Prof. Yılmaz is a Full Professor in Materials Science and Engineering Department at Gebze Technical University, Turkey. He recieved his Ph.D. degree from Materials Science and Engineering Department with Ceramic Science Option from The Pennsylvania State University in 2002. Since then, he has been working on ceramic powder processing through various routes. He has expertise on colloidal characterization of slurries including colloid probe technique, sintering of ceramic powders including the novel cold sintering technique, microstructural and crystallographic characterization of materials including electron backscatter diffraction technique, and electrical characterization of electroceramics like piezoceramics and ionic conductors for fuel cells. Due to his concern about environmental pollution and global warming, his main focus was on the property improvement of non-lead-based ferroelectric NBT-BT ceramics through grain orientation and high-power ultrasonic application of non-lead-based ferroelectric KNN ceramics. He believes that solid oxide fuel cells are of great importance as energy converters that could replace fossil fuels. Therefore, he has been working on developing simplified and energy efficient processing route for solid oxide fuel cells using cold sintering technique at low temperatures.

In February 2024, Prof. Yılmaz was invited to NITech for Joint Research on Colloidal processing of ceramics by Associate Prof. Takashi Shirai.

Title of given lecture in NITech: Colloidal forces and its measurement by colloid probe technique

External Link: Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi (gtu.edu.tr)