Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego, USA (Present)

Center for Magnetic Recording Research, Star Group

Advisors:  Prof. Paul H. Siegel 

	Prof. Jack Keil Wolf

M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego, USA (2007)

Center for Magnetic Recording Research, Star Group

Advisors:  Prof. Paul H. Siegel 

	Prof. Jack Keil Wolf

B.S. in Mathematics, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (2004)

Thesis: A wavelet collocation method (WCM) for evolution equations with energy conservation property.

Advisor: Prof. Husnu Ata Erbay

B.S. in Electronics & Comm. Eng., Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (2003)

Graduation Project: Radar Absorbing Materials, From Theory to Design.

Advisor: Prof. Ercan Topuz

Publications:

1 . S. Karakulak, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf and H. N. Bertram, "A New Read Channel Model for Patterned Media Storage,"

IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 193-197, Jan. 2008. 

2. S. Karakulak, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf and H. N. Bertram, "Equalization and detection for patterned media recording,"

submitted to Intermag 2008.

3. S. Karakulak, P. H. Siegel, J. K. Wolf and H. N. Bertram, "A New Read Head Model for Patterned Media Storage," 

TMRC, May 2007, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Experience:

Qualcomm Incorporated, Intern, USA, (2007)

Radio Istanbul Technical University; Student assistant

Electric and Electronics Faculty, Turkey (2001-2004)

TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council),

Turkey; Intern; studied on Electromagnetic Interference (EMI),

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Radar Absorbing Materials, Turkey

(2002)

Haytek, Intern; Network Communication, Turkey (2001)

Awards and Honors:

Fellowship from ECE dept. of UCSD, 2004-2005

Istanbul Technical University, graduation from university with the 2nd highest GPA (2003)

SIEMENS Excellence Award (2003)

Programming:

C, Matlab, Java

Platforms:

Windows, Unix

Personal:

Born in Istanbul, TURKIYE, 1982

Language Knowledge

Turkish (native), English (fluent), German (beginner), Spanish (beginner)