UNIVERSITY FACULTY RESUME

January, 2008

 

 

        I.     PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

Cahit Erkal                                            

Professor of Physics

222E Joseph E. Johnson Engineering Physical Science Building

Geology, Geography and Physics Department

Phone (731) 881-7432, Fax: (731) 881-7434

cerkal@utm.edu, home page:  http://www.utm.edu/stafflinks/cerkal/cahit.htm

 

     II.       EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS

 

                Ph.D.      University of Wisconsin, Madison (1986), Physics

                B.S.         Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey  (Fall 1980), Engineering Physics

 

    III.       EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

                1/2000 - Present                    Geology, Geography and Physics Department, University of Tennessee Martin

Fall/98 – Jan. 2000                Assistant to the associate editor for the NCSSSMST (National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science & Technology)

                8/1999 - 12/99                        Adjunct Faculty, University of Central Oklahoma

                3/92 - 12/99                            Adjunct Faculty, University of Oklahoma, Physics Department

                7/91 - 12/99                            Faculty at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics

8/87 - 6/91                              Assistant Professor (temporary position), Central Michigan Univ., Mt. Pleasant, MI

9/86 - 8/87                              Visiting Professor/Scientist, University of Cincinnati

                9/86 - 8/87                              Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin

                79 - 80                                     Teaching Assistant, Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey

                1978                                        System Analyst, ECN (Netherlands Energy Center)-Netherlands

 

 

    IV.       SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY

               

                Refereed Journal Publications

               

                A.Cecen and C.Erkal

“Effects of Trend and Periodicity on the Correlation Dimension and the Lyapunov Exponents”

In press with International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Dec.2008

 

A. Cecen and C. Erkal

“Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling in ECG Analysis: A Heuristic Guideline

                Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol.12, No4, pp.359-369,2008

   

                C.Erkal

Geodesics  on a Hot Plate: An Example of a Two-Dimensional Curved Space

                Cahit Erkal, 2006, European Journal of Physics. 27 891-897 

 

                Cahit Erkal, “Nonlinear Characteristics of Daily Temperature Data and Nonlinear   Modeling”

 IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 2005 International Conference on Sytems, Man, and Cybernetics, October 10-12, 2005 Proceedings,Waikoloa, Hawaii, pp. 192-197

 

               Simpson, R. M. and C. Erkal, “The Use of Teleconnections to Predict        Temperatures in a   

Climate Transition Zone”, Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, Vol. 27, pp. 131-140,2004.

               

                Richard T. Baillie, A. Cecen, C. Erkal, Y.W. Han

                Measuring non-linearity, long memory and self-similarity in high-frequency European exchange rates

                “Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money”, Vol. 14, Issue 5  (2004), pp. 401-418

 

                 C. Erkal

             The Simple Pendulum: A Relativistic Revisit    

                European Journal of Physics, 21(2000) 377-384

 

                A. Cecen and C. Erkal

Distinguishing Between Stochastic and Deterministic Behavior in High Frequency Foreign Exchange Rate Returns: Can Nonlinear Dynamics Help Forecasting?

International Journal of Forecasting, Vol.12, Issue 4. (1996) page 465

 

                A. Cecen and C. Erkal

                Foreign Exchange Rate Returns: Stochasticity and Deterministic Behavior

Journal of Economic Letters. 51 (1996) 323-329

 

 

                I. N. Tansel and C. Erkal

The Chaotic Characteristics of Three Dimensional Cutting,

 International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacturer. Vol.32,No.2,811(1992)

 

                I.N. Tansel, C. Erkal and T. Keramidas

"The Chaotic Characteristics of Three Dimensional Turning"

a conference paper, presented and published at 1991 Winter Annual meeting at ASME (December 1991).

 

                C.Erkal and M.G. Olsson

Meson Electromagnetic Radii- A Model Independent Analysis

 Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics 13, 1355 (1987)

 

                C. Erkal and M.G. Olsson

A Three-Channel Model of Pion-Pion Scattering and the Elastic and

Inelastic Electromagnetic Vertex Functions.

Zeitshrift fur Physik C- Particles and Fields 33, 445 (1987)

 

                C. Erkal and M.G. Olsson

On the Consistency of Electromagnetic Form Factor and Pion-Pion

Scattering in the (1600) Region.

Zeitshrift fur Physik C- Particles and Fields 31, 615 (1986)

 

                C. Erkal and M.G.Olsson

A Unified Treatment of the ρ(1200) and ρ’(1600)

Zeitshrift fur Physik C- Particles and Fields 29, 485 (1985)

 

                C. Erkal and M.G.Olsson

A Simple Model for Pion Form Factor

Preprint MAD/PH/188 June 1984

 

                C. Erkal

Comparison of Neutron Spectrum Unfolding Codes Applied to CFRMF

ECN Report FYS/RASA-79/14 Petten, Netherlands January 1979

 

 

B             PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

 

                   Conference Presentations (Research):

1)   Cahit Erkal “Time series as a diagnostic tool for EKG”

The 74st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) held November 8 - 10, 2007 (Thursday - Saturday), in Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

 

                  

 2) Cahit Erkal, “Nonlinear Characteristics of Daily Temperature Data and Nonlinear  

     Modeling”

 IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 2005 International Conference on Sytems, Man, and Cybernetics, October 10-12, 2005 Proceedings,Waikoloa, Hawaii,

 

                3) Conference Presentation” A Time Series Analysis of Temperature Data”, January 2002,

                    International Conference on Chaos, January 3-7, 2002, Baltimore.

 

4) Predictability and Low Dimensional Chaos in Foreign Exchange Rate Returns: Further

    Evidence 16th Annual International Symposium on Forecasting, June 23-26, 1996,   

    Istanbul, Turkey.

 

5) "A Chaotic Path of Modified Duffing Oscillator"

    Paper for presentation at the American Physical Society (APS) meeting, Washington  

    D.C. (27-  25 April 1991). 

 

6) "Hadronic Decay Rates of Tau Lepton"

    Contributed paper at the American Physical Society (APS) Meeting Baltimore, MD (1-  

    4 May 1989)

 

7) "A Unified Treatment of the r(1200) and r’(1600)"

    Contributed paper at the Spring Meeting of the American Physical Society

    Washington D.C. (28 April-1 May 1986)

 

 

Conferences Presented for Teacher Training/education/Outreach:

1)         Results from a West Tennessee Outreach Program:, Invited Talk, Math and   

      Science Education Research Conference, organized by Tennessee Mathematics,   

       Science&Technology Education Center (TMSTEC) at MTSU, Feb. 21-22, 2008

 

2)       A Math Science School’s Profile: A Model for Tennessee, Invited Talk, Math and   

      Science Education Research Conference, organized by Tennessee Mathematics,   

       Science&Technology Education Center (TMSTEC) at MTSU, Feb. 22-23, 2007

2)       Activity Based Summer Science Institute for Middle School Teachers, 26th Annual Conference Unity in Science, Memphis, 2005

 3)   Results from a West Tennessee Outreach Program in Physics/Astronomy

       The 71st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical   

       Society (SESAPS) will held November 11 - 13, 2004 (Thursday - Saturday), in Oak  

       Ridge, Tennessee.

 

4)   C. Erkal, Gifted Education; A Mathematics and Science Perspective, Tennessee 

      Association for the Gifted (TAG) conference, October 19, 2002, Chattanooga,

       Tennessee

 

5)   C. Erkal, Understanding Chaos, Michigan Section-American Association of Physics

      Teachers (AAPT) Spring Meeting, 21 April 1990, Kalamazoo College, Michigan.

 

6)  C. Erkal and Andy Sieradzan, The Path of the Bowling Ball, Michigan Section-

     American  Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Spring Meeting, 21 April 1990,

     Kalamazoo College, Michigan

 

7)       C. Erkal, Challenging Problems of Modern Physics, Michigan Section-American  

      Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Fall Meeting,  04 November 1989, Delta  

       College, Michigan

 

Other Conference Presentations as Co-Author (presenter is the other author):

                the 27th Annual Applied Geography Conference in St. Louis Missouri , 22 October 2004

THE USE OF TELECONNECTION INDICES TO PREDICT TEMPERATURES IN A CLIMATE           TRANSITION ZONE, Robert M. Simpson and Cahit Erkal, University of Tennessee at Martin

 

An Analysys of A Climate Transition Zone: The Case of The Mid-Mississippi River Valley, presented by Dr. Mark Simpson  at the AAG (American Association of Geographers) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March 2003.

 

A Structured Development of Engineering Curriculum With Course Content Continuum, Chris B. Effiong, Cahit Erkal, University of Tennessee at Martin, and Corey A. Graves

Presented by Chris Effiong at the ASEE (American Society of Electrical Engineering) Meeting, April 6-8, 2003.

 

Time Series Analysis of West Tennessee Climate and its Relationship to Atmospheric Flow Patterns

Presented by Dr. Mark Simpson, Assistant Professor of Geography, UT-Martin, at the AAG (American Association of Geographers) Annual Meeting, New York City, March 2001.