Dr. A. Ertas, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Academy for Transdisciplinary Studies at Texas Tech University, received his master's and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He had 12 years of industrial experience prior to pursuing graduate studies. Dr. A. Ertas has been the driving force behind the conception and development of the transdisciplinary model for education and research. His pioneering efforts in transdisciplinary research and education have been recognized internationally by several awards. He was a Senior Research Fellow of the ICC Institute at the University of Texas Austin (1996-2019), a Fellow of ASME, a Fellow of Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS), Founding Fellow of Luminary Research Institute in Taiwan, an honorary member of International Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CIRET), France. Dr. Ertas has earned both national and international reputations in engineering design. Dr. Ertas is the author of a number of books, among them: Ertas, A. and Jones, J. C., <em>The Engineering Design Process</em>, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., first edition 1993 and second edition 1996;Ertas, A., Prevention through Design (PtD): Transdisciplinary Process, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2010; Ertas, A., Engineering Mechanics and Design Applications, Transdisciplinary Engineering Fundamentals, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011;
Ertas, A., Transdisciplinarity Engineering Design Process, John Wiley & Sons, 2018. He has edited many research books specific to transdisciplinary engineering design, among them: Ertas, A., (editor), Transdisciplinarity: Bridging Natural Science, Social Science, Humanities & Engineering, ATLAS Publications, 2011; B. Nicolescu, B. and Ertas A., (editors), Transdisciplinary Theory and Practice, ATLAS Publications, 2013; Nicolescu, B., Ertas, A., (Editors), Transdisciplinary Education, Philosophy, & Applications, ATLAS Publications, 2014; Ertas, A., Nicolescu, B., S. Gehlert, S., (Editors), Convergence: Transdisciplinary Knowledge & Approaches to Education and Public Health, ATLAS Publishing, 2016; Nicolescu, B., Yeh, R. T., Ertas, A., (Editors), Being Transdisciplinary. ATLAS Publishing, 2019; Ertas, A., (Editor), Additive Manufacturing Research & Applications, MDPI Publishing, Switzerland. He has also edited/co-edited more than 35 conference proceedings. Dr. Ertas' contributions to teaching and research have been recognized by numerous honors and awards. He has published over 200 scientific papers and book chapters that cover many engineering technical fields. He has been PI or Co-PI on over 40 funded research projects. Under his supervision, more than 190 MS and Ph.D. graduate students have received degrees.
