Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2006 - 2011)
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
Thesis advisor: Donhee Ham, Gordon McKay Professor of EE and of Applied Physics
Thesis title: Stable and Chaotic Electrical Pulse Oscillators
Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey (2004 - 2006)
M.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Thesis advisor: Tayfun Akin, Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Thesis title: High Performance Readout Electronics for Uncooled Infrared Detector Arrays
Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey (2000 - 2004)
B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, (GPA: 3.91/4.0)
Honors and Awards
Harvard Teaching Fellow Award (student evaluation score: 4.91/5.0), 2011
Analog Devices Outstanding Student Designer Award, 2009
Harvard Graduate Fellowship, 2006
Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey Fellowship, 2004 - 2005
Prime Ministry of Turkish Republic Fellowship, 2000 - 2003
Bulent Kerim Altay Award, springs 2000, 2001, and 2002
Awarded to the top student of the semester in EE Department at METU
Professional Experiences
Senior analog design engineer, Cavium, Marlborough, MA, 2011 - present.
Designing next generation communication circuits for multi-core microprocessors
Research assistant, Harvard RF-IC Lab (adviser: Professor Donhee Ham), Cambridge, MA, 2007 - 2011
Developed the fastest electrical mode-locked pulse oscillator (70-nm GaAs)
Developed the reflection soliton oscillator (discrete level)
Developed the first phase-locked electrical soliton oscillator (0.18-um CMOS)
Developed the first electrical chaotic soliton oscillator (discrete level)
Research assistant, METU MEMS Lab (adviser: Professor Tayfun Akin), Ankara, 2004 - 2006
Worked on CMOS readout electronics for uncooled microbolometer arrays for infrared camera applications
Developed the first dynamic nonuniformity compensation circuit for microbolometer arrays (0.6-um CMOS)
Research intern, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, Ankara, summers 2003
Designed a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) for synchronous dynamic RAM interface
Research intern, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, Ankara, summers 2002
Designed a dynamic power compensation card
Technical reviewer for, 2007 - present
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (T-MTT)
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC)
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II)
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (TBCAS)
ACS Nano Letters
Teaching Experiences
Teaching fellow, ES 154 (Electronic Devices and Circuits), Harvard, fall 2010
Teaching fellow, ES 154 (Electronic Devices and Circuits), Harvard, fall 2007
Teaching assistant, EE 312 (Digital Electronics), METU, spring 2006
Teaching assistant, EE 314 (Digital Electronics Laboratory), METU, spring 2006
Teaching assistant, EE 311 (Analog Electronics), METU, fall 2005
Teaching assistant, EE 313 (Analog Electronics Laboratory), METU, fall 2005
Teaching assistant, EE 312 (Digital Electronics), METU, spring 2005
Teaching assistant, EE 314 (Digital Electronics Laboratory), METU, spring 2005
Skills
Extensive IC design, tape-out, and test experience:
Design Software: EDA tools (Cadence, ADS), E&M tools (Sonnet)
Test Devices: Probe Station, Network and Spectrum Analyzers, Equivalent-time Oscilloscope
Other Software: PCB tools, Matlab, Xilinx, HPVEE, Coventorware, Multisim, C, Verilog
Selected Graduate Coursework
Harvard University: RF and High Speed Integrated Circuits, Solid State Physics, Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Classical Electromagnetism, Electrical Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials, Electronic and Photonic Semiconductor Devices
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): CMOS Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, Nano Electronics
METU: Transport Phenomena in Semiconductor Devices, Integrated Sensors and Sensor Systems (MEMS), Silicon Technology, Analog Integrated Circuits, Analog VLSI Design, Digital CMOS VLSI Design
Memberships and Activities
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) member, 2008 - present
APS (American Physical Society) member, 2010 - 2011
AEGEE (European Students' Forum) member, 2002 - 2006
Attended cultural events in Turkey, Poland, Russia, Finland, Estonia, Czech Republic, and Sweden
METU Rowing Team member, 2000 - 2003
Silver medal in Turkish National Rowing Championship