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Murat Dinc
Associate Teaching Professor
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Murat Dinc, Ph.D.

Contact Info

Hughes Hall, 407

Education

  • Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, 2015
  • M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 2011
  • B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, 2008

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, 兔子先生 University, Middletown Campus, January 2019 – May 2023
  • Instructor, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, August 2017 – May 2019
  • Instructor, Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL, September 2017 – May 2018
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, September 2015 – May 2016
  • Graduate Research Assistant, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, August 2011 – August 2014
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, January 2011 – May 2011
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, September 2008 – December 2010

Major Teaching Interests

  • Engineering, technology, science, mathematics, physics related courses

Major Research Interests

  • Research in pedagogy
  • Research in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and its applications including hydrodynamics and single drop dynamics, sprays and spray cooling, aerodynamics

Licenses & Certifications

Issued Jun 2023

Credential ID 75585788

ANSYS logoANSYS Fluent: Turbulence Models, Multiphase Models, and User Defined Functions (UDF) Course Completion

Honors & Awards

  • Awarded Research, Scholarship and Artistry (RSA) award from 兔子先生 University (2022)
  • Awarded professional development fund for participating at the Focus on Student Success Faculty Workshop Series at 兔子先生 University, Oxford (2022)
  • Awarded the Lilly Conference Grant, 兔子先生 University. This award was offered to me for outstanding performance in teaching and scholarly activities as recommended by the Department of Engineering Technology Chair at 兔子先生 University (2022)
  • I was offered the Student Success and Retention Liaison position by the Department of Engineering Technology Chair (accepted and served) at 兔子先生 University, September 2022. Awarded CLAAS Research Funding from 兔子先生 University Regionals (2021)
  • 2nd place recipient of the Art-in-Science Competition at the 46th AIAA-DCASS Symposium (2021)
  • Student Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award. “Murat Dinc is being recognized for creativity and innovation in teaching” in Fall 2020, 兔子先生 University (2020) 
  • Faculty Commendation for Teaching, and Research. Center for Teaching Excellence, 兔子先生 University (2020, 2022)
  • New Faculty Teaching Enhancement Program professional development fund, 兔子先生 University, Oxford, Ohio, December 2019 Winner of the Graduate Poster Competition, West Virginia Academy of Science (WVAS), Apr 2014
  • 2nd Place Recipient of the Graduate Poster Competition, University of Nevada, Reno, Apr 2011

Publications

  • “Improving Snow Plowing Safety and Efficiency Using Computational and Experimental Approaches: Rear Side of Snow Plow Trucks,” Murat Dinc, Cahit A. Evrensel, Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 193, February 2022.
  • “Improving Snow Plowing Safety and Efficiency Using Computational and Experimental Approaches: Front Side of Snow Plow Trucks,” Murat Dinc, Cahit A. Evrensel, Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 182, February 2021.
  • “Effects of Temperature and Gravity on Impact Crater and Time Scales When a Drop Impacts onto a Wetted Surface,” Murat Dinc, Donald D. Gray, International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application, Issue 2, Vol. 37, April 2020.
  • “Liquid Volume Measurements in the Cavity Formed by Single Droplet Impacts into a Thin, Static Liquid Film,” John M. Kuhlman, Nicholas L. Hillen, Murat Dinc, Donald D. Gray, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 54, pp. 179-188, April 2014.
  • “Drop Impingement onto a Wetted Surface: Effects of Gravity and Drop Shape,” Murat Dinc and Donald D. Gray, International Journal of Mechanics, Issue 1, Vol. 7, pp. 26-36, 2013.

Conference Papers and Presentations

  • “Increasing Student Engagement in Engineering Technology Based Lectures via Practice Problems Sessions,” Murat Dinc, abstract presented at the Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, Ohio, Nov 17-19, 2022.
  • “Drop Impingement onto a Wetted Surface: Effects of Thermal Buoyancy and Gravity Level,” Krishna T. Medam, Murat Dinc, Donald D. Gray (Presenter), John M. Kuhlman, abstract presented at the International Conference on New Trends in Transport Phenomena (NTTP), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 1-2, 2014.
  • “Droplet Impact Time Histories for Varying Weber Number and Liquid Film Thickness for Spray Cooling Application,” N. L. Hillen (Presenter), J. S. Taylor, C. Menchini, G. Morris, Dinc, D. D. Gray, J. M. Kuhlman, Paper AIAA-2013-2976, AIAA 43rd Fluid Dynamics Conference, San Diego, California, June 24-27, 2013.
  • “Spray Simulations to Support the Development of a Monte Carlo-Based Spray Cooling Model,” Murat Dinc (Presenter), Donald D. Gray, Nicholas L. Hillen, J. Stephen Taylor, John M. Kuhlman, Paper AIAA-2013-2975, AIAA 43rd Fluid Dynamics Conference, San Diego, California, June 24-27, 2013.
  • “Drop Impact on a Wet Surface: Computational Investigation of Gravity and Drop Shape,” Murat Dinc (Presenter) and Donald D. Gray, Advances in Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Proceedings of the 10th World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics (FMA’12), Istanbul, Turkey, ISBN: 978-1-61804-114-2, pp. 374-379, Aug. 21-23, 2012.
  • “Drop Impingement on Wet and Dry Surfaces,” Nicholas L. Hillen (Presenter), John M. Kuhlman, Murat Dinc, Donald D. Gray, Paper AIAA-2012-2960, AIAA 42nd Fluid Dynamics Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 25-28, 2012.

Symposium Presentations

  • “Computational and Analytical Studies on Liquid Drop Impact: Effects of Fluid Properties and Gravity,” Murat Dinc, abstract submitted to the 47th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 8, 2022. 
  • “Do you see the liquid droplet? It is there but the way we look here, we do not see it,” Murat Dinc, research entry submitted for the 47th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 8, 2022. 
  • “Who is hungry? A pizza for Weber number more than 30, a donut for Weber number less than only 10!,” Murat Dinc, research entry submitted for the 47th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 8, 2022.
  • “Single Liquid Drop Impact onto a Dry Surface: Effects of Drop Shape,” Murat Dinc, abstract presented at the 46th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 2, 2021.
  • “Interface Shape Between Liquid Drop and Layer,” Murat Dinc, research entry presented at the 46th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 2, 2021.
  • “Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of the Effects of Varying Several Parameters on the Impact of a Drop onto Dry Surfaces,” Murat Dinc (Presenter), Logan Street, Giancarlos Castro, abstract presented at the 45th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 3, 2020.
  • “High-Speed Snowplowing Safety and Efficiency: Investigation of Sustainable Design Methods,” Murat Dinc (Presenter), abstract presented at the 45th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 3, 2020.
  • “When a cold water drop impacts onto a hot water film on Jupiter,” Murat Dinc, Donald D. Gray, John M. Kuhlman, Krishna T. Medam, research entry presented at the 44th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 5, 2019.
  • “Exploratory Simulations of Full-Cone Water Spray Cooling,” Murat Dinc (Presenter), Donald D. Gray, John M. Kuhlman, Nicholas L. Hillen, Krishna T. Medam, J. Stephen Taylor, poster presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, April 12, 2014.
  • “The Impact of a Single Drop on a Liquid Film: Comparisons of Axisymmetric and Fully Three Dimensional Simulations with Experimental Measurements,” Krishna T. Medam (Presenter), Murat Dinc, Donald D. Gray, Nicholas L. Hillen, J. Stephen Taylor, John M. Kuhlman, abstract presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, April 12, 2014.
  • “Techniques to Quantify Dynamic Phenomena of Spray Droplets Impinging on a Smooth Surface,” J. Stephen Taylor (Presenter), John M. Kuhlman, Donald D. Gray, Murat Dinc, Krishna T. Medam, Nicholas L. Hillen, abstract presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, April 12, 2014.
  • “Preliminary Spray Cooling Simulations Using a Full-Cone Water Spray,” Murat Dinc (Presenter), Donald D. Gray, John M. Kuhlman, Nicholas L. Hillen, Krishna T. Medam, J. Stephen Taylor, abstract presented at the 39th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 5, 2014.
  • “Time-Varying Liquid Volume Beneath Single Droplet Impacts into a Static Liquid Layer,” John M. Kuhlman (Presenter), Nicholas L. Hillen, J. Stephen Taylor, Krishna T. Medam, Murat Dinc, Donald D. Gray, abstract presented at the 39th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 5, 2014.
  • “A Single Drop Impact on a Liquid Film: Comparisons of Computational Results and Experimental Measurements,” Krishna T. Medam (Presenter), Murat Dinc, Donald D. Gray, John M. Kuhlman, Nicholas L. Hillen, J. Stephen Taylor, abstract presented at the 39th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 5, 2014.
  • “Visualization Techniques to Quantify Dynamic Phenomena of Spray Droplets Impinging on a Smooth Surface,” J. Stephen Taylor (Presenter), Nicholas L. Hillen, John M. Kuhlman, Murat Dinc, Krishna T. Medam, Donald D. Gray, abstract presented at the 39th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 5, 2014.
  • “Computational Investigation of Isothermal Sprays: Effects of Nozzle-to-Surface Distance and Spray Angle,” Murat Dinc (Presenter) and Donald D. Gray, poster presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Davis, West Virginia, April 6, 2013.
  • “Computational Study of Sprays for the Development of a Monte Carlo Model,” Murat Dinc (Presenter) and Donald D. Gray, abstract presented at the 38th Annual AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, Ohio, March 6, 2013.
  • “Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of the Effects of Gravity on the Impact of a Drop onto Dry and Wet Surfaces,” Murat Dinc (Presenter), Donald D. Gray, Nicholas L. Hillen, J. Stephen Taylor, John M. Kuhlman, abstract presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Institute, West Virginia, April 21, 2012.
  • “Spray Cooling Experiments for Monte Carlo Simulations Model,” Nicholas L. Hillen (Presenter), J. Stephen Taylor, John M. Kuhlman, Murat Dinc, Donald D. Gray, abstract presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Institute, West Virginia, April 21, 2012.

Thesis and Dissertation

  • “Computational Analysis of Single Drops and Sprays for Spray Cooling Applications,” Murat Dinc, Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, May, 2015.
  • “The Improvements of Snow Plowing Safety and Efficiency: Computational Modeling and Experimental Verification,” Murat Dinc, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, May, 2011.
  • Other Presentations/Research Talks/Workshops
  • “Energy and Engineering,” Workshop, Presenter: Murat Dinc, Pathways to Career Event at 兔子先生 University Regionals, Ohio College Tech Prep Program, Middletown, Ohio, October, 2022.
  • “Activities of the DINC Lab,” Guest Lecture, Presenter: Murat Dinc, ENT 137 Introduction to Engineering Technology Course, Video Conference, October, 2020.
  • “Falling Ball Viscometer Demonstration,” Workshop, Presenter: Murat Dinc, Engineering and IT Career Expo at Cincinnati State Clifton Campus, Ohio College Tech Prep Program, Cincinnati, Ohio, November, 2019.
  • “Computational Fluid Dynamics Studies,” Research Talk, Presenter: Murat Dinc, Advisor: Donald D. Gray, West Virginia University High Performance Computing (HPC) Summer Institute 2012, Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, May, 2012.
  • “The Improvements of Snow Plowing Efficiency Using Computational Approaches,” Poster Presentation, Presenter: Murat Dinc, Advisor: Cahit A. Evrensel, Graduate Poster Competition Sponsored by Graduate Student Association (GSA) at University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, April, 2011.