Aselsan Academy: A New Industry-Academia Partnership Model

Mehmet Çelik graduated from Middle East Technical University (Turkey), Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1989. He obtained his M.Sc. and PhD degrees in the same department in 1991 and 1997, respectively. During that time, he had worked as a teaching assistant. In 1995-1996, he had studied as a research scientist at Ohio State University. Between 1998-2010, he had worked in ASELSAN MST/REHİS as Mechanical Analysis Manager, Test Unit Manager and Senior Lead Design Engineer. In 2010, he was appointed as a full-time professor at KTO Karatay University. He served as the Head of the Department of Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering Department, Vice Dean and Director of the Institute of Science at this university. Then, he had worked as a Vice President of TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) between 2015 and 2017. He has become a member of TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences). He was appointed as the Vice President of ASELSAN-Defence Industry, responsible from Technology and Strategy Management, in 2017. In 2018, he was appointed as a Higher Education Council Board Member and currently serves as the head of University-Industry Cooperation Committee. Recently, he has been appointed as a member of the Science, Technology and Innovative Technology Policies Committee of the Presidency.