Do you know Shadown Bengü, who has a life story ranging from acting in Yeşilçam to being an associate professor in the USA?
Without the players before and after life has always been the subject of curiosity.
Today, we offer you more than a magazine life. prefer an academic life We will talk about your shadow Bengü.
We all know him with one of Yeşilçam’s unforgettable films, “Curious Meatballs”.
The actor, who appeared in this movie with Kemal Sunal, “Fatima” He gave life to his character.
His second and last movie was “Aslan Bacanak”.
Bengü, after starring with Zeki Alasya and Metin Akpınar in his last movie “Aslan Bacanak” He decided to put an end to his cinema life and focus on his academic life.
“First school, then the movie.”
In those years, the movie offers that came to him were “First school, then the movie.” by answering He underlined that his main goal was academic success..
He graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Industrial Engineering.
After deciding to end his cinema career, he returned to university life and Bogazici University Industrial Engineering Department He graduated.
From Turkey to America
After graduating from Boğaziçi University, Bengü went to the USA and got a master’s degree from North Carolina A&T State University there. his doctorate He also graduated from Clemson University.
He has been teaching a variety of subjects for almost 30 years.
Shadown Bengü has been working with computers for nearly thirty years. simulation modeling and analysis, He teaches courses on various topics such as advanced statistical experiment design, engineering economics, operations research, industrial engineering, and production processes.
He designed a unique learning system.
As his teaching philosophy, he adopted emphasizing the fundamentals of the subject by associating knowledge with real-life examples in an interactive learning environment. A learning process that simulates faculty and student interaction. smart learning system design He founded DISTILL. The system diagnosed the lack of student understanding and provided an interactive training to teach these concepts with the most advanced technological tools.
After a few innovative ideas to help students learn better, a created a prototype and made it available in his classes. He served as director of the Center for Multimedia Production and Internet Delivery Systems, funded by the New Jersey Science and Technology Commission, while developing intelligent learning tools. In addition, this system is now shared with Rutgers Chemistry, disseminated through Gateway EECoalition, and shared with Prentice Hall Publishers.
He has been awarded many awards.
A few years later, NCA for the DISTILL system he founded, He also received an unsolicited grant from the National Academy of Engineering. He has also been awarded by various institutions such as NSF, NJSTC and Gateway-NSF.
Together with his students, he designed a “Nutrition Device” for a disabled student.
As part of the Gateway-NSF-funded Remotely Located Concurrent Design Engineering Project, he and his students collaborated with Penn State, Ohio State, and Cooper Union from Penn State University. designed a feeding device for a disabled student.
University students who are far from each other collaborate remotely on a project with a multidisciplinary but common purpose, It was a pioneering work when even the internet browser was just beginning to be used.
He was invited to China to lecture.
He has been invited to China to lecture on several occasions, and also received a distinguished faculty grant to collaborate and lecture at the Beijing Institute of Technology. Currently, various industries such as AeroSpace Electronics Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Sector Industry helping local industries using advanced simulation, optimization and experimental design tools on the other hand, it offers real-life projects and increasing job opportunities to its students.
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