Bahattin Koç

Bahattin Koç is Professor of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering at the Sabancı University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2001 and 1997 respectively and his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1993. He was an Associate Professor (Tenured) of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo (UB) before joining to Sabancı
University in 2010.

His research interests include additive manufacturing, heterogeneous object modeling and manufacturing, computational geometry for design and manufacturing, nano/micro-scale
manufacturing, three dimensional (3D) Bioprinting and product realization. He is the recipient of Elginkan Foundation Science and Technology Award, Turkish Heart Association Award, “Most cited
Author in Computer Aided Design” Award from Elsevier, UB STOR Inventor Award and UB Reifler Award. He has published more than 90 scientific publications (journal articles, book chapters and
conference articles). Prof. Koç’s research works have been supported by major national, international research agencies and organizations and companies such as the Scientific and Technological Research
Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Turkish Ministry of Development, the European Research Council FP7, U.S. Army Medical Research and companies. Prof. Koç is an Associate Editor and a member of editorial boards of several journals in his research area.