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Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey
About Huseyin Sehitoglu
- Hüseyin Sehitoglu (born October 23, 1957 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish mechanical engineer who holds the John, Alice, and Sarah Nyquist Endowed Chair at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States. Hüseyin Sehitoglu received a B.S.
- in mechanical engineering from City University London, in 1979, and a M.S., and Ph.D.
- in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in 1981 and 1983, respectively.Professor Sehitoglu served as department head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Illinois from 2004 to 2009.
- He was named a Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professor from 2000-2004 and then a C.J.
- Gauthier Professor from 2004-2008.
- In 2008, Sehitoglu was named the first ever John, Alice, and Sarah Nyquist Endowed Chair in Mechanical Science and Engineering.
- In addition, Professor Sehitoglu is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and was a recipient of the society's Nadai Medal in 2007.
- From 2003 to 2008 Sehitoglu was Editor of the ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology.
- In 2012, Sehitoglu was awarded by the University of Illinois for his excellence in graduate-level mentoring.
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