Temel Kotil
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Dr. Temel Kotil (born 1959 in Rize, Turkey) is the President and CEO of Turkish Airlines and Member of the Board of Governors at the International Air Transport Association.
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[edit] Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
June 1991 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
August 1987 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.
M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering
May 1986 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.
B.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering
June 1983 Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
[edit] Technical Fields
Aircraft Design and Smart Structures, Shape Memory Alloys, MEMS, Structural Dynamics, Implicit and Explicit Finite Element Methods, Fatigue Behavior of Materials, Computer Aided Design and Design Methodology, Experimental Mechanics and Material Testing, Composite Materials and Process Control.
[edit] Management Experiences
April 2005-
President and CEO
Turkish Airlines Inc, Istanbul, Turkey
March 2003-2005
Executive V.P(Technical)
Turkish Airlines Inc, Istanbul, Turkey
June 2002-2003
Head of Research Planning and Coordination Department
Advance Innovative Technologies Inc, NY, USA
December 1994- June 1997
CAE Division Manager
Greater Istanbul Municipality
(Department include five divisions with more than 100 engineers, 900 workers with an annual operating budget of about 100 million $)
October 1993-December 1993
Associate Dean
Faculty of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University.
October 1991-October 1993
Associate Chair
Aeronautical Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University
December 1991-December 1993
Manager of Computer Center
Aeronautical Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University.
Founder and Manager of Aircraft Design, Structural Mechanics and Advance Computational Mechanies Laboratories.
Aeronautical Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University
[edit] Honours & Affiliation
Awarded a scholarship for Master and PhD studies in the U.S. by the Turkish Ministry of Industry in 1984
Member of Turkish Mechanical Engineering Society since 1991
