Assistant Mechanical Engineering

Okan Ala

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College Station, TX, 77840

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 01/2010-Present

PhD. Mechanical Engineering Department, Polymer Division

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA

M.S. Textile Chemistry/ Materials Division (with Thesis) Graduation Date: May 2010

• Research: Electrically Conducting Textiles via VPP of EDOT

• Research: Electrically Conducting Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey

B.S. Textile Engineering Graduation Date: May 2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Texas A&M University

Teaching Assistant 01/2010-Present

• Responsible for the grading of fifty students taking Materials Science and Engineering class

• Prepared, developed and graded weekly lab reports and tests

Research: Chemical Vapor Deposition of PEDOT by using different oxidants

Characterization of coated layer on various substrates

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA

Research Assistant: Electrically Conducting Smart Textiles 09/2007-01/2010

• Research in electrically conducting textile formation using Vapor Phase Polymerization of EDOT

• Modified a new chamber for Vapor Phase Polymerization (Patent Application in Progress)

• Used SEM-EDX for coating layer and elemental analysis, Optical Spectrophotometer for transparency and

absorbance measurements, Instron 5569 for materials physical characterization and textile-based sensor

applications, FTRI for coated polymer layer characterization and Profilometer for coated polymer layer thickness

• Research in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and Organic Solar Cells

• Flexible organic solar cell development

Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey 9/2004- 1/2005

• Research of CAD/CAM systems usage in textile production lines

• Research in Smart Textiles and Production Methods

TECHNICAL PROFILE

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, developed through academic and professional research projects

• Experienced in Electrically Conducting Polymer Synthesis and their characterization for electrical

applications

• Capable of assimilating large quantities of information in a short period of time and knowing when to ask for help

Platforms: Windows 98/XP/Vista, Mac 10.5.1, Linux

Software: MS Office Pro 97-03/2007, SPSS, PhotoShop and Acrobat

ACCOLADES, LEADERSHIP, AND ACTIVITIES

• Awarded Full-time Research Assistantship at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 09/2007-01/2010

• Awarded Full-time Teaching Assistantship at Texas A&M University 01/2010-Present

• Member of American Solar Energy Society, Electrochemical Society, Chamber of Textile Engineers, AOPA

PUBLICATIONS

• Ala, Okan and Fan, Qinguo. “Applications of Conducting Polymers in Electronic Textiles” RJTA, Vol:13, No:4,

2009

Waiting Publications

• Bin Hu, Dapeng, Li, Okan Ala, Prakash Manandhar, Qinguo Fan, Dayalan Kasilingam, Paul D. Calvert, Textile-

based flexible electroluminescent devices

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