Ali Ecder

Title: 
Associate Professor
Room / Office: 
M4225
Phone Number: 
+90 212 359 4574
Fax Number: 
+90 212 287 2456
ecder@boun.edu.tr
Degrees: 
  • Ph.D. 1992, M.Phil., M.S., Yale University , USA
  • M.S. 1986, B.S. 1984, Bogazici University , Istanbul, Turkey
  • Robert College 1980, Istanbul, Turkey
Experience: 
  • Associate Dean, School of Engineering, 2006-2009
  • Associate Director, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, 2006
  • Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2011-2013
Courses Taught: 
  • ME 207 Probability and Statistics for ME
  • ME 263 Thermodynamics I
  • ME 303 Computer Applications in Mechanical Engineering
  • ME 353 Fluid Mechanics I
  • ME 362 Heat Transfer
  • ME 451 Applied Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 453 Gas Dynamics
  • ME 455 Fluid Mechanics II
  • ME 466 Thermodynamics II
  • ME 501 Advanced Engineering Mathematics I
  • ME 502 Advanced Engineering Mathematics II
  • ME 551 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 561 Conduction Heat Transfer
  • ME 579 Graduate Seminar
  • ME 581 Aerodynamics
  • ME 652 Viscous Flow Theory
  • ME 656 Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • ME 662 Convective Heat Transfer
  • AUTO 511 Vehicle Aerodynamics
  • CHE 232 Chemical Engineering I: Fluid Mechanics
  • CHE 333 Chemical Engineering II: Heat Transfer
Research Interests: 
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and High Performance Computing
  • Heat Transfer, Aerodynamics, Gas Dynamics, Transonic Flow, Turbulence
  • Combustion, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Semi-Conductor Device Simulations
  • Non-Newtonian Fluids, Solidification, Acoustics, Two-Phase Flow
  • Numerical Analysis, Krylov Subspace Methods, Preconditioning
  • Parallel and Scientific Computing
  • Domain Decomposition, Multi-Grid / Multi-Level Techniques
Awards & Honors: 
  • Bogazici University "Excellence in Teaching" Award, 2000
  • ASME Region XIII "Faculty Advisor" Award, 1999
  • Harold Cheel Fellowship, 1987-1988
  • Yale University Fellowship, 1986-1987
  • Turkish National Science Foundation - TUBITAK Scholarship, 1981-1986
Publications: 
  • Turk U., Turan E., Orhan M., and Ecder A., "An adaptive time-stepping strategy for the implicit solution of steady transonic flow", Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, vol. 15, issue:3, pp. 135-143, (2015). 
  • Danis E., Orhan M. and Ecder A., "ISPH Modeling of Transient Natural Convection", Int. J. Computational Fluid Dynamics, 27 (1), 15-31 (2013).
  • Turan E. and Ecder A. "Analysis of a Bimetallic Slab in Non-Isothermal Flow", IMechE Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science, 225 (3), 658-672 (2011).
  • Kaptan Y., Ecder A. and Atalik K. "Rotating-Surface-Driven Non-Newtonian Flow in a Cylindrical Enclosure", Korea-Australia Rheology Journal, 22(4), 265-272 (2010).
  • Turan E., Basol A. M., Saygin H. and Ecder A. "Resolving Non-Symmetry in Flows via Subdomain Shifts ", Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, 15(3) :349-370 (2010).
  • Kaptan Y., Ecder A. and Atalik K. "Computational Parametric Analysis of Rotating Surface Flow", IMechE Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science, 223, 889-899 (2009).
  • Kaptan Y., Buyruk E. and Ecder A. "Numerical Investigation of Fouling Heat Exchanger Tubes with Conjugated Heat Transfer Aooroach", International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 35, 1153-1158 (2008).
  • Orhan M., Ecder, A., and Tezel A., "Thermal Creep Flow of Rarefied Gases in Rectangular Enclosures; A Comparison between the Navier-Stokes and Burnett Models", Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, v 7, n 7, 404-413 (2007)
  • Ilicak M., Ecder, A., and Turan E., "Operator Splitting Techniques for the Numerical Analysis of Natural Convection Heat Transfer", International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 84:6, 783-793 (2007)
  • Ecder, A., Ünsal, R., "Multiple-Domain Analysis of Combustion of a Spherical Fuel Droplet", International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics , 8:103-106 (2007).
  • Orhan, M., Ecder, A., Tezel, A., "Stability of thermal transpiration flows in rectangular enclosures – Axisymmetric disturbances", International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 34, 83-92 (2007).
  • Ullum U., Wright J., Dayi O., Ecder, A., Soulaïmani A., Piche R. and Kamath H., "Reduction of Rotating Stall within an Impeller of a Centrifugal Pump Based upon Measured Pressure and Velocity Data", Journal of Physics (CS), Volume 52, pp. 36-45, 2006.
  • Ecder, A. “Partitioning Strategies for Parallel Domain Decomposition in Modelling Transport Phenomena", Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Volume 1, Number 4, pp. 188-193, 2001.