Arif Sirinterlikci, PhD, CMfgE

Arif Sirinterlikci is a University Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Robert Morris University (RMU) School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (SEMS). He holds BS and MS degrees, both in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey and his PhD is in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Ohio State University. He has also been a Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE), awarded by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), since 2016. He is one of the original grant writers of the winning proposal/founders of the U.S. Government’s America Makes Institute. His teaching and research interests lie in 3D scanning, 3D printing and additive manufacturing, product design and development including biomedical device development, industrial automation and robotics including mixed reality (MR) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, computer-aided engineering (CAE) in manufacturing processes, and entertainment technology. Dr. Sirinterlikci has over 130 conference papers and publications, trade and scientific journal articles, and book chapters to his record. He is a teaching professor who tries to follow the teacher/scholar model by engaging his students in his research and bringing his research to his classroom.