RESUME
PERSONAL :
Name and Last Name : Hikmet KOCABAS
Title and Job : Professor – Mechanical Engineer
Birth Place and Date : Canakkale, Turkey, 1961
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Single
Job Address : Istanbul Technical University (I.T.U.),
Mechanical Engineering Department, Beyoglu, 80191 Istanbul, Turkey.
Phone: ++90 (212) 293 1300 ext 2468 , Fax : ++90 (212) 245 0795
Home Address : Cumhuriyet Mh. Aksemsettin Sok.,No:3/4 G.O.Pasa, Istanbul.
Phone: ++90 (212) 667 9330
e-mail :
web page : www.mkn.itu.edu.tr/~kocabash
WORK EXPERIENCE :
(05/2010 – present ) Professor
Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engg. Dept., Turkey.
(10/1998 – 05/2010) Associate Professor
Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engg. Dept., Turkey.
(07/2004 - 10/2004) Visiting Academic Univ.of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
(01/2002 - 07/2002) Visiting Professor GIKI, Islamabad, Pakistan, sponsored by Islamic Development Bank.
(01/1995 - 09/1995) Project Engineer
Production Modeling Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
(09/1993 - 09/1995) Visiting Professor,
University of Michigan, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. and App.Mechs, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
(04/1992 - 10/1998) Assistant Professor
Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engg. Dept., Turkey.
(04/1991 - 02/1992) Computer Programmer Officer
Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC), Ankara, Turkey.
(06/1987 - 12/1990) Research Assistant
Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engg. Dept., Turkey.
EDUCATION University Graduate Year Subject
Ph.D. : Istanbul Technical University 1990 Modular Robot Design
M.Sc. : Istanbul Technical University 1986 Computer Graphics
B.S. : Thrace University 1983 Mechanical Engineering
TEACHING :
· Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (Graduate Level)
· Engineering Design (Graduate Level)
· Machine Design (Mechanical Engineering Design)
· Computer Aided Technical Drawing
· C Programming Language
INTERESTS : Design, CAD, CAM, CAE, Robotics, Simulation, Mechatronic.
COMPUTER SKILLS :
· I-DEAS , ANSYS, Visual NASTRAN, Mechanical Desktop, Solid Works
· Pro ENGINEER, CATIA, Dynamic Designer (ADAMS), CAMWorks, COSMOS Works
· Pascal, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Auto Lisp, MathCad, MatLab
ACTIVITIES : Member of Turkish Society of Mechanical Engineers
(1996 - 2000) Vice Director of CAD-CAM Center, I.T.U.
(1992 - 1993) Member of Faculty Computer Advisory Committee, I.T.U.
AWARDS :
· Fellowship by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey in the scope of the NATO Science Fellowships Program (1993-1995)
· Doctorate Grant of Elginkan Foundation by Elginkan Holding Company (1986-1990)