E. Koray Akdoğan

Associate Teaching Professor & Undergraduate Program Director

Materials Science and Engineering

Phone:848-445-4513
Fax:732-445-2873
Email:eka@soe.rutgers.edu
Office:CCR-114
Office Hours: By Appointment
Website: EKA Materials Research Group

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Teaching and educational interests, and academic service 

Dr. Akdoğan is passionate about teaching core and advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, covering a diverse range of topics including mechanical properties of engineering materials, chemical thermodynamics of materials, microprocessing of ceramics, the structure of engineering materials, solid-state theory of engineering materials, EMO properties of materials, physical metallurgy, and phase transformations. He served or is currently serving as a faculty mentor to undergraduate students in the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, James J. Slade Scholars Program, ARESTY Program, and the School of Engineering Honors Academy at Rutgers University. Dr. Akdoğan is the founding Faculty Coordinator of the undergraduate Metals Concentration Certificate Program and was the Academic Advisor for the Class of 2021. He is the recipient of the 2019 Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching at Rutgers University, and the Rutgers Engineering Governing Council's Professor of the Year Award in MSE for academic years 2015-16, 2016-17, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22. Since June 2020, he serves as the Undergraduate Program Director. He is a full member of the MSE graduate faculty since March 2021.

Teaching Assignments

Professor Akdoğan's teaching responsibilities for the 2022-2023 academic year are listed below. The
numbers within parentheses are the course credits. Total teaching credits per AY is 16.
Spring 2023
• Thermodynamics of Materials (4), 14:635:206
• Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01
• Theory of Solid State Materials (3), 16:635:503

Fall 2022 
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01 and 02
 Physical Metallurgy (3), 14:635:362 
 
Spring 2022 
 Thermodynamics of Materials (4), 14:635:206
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01
 Theory of Solid State Materials (3), 16:635:503
 
Fall 2021 
 Introduction to Materials Science & Engineering (3), 14:635:203 (In person on Busch
Campus; Akdogan & Klein)
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01 (Synchronous on RU Webex)
 Physical Metallurgy (3), 14:635:362 (In person on Busch Campus)
 
Summer 2021
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407 (Synchronous on RU Webex)
 
Spring 2021 
 Thermodynamics of Materials (4), 14:635:206 (Synchronous on RU Webex)
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01 (Synchronous on RU Webex)
 Theory of Solid State Materials (3), 16:635:503 (Synchronous on RU Webex)
 

Fall 2020 
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01 (Synchronous on RU Webex)
 Physical Metallurgy (3), 14:635:362 (Synchronous on RU Webex)
 
Spring 2020 
 Thermodynamics of Materials (4), 14:635:206
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01
 Theory of Solid State Materials (3), 16:635:503
 
Summer 2020
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407 
 
Fall 2019
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01
 Physical Metallurgy (3), 14:635:362
 
Spring 2019
 Thermodynamics of Materials (3), 14:635:206
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01
 Theory of Solid State Materials (3), 16:635:503
 
Summer 2019
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407
 Fall 2018
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01 & 02
 Physical Metallurgy (3), 14:635:362
 
Spring 2018
 Thermodynamics of Materials, 14:635:206
 Mechanical Properties of Materials, 14:635:407:01
 Theory of Solid State Materials 16:635:503

Professional Affiliations

Dr. Akdoğan is a senior member of IEEE and has served as the Education Committee Chair of UFFC Society (2004-2008); as the Travel and Local Arrangements Chair of the 2007 IEEE-UFFC Ultrasonics Meeting in New York City; as Co-Organizer & Session Chair of the Nanomaterials Symposium at ISOPE 2010 in Beijing, China and ISOPE 2011 in Maui, HI, USA; and, as the Executive Committee Chair of Nano 2012 in Rhodes, Greece. He is a Scientific Committee Member, International Metallurgy and Materials Congress (IMMC'2020), Istanbul, Turkey. He is also a member of MRS, Sigma Xi and ACerS. He was the Co-Director and Co-PI of the Nano-structured Materials Laboratory at Rutgers University, and the Lead Experimenter at the X17-1 beamline at NSLS-I (2008-2014). He is affiliated with NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Labs (2014-to date). He serves as a peer reviewer to prestigious archival journals such as Adv. Materials, Appl. Phys. Lett., J. Appl. Phys., ACS Nano, Acta Mat., Physics B: Cond. Mat., JMR, Trans. IEEE-UFFC, Materials Today, J. of Phys. C: Cond. Mat., J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys., Phys. Rev. B.

Research Interests

Dr. Akdoğan’s research interests include but are not limited to: Chemical and solid state thermodynamics (Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire) of materials; In situ laboratory and synchrotron x-ray diffraction (Bragg-Brentano and EDXRD); Electric field and pressure assisted processing of inorganic and nonmetallic solids. Experimental micromechanics of alloys, ceramics, coatings and films; Mechanical, thermal, electrical, elasto-dielectric (linear and nonlinear) properties of ceramics, coatings and heteroepitaxial thin films; Amorphous metals and thermal barrier coatings for nuclear applications; linear and nonlinear dielectric ceramics and thin films for rf/microwave applications, finite size effects in ferroelectrics, and electrochemical and electromechanical actuation phenomena in engineering materials. 

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

İlyas Şavklıyıldız, Çiğdem Okur, E. Koray Akdoğan, Flash sintering and dielectric properties of K0.5Na0.5NbO3, Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2021) DOI: 10.1111/jace.18119.

E. Salur, C. Nazik, M. Acarer, İ. Şavklıyıldız and E. K. Akdoğan, "Ultrahigh hardness in Y2O3 dispersed  ferrous multicomponent nanocomposites," Materials Today Communication 28 102637 (2021)  doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102637

N. Simos, H. Zhong, Z. Zhong, F. Camino, E. Dooryhee, S. Ghose, D. Sprouster, Z. Kotsina, İ. Şavklıyıldız and E. Koray Akdoğan, "Fast Neutron Irradiation Embrittlement-ductilitization of an Iron-based Amorphous Alloy using In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction," International Journal of Metallurgy and Metal Physics; 5:052 (2020) DOI: 10.35840/2631-5076/9252.

H. Bicer, E. K. Akdoğan, İ. Şavklıyıldız, C. Haines, Z. Zhong; T. Tsakalakos, " Thermal Expansion of Nano Boron Carbide under Constant DC Electric Field: An in situ energy dispersive X-ray diffraction study using a synchrotron probe," Journal of Materials Research, 35 (1):1-8 (2020) DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2019.382.

M. Örnek, C. Hwang, K.M. Reddy, V. Domnich, S.L. Miller, E.K. Akdoğan, K.J. Hemker, R.A. Haber, "Formation of BN from BCNO and the development of ordered BN structure: I. Synthesis of BCNO with various chemistries and degrees of crystallinity and reaction mechanism on BN formation," Ceramics International, 44 (13) (2018), pp. 14980-14989. 

M. Acelce, E. K. Akdoğan, M. Chhowalla, “Electrochemomechanical Actuators based on 2D 1T-MoS2 Nanosheets,” Nature, 549, 370–373 (2017) 

N. Simos, Z. Zhong, E. Dooryhee, S. Ghose, S. Gill, F. Camino, İ. Şavklıyıldız, E.K. Akdoğan, “Neutron irradiation and high temperature effects on amorphous Fe-based nano-coatings on steel – A macroscopic assessment,” Journal of Nuclear Materials (2017) 

T. Özdemir, E. K. Akdoğan, H. Biçer, İ. Şavklıyıldız, Z. Zhong, T. Tsakalakos, “Electric field effect on chemical and phase equilibria in nano-TiB2–TiO2–TiBO3 system at <650 °C: an in situ time-resolved energy dispersive x-ray diffraction study with an ultrahigh energy synchrotron probe,” Journal of Materials Research, 32, 2, 482-494 (2016). 

W.A. Paxton, T. Özdemir, I. Savkliyildiz, T. Whalen, H. Bicer, Z. Zhong, E. K. Akdoǧan, T. Tsakalakos, “Anisotropic Thermal Expansion of Zirconium Diboride: An Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Diffraction Study,” Journal of Ceramics, (2016). 

W.A. Paxton, E. K. Akdoğan, İ. Şavkliyildiz, A. Choksi, S. Silver, T. Tsakalakos, Z. Zhong, “Asynchronous stoichiometric response in lithium iron phosphate batteries,” Journal of Materials Research, 30 (03), 417-423 (2014).

E. K. Akdoğan, İ. Şavklıyıldız, H. Biçer, W. Paxton, F. Toksoy, Z. Zhong, T.  Tsakalakos, “Anomalous lattice expansion in yttria stabilized zirconia under simultaneous applied electric and thermal fields: A time-resolved in situ energy dispersive x-ray diffractometry study with an ultrahigh energy synchrotron probe,” Journal of Applied Physics, 113, 233503 (2013).

İ. Şavklıyıldız, E. K. Akdoğan, Z. Zhong, L. Wang, D. Weidner, M. Vaughan, M. C. Croft and T. Tsakalakos,” Phase transformations in hypereutectic MgO-Y2O3 nanocomposites at 5.5 GPa,” Journal of Applied Physics, 113, 203520 (2013).

E. K. Akdoğan, İ. Şavklιyιldιz, B. Berke, Z. Zhong, L. Wang, D. Weidner, M. C. Croft, and T. Tsakalakos, "Pressure effects on phase equilibria and solid solubility in MgO-Y2O3 nanocomposites," Journal of Applied Physics, 111, 053506 (2012).

E. K. Akdoğan, I. Şavklıyıldız, B. Berke, Z. Zhong, L. Wang, M. Vaughan, T. Tsakalakos, "High-pressure phase transformations in MgO-Y2O3 nanocomposites," Applied Physics Letters, 99, 141915 (2011).

M. Croft, V. Shukla, E. K. Akdoğan, N. Jisrawi, Z. Zhong, R. Sadangi, A. Ignatov, L. Balarinni, , K. Horvath, and T. Tsakalakos, “In situ strain profiling of elasto-plastic bending in Ti-6Al-4V alloy by synchrotron energy dispersive x-ray diffraction,” Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 093505 (2009).

P. Ngerchuklin, E.K. Akdoğan, B. Jadidian, A. Safari, “Electromechanical displacement of piezoelectric-electrostrictive monolithic bilayer composites,” Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 034102 (2009).

M. Abazari, E.K. Akdoğan, A. Safari, “Effects of background oxygen pressure on dielectric and ferroelectric properties of epitaxial (K0.44, Na0.52, Li0.04)(Nb0.84,Ta0.10, Sb0.06)O3 thin films on SrTiO3,” Applied Physics Letters, 93, 192910 (2008).

E.K. Akdoğan, K. Kerman, M. Abazari, A. Safari, ”Origins of high piezoelectric activity in (K0.44, Na0.52, Li0.04)(Nb0.84,Ta0.10, Sb0.06)O3,” Applied Physics Letters, 92, 112908 (2008).

E.K. Akdoğan, A. Safari, “Thermodynamic theory of intrinsic finite size effects in PbTiO3 nanocrystals; PART I: Nanoparticle size-dependent tetragonal phase stability,” Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 064114 (2007).

E.K. Akdoğan, A. Safari, “Thermodynamic theory of intrinsic finite size effects in PbTiO3 nanocrystals; Part II: Dielectric and piezoelectric properties,” Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 064115 (2007).