Isil Berkun

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (Expected) 2014

Michigan State University, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 428 S. Shaw Lane, Room 2120, East Lansing, MI 48824-1226

Cell: 517-***-**** acg5gj@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS PROFILE

Expert in semiconductor physics, cleanroom fabrication, characterization and

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devices.

Proficient in building hardware and software for laboratory test systems.

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Experience with LabVIEW, Matlab, Python, R, JMP.

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Experienced in data analysis and data science.

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (Expected) 2014

Michigan State University East Lansing, MI

Built a semiconductor transport characterization system and programmed the test

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automation in LabVIEW.

Tested semiconductor materials, analyzed collected data.

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Provided feedback for fabrication of transistors and diodes.

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MSc., Mechatronics Engineering 2009

Sabanci University Istanbul, Turkey

Fabricated large antenna substrates of monolithic spatially variable ceramics.

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Programmed an optimization framework for Nano-Antennas in Matlab and SAS.

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BSc., Materials Science and Engineering 2007

Gebze Institute of technology Kocaeli, Turkey

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant Summer 2011- Present

Michigan State University East Lansing, MI

Performed experiments at Electronic Materials and Pulsed Laser Deposition Lab.

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Ph.D Intern Fall 2013

Argonne National Laboratory Lemont, IL

Received training for using various scientific equipment in the cleanroom.

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Tested semiconductors properties and analyzed test data.

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Provided feedback for transistor fabrication.

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Teaching Assistant Fall 2009- Fall 2011

Michigan State University East Lansing, MI

Taught undergraduate level engineering classes including Mechanics of

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Deformable Solids, Computer Aided Design, Electronic Instrumentation and

Systems.

Teaching Assistant Fall 2007- Fall 2008

Sabanci University Istanbul, Turkey

Taught undergraduate level engineering classes including Materials Science,

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Engineering Mechanics, Calculus I.

Undergraduate Intern Summer 2006-Summer 2007

Kocaeli, Turkey

TUBITAK-MAM Research Center

Applied scientific skills to practical nanotechnology experiments.

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PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications:

1. Journal of Applied Physics Letters: Gao, Peng, Xu Lu, Isil Berkun, Robert D. Schmidt, Eldon D.

Case, and Timothy P. Hogan “Reduced lattice thermal conductivity in Bi-doped Mg2Si0.4Sn0.6”(DOI:

10.1063/1.4901178)

2. Journal of Electronic Materials: 1-14. Gao, Peng, Isil Berkun, Robert D. Schmidt, Matthew F.

Luzenski, Xu Lu, Patricia Bordon Sarac, Eldon D. Case, and Timothy P. Hogan. "Transport and

Mechanical Properties of High-ZT Mg2. 08 Si0.4 x Sn0.6 Sbx Thermoelectric Materials."

3. (In Progress) Review of Scientific Instruments: Isil Berkun, Timothy P. Hogan. “Temperature

Dependent Hall Effect Measurement System”.

4. (In Progress) Diamond Related Materials : Isil Berkun, M. Becker, T. Hogan, T.A. Grotjohn.

“Transport Characterization of Boron Doped Single Crystal Diamond Films”.

5. (In Progress) Ceramics International: Isil Berkun, S. Nergis, Gullu Kiziltas “ Optimization of Dry

Powder Deposition Parameters for the Production of Spatially Variable Dielectric Substrates”.

Conference Publications:

6. MRS Fall Meeting 2013: Shannon. N. Demlow, I. Berkun, R. Rechenberg, M. Muehle, T. Hogan,

T.A. Grotjohn “Temperature Dependence of Boron Doping Efficiency”.

MRS Fall Meeting 2012: Isil Berkun, Shannon N. Demlow, Nutthamon Suwanmonkha, Matthias

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Muehle, Timothy P. Hogan, Timothy A. Grotjohn “Hall Effect Measurement System for

Characterization of Doped Single Crystal Diamond”.

8. NDNC 2012: Nutthamon Suwanmonkha, Shannon N Demlow, Isil Berkun, Michael Becker,

Timothy Hogan, Timothy Grotjohn “Dopant Uniformity in Boron Doped Single Crystal Diamond

Films”.

9. MRS Fall Meeting 2011: Shannon. N. Demlow, I. Berkun, M. Becker, T. Hogan, T.A. Grotjohn

“Dopant Uniformity in Boron Doped Single Crystal Diamond Films”.

10. IEEE 2009 : Işıl Berkün, Gullu Kiziltas and Kursat Sendur "A Multiobjective Optimization

Framework for Nano-antennas via Normal Boundary Intersection (NBI) Method", IEEE AP-S

International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science

Meeting 2009, USA: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), June 2009.

11. IEEE 2008: Isil Berkun and Gullu Kiziltas “Effects of Multi-ceramics Processing Conditions on Loss

and Microstructure of Artificial Magneto-dielectric Composites”.

12. MRS Spring meeting 2008: Symposium J: Passive and Electromechanical Materials and Integration :

Isil Berkun, Gullu Kiziltas, Zuhal Tasdemir and Ibrahim Kursat Sendur “Low-loss Dielectric Ceramic

and Polymer Composites for Integrated Electronics”.

OTHER PROJECTS

Social media sentiment analysis in Python.

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Reuters dataset analysis in SQL.

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Algorithm development using MapReduce.

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Gaining insight into IBM’s InfoSphere BigInsights and Streams platforms.

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CLEANROOM EXPERIENCE

Oxidation, Ellipsometer and 4 Point Probe, Lithography, Pulsed Laser Deposition

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(PLD), E-Beam Evaporation, Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

(PECVD), Reactive Ion Etch, Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP), Scanning

Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM).

HONORS AND AWARDS

Michigan State University (PhD) - Graduate Fellowship Summer 2012

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Michigan State University (PhD) - Graduate Assistantship

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Sabanci University (MS) - Full Scholarship

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Gebze Institute of Technology (BS) - High Honor Student

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

IEEE Student Membership

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Society of Women Engineers

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HOBBIES & VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Power Yoga Instructor (200h Certified Instructor, CorePower Yoga, Chicago).

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Orientation leader for international students, Michigan State University.

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Capital Area Humane Society: Dog walking/training.

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Chicago Cares : Service for elderly residents.

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Haven House : Service for residents.

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