Prof.Dr. Zeki Ayag, P.Eng.

Prof.Dr. Zeki Ayag, P.Eng.

Piri Reis University

Tuzla Campus, 34940 Tuzla, Istanbul, TURKEY

Tel: (+90) 216 581 0050/ext.1761, Fax: (+90) 216 581 0051

E-mail: zayag(at)pirireis.edu.tr

Corporate innovation system design; innovation capacity and performance assessment; technology roadmaps and tracking; new product and service design; management of innovation and R&D projects; creating innovation culture and change management; multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods integrated with/out fuzzy logic in the field of industrial engineering; simulation of manufacturing systems; computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM); computer integrated manufacturing (CIM).

Zeki Ayag, Ph.D., P.Eng. is currently as a Full Professor of Industrial Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering at Piri Reis University. Before, he served as Director of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering and Founding Chairman of Industrial Engineering at Kadir Has University. He holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering, a Master’s in Engineering Management, and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering. In addition to his academic experience, he has national and international industrial experience such as; Design Engineer in Magna International, Inc. (Canada), Engineering Designer in Mold-Masters Ltd. (Canada), Cutting Tool Design Department Head in Makina Takim Endustrisi A.S., and Quality Assurance Engineer in Pimas A.S. He taught various courses in the field of industrial engineering. He has also published many articles in the leading periodical journals mainly in the field of industrial engineering, indexed by SCI®) and SCI-E®. In addition, he is an active referee for the leading journals. Moreover, he has given many seminars on his interest fields with numerous publications in conference and congress proceedings. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) from the Society of Professional Engineers in Ontario (PEO) in Canada. He is Senior Member of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). He was Area Editor of Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, and currently is Associate Editor in Advances in Fuzzy Systems, former EBM of International Journal of Production Research, and in different capacities for other journals. He also serves as Program Evaluator for MÜDEK (Association of Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs), and Institutional External Evaluation Team Leader and Evaluator for YÖK (Council of Higher Education in Turkey) Quality Council.

Full Professor of Industrial Engineering

Faculty of Engineering @ Piri Reis University

Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario-Canada

MÜDEK Faculty Coordinator

Faculty Quality Commission-Member

Faculty Academic Board-Member

Senior Member of Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers

Team Leader/Evaluator for YÖK Quality Council

Mentor for InoSuit Program by Turkish Exporters Chamber

Evaluator & Member of General Assembly for MÜDEK

Innovation Mentor & Consultant for Companies

Expert for Horizon 2020 R&I Program

Services to Journals as EBMs & Referees

Services to Public & Society

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{ Anniversaries' 25 }

> The 36th Anniversary Award in Service by the UC of Turkish Engineers and Architects (UCTEA)(Feb' 25)

> The 24th Anniversary as a Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario, Canada (coming on Nov' 25)

> The 2nd Anniversary in Piri Reis University (PRU)(Feb' 25)

> The 9th Anniversary in Full Professorship (Feb' 25)

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{ Recent Publications & Projects' 25 }

> Article submitted to Journal of the Operations Research Society of China (in-progress)

> Mentor for Innovation at Bilgin Denizcilik A.S. for the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TiM) (Sep 1'24-Jan 31'25)

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> Visiting Scholar (Erasmus+) to University of Genova, Italy (on plan), Fall'25

> Participation to International Conference Management Business Practices (MBP'25), London, UK, Apr 22-23, 2025

> Visiting Scholar (Erasmus+) to West Pomerinian University, Sczecin, Poland, Jan 13-17, 2025