Prof. HÜSEYİN KÜRŞAT ÇELİK

Dr Çelik completed his first BSc (2003) and MSc (2006) degrees at the Dept. of Mechanical Education, Kocaeli University (Turkey) and obtained his second BSc degree at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Engineering Completion Program), Faculty of Engineering, Akdeniz University (Turkey) (2022). He completed his PhD degree at Dept. of Agricultural Machinery, Akdeniz University (2013). He worked as a Research Assistant at Akdeniz University between 2007 and 2013, and received the positions of Assistant Professor in 2013 and Associate Professor in 2018.

His main research interests are Computer Aided Design and Engineering, Engineering Simulations, Finite Element Method/Analysis, Structural Optimization, Materials Testing, Experimental Stress Analysis, Agricultural Machinery/Equipment Design, Reverse Engineering and Additive Manufacturing Applications.

Dr Çelik has more than fifteen years of professional and applied engineering experience in the machine design - manufacturing industry and academia. He has advanced user certificates related to engineering design and simulation software specific to his field. He has participated in joint research projects supported by scientific/industrial funds in Turkey and the United Kingdom (Lancaster University) and has more than 100 scientific studies published in both national and international scientific arenas, peer-reviewed journals, congress/conference proceedings and industrial journals.

Dr Çelik is currently a faculty member at Akdeniz University and has been actively participating in research activities as a visiting researcher at Lancaster University, England, since 2009.