ATILIM UNIVERSITY - Metal Forming Center of Excellence

Erdinç TEZCAN

/ +90 (312) 586 80 00

Prof. Dr. Bilgin KAFTANOĞLU

/ +90 (312) 586 8310-8857

Bachelor's: Middle East Technical University Master's, PhD: University of London, Imperial College

Research Interests : Fastener Production, CAD/CAM, Wire-Rod Drawing / Forward Rod Extrusion, Forging, Extrusion, Strech Forming, Rolling, Computational Mechanics, Manufacturing Tribology, Solid Mechanics, Bulk Metal Forming, Machine Design, Material Models, Mechanical Characterization, Friction In Metal Forming Process, Metal Forming Theory And Technology, Robotics, Sheet Metal Forming, Manufacturing Methods, Coating and Characterization, Lubricants.

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Asst. Prof. Dr. Besim BARANOĞLU / Director

/ +90 (312) 586 8680

Bachelor's, Master's, PhD: Middle East Technical University

Research Interests : Incremental Sheet Forming, Wire-Rod Drawing / Forward Rod Extrusion, Forging, Extrusion, Strech Forming, Springback and Compensation, Computational Mechanics, Residual Stresses, Solid Mechanics, Mechanical Characterization, Friction In Metal Forming Process, Metal Forming Theory And Technology, Theory of Metal Forming Plasticity, Sheet Metal Forming, Boundary Elements Method, Finite Element / Boundary Element Coupling, Finite Elements Method, Continuum Mechanics, Thermoelasticity-Thermoviscoelasticity, Manufacturing Methods.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Kemal DAVUT

/ +90 (312) 586 8873

Bachelor's, Master's: Middle East Technical University PhD: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, Germany and RWTH Aachen University

Research Interests : Dual Phase Steels (DP steels), Texture Analysis, Transformation Induced Plasticity Steels (TRIP Steels), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy, Image Processing, Failure Analysis, In-situ (inside SEM) Testing, Heat Treatment and Thermochemical Surface Treatment, Microstructure Analysis, Twinning Induced Plasticity Steels (TWIP Steels), Advanced (New Generation) High Strength Steels (AHSS), Damage Mechanisms, Magnetic Barkhausen Noise, Metallography, Micro Texture Analysis, Micro-mechanical Testing, Quantitative Metallography, Optical Microscopy, Quenching and Partitioning Steels (Q & P Steels), Non-destructive Testing (NDT), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Metallography, Phase transformations in ferrous alloys, Heat treatment of ferrous and aluminium alloys, Electron Back-scatter Diffraction (EBSD) Technique, Crystallographic Texture Analysis.

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