Erdem Caliskan
Graduate Research Assistant
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
erdem@tennessee.edu
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I am a Graduate Research Assistant in a group focused on fracture mechanics and metamaterials. I am interested in and have been working on computational mechanics since my junior year of college. I conduct research on protective metamaterials against impact and blast. I specialized in modeling failure in ceramic materials during my Ph.D. I am passionate about working with open-source software on HPC systems.
Experience
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Graduate Research Assistant, UTK
Jan 2022 - Current
Mechanical Engineer, ITUNOVA Technologies
March 2020 – Feb 2021
Intern, Baykar Technologies
August - September 2019
Intern, Turkish Aerospace Industries - ITU Very Light Aircraft Project
August 2018 – August 2019
Student Organization Member, ITU Facilis Vehicle Team
September 2016 – March 2020
Education
Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
January 2022 – December 2026
Minor Degree: Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science
GPA: 4.00/4.00, Details
M.Sc., Solid Mechanics, Istanbul Technical University
February 2020 – November 2021
GPA: 3.56/4.00, Thesis, Details
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
August 2015 – February 2020
GPA: 3.08/4.00 Thesis in Turkish, Details
Journal Publications
Caliskan, Erdem, and Mesut Kirca. “Tensile characteristics of boron nanotubes by using reactive molecular dynamics simulations.” Computational Materials Science 209 (2022): 111368. Link
Awards & Scholarships
Graduate School Fellowship, Summer 2023
Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, 2023
2nd place, 5 Minute Thesis Competition - BASARIM 2022 - 7th High-Performance Computing Conference, organized with the cooperation of Turkish Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBIM), Sabanci University, Middle East Technical University (METU) and the support of the EuroCC@Turkey project. Presentation
High-Performance Computing resource grant at The National Center for High-Performance Computing (UHeM) and Turkish National Science e-Infrastructure (TRUBA), 2019-2021.
Research project scholar, Acoustical Investigation of Nanoporous Materials by Using Molecular Dynamics Method, funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey (TUBITAK), 2018-2019.
Conference Presentations
Caliskan, E.†, Cheney, W., Wang, W, Abedi, R., Amirkhizi, V. A., “Linear Time Domain Analysis of Resonant Microstructured Media and Higher Order Scattering Modes”, 17th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 23-27, 2023.
Caliskan, E.†, Cheney, W., Wang, W, Abedi, R., Amirkhizi, V. A., “Time Domain Analysis of Resonant Microstructured Media under Impact Loading”, 2023 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 6-9, 2023.
Abedi, R., Huynh, G.†, Caliskan, E., Amirkhizi A. V., Cheney, W., Wang W., Haber R. B., “A Hyperbolic Phase Field Model for High Strain Rate Fracture in Microstructured Media”, 15th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Yokohama, Japan, July 31 – August 5, 2022.
Caliskan E.†, Kirca M. “Mechanical Properties of Boron Nanotubes with Triangular Lattice”, 6th International Erciyes Conference on Scientific Research, Kayseri, Turkey, September 1-2 2021.
Memberships
Tau Beta Pi - The Engineering Honor Society (2023–present)
US Association of Computational Mechanics (2023–present)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2023–present)