Osman Yaşar () is Empire Innovation Professor at the Computational Science (CPS) department at

State University of New York The State University of New York (SUNY ) is a system of Public education, public colleges and universities in the New York (state), State of New York. It is one of the List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment, larges ...

(SUNY) College at Brockport. He holds 3 master's degrees (

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

nuclear engineering Nuclear engineering is the engineering discipline concerned with designing and applying systems that utilize the energy released by nuclear processes. The most prominent application of nuclear engineering is the generation of electricity. Worldwide ...

computer sciences Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to applied disciplines (including the design and ...

) and a Ph.D. degree (engineering physics). His area of interest is

supercomputing A supercomputer is a type of computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) instead of million instruc ...

applications, computational fluid and particle dynamics, engine combustion modeling,

parallel computing Parallel computing is a type of computing, computation in which many calculations or Process (computing), processes are carried out simultaneously. Large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which can then be solved at the same time. ...

, plasma and radiation

hydrodynamics In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids – liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including (the study of air and other gases in ...

, and adaptive mesh refinement. He established the first undergraduate program in computational science in the United States. He also established computational approach to math, science, and technology (C-MST) as a pedagogy at K-12 level. Dr. Yaşar testified before

U.S. Congress The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both ...

about his efforts in improving math and science education.US NSF - About - NSF & Congress - Hearing Summaries and Testimony, 108th Congress, First Session (2003)
/ref> He works closely with the industry, including General Motors, Chrysler, Cummins Engine, Intel, and

Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American Arms industry, defense and aerospace manufacturer with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta on March 15, 1995. It is headquartered in North ...

. He served as the President of the Intel Supercomputer Users Group. He made important contributions in the field of science, engineering, and education. As a plasma physicist, he tackled the field of ignition in the combustion (mechanical engineering) community with more accurate models and as a computer scientist he developed algorithms to run record-breaking simulations on particle and fluid systems on supercomputers. Dr. Yaşar has more than 70 publications, developed more than 12 industrial codes, and served as Guest Editor for a number of Special Issues in his field.

Notes

References

C. D. Swanson, ''Computational Science Education Survey'', Krell Institute
*O. Yaşar, L. Little, R. Tuzun, K. Rajasethupathy, J. Maliekal, and M. Tahar, “Computational Math, Science, and Technology: A Strategy to Improve STEM Workforce and Pedagogy to Improve Math and Science Education,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3992 (2006), pp. 169–176. *O. Yaşar, J. Maliekal, L. J. Little, and D. Jones, “Computational Technology Approach to Math and Science Education,” IEEE Comp. in Science and Eng., 8 (3), 76 (2006) *H. Dag, et al., “Computational Science and Engineering Education at Istanbul Technical University,” IEEE Comp. in Science and Eng., 7 (1), (2005). *O. Yaşar, “CMST Pedagogical Approach to Math and Science Education,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3045 (2004), pp. 807–816. *O. Yaşar and R. Landau, Elements of Computational Science and Engineering Education, SIAM Review, 45 (2003), pp. 787–805. *O. Yaşar, “Computational Science Education: Standards, Learning Outcomes and Assessment,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2073 (2001), pp. 1159–1169. *O. Yaşar, K. Rajasethupathy, R. Tuzun, A. McCoy, and J. Harkin (2000). A New Perspective on Computational Science Education, IEEE J. Comp. in Science & Engineering, 5 (2), 2000. *L. J. Little, “The computational science major at SUNY Brockport”, FGCS 19, 1285-1292 (2003). {{DEFAULTSORT:Yasar, Osman State University of New York faculty American computer scientists Living people American academics of Turkish descent Computational physicists Year of birth missing (living people)