FARUK TABAN, M.Sc.

E-mail: ftaban@scs.unr.edu URL: http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~ftaban

Office: (775) 784 6986 Fax (775) 784 1701 Home: (775) 787 1567

Dept. of Mechanical Eng. MS#312 UNR, Reno, NV 89557 1550 Sky Valley Dr. #F1028 Reno, NV 89503

EDUCATION

1995-present Working on Ph.D. University of Nevada, Reno Mechanical Engineering GPA: 4.00/4.00

1992-94 M.Sc., University of Southern California Materials Engineering GPA: 3.19/4.00

1988-90 M.Sc., Istanbul Technical University Mechanical Engineering GPA: 85.02/100.00

Thesis: Vibration of Elastic Arcs

1983-87 B.Sc., Istanbul Technical University ,Mechanical Engineering GPA: 65.139/100.00

Thesis: Design of Excavator Arms

WORK EXPERIENCE

1995-99 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno, Mechanical Eng. Dept.

1997-Summer Graduate Research Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno

1989-91 Research and Teaching Assistant, Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Eng. Dept.

1985 & 1986 Intern in Maintenance & Repair Department of ULKER

1984 Workshop in ITU, Mechanical Engineering Department

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

MS OFFICE, FORTRAN, BASIC, AUTOCAD, ANSYS, HTML

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Currently teaching ME241 Statics in Fall 1999 and taught ME241 Statics in Summer 1999

Four years of teaching experience at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno for following courses:

ME391 Instrumentation (4 times), ME351 Mechanical Design (3 times)

ME150 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering (3 times), ME446/646 Composite Material

PUBLICATIONS

-Shen-Yi Luo and Faruk Taban, "Deformation of laminated elastomer composites" Journal of Rubber Chemistry and Technology, in press, 1999

-Faruk Taban, Shen-Yi Luo, Cahit A. Evrensel and Aniruddha Mitra, "Predicting biaxial behavior of the soft tissues using uniaxial tensile tests" Advances in Bioengineering, BED-39, pp. 239-240, 1998

-Faruk Taban and Shen-Yi Luo, "Using a fabric flexible composite theory to characterize the soft tissues" Advances in Bioengineering, BED-36, pp. 197-198, 1997

AWARDS

1999 Elected as Grad. Student Assoc. Council Member representing Mechanical and Civil Engineering

1999 Recipient of International Student Hall of Fame award

1997 Engineering Intern Certificate by State of Nevada

1995 Certification of Completion UNR, Graduate School Instructional Development Program

1991 Scholarship from Marmara Education and Culture Foundation to pursue M.Sc degree in USA

MEMBERSHIPS

- Society for the Advancement of Material and Process (SAMPE)

- American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)

REFERENCES

Available upon Request

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Extensively involve in cultural and educational activities of a non-profit organization,

Interested in K-12 Science Education,

Translator, English to Turkish, Turkish to English