Dr. Hulya Kirkici

Publications, either journal articles, conference papers, educational documents or standards, monologues, letters, and other forms, are important part of engineering profession. Dr. Kirkici, 2019 IEEE Vice President – Publications, will give an overview of IEEE publications and policies including current changes in publication models, such as open access publishing and conferences. She will discuss projects and tools including author/reviewer education, preprint services, conference publications other strategic activities and goals of IEEE publications. The 1 hour talk and discussion with Dr. Kirkici will include variety of other topics ranging on publishing in IEEE journals, magazines and conference preceding, and her experiences as an IEEE volunteers, academic researcher and educator. Questions from the audience are strongly encouraged.

Biography:

Hulya Kirkici is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, where she teaches and conducts research. She received the B.S. and M.S. in physics from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey; and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University (NYU – Poly), Brooklyn, NY in 1990. She was a visiting scientist/engineer at NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL (1999-2000), and a visiting scholar / consultant at the Air Force Research Laboratory - Wright Patterson Air Force Base, during Fall 2014.

Dr. Kirkici’s research interests are in electrical insulation and high-frequency dielectric breakdown in space and aerospace environments, cold plasmas, repetitive pulsed power, and high voltage engineering. She has published numerous journal and conference papers and given invited talks in these related topics over the years (in USA, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, and China). Dr. Kirkici is a Senior Member of IEEE, and members of American Physical Society (APS), Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, and American Association of University Women (AAUW).

Dr. Kirkici is a recipient of the IEEE William G. Dunbar Award “for continuing contribution to high-voltage and high frequency insulation research and engineering education,” presented at the 2014 IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference, in June 2014; and a recipient of the IEEE Sol Schneider Award “for continuing technical and administrative leadership in the power modulator and high voltage communities,” from IEEE-IPMHVC in 2010. Dr. Kirkici was the Invited Plenary speaker at the Chinese Pulse Power Summer School in Mianyang, China (August 2014) and was the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer at the 2011 IEEE Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO) meeting in Beijing, and delivered a talk titled “Novel Dielectrics and Advanced Electrical Insulation Technology.”

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