Curriculum Vitae

Name:
SERHAT
Surname:
CAKIR
Place of Birth:
Tekirdag, Turkey
Day of Birth:
7/6/1954

Education:

BS in Physics (Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University/METU-1978)
Ph.D. in Physics (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany-Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University/METU-1987)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. In Physics (Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University/METU-1991)

Scholarships:

METU Undergraduate Scholarship (1975-1978)
Max-Planck Institute Ph.D. Scholarship(1979-1983)

Foreign Languages:

German
English

Research Experiences:

Plasma Physics Group at Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany-1979-
Air Force Geophysical Research Institute, Boston, USA (1982)
Plasma Physics Group, METU 1983-
Butker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novasbirsk, Russia (1995-)

Professional Positions:

Student Assistantship Department of Physics, METU (1976-1978)
Research Assistantship, Department of Physics, METU (1983-1988)
Instructor Department of Physics, METU (1989- )
Advisor to the President of Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) (1991-1992)
Head of Informatics Division of TÜBİTAK (1993- 1995)
Member of High Council of Committees, YOK, (1996)
Advisor to the President of Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) (2000-)

Lectures given at METU:

Electromagnetic Theory (undergraduate and graduate)
Computational Physics (undergraduate)
Plasma Physics and MHD (undergraduate)
Modern Physics (undergraduate)
Optoelectronics I and II (undergraduate)

Supervised Thesis:

Vatankhah Saeideh, Magnetohydrodynamics Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (MS 1991)
Gity Samadi Hosseinali, Transport Of Ions in Matter (MS 1991)
Aliekber Akdağ, Open Systems in Plasma Physics, (MS 1993)
S. Eren San, Balloning Modes in Multiple-Mirror Magnetic Field, (1996)
Hilal Goktaş, Potential Calculation in Mirror Geometry, (1996)
Pinar Demir, Rayleigh Taylor Insabilities in Fusion Research, (2000)
Semih Kuter, Bending Losses in Step-Index and Graded Index Fiberoptic Waveguides, (2000)
Feza Büyükşahin, Computer Simulations on WDM Sistems,(2001)
Sema Salman, Series Solution of the Wave Equation in Optic Fiber Applications,(2001)
Aynur Özyürek, Asypmtotic Solutions of Integrable Wave Equation,(2002)
Evren Aydın, Pulse Dispersion in Nonhomogeneous Index Fibers (2002)
Burak Çamak, Modelling on Rayleigh Scattering in Optical Waveguide (2003)
Pınar Menteş, Corrugated Waveguides and Coupling(2002)
Başak Seçmen, Fiber Gyroscope (2003)
Şerife Yaprak, Numerical Solution of Wave Equation Using Runge-Kunte Method(2003)

Research Interest:

Ionosphere Plasma Instabilities with Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany
Modeling of Plasma Systems with Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany
Communication in Ionosphere with Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany
Computer Modeling and Plasma Potential Calculations in Open System with Prof. Dr. Viladimir Mirnov
Computer Modeling in Fiberoptic Waveguides

Project Coordinator:
Magnetic Mirror Confinement and Neutron Source, With the Collaboration of Budcker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP), Novasbirks, Russia (supported by TÜBITAK, DOPROG/501 ).
The Participants:
Assoc Prof.Dr. S. Çakir (Project Director), Prof.Dr. E. Kruglykov (BINP Coordinaator- Vise President of BINP), Prof.Dr. S. Bilikmen, Prof.Dr. A. Ivanov, Prof.Dr.O. Demokan, Prof.Dr.I. Kotelnikov, Prof.Dr. G.Gündüz, Prof.Dr. I. Lansky, Prof.Dr. V.V. Mirnov, Prof.Dr.Yu. Tsidko

Memberships:

TÜVEKA (Türkiye Üniversiteler ve Arastirma Kurumu Agi -Network of the Turkish Universities and Research Centers) (1993-1995)
UBAM ( Ulusal Bilgisayar Aglari Merkezi- National Computer Network Center), 1995
ODTÜ Ögretim Üyeleri Dernegi- METU Academic Union
TBD (Türk Bilisim Derneg-Turkish Informatics Union )
ISOC (Internet Society)

Curriculum Vitae

Name:SERHAT Surname:CAKIR Place of Birth:Tekirdag, Turkey Day of Birth:7/6/1954

Name:
SERHAT
Surname:
CAKIR
Place of Birth:
Tekirdag, Turkey
Day of Birth:
7/6/1954