Short Q&A with me at DTU#
I prepared the following Q&A for my department after starting in my new position. I thought it may also be interesting for others.
What is your job and what are you going to work on?#
I will be an assistant professor, researching energy-efficient computing, and my teaching focus will be on embedded systems—computers we usually do not see, as they are embedded in an application.
What is your specific academic (and personal?) interests?#
In general, I enjoy finding technical solutions to problems and optimizing them. At my core, I want to use my skills to help and connect people.
For example, I have been creating openly-accessible teaching materials for students in last years. As a student, I built an electronic washing machine reservation system from scratch for my fellow co-residents in my dormitory, where the pen & paper system was not working as expected.
What did you do before you started working at DTU Engineering Technology?#
I have been a professor at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology, a university of applied sciences in Bavaria, Germany. Before this position, I worked as a researcher and engineer in various cities across Germany. I was born in Türkiye but spent half of my life in Germany.
Do you have family? What do you do in your spare time?#
I don’t have a family that I live with but talk to my parents every day. I live currently in a communal setting, so I spend significant time connecting with other residents, as well as with myself.
Do you have a secret passion?#
I like to build things, especially when electronics can help to monitor and control a process. A recent project of mine is an electronic yogurt maker. I like yogurt a lot and wanted to experiment with plant-based milk. I want to control the fermentation process, so I bought a heater element and a pH meter to connect them to a small computer. Actually you don’t need rocket science to make yogurt—just bacteria, milk with lactose, and a warm place. But that’s the life of an engineer sometimes! 🙂