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

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.