MUSTAFA
SERDAR KARAKAŞ
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Date of Birth |
30.12.77 Ankara, Turkey |
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Address |
Middle East Technical University Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department 06531 Ankara/Turkey |
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Telephone |
0312 210 25 29 |
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EDUCATION
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2001 - Present |
Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Middle East Technical University, Ankara |
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1999 - 2001 |
M.Sc. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul |
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1995 - 1999 |
B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering Istanbul University, Istanbul |
AWARDS AND HONORS
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2001 - Present |
National Doctorate Fellowship awarded by The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) at doctorate level |
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1999 - 2001 |
National Graduate Fellowship awarded by The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) at graduate level |
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1999 |
Highest GPA among students receiving a B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering in the Istanbul University |
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1997 - 1999 |
Rectorate Fellowship awarded by the Istanbul University at undergraduate level |
COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS:
Programming
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C/C++; BASIC; Mathsoft MathCAD |
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Operating Systems |
Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT; MS-DOS |
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Packages |
Microsoft Office 95/97/2000; Adobe Photoshop 7.0; Autodesk AutoCAD 2004; Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.0; Golden Grapher 1.32, Macromedia Flash 5.0 |
LANGUAGES
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Turkish
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(Native) |
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English |
(Advanced) |
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French |
(Intermediate) |
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German |
(Intermediate) |
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Arabic |
(Intermediate) |
OTHER SKILLS
Full clean driving licence
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Reasonable keyboard skills (~ 40 wpm) |
WORK EXPERIENCE
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2001 - Present |
Research Assistant at the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Dept., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey |
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1998 |
Summer Practice at the ETI Electrometallurgy Company, Antalya, Turkey |
THESES AND PUBLICATIONS
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Ahlatcı, H., Karakaş, M.S., Candan, E., and Çimenoğlu,
H., 2003. Effect of magnesium addition on wear behaviour of Al-70 vol.%Al2O3p
composites, Mater. Sci. Tech., 19, 949-954. |
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Karakaş, M.S., 2001. Effect of magnesium on the wear behaviour of high volume fraction alumina particle reinforced aluminum matrix composites, M.Sc. Thesis, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. |
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Karakaş, M.S., 1999. The Chemical Vapour Deposition of Boron Nitride, B.Sc. Thesis, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. |
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Metal Matrix Composites
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Tribology |
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Structure - Property Relationships in Materials |
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Failure Analysis of Materials |