Areas of Specialization

Theoretical Plasma Physics, Free Electron Lasers, Physics Education

Education

Ph.D., Physics, University of Missouri-Columbia (1987)

B.S. Physics with Honors, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey (1980)

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte (1998 - present)

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte (1991 - 1998)

Lecturer, Department of Physics and Optical Science, UNCCharlotte (1989 - 1991)

Visiting Assistant Professor, Kansas State University (1987 - 1989) 

Publications

"Bringing Laboratory to Home, Desktopmovies" Invitational Conference on K-12 Outreach from the University Science Departments, Feb 12 -14 Raleigh, NC (2002).

"Dispertion Relation and Growth in a Free-electron Laser with Planar Wiggler and Ion-channel guiding". U.-H. Hwang, H. Mehdian, J. E. Willett, and Y. Aktas, . Physics of Plasmas, vol. 9, number 3, pp. 1010-1014 (2002)

"Re-examination of the One-Dimensional Theory of the Raman Free-Electron laser", J. E. Willett, B. Bolon, U. -H. Hwang, and Y. M. Aktas, J. Plasma Physics (2001), vol. 66, part 5, pp. 301-313 (2001).

"Free-Electron Laser with ion-Channel Guiding", Y. M. Aktas, J. E. Willett, U. -H. Hwang, H.Mehdian presented in the 43rd Annual Meeting, APS Division of Plasma Physics, Bulletin of APS. Vol. 46, No. 8, 127(2001).

"One Dimensinal Theory of Free-Electron Laser", Y. M. Aktas, J. E. Willett, B. Bolon, U. -H. Hwang, presented in the 42nd Annual Meeting, APS Division of Plasma Physics, Bulletin of APS. Vol. 45, No. 7, 138(2000)

"Wiggler Effects on the Electromagnetic and Space Charge Waves in a Free-Electron laser", (with Willett and Bolon), 41st Annual Meeting, APS Division of Plasma Physics, Bulletin of APS. Vol. 44, No. 7, 297(1999).

Honors, Awards, and Accomplishments

H. E. Hammond Award for excellence in teaching and research, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1986.

O. M. Stewart Scholarship for research UMC, Department of Physics, 1982-1986.
Chancellor's Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UMC, 1985.

Senior Graduate Achievement Award in Physics, UMC, 1984.

NATO Scholarship for Graduate Study, Scientific and Technical Research Councel of Turkey, 1980-1984.

NATO Advance Study Institute Summer Scholarship at France, 1979.

Professional Memberships

Member, American Physical Society

Member, American Association of Physics Teachers

Member, Sigma Xi

Member, American Insitute of Physics

Member, The Society of Turkish Architects, Engineers, and Scientists in America

Member, Sigma Pi Sigma