Turgut Sarpkaya

Background

Sarpkaya, Turgut was born on May 7, 1928 in Aydin, Turkey. Son of Hasip and Huriye (Fetil) Sarpkaya. came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1962.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Technology University Istanbul, 1950. Master of Science, Technology University Istanbul, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University Iowa, 1954.

Career

Research engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1954-1955; assistant professor, U. Nebraska, 1957-1959; associate professor, U. Nebraska, 1959-1962; professor mechanic engineering, U. Nebraska, 1962; distinguished professor, U. Nebraska, 1962-1966; research professor, U. Manchester, England, 1966-1967; research professor, U. Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 1971-1972; professor mechanic engineering, department chairman mechanic engineering, United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1967-1971, 72-; Distinguished professor mechanic engineering, United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, since 1975. Cons. aerospace industry, since 1967, petroleum industry, since 1976.

Achievements

• Turgut Sarpkaya has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Mechanics of Wave Forces on Offshore Structures

Membership

Served with C.E. Army of the United States, 1955-1957. Fellow Royal Institution Naval Architects, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Lewis F. Moody award 1967, executive board fluids engineering fivsn., chairman review committee, Freeman Scholar award 1988, Engineering award 1991, Fluids Engineering award 1990, Collingwood prize 1957, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering award 1993, Turning Goals into Reality award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2002). Member Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute (chairman, American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics, American Society Engineering Education.

Connections

Married Gunel Ataisik, August 26, 1963.

Father:

Hasip Sarpkaya

Mother:

Huriye (Fetil) Sarpkaya

Spouse:

Gunel Ataisik