He received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from M.E.T.U Ankara in 1997. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Degrees from University of Michigan, in 1999 and 2009, respectively. His research areas include modeling, analysis and control of dynamic systems, Prior to joining Bilkent University, he was a senior engineer at the Ford Scientific Research Center. He is a member of ASME, IEEE and SAE.