Temperature Distribution of Multipass TIG Welded AISI 304L Stainless Steel

Prof. Dr. Ugur Esme is Assistant Prof. Dr. in Mersin University Tarsus Technical Education Faculty. He received his MS and PhD degree from the University of Cukurova in the Mechanical Engineering department. His work at the university involves giving courses and conducting research in the areas of WEDM, TIG welding, metal cutting, and CAD/CAM. He is the author of a number of international publications on these subjects.

Prof. Dr. Melih Bayramoglu received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Birmingham-U.K in Manufacturing and mechanical engineering in 1994. He is currently associate professor and head of Design and Manufacturing Division at the Cukurova University in Adana, Turkey. His work at the university involves giving courses and conducting research in the areas of EDM, metal cutting, CAD/CAM, and welding. He is the author of a number of international publications on these subjects.

Hasan Serin is a research assistent in Cukurova University Department of Otomotive Engineering. He received his MS and PhD degree from the University of Cukurova in the Mechanical Engineering department. His work at the university involves giving courses and conducting research in the areas of heat transfer and thermodynamic.

Prof. Dr. Onur Guven is Assistant Prof. Dr. in Mersin University Mechanical Engineering Faculty. He received his MS and PhD degree from the University of Cukurova in the Mechanical Engineering department. His work at the university involves giving courses and conducting research in the areas of welding, modelling, metal cutting, and CAD/CAM. He is the author of a number of international publications on these subjects.

Hakan Aydin, born in 1976, Bursa, Turkey, is research assistent at Uludag University, Turkey. He completed his primary and secondary education in Bursa. He graduated from the department of Mechanical Engineering of Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Uludag University-Bursa, Turkey in 2000. He has worked as a Research and Teaching Assistant in Mechanical Engineering at Uludag University since 2000. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Uludag University in 2008. His research focuses on boronizing of steels, heat treatments of steels, Al-alloys and their heat treatments, tribology, friction stir welding of the age-hardenable Al-alloys.

Yigit Kazancoglu is an Assistant Prof. Dr. in Izmir University of Economics, Dept. of Business Administration. He received his BS from Industrial Engineering Dept. of Eastern Mediterranean University, MBA degree from Coventry Univertsity and Izmir University of Economics and PhD degree in Ege University in operations management. His work at the university involves giving courses and conducting research in the areas of production planning, operations management and operations research. He is the author of a number of international publications on these subjects.