Curriculum Vitae

Academic and Professional Appointments

• TED University, Ankara, Turkey
  Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  Associate Professor (Mar 2021 – Present)
  Department Chair (Jul 2021 – Jul 2024)
  Assistant Professor (Sep 2016 – Mar 2021)
  

• Turkish Aerospace, Ankara, Turkey
  Avionics Design Engineer (Dec 2015 – Aug 2016)

• Turk Telekom, Ankara, Turkey
  Senior Network Engineer (Dec 2010 – Nov 2015)

Educational Background

• Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
  Jan 2014 – Apr 2016

• M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
  Sep 2011 – Aug 2013

• B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
  Aug 2005 – Aug 2009

Graduate Theses

• Ph.D. Dissertation
  Transmission power control for link-level handshaking in wireless sensor networks
  Advisor: Prof. Bulent Tavli
  

• M.Sc. Thesis
  Communication/computation trade-offs in wireless sensor networks: Comparing network-level and node-level strategies
  Advisor: Prof. Bulent Tavli
  Co-advisor: Prof. Kemal Bicakci
  

Honors & Recognition

• Elevation to IEEE Senior Member (2021), Awarded for significant professional contributions; achieved by fewer than 10% of IEEE members.
  

• Best Paper Award (Third Place), Utilization of multi-sink architectures for lifetime maximization in underwater sensor networks, IEEE Middle East and North Africa Communications Conference (MENACOMM) 2019, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
  

Technical Toolbox

Programming & Scientific Computing

Optimization & Mathematical Modeling

Development

Professional Development

• Reinforcement Learning Specialization, University of Alberta (Coursera), 2025
  

• Deep Learning Specialization, DeepLearning.AI (Coursera), 2025
  

• Machine Learning Specialization, DeepLearning.AI (Coursera), 2025