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EDUCATION
B. S. (1989 - 1993) Mechanical Engineering Department, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
M. S. (1993 - 1996) Mechanical Engineering Department, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Ph. D. (1999 - 2004) Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
04/2006 - ..............: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
01/2005 - 04/2005: Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
08/2004 - 12/2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA
09/1999 - 07/2004: Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
07/1994 - 08/1999: Research/Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
PROJECTS
· NATO, Collaborative Linkage Grant: CBP.NUKR.CLG 983749
Heat Transfer Enhancement with Nano Particles in Forced Convection Flow in Channels
January 2010 - December 2011, Budget: 10000 €
· TUBITAK, 3501 Career Award: 106M341
The Effects of Acoustic Streaming on Heat Transfer in an Enclosure
February 2007 - January 2010, Budget: 185000 TL
RESEARCH INTERESTS
· Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of acoustic-fluid dynamic interactions in gases and liquids
· Theoretical and experimental investigations of transport processes in compressible and incompressible media
· High-frequency oscillatory flow applications
· Micro-scale heat transfer and fluid mechanics applications
· Heat transfer in nanofluids
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Book:
M. Aktas, “CFD Analysis of Nonzero Mean Oscillatory Flows” Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 3838345762, Saarbrücken, Germany (2010).
Journal Articles (Indexed by SCI):
1. M. K. Aktas, T. Ozgumus, “Numerical investigation of the effects of a transverse temperature gradient on the formation of regular and irregular acoustic streaming in an enclosure” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 225 (2011) pp. 132 - 144.
2. M. K. Aktas, T. Ozgumus, “The effects of acoustic streaming on thermal convection in an enclosure with differentially heated horizontal walls” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53 (2010) pp. 5289 - 5297.
3. M. K. Aktas, T. Ozgumus, “Nonzero mean oscillatory flow in symmetrically heated shallow enclosures: Analysis of acoustic streaming” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 57 (2010) pp. 869 - 891.
4. M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, Y. Lin, “Heat transfer enhancement by acoustic streaming in an enclosure” Journal of Heat Transfer, 127 (2005) pp. 1313-1321.
5. M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, P. Narayan, M. A. Wheatley, “A numerical study of the generation and propagation of thermoacoustic waves in water” Physics of Fluids, 16 (2004) pp. 3786-3794.
6. M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, “Numerical simulation of acoustic streaming generated by finite amplitude resonant oscillations in an enclosure” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116 (2004) pp. 2822-2831.
7. M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, “Numerical simulation of developing natural convection in an enclosure due to rapid heating” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 46 (2003) pp. 2253-2261.
8. S. Baskaya, M. K. Aktas, N. Onur, “Numerical simulation of the effects of plate separation and inclination on heat transfer in buoyancy driven open channels” Heat and Mass Transfer, 35 (1999) pp. 273-280.
9. N. Onur, M. K. Aktas, “An experimental study on the effect of opposing wall on natural convection along an inclined hot plate facing downward” International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 25 (3) (1998) pp. 389-397.
10. N. Onur, M. Sivrioglu, M. K. Aktas, “An experimental study on the natural convection heat transfer between inclined plates” Heat and Mass Transfer, 32 (1997) pp. 471-476.
Conference Publications:
1. M. K. Aktas, “Simetrik Olarak Isýtýlan Kapalý bir Ortamda Akustik Etkiyle Oluþturulan Ýkinci Mertebe Girdaplarýn Sayýsal Olarak Ýncelenmesi” 18. Ulusal Isý Bilimi ve Tekniði Kongresi, Zonguldak, 7-10 Eylül, 2011.
2. M. K. Aktas, “Thermal Convection of a Water-Based Nanofluid in an Enclosure with an Oscillating Wall” WCE 2011 World Congress on Engineering 2011, London, UK, July 2011.
3. M. K. Aktas, “Acoustic Streaming Induced Thermal Convection in an Enclosure Subject to Uniform Heat Flux” IHTC’14 International Heat Transfer Conference, Washington, DC, USA, August 2010.
4. M. K. Aktas, T. Ozgumus, “Heat Transfer Enhancement by Irregular Acoustic Streaming in a Shallow Enclosure” 2009 ASME-Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, USA, July 19-23, 2009.
5. M. K. Aktas, T. Ozgumus, “Computational Study of Irregular Acoustic Streaming Flows in an Enclosure Subject to a Transverse Temperature Gradient” Int. Symp. on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Sustainable Energy, Tunusia, April 26 - May 1, 2009.
6. T. Ozgumus, M. K. Aktas, “Kapalý bir ortamda akustik etkiyle oluþturulan ikinci mertebe girdaplarýn sayýsal olarak incelenmesi” 17. Ulusal Isý Bilimi ve Tekniði Kongresi, Sivas, 24-27 Haziran, 2009.
7. Z. Lei, M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, E. S. Oran, “Generation and Propagation of Thermoacoustic Waves in Mildly Supercritical Carbon Dioxide” ASME-ICEME, ICEME2004-60578, 1-9, Anaheim, CA, November 2004.
8. M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, “Simulation of acoustic streaming in a resonator” ASME-HTFED, HTFED2004-56178, Charlotte, VA, July 2004.
9. B. Farouk, M. K. Aktas, “Acoustically Excited and Thermoacoustically induced flows and heat transfer” ICME 2003, pp. 1-9, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2003.
10. M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, “Numerical simulation of thermoacoustic wave generation and propagation in water” Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Fluid Dynamics Division, Vol. 48, No. 10, pp. 241, Meadowlands, NJ, November 2003.
11. M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, E. S. Oran, “Prediction of acoustic streaming flows generated by standing waves in enclosures” Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Fluid Dynamics Division, Vol. 48, No. 10, pp. 249, Meadowlands, NJ, November, 2003.
12. M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, “Convective heat transfer in differentially heated enclosure due to acoustic excitations” ASME-ICEME, ICEME2003-42134, pp. 1-9, Washington, DC, November 2003.
13. M. K. Aktas, B. Farouk, “Interaction of thermoacoustic waves and buoyancy-induced flows in an enclosure” IHTC’12 International Heat Transfer Conference, pp.573-578, Grenoble, France, August 2002.
14. N. Onur, M. Sivrioglu, M. K. Aktas, “Investigation of the effects of an opposing wall on natural convection from an inclined hot plate facing upward/downward” MAMKON’97 First Mechanical Engineering Conference, pp. 66-73, Istanbul, Turkey, June 1997 (in Turkish).
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