Tolga Kurtoglu – Scientist

Tolga Kurtoglu is a well respected individual in the scientific community who has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers in science and engineering journals. Tolga Kurtoglu is known to be an expert in product design and innovation. Tolga Kurtoglu moved to the United States of America from the country of Turkey. After moving to the United States, Tolga Kurtoglu started attending college at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University where he earned his Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2001. 

After working as a Researcher for a number of years, Tolga Kurtoglu went on to work as a Mechanical Design Engineer at the Dell computer company. Tolga Kurtoglu was eventually promoted to the position of Systems Lead Engineer at the Dell computer and as a lead engineer he honed his leadership skills. Tolga Kurtoglu worked at Dell for a number of years before going on to work as a well-respected Research Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center.

At the NASA Ames Research Center, Tolga Kurtoglu had many different responsibilities. Tolga Kurtoglu was responsible for developing computer-aided tools that were used to operate, analyze and even design many different, very complex, human-machine systems. Tolga Kurtoglu’s goal was to prevent failures while at the same time minimizing their effects throughout the system’s lifecycle. 

As a scientist, Tolga Kurtoglu belongs to a number of professional societies, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), the American Institue of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Tolga Kurtoglu has been particularly interested in the mechanical side of artificial intelligence. In 1999, Tolga Kurtoglu won an award for his design of a dexterous robot hand in a design competition. Tolga Kurtoglu sees design, engineering, and artificial intelligence as all interconnected and he works to be an innovator in all these areas.