and Scientific Council Activities

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions of Component Packaging and Manufacturing Technologies, 2008-present
• Associate Editor, ASME Open of Engineering, 2020-present
• Associate Editor, Int. Journal of Thermodynamics, 2020-present
• Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Electronics Packaging, 2013-2018
• Associate Editor, ASME Thermal Sciences and Engineering Applications (TSEA), February 2008-June 2016
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Solid State Lighting, 2013-2016
• Editorial Board Member, ASRO Journal of Applied Mechanics, February 2016-present
• Editorial Board Member, Kocaeli University Science Journal, May 2017- present

Invited Talks/Panels

• Invited speaker, “Engineer of the Future”, McGraw-Hill, Global Zoom Meeting, May 2021.
• Invited speaker, “Technology and Innovation: Our lives in the future”, Istanbul Uskudar Science Center, Istanbul, Turkey, March 2020.
• Invited speaker, “International Relations and Technology: The Importance of Defense Industry and Multiplier Impact”, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, March 2020.
• Invited speaker, “Recent Challenges in Microfluidics for Thermal Management of Micro/Nano Electronics”, EU Cost Action Meeting, Naples, Italy, February 2020.
• Invited speaker, “Recent challenges in the thermal management of micro/nano electronics systems: Why engineers desperately needs physicists for ground breaking advancements”, Turkish Physicist Society Annual Meeting, September 2020.
• Invited speaker, “Micro-structured Surfaces in Condensation: Experimental Approach and Heat Transfer Analysis”, Dublin, Ireland, July 2019.
• Invited speaker, “A Short Lecture on Numerical Methods in Heat Transfer Analysis: Relevant for Gas Turbine Geometries”, Lund, Sweden, June 2019.
• Invited speaker, “Sustainable Research and Technology Development in Medical Industry and Localization: A 360 Degree View”, Ankara University, Medical Technology Group, Ankara, Turkey, April 2019.
• Invited speaker, “Research, Development and Innovation”, FARBA Corporation, Bursa, Turkey, February 2019.
• Invited speaker, “From Ideas to Products Innovation Journey: Challenges and Opportunities”, International Engineering Research Symposium- UMAS 2017, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey, September 2017.
• Invited speaker, “Impact of Nanotechnology on Solid State Lighting for Next Systems”, 7^th International Workshop Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IWANN 2017), Bilkent University, Ankara, July 2017.
• Invited panelist, “Applications Meet Technologies”, Lighting Professional Symposium 2017, Bregenz, Austria, September 2017.
• Invited speaker, “Energy Efficient Solid State Lighting for Next Generation Illumination, Advanced Displays and Automotive Applications: Challenges and Opportunities”, University of Maryland, College Park, July 2016.
• Invited speaker, “Energy Efficient Solid State Lighting for Next Generation Illumination, Advanced Displays and Automotive Applications: Challenges and Opportunities”, Device Research Laboratory of MIT, Cambridge, July 2016.
• Invited speaker, “Key Aspects of Developing Advanced Technology Project Proposals”, Istanbul Zaim University”, Istanbul, May 2016.
• Technology update speaker, “Efficiency and Performance of Emerging Meso Scale Microfluidic Devices for Electronics Cooling – Recent Computational and Experimental Studies”, IEEE Itherm 2016, Las Vegas, NV, June 2016.
• Panelist in IEEE Itherm 2016, “Challenges in Solid State Lighting”, Las Vegas, NV, June 2016.
• Panelist in IEEE Itherm 2016, “Solid State Lighting and Internet of Things”, Las Vegas, NV, June 2016.
• Invited speaker, “Innovation from Ideas to Products: Thoughts”, Turkish HVAC Annual Meeting, Antalya, April 2016.
• Invited speaker, “Microfluidics systems for advanced thermal management of electronics and LED systems”, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, June 2015.
• Invited speaker, “Microfluidics systems for advanced thermal management of electronics and LED systems”, Beijing University, China, June 9, 2015.
• Invited speaker, “Thermal management of LED systems”, EBV-Lighting Academy (AVNET), Lighting Education Course, Munich, Germany, March 2015.
• Invited speaker, “Solid state lighting technologies for energy efficiency”, Turkish Ministry of Energy – Energy Forum 2015, Istanbul, January 2015.
• Invited speaker, “Solid state lighting technologies- innovation”, Bursa Chamber of Businessman and Commerce (BUSIAD) Lighting Symposium, Bursa, November 2014
• Invited speaker, “Innovation as a growth engine”, Turkish Exporters Association (TIM) Innovation Meeting Ankara 2014, Ankara, October 2014.
• Invited speaker, “Breakthrough technologies and strategies in solid state lighting developments- thermal management of LEDs”, Lighting Professional symposium (LpS2014), Bregenz, Austria, October 2014.
• Invited speaker, “Synthetic jets for thermal management of electronics”, IBM Research Laboratories, Zurich, September 2014.
• Invited Speaker, “Research and development- building the future”, FARBA Inc. Ar-Ge Day, Bursa, March 2014.
• Invited speaker, “Future of high brightness LED lighting packaging: Advanced cooling technologies”, Seoul Semiconductor Inc., Seoul, Korea, August 2012.
• Invited speaker, “Advanced cooling technologies for micro/nano defense electronics”, Turkish Defense Annual Conference (SAVTEK 2012), Ankara, Turkey, June 2012.
• Invited speaker, “Solid state lighting technologies with LEDS: Technology trends, opportunities and bottlenecks”, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey, May 2012.
• Invited speaker, “Enerji verimli katı hal teknolojileri (LED) ile gelecek nesil aydınlatma ”, İstanbul Technical University Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Cavit Çıtlak Special Talk, İstanbul, Turkey, May 2012.
• Invited speaker, “Next generation solid state lighting: Light emitting diodes (LEDs)”, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, April 2012.
• Invited speaker, “Recent advances ın electronics cooling and application to solid state lighting”, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal, December 2011.
• Invited speaker, “ Next generation electronics cooling devices with microfluidics technology and application to solid state lighting energy challenge and the impact of solid state lighting technologies”, Columbia University, January 2011.
• Invited speaker, International Conference on Renewable Energy: Generation and Applications (ICREGA’2010), “Thermotunneling power generation technology and comparison to conventional energy generation technologies”, United Arab Emirates, March 2010.
• Panelist in Itherm 2010, “Advances in heat transfer: Past 100 years and future”, Las Vegas, NV.
• Panelist in DOE SSL Workshop “LED luminaire reliability”, Raleigh, North Carolina, February 2010
• Invited speaker, University of Kentucky Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Meso scale emerging devices cooling devices for electronics thermal management”, June 2008.
• Invited speaker, TOBB University Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Efficiency and performance of emerging meso scale microfluidic devices for electronics cooling”, Ankara, Turkey, February 2008.
• Invited speaker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Electronics thermal management and recent cooling technologies”, September 2008.
• Panelist at IMECE 2006, HT-4A,” Emergent thermal management”
• Panelist at IMECE 2006, EPP-12A,” Energy efficient electronics”
• “Six sigma in world class corporates: General electric company”, invited by Turkish Airlines Corporate, Turkish Airlines Headquarters, Istanbul, October 14, 2003.
• “Pool boiling critical heat flux in dielectric liquids”, A. Bar-Cohen and A. Watwe, 5th International Conference on Boiling Heat Transfer, May 4-8, 2003, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
• “Ebullient cooling of electronics: Future trends and recent advances”, PTC-03 Short Course on Passive Thermal Control, October 20-23, 2003, Antalya, Turkey.

Conference organization (Conference/Symposium Chair)

• LED Technologies Workshop, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, May 22-25, 2016
• Summer School Organizer, Energy Efficient TV Technologies-EVTV (supported by UNDP), Antalya, August 2014.
• Conference Chair, Solid State Lighting Technologies, SSL-TR 2013 (funded by Istanbul Development Agency), Istanbul, Turkey.

Conference organization (Conference/Symposium Scientific Committee Member)

• Scientific committee member and session chair, Lighting Professional Symposium – LpS 2015, Bregenz, Austria, September 2015.
• Scientific committee member and session chair, Int. Sym. on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, CONV-14, June 2014, Turkey.
• Scientific committee member, Int. Conf. on Thermo physical and Mechanical Properties of Advanced Materials, THERMAM, June 2014, Turkey.
• Track chair, ASME Interpack 2005, Solid State Cooling and Power Generation San Francisco, CA.
• Track chair, Heat Transfer, ASME Interpack 2005, San Francisco, CA.
• Session chair, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and
Thermo mechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, Interpack 2016, June 2016, Las Vegas, USA.
• Session chair, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and
Thermo mechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, Itherm 2014, June 2014, Orlando, USA.
• Session chair, International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems (InterPACK 2013), July 2013, USA.
• Session chair, Itherm 2010, Las Vegas, NV, June 2010.
• International Symposium on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Sustainable Energy, May 2009, Tunisia.
• Session co-chair, ASME Interpack Conference, July 2008, San Francisco
• Session co-chair, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 2008, San Francisco.
• Session chair, Solid-state power generation and cooling for electronics packaging and systems-I, ASME Interpack 2007, Vancouver.
• Session co-chair, Solid-state power generation and cooling for electronics packaging and systems-II, ASME Interpack 2007, Vancouver.
• Session co-chair, Two-phase flow heat transfer for electronics packaging, ASME Interpack 2007, Vancouver.
• Session chair, Heat transfer in electronics equipment, 2007 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2007, Vancouver.
• Session chair, NSF Workshop on Frontiers in Transport Phenomena Research and Education: Energy Systems, Biological Systems, Security, Information Technology, and Nanotechnology, May 17-18, 2007.
• Session chair, ASME National Heat Transfer 2005, San Francisco, CA
• Session chair, ASME Interpack 2005, San Francisco, CA
• Session chair, ASME IMECE 2005, Orlando, FL
• Session chair, IEEE/ASME ITHERM 2006, San Diego, CA
• Session chair, Prof. Sadik Kakac 75th Birthday Symposium, IMECE 2007
• Session chair, ASME Interpack 2005, San Francisco, CA
• Session chair, ASME Heat Transfer Conference 2005
• Session chair, ASME Heat Transfer, IMECE 2005
• Session chair, ASME Interpack 2003

Panels in Conferences/Government Organizations

• Panelist ASME Interpack 2016, Solid State Lighting Technologies, Las Vegas, NV
• Panelist ASME Interpack 2016, Internet of Things, Las Vegas, NV
• Panel organizer, ASME Interpack 2005, Solid State Cooling and Power Generation, San Francisco, CA
• Best paper selection committee, ASME Interpack 2005, San Francisco, CA
• National Science Foundation (NSF) TTTP Panel Review, February 2006
• National Science Foundation (NSF) TTTP Panel Review, January 2005

Reviewer Activities

• ASME Journal of Electronics Packaging
• Journal of Heat Transfer, Heat Transfer Engineering
• IEEE CPMT / IEEE Advanced Packaging
• SPIE Optical Engineering
• Applied Thermal Engineering
• Reviewer for many ASME/IEEE conferences