Title:
Assistant Professor
Room / Office:
M4205
Phone Number:
+90 212 359 48 82
Fax Number:
+90 212 287 24 56
sertan.alkan@boun.edu.tr
Degrees:
- Ph.D. 2017, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
- M.S. 2013, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
- B.S. 2010, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Experience:
- Assistant Professor, Boğaziçi University, Turkey, 2018-
- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2017-2018
- Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2012-2017
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011-2012
Courses Taught:
- ME 345 Mechanics of Materials
Research Interests:
- Shape memory alloys
- Plasticity
- Metal Fatigue
Awards & Honors:
- University of Illinois Exceptional Publications Award, 2017
Publications:
- S. Alkan, H Sehitoglu, Plastic flow resistance of NiTiCu shape memory alloy-theory and experiments, Acta Materialia, 163, 173-188, 2019
- S. Alkan, A. Ojha, H. Sehitoglu, The Complexity of Non-Schmid Behavior in the CuZnAl Shape Memory Alloy, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,114, 238-257, 2018
- S. Alkan, H. Sehitoglu, Dislocation core effects on slip response of NiTi- a key to understanding shape memory, International Journal of Plasticity, 97, 126-144, 2017
- S. Alkan, P.Chowdhury, H. Sehitoglu, R.Rateick, H.J.Maier, Role of Nanotwins on Fatigue Crack Growth Resistance -Experiments and Theory, International Journal of Fatigue, 84, 28-39, 2016
- A. Ojha, S.Alkan, L.Patriarca, H. Sehitoglu, Y.Chumlyakov, Shape memory behavior in Fe3Al- Modeling and Experiments, Philosophical Magazine, 25,2553-2570, 2015
