Education

· B.Sc.: Yıldız University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 1987-1991.

· M.Sc.: Istanbul Technical University (Supervisor: Prof. Vural Cinemre), Institute of Science and Technology, Turkey, 1991-1994.

· M.Sc.: Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Division of Economic Theory, Istanbul, Turkey, 1995-1997.

· Ph.D.: Istanbul Technical University (Supervisor: Prof. Vural Cinemre), Institute of Science and Technology, Turkey, 1994-2000.

· Postdoctoral: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, U.S.A., 2000-2003.

Ph.D. Thesis: Symmetry Group Properties of Equations of Nonlocal Elasticity.

Professional experience

Research and Teaching Assistant, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Division of Mechanics, (1994-1999).
Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (2000), (Research adviser: Prof. Rohan C. Abeyaratne).
Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (2001-2003), (I-Campus project (Microsoft-MIT project), Project adviser: Prof. Ernest G. Cravalho).
Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (2001) (2.005 Thermal-Fluids Engineering I with Prof. Gareth H. McKinley).
Visiting Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, U.S.A., CNA (Center for Nonlinear Analysis) Summer School, (2001).
Visiting Scientist, University of Minnesota, School of Mathematics, U.S.A., (Research adviser: Prof. Peter J. Olver), (2004).
Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Division of Mechanics, (2005).
Associate Professor (w/o Tenure), Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Division of Mechanics, (2005).
Visiting Scientist, University of Minnesota, IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) Summer School on Symmetries and Overdetermined Systems of Partial Differential Equations, U.S.A., (2006, invited).
Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Division of Mechanics, (2006).

Research interests

· Theory of Lie groups and its applications (symmetry group analysis of local and nonlocal problems in the solid and fluid mechanics and their applications).

· Continuum mechanics.

· Applied mechanics and mathematics.

· Mathematical physics.

· Web-based education modules.

· Information technology.

Teaching interests

Statics.
Strength of Materials I.
Strength of Materials II.
Dynamics.
Partial Differential Equations.
Engineering Mathematics.

Awards and Honors

· Elected Member, Turkey National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2007.

· Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 10. Edition, 2008-2009.

· Marquis Who's Who in the World, 24. Edition, 2007.

· The best paper award, XIII. National Conference of Mechanics, Gaziantep, Turkey, 2003.

· Postdoctoral fellowship, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2000.

· Postdoctoral fellowship, NATO-TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), 1999.

Memberships

· American Academy of Mechanics, AAM, 2000.

· American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, 2001.

· American Mathematical Society, AMS, 2001.

Referee

· Mechanics Research Communications.

· International Journal of Engineering Science.

· Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics.

· International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics.

· Applied Mathematics and Computation.

Projects

· 2001-2003, I-Campus Project, Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

· 2006-2007, Research Project, Principal Investigator, Istanbul Technical University.

· 2007-2009, Research Project, Principal Investigator (Mathematics), TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey).

Journal publications

1. T. Özer, The Lie algebra of point symmetries of nonlocal collisionless Boltzmann equation in terms of moments, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals

(To appear).

2. T. Özer, New exact solutions to the CDF equations, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (To appear).

3. T. Özer, 2008, Symmetry group analysis and similarity solutions of variant nonlinear long –wave equations, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 33, 722-730.

4. T. Özer, 2008, An application of symmetry groups to nonlocal continuum mechanics, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 55,

1923-1942.

5. T. Özer, 2008 (with N. Antar), The similarity forms and invariant solutions of two-layer shallow-water equations, Nonlinear Analysis: B,

9 (3), 791-810.

6. T. Özer, 2007, The group-theoretical analysis of nonlocal Benney equation, Reports on Mathematical Physics, 60 (1), 13-37.

7. T. Özer, 2005, Symmetry group analysis of Benney system and an application for the shallow-water equations, Mechanics Research Communications, 2 (3), 241-254.

8. T. Özer, 2005 (with S. S. Akhiev), Symmetry groups of the equations with nonlocal structure and an application for the collisionless Boltzmann equation, International Journal of Engineering Science, 43(1-2), 121-137.

9. T. Özer, 2004 (with E. G. Cravalho), On developments in interactive web-based learning modules in a thermal-fluids engineering course: Part II, International Journal of Engineering Education, 20(5), 849-860.

10. T. Özer, 2004, On symmetry group properties and general similarity forms of the Benney equations in the Lagrangian variables, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 169(2), 297-313.

11. T. Özer, 2003, Symmetry group classification for two-dimensional elastodynamics problems in nonlocal elasticity, International Journal of Engineering Science, 41(18), 2193-2211.

12.T. Özer, 2003, Symmetry group classification for one-dimensional elastodynamics problems in nonlocal elasticity, Mechanics Research Communications, 30(6), 539-546.

13. T. Özer, 2003, Solutions of Navier equations of classical elasticity using Lie symmetry groups, Mechanics Research Communications, 30(2), 193-201.

14.T. Özer, 2003 (with M. Kenworthy, J. G. Brisson, E. G. Cravalho and G. H. McKinley), On developments in interactive web-based learning modules in a thermal-fluids engineering course, International Journal of Engineering Education, 19(2), 305-315.

15. T. Özer, 2000, Solution of the Boussinesq problem using Lie symmetries, Mathematical and Computational Applications, 5(1), 1-11.

16.T. Özer, 1999, On the symmetry group properties of equations of nonlocal elasticity, Mechanics Research Communications, 26(6), 725-733.

Seminars and invited talks

· Conservations laws for some partial differential equations, Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences, Uludağ University, Bursa, 2008 (with E. Yasar).

· Nonlocal equations and symmetry group applications in mechanics, Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences, Uludağ University, Bursa, 2008.

· Conservations laws for evolution equations, Mustafa İnan Seminar, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, 2008 (with E. Yasar).

· Symmetries and Nonlocal Continuum Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Mathematics, Kiev, Ukraine, 2007.

· An approach for solving nonlocal determining equations, IMA Summer School, University of Minnesota (Poster Presentation), Minneapolis, U.S.A., 2006.

· Applications of Information Technologies in Mechanics Education, Mustafa İnan Seminar, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, 2006.

· Symmetry group analysis of nonlocal equations in Mathematical Physics and new approaches, Department of Mathematics Seminar, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letter, Mathematics Department, 2005.

· A new approach for symmetry group analysis of nonlocal equations with general form, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Mathematics, Kiev, Ukraine, 20-26 June, 2005.

· Web-based education models and implementations, Mustafa İnan Seminar, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, 2005.

· Applications of the Lie groups to integro-differential equations, Mathematical Physics Seminar, University of Minnesota, School of Mathematics, Minneapolis, U.S.A., 2004.

· On the symmetry group properties of equations with nonlocal structures, Differential Equations and Applications Seminar, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letter, Department of Mathematics, 2004.

· On the symmetry group properties of differential equations, Mustafa İnan Seminar, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, 2004.

Conference publications

· T. Özer, 2008 (with E. Yasar), Application of the composite variational principle to shallow-water equations. II. Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity, Porto, Portugal, 28-31 July.

· T. Özer, 2007 (with D. Sahin and N. Antar), Symmetry group properties and similarity solutions of gravity currents. XV.National Conference of Mechanics, Isparta, Turkey, 3-7 September, pp. 683-690.

· T. Özer, 2006 (with E. Hizel and N. C. Turgay), On the symmetries and symmetry reductions of Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation, Proceedings of the XIX. National Mathematics Conference, Kütahya, Turkey, 22-25 August.

· T. Özer, 2005 (with N. Antar), Symmetry group properties of two-layer shallow-water equations, Proceedings of the XIV. National Conference of Mechanics, Antakya, Turkey, 12-16 September, pp. 671-679.

· T. Özer, 2004, On symmetry group properties of the Benney equations, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Symmetry in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Mathematics, Kiev, Ukraine, 21-28 June, pp. 214-219.

· T. Özer, 2004 (with S. S. Akhiev), A direct method for investigation of symmetry groups of integro-differential equations, Proceedings of the XIII. National Conference of Mechanics, Gaziantep, Turkey, 8-12 September, pp. 71-79.

· T. Özer, 1999, Calculation of Boussinesq problem using Lie symmetries, Proceedings of the International Conference on Differential Equations, EQUADIFF 99, 1-7 August, Berlin, Germany.

· T. Özer, 1999, On the symmetry groups of the two-dimensional elastodynamics problem of nonlocal elasticity, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Applications, September 1-3, Baku, Azerbaijan.

· T. Özer, 1999, Solution of the two-dimensional elastodynamics problem using Lie symmetries, Proceedings of the XI. National Conference of Mechanics, Bolu, 6-10 September, Turkey.