Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Program Chair, Mechanical Engineering

Office: 333 Kennedy Hall of Engineering
Phone: 616-331-6517
Email: [email protected]

Education: 

B.S. Mechanical Engineering - Middle East Technical University
M.S. Mechanical Engineering - University of Petroleum and Minerals
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering - The Ohio State University

Research Interests:

ThermoFluid sciences, alternative energy systems

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Biography:

Dr. Sözen joined GVSU Engineering during fall 2007 after teaching at Southern University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for a combined sixteen years. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University where he also served as a post-doctoral research associate. NASA, NSF and Abbott Laboratories were among the sponsors of his funded research. Dr. Sözen has been a recipient of summer faculty fellowships from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Argonne National Laboratory and US Naval Research Laboratory. His expertise is in the thermo-fluid sciences in general.

Selected Publications:

Rahman, SM F., Sözen, M., “Long-term Performance Analysis and Predictive Modeling of a Solar Photovoltaic System”, Proceedings of the ASME 2025 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, November 16-20,2025, Memphis, TN. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2025-FM6

Sözen, M., Pervez, M. N., "Wind Energy Assessment Using a Wind Turbine with Dynamic Yaw Control”, Proceedings of 2013 ASME Power Conference, Boston, MA., August 1, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2013-98168

Sözen, M., Davis, P., “Transpiration Cooling of a Liquid Rocket Thrust Chamber Wall”, Proceedings of 44thAIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 21-23, Hartford, CT, 2008. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2008-4559

Sözen, M., Kuzay, T. M. ”Enhanced Heat Transfer in Round Tubes with Porous Inserts”,  International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 17, pp. 124-129, 1996. https://doi.org/10.1016/0142-727X(95)00095-8

Vafai, K., Sözen, M., “Analysis of Energy and Momentum Transport for Fluid Flow through a Porou Bed”, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 112(3), pp. 690-699, 1990 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2910442