Akin Akturk
Chief Technology Officer at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolAkin Akturk is a technology leader and founder with nine years of formal industry experience and a deep academic background—he holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and has authored over 100 journal and conference papers. As CTO and co-founder of CoolCAD Electronics, he designs and fabricates silicon carbide devices engineered for extreme environments including high power, high temperature, cryogenic and radiation conditions. His career spans academia, national labs, and startups—serving as an assistant research scientist at UMCP, a guest researcher at NIST, and co-founding a password-free login company—demonstrating an unusual blend of applied research, productization, and entrepreneurial drive. Known for rigorous electrical and thermal modeling of silicon and SiC, he brings both hands-on device development and strategic leadership to translate niche materials science into deployable systems.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Bilkent UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Maryland
Github Skills (5)
raw-data9
asic8
silicon8
eda7
spice5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
coolcad/CoolSPICE_Manual
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
google/skywater-pdk-sky130-raw-data
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Raw data collected about the SKY130 process technology.
Contributions:1 commit, 13 comments, 1 issue in 1 day
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