About
A distinguished career spanning over four decades in mechanical engineering, nuclear technology, and international scientific collaboration.
Academic Career
Prof. Dr. Faruk Arınç is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. With a career spanning over four decades, he has made significant contributions to the fields of heat and mass transfer, nuclear engineering, and computational methods.
Education
Prof. Arınç received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from METU in 1968 and 1970, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University, USA, in 1976, with research focused on nuclear reactor safety and thermal-hydraulic analysis.
Academic Positions
Joining the faculty of METU's Mechanical Engineering Department in 1976, he rose through the ranks to become a Full Professor. He also served as a faculty member at Bilkent University. In 2012, he was honored with the title of Professor Emeritus upon retirement from full-time service, and continues to contribute as a part-time instructor.
International Leadership
From 1994 to 2018, Prof. Arınç served as Secretary General of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT), organizing numerous international symposiums and fostering global scientific cooperation. In recognition of his service, he was elevated to Honorary Member of the ICHMT Executive Committee in 2018.
Research Contributions
His research spans heat and mass transfer, nuclear reactor safety, system simulation, and numerical analysis methods. He has supervised numerous M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses over four decades of mentoring, and published extensively in leading international journals.