| Bio: |
Dr. Ertekin received his BS. degree in mechanical
engineering from Istanbul Technical University
(ITÜ). Then, he attended the Business School
of Istanbul University and received a MS degree
in Production Management. After completing his
military service in the Turkish Navy, he worked
for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey
as a project engineer. He received dual MS. degrees
in Engineering Management and Mechanical engineering
in 1993 at University of Missouri Rolla. He worked
for Toyota Motor Corporation as a quality assurance
engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City,
Japan for four months during that time. He received
his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from University
of Missouri-Rolla in 1999. While working on his
Ph.D. dissertation, he worked as a quality engineer
for Lumbee Enterprises in St. Louis, Missouri.
His first teaching position was at the Architectural
and Manufacturing sciences department of Western
Kentucky University, Bowling Green-Kentucky. He
came to Tri-State University in 2003 to teach
mainly graduate courses in Master of Science in
Engineering Technology (MSET) program as well
as undergraduate courses in engineering technology
and mechanical engineering. His area of expertise
is in manufacturing processes, CAD/CAM, CNC machining,
quality control and dimensional metrology. His
research interest is in sensor based CNC machining,
machine tool accuracy enhancement, cutting tool
wear, machining process optimization, lean manufacturing,
design for manufacturing and Quality Control.
He likes very much living in Angola and enjoys
surrounding lakes and parks. High performance
cars including Formula 1 racing, swimming, soccer
and bicycle riding are among some of his hobbies.
He is married and has one daughter Aylin (seven
years old).
Internal Accomplishments (service)
• Faculty advisor of the student chapter
U173 of Society of Manufacturing Engineers at
TSU
• Our student chapter represented TSU during
Fort Wayne Business/Industry Exposition and Conference
in May 2006
• The student chapter sponsored a trip to
Chicago for participation in the International
Manufacturing Technology Show on September 9 and
10, 2006. Nine students attended this conference
• Two joint trips with both SME and ASME
chapter’s members in the fall of 2006. Visited
TCK Technologies (Bryan, OH) and Chase Brass (Bryan,
OH) plants
• Faculty advisor of Sigma Phi Delta fraternity
External Accomplishments/Activities
• Publications
• Kwon, Y., Tseng, B., Ertekin, Y., “Characterization
of Closed-Loop Measurement Accuracy in Precision
CNC Milling,” August 2006, Journal of Robotics
and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 4(22),
pp. 288-296
• Professional Development
• GDandT Fundamentals and Applications workshop
by SME, Mazak Technology Center, Florence, Kentucky,
October 2006
• 2006 ASEE Annual Conference; Chicago,
June 2006
• New Approaches in Materials and Manufacturing
Education Training, Chicago, June 2006
• Fundamentals of Mold Tooling, Tri-State
University Technology Center, May 2006
• Fort Wayne Business/Industry Exposition
and Conference, May 2006
• Member, Faculty Development Committee
• Academic-related Grants Applications at
TSU
• Integrating High Speed Computer Numerical
Control Machining and Modern Metrology Equipment
into Engineering Technology Associate Degree Curricula.
Sponsoring: NE Indiana Strategic Skills Initiative
Grant Total/Duration: $360,000/2 years PI: Yalcin
Ertekin, Co-PI: Denny Springer (TSU-Technology
Center), Kevin Bevan (GBI-Cincinnati) |
