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, academic, and professional service

Dr. Akdogan is a multiple-award-winning teacher-scholar who has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses covering a diverse range of topics including mechanical properties of materials, chemical thermodynamics of materials, microprocessing of materials, crystal chemistry of engineering materials, solid-state theory of engineering materials, EMO properties of materials, physical metallurgy, and phase transformations.

Dr. Akdogan is a course creator, academic administrator, recruiter, public speaker, and a mentor to undergraduate in MSE and the School of Engineering. Currently, he is serving as the director of the Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate program. He served or is serving as faculty mentor to Rutgers programs such as the McNair, JJ Slade, Engineering Honors Academy.

Dr. Akdogan is a full member of the MSE graduate program. He has a proven track record in government-funded research projects, with >2900 citations, H-index: 26, i10-index: 44 on >70 articles that are published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. He delivered over 125 presentations at national and international symposia (1/4 invited contribution). He is the co-inventor on 2 US patents.

Dr. Akdoğan is a senior member of IEEE Class of 2005 and a member of the IEEE-UFFC Society’s Ferroelectrics Committee, serving as its Associate Publications Chair since January 2023. Previously, he served as the Education Committee Chair of IEEE-UFFC Society (2004-2008) and the Travel and Local Arrangements Chair of the 2007 IEEE-UFFC Ultrasonics Meeting in New York City. He was the Co-Organizer & Session Chair of the Nanomaterials Symposium at ISOPE 2010 in Beijing, China, and ISOPE 2011 in Maui, HI, USA. He was the Executive Committee Chair of Nano 2012 in Rhodes, Greece. He was a Scientific Committee Member of the International Metallurgy and Materials Congress (IMMC'2020), Istanbul, Türkiye. He is also a member of MRS, Sigma Xi, ACerS, and IEEE. He was the Co-Director and Co-PI of the Nano-structured Materials Laboratory at Rutgers University and the Lead Experimenter at the X17-B1 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, JACerS, Trans. IEEE-UFFC, Materials Today, J. of Phys. C: Cond. Mat., J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys., Phys. Rev. B.

Teaching Assignments

Professor Akdoğan's teaching responsibilities for the 2023-2024 academic year are listed below. The
numbers within parentheses are the course credits. The total teaching credits per AY are 16.

Fall 2023
 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3), 14:635:407:01
 Physical Metallurgy (3), 14:635:362

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)

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

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. In the last 2 years he has been focusing on the SLA-3D Printing and pressureless sintering of ZrC ceramics for hypersonic applications.

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

X. Xu, R. Saini, E. K. Akdoğan, J. S. McCloy, A. Goel, “Corrosion behavior of Monofrax K-3 refractory in borosilicate-based model low activity waste glass melts,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society,” https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19021 (2023).

İ. Şavklıyıldız, A. Degnah, H. Biçer, E. Salur, T. Tsakalakos, E. K. Akdogan, “Anatomy of flash sintering in yttria-stabilized zirconia solid-state electrolyte: High temporal resolution energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction using a 200 keV synchrotron probe,” Journal of Materials Research doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-00910-4 (2023).

A. Safari, E. K. Akdoğan, J. D. Leber, “Ferroelectric ceramics and composites for piezoelectric transducer applications,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 61 SN0801 (2022). https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ac8bdc

H. Biçer, A. Degnah, E. Salur, İ. Şavklıyıldız, T. Tsakalakos, E. K.Akdoğan, “Multicycle flash sintering of cubic Y2O3-stabilized ZrO2: An in situ energy dispersive synchrotron x-ray diffraction study with high temporal resolution,” Materials Today Communication 33 10422 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104272

İlyas Şavklıyıldız, Çiğdem Okur, E. Koray Akdoğan, Flash sintering and dielectric properties of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3, 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).