Dr. Fahrettin Ozturk currently works as a Chairman of the Board at TUSAS Engine Industries Inc. (TEI), Executive Vice President at Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc., and as a faculty member in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University.

Professor Ozturk received all his degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and graduated from Konya Selçuk University, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1992. He then received his M.Sc. from the University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA in 1996 and his Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA in 2002. During his time in the USA, he worked at the General Electric Research Center for 3 years.

Prior to Turkish Aerospace Industries, Professor Fahrettin Ozturk worked at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University (formerly Niğde University), Khalifa University (formerly The Petroleum Institute (PI)), and Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University respectively. Dr. Ozturk's main areas of expertise are; Additive Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technologies, Mechanics of Solid Bodies, Composite Materials, Construction and Manufacturing, Machine Design and Machine Elements, Material Characterization, Material Design and Behavior, Materials and Manufacturing, Finite Element Analysis, and Machining. He has published 3 Books, numerous Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Conference Proceedings, and also writes columns on various topics. It contributes to the awareness of the society.

Education

Ph.D.(1996 - 2002)

- Mechanical Engineering

- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

M.S.(1994 -1996)

-Mechanical Engineering

- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

B.S.(1988 - 1992)

-Mechanical Engineering

-Selcuk Universitesi, Konya, TURKEY.
(Ranked first among the graduates in the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1992.)