CV

CIHANGIR DURAN
30.08.2015

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Date of Birth: 30.09.1971
Place of Birth: Turkey
Address: Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Materials Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey
E-mail: cihangirduran@yahoo.com and cduran@ybu.edu.tr

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Education:
Degree Department Institution Year

Middle East Technical University, Ankara,

B.Sc. Metallurgical Engineering 1994
Turkey

Materials Science and Gebze Technical University (formerly Gebze

M.Sc. 1996
Engineering Institute of Technology), Kocaeli, Turkey

Materials Science and

Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA 2001
Engineering

Work Experience:
Year Title Institution Department
Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Materials Engineering
4/2013 – Cont. Prof. Dr.
Ankara, Turkey (Head since 6/2014)

6/2014-9/2014
Visiting NASA Glenn Research Center, Ceramics Branch
Scientist Cleveland, OH, USA
4/2013 – 6/2014 Meteksan Savunma Sanayii A.Ş.
Technical Underwater Acoustic
(Meteksan Defense Industry Inc.),
10/2014- 7/2015 Advisor System Engineering
Ankara, Turkey
Technology
Meteksan Savunma Sanayii A.Ş.
Research Underwater Acoustic
2/2010 - 4/2013 (Meteksan Defense Industry Inc.),
Leader / System Engineering
Ankara, Turkey
Manager
Part time Yeditepe University, İstanbul, Faculty of Arts and
2006-2009
instructor Turkey Sciences
Founding co- MSE Teknoloji A.Ş. (MSE Ceramics processing and
2007-2010
partner Technology Inc), Kocaeli, Turkey Sonar technologies
3/2006 – 2/2010 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gebze Technical University, Materials Science and
 Kocaeli, Turkey Engineering
Gebze Technical University, Materials Science and
2/2002 – 3/2006 Assist. Prof. Dr.
Kocaeli, Turkey Engineering
11/2003-2/2005,
National Institute of Advanced Advanced Sintering
7/2005-9/2005, Visiting
Industrial Science and Technology Technology Group
6/2006-9/2006, Scientist
(AIST), Nagoya, Japan
6/2008-9/2008
Post-doctoral Pennsylvania State University, PA, Materials Science and
8/2001- 2/2002
Fellow USA Engineering
Research Pennsylvania State University, PA, Materials Science and
8/1998 – 8/2001
Assistant USA Engineering
Research Gebze Technical University, Materials Science and
8/1994 - 2/2002
Assistant Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Turkey Engineering

EDUCATION:
 1996 to 2001: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
PhD Degree: Materials Science and Engineering, Ceramic Science Option
Thesis: “Fabrication and electrical properties of textured Sr 0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6 ceramics prepared by
templated grain growth";
Key words: Ceramic powder synthesis by solid state, hydrothermal, precipitation, and molten salt
methods; Crystal growth by flux method; Tape casting; Sintering; Texture; Electrical
characterization (dielectric, piezoelectric, pyroelectric properties); Characterization (XRD, SEM);
Processing-microstructure-property relations; Modeling
Advisors: Dr. Gary L. Messing and Dr. Susan Trolier-McKinstry
Ph.D. Committee: Robert E. Newnham, L. Eric Cross, Clive A. Randall

 1994 to 1996: Gebze Institute of Technology, Gebze/Kocaeli, TURKEY.

MSc Degree: Materials Science and Engineering
Thesis: “Effect of liquid phase and sintering conditions on the properties of Cr 3C2/NiFe and
Cr3C2/CrNi cermets”
Key words: Hard materials; Sintering; Densification; Hardness; Fracture toughness; Anisotropic
grain growth.
Advisor: Dr. Ahmet Ayhan and Dr. Şerafettin Eroğlu (now at Istanbul University)

 1989 to 1994: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY

BSc Degree: Metallurgical Engineering

 Seydişehir High School, Konya, Turkey

EXPERIENCE:
 04/2013 – Cont.: Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Materials Engineering Department, Ankara,
TURKEY
Professor

06/2014- Cont.: Department Head

Courses taught:
MCE201 Materials Science (for Mechanical Engineering Department)
MSE205 Materials Characterization Techniques
ENGR214 Materials for Engineers (for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department)
MSE304 Processing of Materials II
MSE302 Materials Processing Lab II
MSE517 Sintering Theory
MSE530 Advanced Ceramic Processing
MSE537 Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques

 NASA Glenn Research Center, Ceramics Branch, Cleveland, OH, USA

06/2014-09/2014: Visiting Scientist (at the Dr. Alp Şehirlioğlu’s group)

Textured thermoelectric ceramics and their characterizations

 Meteksan Savunma Sanayii A.Ş. (Defence Industry), Ankara, TURKEY

10/2014 – 7/2015.: Technical Advisor

04/2013– 06/2014: Technical Advisor
02/2010 – 04/2013: Technology Research Leader and Underwater Acoustics System Engineering
Manager
Technical management of underwater acoustics projects given by Undersecretariat for Defence
Industries of Turkey such as MİLGEM Sonar (national sonar projects) and other confidential
projects; Proposal preparation and project management; Establishment of acoustic infrastructure
such as ceramic fabrication, transducer fabrication and test facilities (open lake, pressure tank, etc.);
Ceramic composition preparation, powder synthesis, sintering and electrical characterization;
Design, fabrication and characterization of underwater devices such as active and passive
transducers, flank arrays, planar and conformal arrays, and vector sensors, etc.; Application of
Materials Science and Engineering approach to the acoustics field such as development of
mechanically-strong but acoustically-transparent fiber-reinforced polymer composite parts to be
used at deep water.

 MSE Teknoloji Ltd., Gebze/Kocaeli, TURKEY

2007-2010: Founding Co-partner

Design and fabrication of advanced ceramics such as underwater devices, ceramic filters and
crucibles for high temperature use; Design and fabrication of laboratory devices such as attrition
and ball mills, manual and automatic presses, tape caster, cold isostatic presses and similar ones;
Technical management of ceramic and acoustic-related projects.

 Yeditepe University, Istanbul, TURKEY

2006-2009: Part-time instructor

Courses taught:
Math 171 and 172: Calculus for Economics Students I and II

 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Advanced Sintering
Technology Group, Japan

11/2003-2/2005, 7/2005-9/2005, 6/2006-9/2006 and 6/2008-9/2008: Visiting Scientist (at the Dr.
Koji Watari’s group)
Nano powder (e.g., ZrO2 and BaTiO3) synthesis by hydrothermal, hydrothermal-ball milling and
precipitation methods, aqueous dispersion and sintering of nano ZrO2 powders, fabrication of
macroporous materials, covalently bonded particles in SiO 2 green bodies prepared by tape casting,
extrusion of Al2O3 and Si3N4 ceramics with organic and inorganic binders, sintering and
characterization (XRD, SEM, FTIR, etc.).

 Gebze Institute of Technology (now Gebze Technical University), Materials Science and
Engineering Department, Gebze/Kocaeli, TURKEY

3/2006 – 2/2010: Associate Professor

2/2002 –3/2006: Assistant Professor
8/1994 – 2/2002: Research Assistant
Processing-microstructure-property relations in electronic (e.g., KSr2Nb5O15, (Pb,Ba)Nb2O6,
(Sr,Ba)TiO3, BaTiO3, lead-based relaxors, PZT, etc.) and structural (e.g., carbide, nitride, boride,
mullite and alumina-based) ceramics. Nanopowder synthesis by top-down (e.g., high energy
mechanical milling) and bottom-up (e.g., chemical methods such as precipitation and hydrothermal)
methods and nanopowder processing by colloidal methods such as dispersion and tape casting.

Courses taught:
MBM304 Crystal Chemistry
MBM362 Materials Processing II (Ceramic Processing)
MBM463 Ceramic Powder Synthesis by Chemical Methods
MBM562 Advanced Ceramic Processing
MBM663 Sintering Theory
MBM614 Point Defects in Solids

M.Sc. Thesis Advised:

Investigation of the electrical and mechanical properties of ferroelectric ceramics/ Ceren Efe 2007
Investigation of the stability and the rheological properties of aqueous suspensions of barium
titanate powders/ Aslı Çelebi 2007
Fabrication and characterization of ceramics for solid oxide fuel cells applications/ Ezgi Demiralp
2009
Powder synthesis, fabrication and characterization of electroceramic undoped and doped
Pb(Zr,Ti)O3]/ İdil Ayan 2009
Powder synthesis, fabrication and characterizations of lead-based electroceramics / Erdem Akça
2010
Fabricating and characterization of barium titanate based ceramics/ Serkan Ersoy 2010

M.Sc. Thesis Co-advised:

Production of textured ferroelectric KSr2Nb5O15 ceramics by using template particles / Kağan
Yurdal 2004
Dielectric, piezoelectric and electromechanical characterization of lead-based electronic ceramics /
İstek Erdağ 2011
Processing of electrolyte, anode and cathode ceramic materials for solid oxide fuel cells and
investigation of their ionic conductivity properties / Burcu Yılmaz 2011

 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

8/2001- 2/2002: Postdoctoral Fellow
Texturing of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 ceramics by templated grain growth, using SrTiO3 templates.

 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

8/1998 – 8/2001: Research Assistant:
Fabrication and electrical properties in (Sr,Ba)Nb2O6, Pb(Zr,Ti)O3, Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-PbTiO3,
Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3, Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 ceramics; Microstructure control by templated
grain growth; Processing-property relations

 Powder Metal Inc., İstanbul, TURKEY

6/1993 - 8/1993:Summer practice
Fabrication of various products such as electrical contact and automobile parts, using powder
metallurgy techniques.

 Seydişehir Aluminum Plant, Seydişehir, TURKEY

6/1992 - 8/1992:Summer practice:
Melting and alloying of aluminum in induction furnace

PROJECTS:
1. Fabrication and characterization of novel ferroelectric materials with improved properties,
Project Manager (2003-2005), State Planning Organization of Turkey.
2. Texture development and electrical properties of ferroelectric ceramics with tungsten bronze
crystal structure, Project Manager (2003-2005), TÜBİTAK (MİSAG 245)
3. Molten salt synthesis and characterization of single crystal, shape-anisotropic (e.g., acicular
or platelet) ceramic particles, Project Manager (2002-2003), Gebze Institute of Technology-
Scientific Research Projects (02-B-03-01-13)
4. Design of sonars and fabrication by gel casting method, Project Researcher, (2002-2004)
TÜBİTAK ( MİSAG 202)
5. Superhigh energy milling in the production of hard alloys, ceramic and composite materials-
Proposal Acronym: ACTIVATION (# 505885-1), European Frame Program 6 (2004-2007)
 6. Improving the toughness of mullite/ZrO2-based composites by templated grain growth and
transformation toughening methods and modeling of mechanisms contributing to the
toughness enhancement, Project Researcher, (2005-2009) TÜBİTAK
7. Fabrication of multilayer actuators from textured Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 single layers,
Project Researcher, (2005-2007) TÜBİTAK (MISAG 104 M 189)
8. Designing, fabrication and characterization of underwater acoustic devices
(Transducers/hydrophones), Project Manager (2007-2010), TÜBİTAK (107M333)
9. Mechanical activation, low temperature sintering and mechanical properties of ZrB 2 and
ZrB2–based ceramics, Project Researcher (15.05.2009-14.05.2011) Bor Institute (BOREN).
10. Designing and fabrication of underwater acoustic devices using piezoelectric ceramics
(KOSGEB project, 2007-2009), Project Manager (with MSE Teknoloji Ltd.)
11. Fabrication of nebulizers (cold water mist generator) using piezoelectric ceramics
(TUBİTAK-TEYDEB project (2008-2009), Project Manager, (with MSE Teknoloji Ltd.)
12. Si3N4-based ceramic powder synthesis and characterization, TUBİTAK-TEYDEB project
(2008-2010), Project Manager, (with MSE Teknoloji Ltd.)
13. Deagglomeration of submicron and nanoparticles of ceramic materials and detonation
diamond, 2010-2012, Tübitak-Rusya Temel Araştırmalar Vakfı (RFBR) Joint Project
between Turkey and Russia (109M712), Project Researcher
14. Confidential projects related to underwater acoustics transducer and array designs given by
Undersecretariat for Defence Industries of Turkey (2010-2012), Project Engineering
Manager (with Meteksan Savunma Sanayii A.Ş.)
15. Fabrication of underwater acoustic transducers using Pb(Mg 1/3Nb2/3)O3-Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-
PbTiO3 piezoceramics, Project Manager (2013-2014), Yıldırım Beyazıt University-
Scientific Research Projects (No:664)
16. Establishment of the Materials Engineering Infrastructure, Project Manager (2014-2015),
Yıldırım Beyazıt University-Scientific Research Projects (No:1674)
17. Establishment of the Materials Engineering Infrastructure, Project Manager (2015), Yıldırım
Beyazıt University-Scientific Research Projects (No:1965)

PUBLICATIONS:
1. S. Eroglu and C. Duran, “Processing and properties of a 85%Cr3C2-10.5%Ni-4.5%Fe cermet,”
Scripta Materialia, 37[7], pp.991-997 (1997).
2. C. Duran and S. Eroglu, “Liquid-phase sintering and properties of Cr 3C2/NiCr cermets”, Journal
of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 74, pp.69-73 (1998).
3. C. Duran, S. Trolier-McKinstry, and G. L. Messing, “Fabrication and electrical properties of
textured Sr0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6 ceramics by templated grain growth,” Journal of the American Ceramic
Society, 83[9], pp. 2203-2213 (2000) (146+ citations)
4. C. Duran, G. L. Messing, and S. Trolier-McKinstry, “Densification and phase formation in
seeded, reactively sintered Sr0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6 ceramics,” Journal of Materials Science, 37, 5041-5049
(2002).
5. C. Duran, S. Trolier-McKinstry, and G. L. Messing, “Dielectric and piezoelectric properties of
textured Sr0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6 ceramics prepared by templated grain growth”, Journal of Materials
Research, 18 [1], 228-238 (2003).
6. C. Duran, S. Trolier-McKinstry, and G. L. Messing, “Processing and Electrical Properties of
0.5Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-0.5PbTiO3 ceramics,” Journal of Electroceramics, 10[1], 47-55 (2003).
7. K. Yurdal, C. Duran, S. Alkoy, and H. I. Bakan “Texture development in KSr 2Nb5O15 ceramics
fabricated by reactive templated grain growth,” Key Engineering Materials Vol.264-268, pp.1285-
89 (2004).
8. C. Duran, G. L. Messing, and S. Trolier-McKinstry, “Molten salt synthesis of anisometric
particles in the SrO-Nb2O5-BaO system,” Materials Research Bulletin Vol. 39/11, pp. 1679-89
(2004).
9. G. L. Messing, E. M. Sabolsky, S. Trolier-McKinstry, C. Duran, S. Kwon, B. Brahmaroutu, P.
Park, H. Yilmaz, P.W. Rehrig, K. B. Eitel, E. Suvaci and M. Seabaugh, “Templated Grain Growth
of Textured Piezoelectric Ceramics” Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences Vol. 29,
pp. 49-96 (2004) (244+citations)
10. C. Duran and Y. K. Tur, “Templated Grain Growth of Textured Mullite/Zirconia Composites”
Materials Letters Vol. 59/2-3, pp 245-249 (2005)
11. C. Duran, J. Yu, K. Sato, Y. Hotta, and K. Watari, “Colloidal Processing, Surface
Characterization and Sintering of Nano ZrO2 Powders,” Journal of Materials Research Vol. 20[5],
pp 1348-55 (2005)
12. Y. Jia, Y. Hotta, C. Duran, K. Sato and K. Watari, “Kinetic study on Nano-ZrO2 from ZrOCl2
solution modified with diglycol,” Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 113(5), pp 380-382
(2005)
13. Y. Jia, C. Duran, Y. Hotta, K. Sato and K. Watari, “The effect of polyelectrolyte on preparing
macroporous ZrO2 ceramics” Journal of Materials Science 40, pp. 2903 – 2909, (2005)
14. Y. Jia, C. Duran, Y. Hotta, K. Sato and K. Watari, “Macroporous ZrO2 ceramics prepared from
colloidally stable nanoparticles building blocks and organic templates” Journal of Colloid and
Interface Science 291 (2005) 292–295
15. C. Duran, J. Yu, Y. Hotta, K. Sato, and K. Watari, “Hydrothermal synthesis of nano ZrO 2
powders” Key Engineering Materials 317-318 (2006) pp. 195-198
16. W. Chen, S. Kume, C. Duran and K. Watari, “Preparation of single crystalline Sr 0.5Ba0.5Nb2O6
particles” Journal of the European Ceramic Society 26[4-5] (2006) pp. 647-653
17. W. Chen, S. Kume, C. Duran and K. Watari, “Effect of different salts on fabrication of
Sr0.5Ba0.5Nb2O6 particles in molten salt synthesis,” Key Engineering Materials 317-318 (2006) pp.
69-72
18. C. Duran and Y. K. Tur, “Phase Formation and Texture Development in Mullite/Zirconia
Composites Fabricated by Templated Grain Growth”, Journal of Materials Science, 41 (2006)
3303-3313
19. C. Duran, “Processing and ferroelectric behavior of textured KSr 2Nb5O15 ceramics”, Journal of
Materials Science, 41 (22) (2006) 7620-7627
20. T. Wlodek, M. Sopicka-Lizer, H. Gocmez and C. Duran “Influence of the milling environment
on the reaction progress in the Si-Al 2O3 system” Journal of the European Ceramic Society,27(2-3)
(2007) 739-742
21. C. Duran, Y. Hotta, K. Sato, and K. Watari “Covalently Connected Particles in Green Bodies
Fabricated by Tape Casting”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 90 [1] 279–282 (2007)
22. T. Nagaoka, C. Duran, T. Isobe, Y. Hotta and K.i Watari, “Hydraulic Alumina Binder for
Extrusion of Alumina Ceramics”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society,90 [12] 3998–4001
(2007)
23. Y. Hotta, C. Duran, K. Sato, T. Nagaoka and K. Watari “Densification and Grain Growth in
BaTiO3 Ceramics Fabricated from Nanopowders Synthesized by Ball-milling Assisted
Hydrothermal Reaction” Journal of the European Ceramic Society 28, 599–604 (2008)
24. C. Duran, H. Gocmez and H. Yilmaz “Dispersion of mechanochemically-activated SiC and
Al2O3 powders” Materials Science and Engineering A 475 [1-2], 23-26 (2008)
25. Y. Hotta, K. Tsunekawa, C. Duran, K. Sato, T. Nagaoka and K. Watari “Low-temperature
sintering of BaTiO3 powders prepared by hydrothermal process with ball milling system” Materials
Science and Engineering A 475 [1-2], 57-61 (2008)
26. S. Alkoy, C. Duran and D. A. Hall, “Electrical properties of textured KSr2Nb5O15 ceramics
fabricated by reactive templated grain growth”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 91 [5]
1597–1602 (2008)
27. E. Yassıtepe, C.Öztürk, H.C. Yatmaz, K.Öztürk, C.Duran “Photocatalytic Efficiency of ZnO
Plates in Degradation of Azo Dye Solutions” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A:
Chemistry, 198, 1–6 (2008).
28. C. Duran, K. Sato, Y. Hotta, T. Nagaoka, and K. Watari, “Eco-friendly processing and methods
for ceramic materials – A review”, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan,116[11], 1175-1181
(2008)
29. Erdem AKÇA, Hüseyin YILMAZ and Cihangir DURAN “Processing and electrical properties
in lead-based (Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3, Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3, PbTiO3) systems”, Journal of the American
Ceramic Society, 93[1], 28–31 (2010)
30. H. Gocmez, M. Tuncer, Z. Gokyer, H. Fujimori, C. Duran “The preparation and
characterization of Al2O3 / ZrO2 nanocrystalline composite by a simple gel method" Materials Sci.
Eng. B, 173, 80-83 (2010)
31. S. Dursun and C. Duran, “Processing and electrical properties of Pb0.6Ba0.4Nb2O6 ceramics”,
Journal of Materials Research, 25(11), 2143-2149 (2010)
32. Soonil Lee, Sinan Dursun, Cihangir Duran, and Clive A. Randall “Thermoelectric Power
Factor Enhancement of Textured Ferroelectric SrxBa1-xNb2O6-δ Ceramics”, Journal of Materials
Research 26(1) (2011), pp. 26 -30.
33. Erdem AKÇA and Cihangir DURAN “Fabrication and Characterizations of (Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3,
Pb(Yb1/2 Nb1/2)O3, PbTiO3) Ternary System Ceramics”, Ceramics International 37 (7), pp. 2135-
2142 (2011)
34. H.S. Güder, E. Sahin, O. Sahin, H. Göçmez, C. Duran and H. Ali Çetinkara , “Vickers and
Knoop Indentation Microhardness Study of -SiAlON Ceramic” 120(6), Acta Physica Polonica A
(2011)
35.  Nagaoka, Takaaki; Duran, Cihangir; Gocmez, Hasan; Hideki Hyuga and Koji Watari
“Hydraulic alumina as an inorganic binder for extruding and sintering Si 3N4 ceramics”, Journal of
the Ceramic Society of Japan, 120(1404), pp. 330-333 (2012)
36. Malgorzata Sopicka-Lizer, Cihangir Duran, Hasan Gocmez, Tomasz Pawlik, Marta
Mikuskiewicz and Ken MacKenzie “Effect of high energy milling on the formation and properties
of sialon ceramics prepared from silicon nitride - aluminium nitride precursors” Ceramics
International, 39(4), pp. 4269-4279 (2013)
37. Nuray Karakus, A. Osman Kurt, Cihangir Duran, Cem Öztürk and H. Özkan Toplan
“Sintering behaviour of silicon nitride powders produced by carbothermal reduction and
nitridation” Advanced Powder Technology, 24(3), pp. 697-702 (2013)
38. Erdem Akça, İstek Tatar and Cihangir Duran “Dielectric and Electromechanical Properties of
Mn-doped 0.2875 Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.2875 Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-0.425PbTiO3 Ceramics” Journal of
Materials Science, 48(23), pp. 8287-8291 (2013)
39. Cihangir Duran, Kimiyasu Sato, Yuji Hotta, Hasan Göçmez and Koji Watari, “Ball Milling
Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nano ZrO2 Powders,” Ceramics International, 41(4), pp.5588-
5593 (2015)
40. Cihangir Duran, Ahmet Levent Avşar, İstek Tatar, Selçuk Koçyiğit, Alper Bereketli, Murat
Şansal and Selçuk Alparslan, “Effect of Acoustic Radiation Materials on the Acoustic Properties of
Transducer Arrays - Modeling and Testing” submitted to Australian Acoustics (2015)
41. Cihangir Duran, Abdullah Yildiz, Sinan Dursun, Jon Mackey and Alp Sehirlioglu,
“Thermoelectric characteristics of textured KSr2Nb5O15 ceramics”, submitted to Scripta Materialia
(2015)
42. Cihangir Duran, Sinan Dursun and Erdem Akça, “High strain, <001>-textured
Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-PbTiO3 piezoelectric ceramics”, submitted to Scripta Materialia
(2015)

PROCEEDINGS:
1. S. Eroglu and C. Duran, “Effect of sintering temperature on the properties of Cr 3C2/NiFe
cermets”, European Powder Metallurgy Symposium (EURO PM’95), Birmingham, UK, p. 210,
(1995).
2. C. Duran and S. Eroglu, “Effect of liquid phase sintering on the properties of Cr 3C2/NiCr
cermets”, 1st International Symposium on Powder Metallurgy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, p.
539 (1996) (in Turkish).
3. C. Duran, S. T-McKinstry, and G. L. Messing, “Processing and electrical properties of
Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-PbTiO3 ceramics at the morphotropic phase boundary,” Proceedings of 12th IEEE
International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectrics, Edited by S.K. Streiffer, B.J.
Gibbons, and T. Tsurumi, pp.409-412 (2000).
4. E. Sabolsky, C. Duran, B. Brahmaroutu, S. Trolier-McKinstry, and G. L. Messing, “Fabrication
of textured ferroelectric ceramics by templated grain growth,” Polish Ceramics Bulletin, Edited By
J. Liz, 60, pp.21-26 (2000).
5. E. Sabolsky, C. Duran, B. Brahmaroutu, S. Trolier-McKinstry, and G. L. Messing, “Textured
ferroelectric ceramics by templated grain growth with property anisotropy”, Proceedings of the 7 th
International Conference on Ceramic Processing Science, 15-18 May 2000, Inuyama City, Japan,
and appeared in Ceramic Processing Science–VI, Edited by S. Hirano, G. L. Messing, N.E.
Claussen, American Ceramic Society, Westerwille, OH, pp.747-753 (2001).
6. E. Sabolsky, C. Duran, B. Brahmaroutu, S. Trolier-McKinstry, and G. L. Messing, “Templated
grain growth-The art and science of patterning ceramic microstructures,” Techna-Monographs in
Materials and Society 5, Edited by N. Claussen, pp. 237-45 (2001).
7. S. Trolier-McKinstry, E. Sabolsky, S. Kwon, C. Duran, T. Yoshimura, J.-H. Park, Z. Zhang, and
G. L. Messing “Oriented films and ceramics of relaxor ferroelectric – PbTiO3 solid solutions,” In
Piezoelectric Materials in Devices, ed. N. Setter. EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Lausanne, 2002, pp. 497–518.
8. C. Ozturk, C. Duran, Y.K. Tur and H. Yilmaz, “Mechanical properties of textured
mullite/zirconia ceramics” pp. 313-318, Proceedings of the VI. Ceramic Congress with
International Participation, 30 Oct.-1 Nov. 2006, Sakarya University, Turkey, 2006
9. A. A. Gultekin, C. Duran and H. Yilmaz “Ceramic powder synthesis and phase evolution in the
(1-x)[(1-y)(Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3)-y(Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3)]-xPbTiO3 system” pp.266-271 Proceedings of
the VI. Ceramic Congress with International Participation, 30 Oct.-1 Nov.2006, Sakarya
University, Turkey, 2006
10. M. Sopicka-Lizer, T. Pawlik, T. Włodek, M. Tańcula, C. Duran and H. Gocmez,” Preparation
and characterization of nanostructured silicon-nitride based ceramics” Ecers, Verona, Italy 2008.
11. Ali ÖZER, Yahya Kemal TÜR and Cihangir DURAN “Investigation of Sintering Behavior
And Mechanical Properties of Cr3C2-NiCr Cermets” XVI. National Mechanics Congress, Kayseri,
June 2009, Kayseri, Turkey
12. Mehmet KONYAR, Didem OVALI, H. Cengiz YATMAZ, Cihangir DURAN and Koray
ÖZTÜRK “Photocatalytic Efficiency of ZnO/TiO2 Composite Plates in Degradation of RR180 Dye
Solutions” Advances in Science and Technology,12TH INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS
CONGRESS, EDITORS: PIETRO VINCENZINI, MARK HADFIELD AND ALBERTO PASSERONE,
Vol. 65, pp 244-250 (2010) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
13. Ali ÖZER, Yahya Kemal TÜR and Cihangir DURAN, “Effect of Polymorphic Zirconia Phases
on the Mechanical and Wear Properties of Cr3C2-NiCr Cermets” Advances in Science and
Technology,12TH INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS CONGRESS, EDITORS: PIETRO VINCENZINI,
MARK HADFIELD AND ALBERTO PASSERONE, VOL.64, pp 59-65 (2010)Trans Tech
Publications, Switzerland
14. K. Sato, M. Kawai, Y. Hotta, T. Nagaoka, K. Watari and C. Duran, “Mutual linkage of
particles in ceramic green bodies through reactive organic binders” Advanced Processing and
Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials, Edited by: Tatsuki Ohji
and Mrityunjay Singh, Vol. 28 No 7, pp. 35-47 (2008) John Wiley and Sons.
15. K. Sato, Y. Hotta, T. Nagaoka, K. Watari and C. Duran, “Novel ceramic forming methods with
a reactive organic binder,” Enviromental Issues and waste management technologies in the
materials and nuclear industries XII, Edited by: Alex Cozzi and Tatsuki Ohji, Ceramic
Transcations Volume 207, pp.235-243 (2009), John Wiley and Sons.
16. Yuji Hotta, Cihangir Duran, Kimiyasu Sato, and Koji Watari “Colloidal Processing and
Sintering of Nano-ZrO2 Powders Using Polyethylenimine (PEI)” Characterization, Design, And
Processing of Nanosize Powders And Nanostructured Materials, Edited by: Kevin G. Ewsuk and
Yury Gogotsi, Ceramic Transcations Volume 190, pp.85-95 (2006), John Wiley and Sons.
17. Tür, Y. K., Sünbül, A. E., Yilmaz, H. and Duran, C. Effect of Mullite Grains Orientation on
Toughness of Mullite/Zirconia Composites, in Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and
Environmental Applications (eds D. Jiang, Y. Zeng, M. Singh and J. Heinrich), John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA, (2010). doi: 10.1002/9780470640845.ch38
18. A.L. Avşar, İ. Tatar and C. Duran, “Dynamical Modeling and Verification of Underwater
Acoustic System, ” Topics in Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Vol. 5 Conference
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, pp 255-263, 2013
19. C. Efe, H. Yilmaz, Y. K. Tur, and C. Duran, “Mechanical Property Characterization of
Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-BaTiO3 Ceramics” International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications,
Vol. 5, No. 5, 2014.
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h-index: 13
i10-index: 18

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS:
1. Conference chairs: C. Duran and E. Suvaci
The 2nd Workshop on Anisotropic Science and Technology of Materials and Devices,
22-25 June 2008, Kocaeli, Turkey
2. Technical Committee, The 5th International Powder Metallurgy Conference, October 8-12, 2008,
Ankara, Turkey.
3. Organizing committee of Symposium 3 (Nano-Crystals and Advanced Powder Technology), The
3rd International Congress on Ceramics (ICC3), Nov.14-18, 2010, Osaka, Japan.
4. Session Chair, the 3rd Naval System Seminar with international participation, METU, 11-12
October 2010, Ankara, Turkey.
5. Advisory Board, the 16th International Metallurgy & Materials Congress (IMMC 2012) 13-15
September 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
6. Session Chair, the 5th Naval System Seminar with international participation, METU, 8-9 October
2012, Ankara, Turkey.
7. Scientific Committee, 4th International Advances in Applied Physics and Materials Science
Congress & Exhibition, April 2014, Turkey
8. Scientific Committee, International Congress & Exhibition on Current Trends on Science
Technology Education (SCITEED), April 2014, Turkey
9. Academic Advisory Committee, The International Porous and Powder Materials Symposium and
Exhibition, PPM 2015, September 15-18, 2015, Turkey

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONS:
1. 100th American Ceramic Society Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1998
2. 101st American Ceramic Society Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 1999
3. 102nd American Ceramic Society Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2000
4. 103rd American Ceramic Society Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 2001
5. The Second International Conference on the Science, Technology, and Application of Sintering,
The Pennsylvania State University, PA, November 1-3, 1999, USA
6. 8th European Ceramic Society Meeting, 29 June- 3 July 2003, Istanbul, Turkey
7. 8th International Symposium on Synergy Ceramics, February 5-6 2004, Tokyo, Japan
8. Green Manufacturing in Ceramics, July 9, 2004, Nagoya, Japan
9. International Symposium on Inorganic and Environmental Materials (ISIEM)
October 18-21, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2004
10. Third International Symposium on the Science of Engineering Ceramics, October 31-November
3, 2004, Osaka, Japan
11. First International Workshop on Anisotropic Science and Technology of Materials and Devices,
October 31-November 1, 2004, Osaka, Japan
12. The 43rd Symposium on Basic Science of Ceramics, January 20-21, 2005, Chiba, Japan
13. International Symposium on Inorganic Interfacial Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden, June 20-21,
2006
14. VI. Ceramic Congress with International Participation, 30 Oct.-1 Nov. 2006, Sakarya, Turkey,
2006
15. The 5th Asian Meeting on Electroceramics, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2006
16. 10th International Conference on Ceramic Processing Science (ICCPS-10), Inuyama, Japan, May
25-28, 2008.
17. Second International Workshop on Anisotropic Science and Technology of Materials and
Devices, June 22-25, 2008, Gebze, Turkey
18. VII. Ceramic Congress with international participitation, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon,
Turkey, 26-28 November 2008.
19. PacRim 8 Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, May 31 - June 5, 2009 Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.
20. Undersea Defense Technologies, Munich 2010, Germany
21. 3rd Naval System Seminar with international participation, METU, October 11-12 2010, Ankara,
Turkey.
22. The 3rd International Congress on Ceramics (ICC3), Nov.14-18 2009, Osaka, Japan.
23. International Symposium Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, May 10-12 2011, PA,
USA.
24. 5th Naval System Seminar with international participation, METU, October 8-9 2012, Ankara,
Turkey
25. The 8th Asian Meeting on Electroceramics, Pattaya, Thailand, December 10-14, 2012.
26. 5th PCGMR/NCKU Symposium on “ Nano-Technology/-Materials for Energy, Electronics and
Others” Tainan, Taiwan, December 11-14, 2013.
27. 1st International Aeronautics and Astronautics Conference, University of Turkish Aeronautical
Association, September 25-26 2014, Ankara, Turkey
28. Workshop on Advanced Materials and Processing, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries of
Turkey (Savunma Sanayii Müsteşarlığı), Organized by SaSaD and Roketsan, December 2-3 2014
Ankara, Turkey
29. 2015 Joint IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectric (ISAF) –
International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF) – Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
Workshop (PFM) Conference, 24-27 May 2015, Singapore

PRESENTATIONS:
1. C. Duran, Gary L. Messing, and Susan Trolier-McKinstry, “Electrical properties of textured
Sr0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6 ceramics”, 101st American Ceramic Society Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA,
1999.
2. C. Duran, Gary L. Messing, and Susan Trolier-McKinstry, “Microstructure-property relations in
textured Sr0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6 ceramics” 102nd American Ceramic Society Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri,
USA, 2000.
3. C. Duran, Gary L. Messing, and Susan Trolier-McKinstry, “Processing and electrical properties
of textured Sr0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6 ceramics”, 103rd American Ceramic Society Meeting, Indianapolis,
Indiana, USA, 2001.
4. C. Duran, S. Trolier-McKinstry, and G. L. Messing, “Templated grain growth of Sr 0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6
ceramics,” Sintering’99, The Second International Conference on the Science, Technology, and
Application of Sintering, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA, 1999.
5. C. Duran, S. Trolier-McKinstry, and G. L. Messing “Modeling of polarization in highly textured
Sr0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6 ceramics prepared by templated grain growth” 8th European Ceramic Society
Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 2003
6. C. Duran, Y. Jia, Y. Hotta, K. Sato and K. Watari, “Aqueous Dispersion and Sintering of Nano
ZrO2 Powders” International Symposium on Inorganic and Environmental Materials (ISIEM),
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2004
7. C. Duran, J. Yu, Y. Hotta, K. Sato and K. Watari, “Hydrothermal synthesis of nano ZrO 2
powders” Third International Symposium on the Science of Engineering Ceramics, Osaka, Japan,
2004
8. C. Duran, Gary L. Messing, and Susan Trolier-McKinstry, “Textured Sr 0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6 ceramics
prepared by templated grain growth,” First International Workshop on Anisotropic Science and
Technology of Materials and Devices, Osaka, Japan, 2004
9. A. Alkan, C. Duran and H. Yilmaz, “Processing and electrical properties of Pb(Yb,Nb)O 3-
Pb(Mg,Nb)O3-PbTiO3 ceramics” The 5th Asian Meeting on Electroceramics (AMEC-5), Bangkok,
Thailand, 2006
10. C. Duran, “Textured functional ceramics prepared by templated grain growth” VII. Ceramic
Congress with international participitation, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey, 26-28
November 2008.
11. C. Duran, Y. Hotta, K. Sato and K. Watari, “Ball milling assisted hydrothermal synthesis of
nano ZrO2 (BaTiO3) powders” Invited talk, PacRim 8 Conference on Ceramic and Glass
Technology May 31 - June 5, 2009 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 
12. C. Duran, M. Sopicka-Lizer, H. Gocmez, T. Pawlik, M. Mikuskiewicz and K. MacKenzie
“Effect of high energy milling on the formation and properties of sialon ceramics prepared from
silicon nitride-aluminium nitride precursors”, Invited talk, The 3rd International Congress on
Ceramics (ICC3), Nov.14-18, 2009 Osaka, Japan.
13. Hasan ÇİTÇİ and Cihangir DURAN “National Sonar Wet-End System Industrialization Project,
Lessons Learned” 5th Naval System Seminar with international participation, METU, October 8-9
2012, Ankara, Turkey
14. İstek TATAR, Ahmet Levent AVŞAR, Cem ORHUN and Cihangir DURAN “Determination of
piezoelectric material properties for transducer applications” 5th Naval System Seminar with
international participation, METU, October 8-9 2012, Ankara, Turkey
15. Ahmet Levent Avşar, Murat Şansal ve Cihangir Duran “Low-frequency Transducer Design and
Characterization” 5th Naval System Seminar with international participation, METU, October 8-9
2012, Ankara, Turkey
16. Cihangir Duran, Erdem Akça, İstek Tatar and Hasan Göçmez, “Fabrication and characterization
of (Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3, Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3, PbTiO3) ternary system ceramics” The 8th Asian Meeting on
Electroceramics, Pattaya, Thailand, December 2012
17. C. Duran, “Processing-property relationship in technical ceramics: Texturing structural
(mullite/ZrO2) and ferroelectric (Sr0.53Ba0.47Nb2O6, KSr2Nb5O15) ceramics, Bottom-up particle
synthesis and colloidal dispersion of nano powders (ZrO 2 and BaTiO3), Top-down nano particle
synthesis by high energy milling (Si3N4-based)”
 Toyota Central R&D Laboratory, Nagoya, Japan, 2006
 Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland, 2007
  TOBB-Economy and Technology University, Ankara, Turkey, 2012
 Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey, 2013
 NASA Glenn Research Center, Ceramics Branch, Cleveland, OH, USA, 2014
18. Cihangir Duran, Cem H. Orhun, İstek Tatar and Erdem Akça, “Pb(Mg 1/3Nb2/3)O3-
Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-PbTiO3 Ternary System: Processing, Properties and Transducer Application”,
2015 Joint IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectric (ISAF) – International
Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF) – Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Workshop
(PFM) Conference, 24-27 May 2015, Singapore

CERTİFİCATES:
1. Fundamentals of Sonar Transducer Design, ATI Course, September 2009, Marryland, USA
2. Underwater Acoustic Calibration and Measurement, National Physical Laboratory, April 2010,
London, UK

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:

1. Scholarship from Higher Educational Council of Turkey towards a PhD degree in the USA
(1995).
2. Best poster in Particulate Materials Center Industry Advisory Board poster contest, Pennsylvania
State University, USA (1999).
3. National Science Foundation (NSF) scholarship to attend Gordon Research Conference, New
Hampshire, USA (2000).
4. IEEE scholarship to attend 12th IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of
Ferroelectrics (ISAF), Hawaii, USA (2000).
5. 3rd place in American Ceramic Society Ceramographic Contest, 102nd American Ceramic Society
Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, April 30-May 3 (2000).
6. Scholarship from Turkish Scientific and Technological research Council of Turkey to attend The
5th Asian Meeting on Electroceramics, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006
7. Gebze Institute of Technology, Research Promotion Award, 2009
8. Gebze Institute of Technology, Best M.Sc. Thesis Award with Erdem Akça, 2010
9. Scholarship from Higher Educational Council of Turkey for visiting NASA Glenn Research
Center-Ceramics Branch, Cleveland, USA, June - September 2014.
REFERENCES:
 Prof. Dr. Gary Messing
Pennsylvania State University (USA)
Materials Science and Engineering Department
Phone: (814) 8652262
E-mail: messing@matse.psu.edu

 Prof. Dr. Susan Trolier-McKinstry

Pennsylvania State University (USA)
Materials Science and Engineering Department
Phone: (814) 863 8348
E-mail: STMcKinstry@psu.edu

 Dr. Koji Watari

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Advanced Sintering
Technology Group (Japan)
E-mail: Watari1655@aol.com

 Prof. Dr. Şerafettin Eroğlu;

Istanbul University (Turkey)
Metallurgy and Materials Science Department
Phone: (212) 4737065
E-mail: seref@istanbul.edu.tr

 Selçuk Alparslan, Deputy General Manager

Meteksan Savunma Sanayii A.Ş. (Turkey)
Beytepe Koyu yolu, Cyberpark F Block, Bilkent/ Ankara
Phone: (312) 2661520
E-mail: salparslan@meteksan.com