Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Engineering

Assoc Prof Akif Kaynak
  Phone   +61 3 522 72909
Email   akif.kaynak@deakin.edu.au
Position   Associate Professor
Campus   Geelong
Research grouping   Biological Micro Electro Mechanical Systems

Dr. Akif Kaynak received his BSc degree from the University of Manchester in UK, MSc degree
from Rutgers State University of NJ, USA and PhD degree from the University of Technology,
Syd (UTS). After receiving his PhD in 1994, he was employed as a lecturer in the Eng Sci, METU
then as a Research Fellow in QUT before joining Deakin in 2001. His research interests are
polymer coatings, functional textiles and sensors. He is a regular reviewer for various
international journals. He is a co-inventor in a patent on conducting polymer coated wool.
Subjects he teaches include physics, statics, dynamics, stress analysis, fibre science and
materials science. Dr.Kaynak is currently Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering.

Research interests

  1. Conducting polymers, functional textiles, polymeric sensors.

Career

Associate Professor - School of Engineering Deakin University, 2009-
Senior Lecturer -School of Engineering and IT, Deakin University, 2003-2008
Lecturer, School of Engineering and Techology, Deakin University, 2001-2003
QUT Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, 1998-2001
Assistant Professor -Eng. Sciences,Middle East Technical University, 94-98

Key publications

Akif Kaynak and Rafael Beltran (2003) Effect of synthesis parameters on the conductivity of polypyrrole coated polyethyleneterephthalate fabrics Polymer International Vol. 52, , pp. 1021-1026, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., United Kingdom

Richard Foitzik, Akif Kaynak, Fredrick Pfeffer (2006) Application of soluble poly-3-alkylpyrrole on fabrics and characterisation Synthetic Metals Vol. 156 , pp. 637-642 Elsevier Science, Switzerland

Akif Kaynak, Eva Håkansson, Andrew Amiet (2009) The influence of polymerization time and dopant concentration on the absorption of microwave radiation in conducting polypyrrole coated textiles Synthetic Metals vol. 159, no. 13, , pp. 1373-1380 Elsevier S.A., Basel, Switzerland.

Akif Kaynak and Eva Håkansson (2006) Kaynak, A. and Håkansson, E. (2005) Generating Heat from Conducting Polypyrrole-Coated PET Fabric Advances in Polymer Technology Vol 24, No 3, pp. 194-207 John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States

Akif Kaynak (1996) Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of Conducting PPy Films in the 300-2000 MHz Frequency Region Materials Research Bulletin Vol 31, , p. 845

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Related links

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Teaching areas

Statics and Dynamics
Stress Analysis
Physics
Materials Science


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8th February 2013