C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name / Surname : Şenol İ. BEKTAŞ
Sex : Male
Date / Place of Birth : 02.02.1957 – Guzelyurt (North Cyprus) Nationality : Turkish Cypriot
Marital Status : Married (two children) Address : Görkem 2 Apt., Daire 3
Orhaneli Sokak Girne
Via Mersin 10 - TURKEY Mbl: +90 542 883 8400 Email: bektas@neu.edu.tr
EDUCATION
Dec 1987 Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) Ph.D. Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering Feb 1982 Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey)
M.Sc. Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering Feb 1979 Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey)
B.Sc. Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
SCHOLARSHIP
Jan 1985 to Jul 1987 University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, U.K.) Awarded by the British Council
WORK EXPERIENCE
2001 – Present Full Professor
Near East University (Nicosia, North Cyprus) 1993 Vice President for Academic Affairs
Near East University (Nicosia, North Cyprus) 1991 – 1993 Associate Professor
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Near East University (Nicosia, North Cyprus)
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May 1988 – Mar 1989 Assistant Prof. Dr.
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) Jan 1985 – Jul 1987 Research Fellow
University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, U.K.) Sep 1983 – Dec 1984 Research Assistant
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) Sep 1981 – Sep 1983 Student Assistant
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey) Jan – Sep 1981 Project Engineer
General Engineering & Architecture Co. Ltd.
1979 – 1989 Engineer
Turkish Electronic Industries Co. Ltd.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Gas insulation
Solid/gas interface
Charge density measurements
Numerical analysis of electrical fields
DEPARTMENTAL PROJECT PARTICIPATED Project Code Number : 83-04-02-01
Project Name : Reactive Power Compensation of Turkish Arms Factories
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED
(1) 8
thInternational Conference on Gas Discharges and their Applications September 1985 (Oxford, U.K.)
(2) 5
thInternational Symposium on Gaseous Dielectrics March 1987 (Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.)
(3) 2
ndInternational Electrical Engineering Congress
September 1987 (Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey) (4) 9
thInternational Conference on Gas Discharges and their Applications
September 1988 (Venice, Italy)
PUBLICATIONS
(1) BEKTAŞ, Şenol İ., “A Finite Differences Program for Investigation of Forces in Doubly-Salient Structures”, Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
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(2) BEKTAŞ, Ş.İ., FOURACRE, R.A., LEONIDOPOULOS, G., FRAME, R.I., “Surface Conductivity Measurements on Thin Polymer Films”, Journal of Physics E:
Scientific Instruments, Volume 19, January 1986, pp 155-156.
(3) BEKTAŞ, Ş.İ., FARISH, O., HIZAL, M., “Computation of the Electric Field at a Solid/Gas Interface in the Presence of Surface and Volume Charges”, IEE Proceedings, Vol. 133, Pt.A., No.9, pp 577-586, December 1986.
(4) BEKTAŞ, Ş.İ., SOMERVILLE, I.C., FARISH, O., CHALMERS, I.D., “Measurements of the Temporal Decay of Charges on Insulator Surfaces” 5
thInternational Symposium on Gaseous Dielectrics, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A., May 1987, pp 553-559.
(5) BEKTAŞ, Ş.İ., “Surface Charging of High Voltage Spacers in SF6”, Ph.D. Thesis, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, December 1987.
(6) BEKTAŞ, Ş.İ., FARISH, O., “Surface Charging of Spacers Under DC Stressing” 9
thInternational Conference on Gas Discharges and their Applications, September 1988, Venice, Italy.
(7) BEKTAŞ, Ş.İ., FARISH, O., “Spatio-Temporal Development of Surface Charges on Spacers Stressed with DC Voltages”, Accepted to be published in IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation.
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AFFILIATIONS
The Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE), London, U.K.
Turkish Chamber of Electrical Engineers, Ankara, Turkey
North Cyprus Chamber of Electrical Engineers, Lefkoşa, North Cyprus
The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York, U.S.A.
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