Dr. Hulya Kirkici Bio

Hulya Kirkici, Ph.D.

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Biography

Dr. Kirkici

Dr. Hulya Kirkici

Contact Information:

Electrical and Computer Engineering
200 Broun Hall
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849

Email : kirkih@eng.auburn.edu
Phone: (334) 844-1822 & Fax: (334) 844-1809






    Biography

    Hulya Kirkici is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, where she teaches and conducts research. She received the B.S. and M.S. in physics from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey; and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University (NYU – Poly), Brooklyn, NY in 1990. She was a visiting scientist/engineer at NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL (1999-2000), and a visiting scholar / consultant at the Air Force Research Laboratory - Wright Patterson Air Force Base, during Fall 2014.

    Dr. Kirkici’s research interests are in electrical insulation and high-frequency dielectric breakdown in space and aerospace environments, cold plasmas, repetitive pulsed power, and high voltage engineering. She has published numerous journal and conference papers and given invited talks in these related topics over the years (in USA, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, and China). Dr. Kirkici is a Senior Member of IEEE, and members of American Physical Society (APS), Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, and American Association of University Women (AAUW).

    Dr. Kirkici is a recipient of the IEEE William G. Dunbar Award “for continuing contribution to high-voltage and high frequency insulation research and engineering education,” presented at the 2014 IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference, in June 2014; and a recipient of the IEEE Sol Schneider Award “for continuing technical and administrative leadership in the power modulator and high voltage communities,” from IEEE-IPMHVC in 2010. Dr. Kirkici was the Invited Plenary speaker at the Chinese Pulse Power Summer School in Mianyang, China (August 2014) and was the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer at the 2011 IEEE Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO) meeting in Beijing, and delivered a talk titled “Novel Dielectrics and Advanced Electrical Insulation Technology.”

    Service to the Profession and Activities

    Currently, Dr. Kirkici is Vice President of IEEE Sensosr Council (2014-2015) and serves on the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board as a member-at-large (2013-present). Dr. Kirkici was the Treasurer and Finance Chair of IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB) and a member of IEEE Finance Committee (2011-2014). She was a member of the TAB Finance Committee (2011-2012) and a Member of IEEE Conferences committee (2011-2012). She served as the President of IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (2009 and 2010). Dr.Kirkici was the General Chair of the IEEE-Power Modulator Conference (2004), and Chair of the IEEE-High Voltage Workshop (2002). She has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE-Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation (1998-2007 and 2012 to present) and served as a Co-Guest Editor of the IEEE-Transactions on Plasma Science, Pulsed Power Science and Technology (Oct. 2002) and Power Modulators and Repetitive Pulsed Power (Aug. 2005) and Co-Guest Editor of IEEE Trans on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Power Modulators and Repetitive Pulsed Power (Aug. 2009) Special Issues.

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