Rector

Prof. Dr. Nedim SÖZBİR graduated from Yıldız Technical University as a Mechanical Engineer in 1986 and received his Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1991. Between 1986–1987 and 1989–1990 he worked as a Mechanical Engineer at the Pendik-Sulzer Engine Factory of Türkiye Gemi Sanayi A.Ş.

He completed his military service between 1987 and 1989 as a Naval Lieutenant (Junior Grade) at the Ship Repair Branch of the Turkish Naval Forces Command. From 1990 to 1995 he worked as a Research Assistant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yıldız Technical University (Kocaeli).

Between 1994 and 1995 he completed his doctoral thesis research as a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami. He received his Doctor of Engineering degree from Istanbul University in 1995.

From 2000 to 2004 he worked as a Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University. Between 2006 and 2008 he received training on Communication Satellite Design, Assembly, Integration and Testing at Thales Alenia Space and the International Space University in Cannes, France. Also in Cannes, he took part in the “Türksat 3A Communication Satellite Project Technology Transfer” programme at Thales Alenia Space, working as a Satellite Thermal Engineer.

Between 2014 and 2022 he carried out work in Germany, France, the USA, the United Kingdom and Japan on the communication satellite and its subsystems within the TÜRKSAT 6A Project, Türkiye's first domestic and national communication satellite.

He served as Chief Senior Researcher at TÜBİTAK Space, Member of the Board of Directors at TÜBİTAK MAM, Researcher in the Power Systems Development Project at BMC Power Engine and Control Technologies Inc., Consultant during the establishment of the TUSAŞ Space Systems Center (USET) within the Göktürk-1 Satellite programme, and Advisor to the President of TÜBİTAK MAM.

Between 2006 and 2022 he worked as a Researcher and Consultant in the “Development and Production of the Türksat 6A Domestic Communication Satellite” project at TÜRKSAT A.Ş., and between 2014 and 2022 as a Member of the TÜRKSAT 6A Satellite Monitoring Board at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.

From 1995 to 2022 he was a faculty member at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sakarya University, and between 2019 and 2022 served as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Technical Education at Sakarya University. He was appointed Rector of Düzce University on 04.08.2022 and was reappointed as Rector of Düzce University on 17.08.2026.

Prof. Dr. Nedim SÖZBİR conducts research on satellite technologies, thermal control of satellites, energy technologies, heat transfer, spray heat transfer, thermal system design, electronics cooling and energy economics.

Prof. Dr. Nedim SÖZBİR has national and international articles and conference papers, a national patent on a Communication Satellite Platform, the TS 13644 standard study on Aluminium-Based Fluxes for the Steel Industry, the booklet “Satellite Communication 101” prepared for students of the Teknofest Model Satellite Competition, and two volumes of the “Thermal Science and Technology Congress” proceedings he edited.