B.D. in Chemical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (ITU); M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering, The University of Tennessee (USA), 1979, 1984, respectively.

Processing-structure and property relationships, their computer simulation, particularly the effect of stress history on the development of structural hierarchy in various polymer processes including injection molding, film and fiberforming; developing on-line structural monitoring strategies to understand the fundamentals of structural evolutionunder complex thermal deformation; histories that are imparted onto polymers during their processing; the effect ofnano-sized organic and inorganic particles on the evolution of structural hierarchy in processed polymers.