/College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department of Civil Engineering

Erkan Öterkuş

SUNY Empire Innovation Associate Professor

Erkan Öterkuş

Address

2433 Computer Science

Contact Information

(631) 632-2606

erkan.oterkus@stonybrook.edu

Education

  • PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Arizona
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University

Professional Experience

  • SUNY Empire Innovation Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Stony Brook University, USA, 2026 - present
  • Director, Ocean Energy Research Unit (OERU), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 2022 - 2025
  • Professor (Chair), Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 2021 - 2025
  • Director, PeriDynamics Research Center (PDRC), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 2019 - 2025
  • Professor, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 2019 - 2021
  • Associate Professor, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 2016 - 2019
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 2012 - 2016
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, NASA Langley Research Center, January 2011 - December 2011

Research Interests

Erkan Öterkuş's research mainly focuses on the structural analysis of a wide range of marine and aerospace structures, including  offshore wind turbines, tidal turbines, wave energy converters, floating solar systems, ship structures, and composite structures. He utilizes some of the state-of-the-art techniques, including peridynamics and the Inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM). Öterkuş is the co-author of numerous publications, including the first book on peridynamics, as well as journal and conference papers. His recent research areas include Additive Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Corrosion Damage, Desalination, Digital Twin & Structural Health Monitoring, Energy Storage, Fluid-Structure Interactions, Fracture in Lithium-Ion Batteries and Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Energy, Ice-Structure Interactions, Isogeometric Analysis, Mechanics of Electronic Packages, and Robotic Welding.