Ercan, Yücel2026-03-032026-03-032026-01-019786058343788https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/15334Yücel Ercan was born in Konya, Turkey in 1943. In 1961, he won a higher-education scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of National Education and went to the United States to study mechanical engineering. He received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He worked at MIT as a research assistant and researcher. In 1971, he began working as a faculty member at Middle East Technical University. At METU, he also served as vice rector. Between 1979 and 1981, he conducted research in Germany with a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He was promoted to professor in 1982. In the same year, he was appointed founding dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the newly established Gazi University, a position he held until 1992. In 2005, he joined TOBB University of Economics and Technology. At TOBB University of Economics and Technology, he served in various administrative roles including acting rector and vice rector and dean. He retired in 2024. He currently continues to teach courses externally at the same university. The author’s research interests include system dynamics, automatic control, fluid power control, dynamics, modeling, and simulation.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessControl Systems EngineeringBook