ABDULLAH OZTURK

Date of Birth : August 27, 1960

Academic Rank : Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Full-Time

Degrees : Field: Institution: Date:

B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 1983

M.S. Ceramic Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla,1987

Ph.D. Ceramic Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1991

Years of Service on Faculty : 17

April 2003 - Continue                     :  Professor,  Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, METU   

November1997 - April 2003          :  Associate Professor,  Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, METU

December 1991 -  November 1997:  Assistant Professor,  Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, METU

May 1991 -   December 1991        :   Instructor,  Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, METU

August 1987 - Mays 1987             :   Research Assistant, Ceramic Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA

Principal Publications:

1) Abdullah Öztürk, Robert E Moore, “Tensile Fatigue Behavior of Carbon-Carbon Composites”, Composites, Vol. 23, No 1, 39-46, 1992.

2) Abdullah Öztürk, “Mechanical Behavior of a Tightly Woven Carbon-Carbon Composite” Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, Vol. 4, 169-78, 1995.

3) Abdullah Öztürk, “The Influence of Cyclic Fatigue Damage on the Fracture Toughness of Carbon-Carbon Composites” Composites Part-A,Vol 27A,  641-46, 1996.

4) Abdullah Öztürk, “Crystallization Kinetics of  Fluorophosphate Glasses -I: Effect of  Composition” Journal of Materials Science, Vol 32, 2623-27, 1997.

5) Abdullah Öztürk, “Influence of Ba(PO3)2 on the Formation Characteristics of  Fluorophosphate Glasses” Journal of Materials Science, Vol 33, 73-76, 1998.

6) Abdullah Öztürk, “The Influence of Particle Size of Glass Powder on the Crystallization Kinetic Parameters of  Fluorophosphate Glasses” Physics and Chemistry of Glasses,     Vol 41, (2) 71-74, 2000.

7) Abdullah Öztürk, “The Influence of  Ba(PO3)2 Additions on the Refractive Index and Dispersions of Fluoride Glasses” Glass Technology, Vol 41, (3) 106-08, 2000.

 8) C. Hakan Gür, Abdullah Öztürk, “Determination of the Influence of TiO₂ on the elastic properties of a mica based glass ceramic by ultrasonic velocity measurements” Journal of Non-Crytalline Solids, Vol 351, 3655-62, 2005.

 9) Jongee Park, Abdullah Öztürk, “Tribological Properties of  MgO-CaO-SiO₂-P₂O₅-F- based Glass Ceramic for Dental Applications” Materials Letters, Vol  61, 1916-1921, 2007.

 10) Jongee Park, Gürel Pekkan ve Abdullah Öztürk, “Wear of  MgO-CaO-SiO₂-P₂O₅-F- based Glass Ceramics Compared to Selected Dental Ceramics” Research Letters in Materials Science, Vol  2007, 2007.

 11) Jongee Park, Abdullah Öztürk, “Effect of TiO₂ addition on the crystallisation and tribological properties of MgO-CaO-SiO₂-P₂O₅-F glasses” Thermochimica Acta, Vol,  2008.

Scientific and Professional Memberships :

American Ceramic Society

Turkish Chamber of Metallurgical Engineers

Honors and Awards :

1984-1991 Scholarship for the graduate study in the USA by the Ministry of National Education of  Turkey.

1988-1989 Fellowship from the United States Department of Interior (USDI)