Dr. Zafer Evis

 

 

Department of Engineering Sciences
Middle East Technical University                                                                                       

Ankara, 06531 Turkey

 

Office: MM 706                                            
Tel: +90-312-2104450
Fax: +90-312-2102389                                                                                                              

E-mail: evis@metu.edu.tr

 

Education:

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Ph.D. Engineering Science, December 2003

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

M.S. Materials Engineering, December 1999

                       

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

B.S. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, July 1996

 

Research Fields:

 

Sintering of Ceramics; Nanophase ceramics; Biomaterials: bone implants; Bone: aging, bone mineral.

 

Academic Experience:

 

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Assist. Prof. Dr., Department of Engineering Sciences, (9/05 – present)

 

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Instructor Dr., Department of Engineering Sciences, (11/04 – 9/05)

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, (01/04-06/04)

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Teaching / Research Assistant, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (08/99-12/03)

 

Professional Experience:     

 

General Electric, Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY 

Part-Time Engineer, Abradable Coatings (09/99-12/00)

 

CANSAS, Çankırı, Turkey 

Quality Control Engineer, Metallography (08/96-12/96)

 

Publications:

 

1) Z. Evis and R. H. Doremus, “Hot pressed hydroxylapatite / monoclinic zirconia composites with improved mechanical properties”, Journal of Materials Science, 42, 2426-2431 (2007).

 

2) Z. Evis and R. H. Doremus, “Effect of ZrF4 on hot-pressed hydroxyapatite/monoclinic zirconia composites”, Scripta Materialia, 56, 53-56 (2007).

 

3) Z. Evis and R. H. Doremus, “A study of phase stability and mechanical properties of hydroxylapatite-nanosize α–alumina composites”, Materials Science and Engineering C, 27, 421-425 (2007).

 

4) Z. Evis, “Al3+ doped nano-hydroxyapatites and their sintering characteristics”, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 114, 1001-1004 (2006).

 

5) Z. Evis, M. Sato and T. J. Webster, “Increased osteoblast adhesion on nanograined hydroxyapatite and partially stabilized zirconia composites” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 78A, 500-507 (2006).

 

6) Z. Evis, C. Ergun and R. H. Doremus, “Hydroxylapatite-zirconia composites:  Thermal stability of phases and sinterability as related to the CaO-ZrO2 phase diagram”, Journal of Materials Science, 40-5, 1127-1134 (2005).

 

7) Z. Evis and R. H. Doremus, “Coatings of hydroxyapatite – nanosize alpha alumina composites on Ti-6Al-4V”, Materials Letters, 59, 3824-3827 (2005).

 

8) Z. Evis, “Reactions in hydroxylapatite-zirconia composites”, Ceramics International, (in print) (2007).

 

9) Z. Evis and R. H. Doremus, “Effect of MgF2 on hot pressed hydroxylapatite - monoclinic zirconia composites”, Journal of Materials Science, (in print) (2007).

 

Recent Conference Presentations:

 

1) Z. Evis and R. H. Doremus, A study of phase stability and mechanical properties of hydroxylapatite – nanophase α–alumina composites, Materials Science & Technology 2005 Conference and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 25-28, 2005.

 

2) Z. Evis and R.H. Doremus, Hot pressed hydroxylapatite / zirconia composites with improved mechanical properties, accepted to 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Cocoa Beach, FL, USA, January 23-28, 2005

 

3) Z. Evis and R.H. Doremus, Hydroxylapatite – zirconia composites by a precipitation method, accepted to 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Cocoa Beach, FL, USA, January 23-28, 2005

 

4) C. Ergun, Z. Evis and R.H. Doremus, Phase Interactions in Monoclinic Zirconia Reinforced Hydroxylapatite Bioceramics, 7th Biennial ASME Conference Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Manchester, UK, July 19-22, 2004

 

5) C. Ergun, Z. Evis and R.H. Doremus, Interface in Hydroxylapatite Coated Ti-4Al-4V, 7th Biennial ASME Conference Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Manchester, UK, July 19-22, 2004

 

6) C. Ergun, Z. Evis and R.H. Doremus, Interface Diffusion/ Reaction in the Hydroxylapatite Coated Co-Cr-Mo Alloy, 106nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, USA, April 18-21, 2004

 

7) Z. Evis and R.H. Doremus, Improved Thermal Stability of Hydroxylapatite- Nanophase Alpha Alumina Composites and Their Coatings on Ti-6Al-4V, 106nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, USA, April 18-21, 2004.

 

8) C. Ergun, Z. Evis and R.H. Doremus, Thermal Stability of Hydroxylapatite-Zirconia Composites, 106nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, USA, April 18-21, 2004.

 

Projects:

 

1) Project Manager: TUBITAK Young Investigator Career Project (2006-2010)

2) Project Manager: METU-BAP 2005-2006

 

Awards:         

 

Ministry of National Education Scholarship for MS and PhD Studies (1998-2003).

Tübitak Career Project (2005)

METU and Tübitak Publication Awards (2005-2007)