Reader
- About
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- Email Address
- mehmet.kartal@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272495
- Office Address
School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Fraser Noble Building (room 252), King’s College Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom
- School/Department
- School of Engineering
Biography
Work Experience
Reader in Mechanical Engineering, University of Aberdeen, 08/2020 - Present
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Aberdeen, 08/2016 - 07/2020
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Aberdeen, 09/2014 - 07/2016
Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford, 01/2008 - 08/2014
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Director of Post-Graduate Research Students (2022-present)
Programme Coordinator for the MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering (2017 -2023)
Programme Coordinator for the MSc in Advanced Structural Engineering (2021 -2023)
Coordinator of Non-Destructive Testing Services (μCT) (2016 - present)
- External Memberships
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A panel member of the Royal Society’s Committee (2016-Present)
A Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (2020-Present)
Act as External Examiner for PhD viva (2016-Present)
A reviewer for
- Additive Manufacturing
- Experimental Mechanics
- International Journal of Fatigue
- Wear
- Materials & Design
- Composites Part A
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics
- International Journal of Solids and Structures
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
- The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design
- Tribology International
- ZAMM - Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
- The Journal of Engineering
- Strojniški vestnik – Journal of Mechanical Engineering
- International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping
- Research
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Research Overview
Micromechanical modelling
Contact mechanics
Residual stresses and eigenstrain theory
Experimental mechanics
Mechanics of materials
Funding and Grants
External Grants Awarded
- M.E. Kartal. 3D in-situ based methodology for optimizing the mechanical performance of selective laser melted aluminium alloys. EPSRC, £101k, 2018-2021
- M.E. Kartal, A. Karadimos and R.D. Neilson. Designing new Umbelicals for deep sea applications (Phase 2). Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (Phase 2), £260, 2018-2020
- M.E.Kartal, A. Karadimos and R.D. Neilson. Designing new Umbelicals for deep sea applications (Phase 1). Oil and Gas Innovation Centre, £68k, 2017-2018
- M.E. Kartal. Multiscale Experimental and Computational Techniques for Optimizing Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufacturing Process Parameters. NSIRC/TWI PhD Sponsorship 2016, £44k, 2016-2019
- M.E. Kartal., I. Guz and M. Kashtalyan. KTP between University of Aberdeen and Westerton. Department of Trade and Industry (Knowledge Transfer Partnership), £150k, 2016-2017.
- M.E. Kartal. Three-dimensional in-situ measurements of deformation using the x-ray microscope and microtest stage. The Royal Society Research Grant, £15k, 2015-2016.
- A.C.F. Cocks and M.E. Kartal. Measurements of residual stresses in ultra-thick steel welds and analysis of relationship between residual stresses and fatigue fracture. Welding and Joining Research Group Technical Research Laboratories POSCO, $50k, 2011-2013.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
EM3028:Engineering Materials
EG4529/EM4529 Nonlinear Mechanics
EG5096 Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
EG50T7 Subsea Construction, Inspection and Maintenance
EG5565 MEng Group Design
EG4013 MEng/BEng Individual Projects in Mechanical Engineering
