Mahmut Onur Karslioglu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Current Address:

                                  Middle East Technical University (METU)

                                  Department of Civil Engineering

                                  Geomatics Engineering Division

                                  06531 Ankara

                                           Tel: +90(312)2102440 (Office)

                                  Fax: +90(312)2105401

                                  E-mail: karsliog@metu.edu.tr

 

EDUCATION

 

10.1976 - 07.1977    Study of mathematics at the Technical University of Karadeniz in Trabzon (Turkey)

 

10.1977 - 05.1981    Study of Geodesy and Photogrammetry at the Technical university of Karadeniz

                             Degree: Diploma (Bachelor)

                             Subject: Sayisal arazi modelleri üzerine bir arastirma

                            (An investigation on digital terrain models)

 

04.1985 - 09.1989    Study of Geodesy and Photogrammetry at the University of Bonn

                             Degree: Diplom Ingenieur

                             Subject: Einfluss der elektromagnetischen Kräfte der Erde auf die

                             Bewegung künstlicher Erdsatelliten

                             (Effects of electromagnetic forces of the earth on the motion of

                              Earth’s artificial satellites)

 

1995- 01.03.2000    Technical University of Munich

                             Degree:  PhD

                             Subject: Probleme der Mess- und Regeltechnik bei der geodätischen Nutzung

                             künstlicher Erdsatelliten

                             (Problems of Measurement and Automatic Control Technique in Geodetic

                             Use of Earth’s Artificial Satellites)             

 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: 

 

05.1981 - 04.1982    Research Assistant in Civil Engineering Department in KTÜ

                             Task: Evaluation of Deformation Measurements

                             in North Anatolian Fault Zone          

 

01.1990 - 03.1991    Research Associate in the Department of Geodesy at the University of Stuttgart/Germany

                             Research Area: Geodynamics

 

04.1991 – 04.1999    Satellite Engineer in „Computer Anwendung und Management GmbH“ - C.A.M.

                             in the DLR (German Aero Space Center) in Munich/Germany

                             Main Task: Orbit and Attitude Determination and Control of the Roentgen Satellite

                             ROSAT

                       

04.1999 - 04.2001    Research Scientist in GFZ-Potsdam  in Munich/Germany

                             Research Area:  Orbit Determination of European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS2)

                             and Mission Management and Control of the Satellite CHAMP 

 

09.2001 - 03.2006   Assistant Professor at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Civil Engineering

                             Department Geodesy and Photogrammetry Division

 

03.2006 – present     Associate Professor at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Civil Engineering

                             Department Geodesy and Photogrammetry Division

 

COURSE TAUGHT in METU (Middle East Technical University)

 

CE413 Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS)

GGIT501 Geodesy and Map Projections

CE509 Space Geodesy I

CE510 Space Geodesy II

CE511 Photogrammetry and Air Photo Interpretation

CE515 Adjustment of Observations

 

PROJECTS:

AMCS (Attitude Measurement and Control System) and Analysis of AMCS Components for ROSAT (ROentgen SATellite), ROS-PLN-DLR-42028, Satellite Engineer, 1991-1999, CAM (Computer Anwendung für Management GmbH - DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt- German Aerospace Center) Oberpfaffenhofen/München, Germany

Orbit Determination (rapid, preliminary and precise) of European Remote Sensing Satellite 2 (ERS2) ESA (European Space Agency) Project,Processing and Archiving of ERS Altimeter and Tracking Data, Phase E (D-PAF), GFZ Potsdam, Oberpfaffenhofen/München, Germany, Researcher, 1999 - 2001

CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload). A new Satellite Mission for the investigation of the Earth’s Gravity and Magnetic Field. Mission Management & Control, AOCS (Attitude and Orbit Control System) Analysis and Simulations. GFZ Potsdam, Oberpfaffenhofen/München, Potsdam, Germany, Researcher, 2000- 2001

Yörünge Belirlenmesi ve Yörünge Tahmini Teknolojileri (Orbit Determination and Orbit Prediction Algorithms), TÜBİTAK UZAY (Space Technologies Research Institute), Danışman (Adviser), 03.2003 – 06.2003           

BILSAT STK (Star Tracker-Yıldız Kamerası) Kalibrasyonu (calibration of BILSAT Star Tracker), TÜBİTAK UZAY (Space Technologies Research Institute), Proje yöneticisi (Head of Project), 01.12.2005 – 01.07.2006

 

Türkiye Örneğinde GPS Verisi ile Çok-Çözünürlüklü Bölgesel İyonosfer Modellemesi (Multi-resolutional Regional Ionospheric Modelling in Turkey using GPS Observations), TÜBİTAK (1001 araştırma Projesi -1001 Research Project), Proje yöneticisi (Head of Project), 01.10.2006  - 01.10.2009

 

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

 

1. “NASA Goddard Space Flight Center”, Group Achievement Award for ROSAT (Roentgen Satellite) Mission Operation Team.

 

2. Personal award from the” Max-Planck Institute für extraterrestrische Physik Garching-München”
for the contribution to the success of the ROSAT Mission.

 

SCHOLARSHIPS

 

 1. ESG Bonn, 1985-1988 (3 Years)

 

 2. NRW Landesregierung, 1989 (6 Months)

 

MEMBERSHIP ON TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

 

2002 – present                      TUJK (Türkiye Ulusal Jeodezi Birligi) Turkish National Union of Geodesy,

                                

19.10.2005- present                Co-chair of IAG (International Association of Geodesy) Study Group 1.1, Ionospheric Modelling and Analysis      

 

23.08.2008                                               Member of IAG IC-SG9 study group "Application of time series analysis in geodesy”

 

INTERNATIONAL REVIEWED PAPERS (SCI)

 

                       

1.    Durmaz, M., Karslioglu, M.O., Nohutcu M., “Regional VTEC Modeling with Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines” (submitted)

 

2.    Nohutcu, M., Karslioglu M.O., Schmidt M., “B-Spline Modeling of VTEC over Turkey Using GPS Observations“ (submitted)       

 

3.    Şalap,S., Karslioglu M.O., Demirel, N., “Development of a GIS-Based Monitoring and Management System for Underground Mining Safety”(International Journal of Coal Geology” Volume 80 (2009), Pages 105-119)

 

4.    Karslioglu M.O. “ An interactive program for GPS-based dynamic orbit determination of small satellites”,

Computers & Geosciences,   Vol. 31, Issue 3, pp. 309-317,  2005

 

5.    Karslioglu M.O.  and Friedrich J. “A new differential geometric method to rectify digital images of the earth’s surface using isothermal coordinates”,

IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing Vol.43, Issue 3, Pages 666-671, March 2005

 

6.    Karslioglu M.O.  “Thermodynamical Parasitic Forces in High Precision Accelerometers on Board of a Drag Free Satellite”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Volume 111, Issues 2-5, 15 March 2004, Pages 229-235

 

7.    Friedrich J. and Karslioglu M.O. “Updating Fortran Programs and Other Legacy Code to an Interactive Window Platform, Computers & Geosciences, Vol.29,  No.9,  pp.1091-1100,  2003

 

 

INTERNATIONAL REVIEWED PAPERS (SCI- Expanded)

         

1.    Yashar Fallah Vazirabad , Mahmut Onur Karslioglu, „Airborne Laser Scanning Data for Snow Covered Biomass Estimation“ Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 3, 033525 (13 April 2009)

 

2.    Friedrich J. and Karslioglu M.O.  “A Remote Sensing Computer-assisted Learning Tool Developed Using the Unified Modeling Language, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 58(2003), Pages 265-274

 

 

INTERNATIONAL REVIEWED PAPERS

 

1. Karslioglu, M.O. "Hochgenaue Akzelerometrie in künstlichen Erdsatelliten" (High Precision Accelerometry in Artificial satellites) ZfV (Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen), ISSN 0340-4560, Heft 12, pp. 402-408, December 2000

 

2. Karslioglu, M.O. " Regelungsentwürfe für die Steuerung geodaetisch nutzbarer  Erdsatelliten (Automatic Control Concepts for Geodetic Satellites) AVN (Allgemeine Vermessungs-Nachrichten), ISSN 0002-5968, pp.109-116, 3/2001

 

3. Karslioglu M.O. “Probleme der Mess- und Regeltechnik bei der geodaetischen Nutzung kuenstlicher Erdsatelliten.", Scientific Technical Report STR00/06 (Ph.D.), GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, April 2000

 

4. Karslioglu M.O. “Collision Analysis for the CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) Separation.”  Project CHAMP, Mission Management & Control, GFZ Potsdam Doc. No. CHA-OA-GFZ-0015, 1999/10/2000

 

5. Karslioglu M.O. " Uncontrolled Satellite as Alternative for a Future Gravity Field Mission" ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES, Journal of Planetary Geodesy, in Poland, ISSN 0248-841X, Vol. 35, No. 4, 2000

 

NATIONAL REVIEWED PAPERS

 

1.    Karslioglu M.O. “ Uydu Gradyometresi ve GOCE uydusu ( Satellite Gradiometry and GOCE)” , Harita Dergisi, sayı 135, Ocak 2006

 

2.    Ali Coşkun Kiracı, Mahmut Onur Karslıoğlu, “Havadan Alınan Sayısal Görüntülerin Doğrudan Yöneltilmesi ve Ortorektifikasyonu ( Direct Georeferencing and Orthorectification of Airborne Digital Images)”, Harita Dergisi, sayı 142, Temmuz 2009

 

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. Karslioglu, M.O., Friedrich J., Urhan H., “A ground-based Orbit Determination for BILSAT”  Conference Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST2005, June 09-11, 2005
Istanbul, TURKEY

2. M. Schmidt, C.K. Shum, D. Bilitza, C. Zeilhofer, L. potts, S. Ge, M Karslioglu,“Regional Multiresolution Representation of the Ionospheric Electron Density”, EGU (European Geoscience Union) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2-7 April, 2006

3. M. O. Karslioglu, J. Friedrich, O. H. Bettemir  "A New Rectification Method for the Generation of Orthoimages from BiLSAT"

ISPRS Ankara Workshop "Topographic Mapping from Space (with Special Emphasis on Small Satellites) ", Ankara, Turkey, 14-16 February 2006

 

4. M.Schmidt, J.Kusche, S.Han, C.Shum, M.Karslioglu, “Multi-Resolution representation Of the Gravity Field From satellite Data Based On Wavelet Expansions With Time-Dependent Coefficients”, 1 st International Symposium of the International Gravity Field Service (IGFS). Gravity Field of the Earth, August 28- September 01, 2006, Istanbul, Turkey,

 

5. Ch. Gerlach, M.O.Karslioglu “Limitations of Regional Gravity Field Modelling Based On A Global Potential Model And SRTM Data” ”, 1 st International Symposium of the International Gravity Field Service (IGFS). Gravity Field of the Earth, August 28- September 01, 2006, Istanbul, Turkey

 

6. Ö.H. Bettemir, M. O. Karslioglu, J. Friedrich, “Error Analysis and Testing of DRM for Frame Cameras”,  3nd Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST 2007, June 14-16, 2007,  Istanbul, Turkey.

 

7. Tolga Akyay; Karslioglu M.O., “ Wavelet-Based Outlier Detection and Denoising of Airborne Laser Scanning Data, 4nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST2009, 11-13 June 2009,Istanbul, TURKEY

 

8. Erdoğan, E.; Karslioglu M.O. “Near-real Time Orbit Determination of BILSAT1” 4nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST2009, 11-13 June 2009, Istanbul, TURKEY

 

 

 

NATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

 

1. Karslioglu, M.O., Schmidt, M., „ Uydu ve Yersel Verilerle Çok- Çözünürlüklü Bölgesel Gravite Alanı Modeli, TUJK Jeoid ve Düşey Datum Çalıştayı, 22-24 Eylül 2005, KTÜ,Trabzon.

 

2. Karslioglu, M.O. “Yeni Kuşak Yapay Uydularla Yerin Gravite alanının Belirlenmesi ve Gelecek İçin Düşünceler”, TUJK ve Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Şerbetçi anma töreni ve toplantısı, 20-21 Şubat 2006, YTÜ, İstanbul.

 

3. Erdogan, E., Karslioglu, M.O., Ural,S., „ BILSAT I Uydu Yörüngesinin İrdelenmesi (Evaluation of the BILSAT I Orbit)”,  UZAL-CBS 2008 (2. RS and GIS Symposium), 13-15 October 2008, Kayseri, Turkey

 

5. Bettemir, H.Ö., Karslioglu M.O.,”BilsatI uydu görüntüleri için diferansiyel rektifikasyon parametrelerinin düzeltilmesi (Improvement of Differential Rectification Model Parameters for BILSAT I), UZAL-CBS 2008 (2. RS and GIS Symposium), 13-15 October 2008, Kayseri, Turkey

 

6.  A.C. Kiracı, M.O.Karslıoğlu “ Havadan Alınan Dijital Görüntülerin Doğrudan Yöneltilmesi ve Ortorektifikasyonu (Direct Georeferencing and Orthorectification of Airborne Digital Images)” TUFUAB 2009,February 2009,  Ankara, TURKEY

 

 

 

THESIS SUPERVISED

 

 

Nohutçu, Metin., (PhD) “Development of a MATLAB Based Software Package for Ionosphere Modeling”, September 2009

 

Akyay, T., (MsC) “Wavelet-Based Outlier Detection and Denoising of Airborne Laser Scanner Data”, Middle East Technical University, Geodetic and Geographic Information Technologies, December 2008

 

Şalap, S., (MsC) “ Development of a GIS-Based Monitoring and Management System for Underground Mining Safety”, Middle East Technical University, Geodetic and Geographic Information Technologies, September 2008

 

Kiracı, A.C., (MsC) “ Direct Georeferencing and Orthorectification of airborne digital images”, Middle East Technical University, Geodetic and Geographic Information Technologies, September 2008

 

Ural,S.,  (MSc) “Different Orbit Determination Algorithms for BILSAT-I”, Middle East Technical University, Geodetic and Geographic Information Technologies, January 2006.

 

Bettemir, H. Ö. , (MSc) “Sensitivity and Error Analysis of a Differential Rectification Method  for CCD Frame Cameras and Pushbroom Scanners, Middle East Technical University, Civil Engineering, September 2006.

 

Tuncer, G., (MSc) “ A Java -Toolbox for Wavelets based statistical image denoising”, Middle East Technical University, Geodetic and Geographic Information Technologies, December 2006

 

Dinçer, A., (MSc)“  Design and Implementation of a search tool for roads on pocket PC’s for mobile GIS”,  Middle East Technical University, December 2006

 

Durmaz, M. (MSc) ”One-dimensional Real-Time Signal Denoising Using Wavelet-Based Kalman Filtering”, Middle East Technical University, Geodetic and Geographic Information Technologies, May 2007

 

Güçlüer, B., (PhD) “Integrating Sensors for Monitoring Structural Dynamic and Deflection”, Middle East Technical University, Geodetic and Geographic Information Technologies,

(to be continued)