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Nihal Kececi

Research Faculty, Dept. of Materials & Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park
Marie Mount Hall,
University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742-7531, U.S.A.
Phone) +1 (301) 405-1071
Fax) +1 (301) 314-9601
E-mail: nkececi@eng.umd.edu

Research Interests

Software Quality System Standards, Procedures and Tools

System Analysis and Modeling

Risk and Reliability Analysis and Modeling

Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems

Modeling of High Quality Software Development Processes

System – Software Interfaces

Educations

1997-Present: a Researcher in Reliability Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

1984-1988: M.S, Nuclear Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara/Turkey

1978-1983: B.S. Physics, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara / Turkey.

Relevant Experiences

1997- Present:
University of Maryland Center for Technology Risk Studies. Department of Materials Nuclear Engineering.
Position: Research Faculty Assistant
I have been involved in software development life cycles model, system and software specification analysis, Verification and Validation techniques and tools, and project management issues such as size, cost and reliability estimation in earlier phase of software development. I had worked with Scientec Inc. on V&V and testing of software.

Developed a model for software life cycle to ensure software quality based on meeting quality standards and guidelines.
Developed a graphical logic based model for system/software requirement analysis.
Developed a technique for functional size estimation of software in the requirement phase of life cycle.

1996-1997:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C Instrumentation and Controls Branch, Division of Reactor Controls and Human Factors, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Position: On-job-training
Assignment at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, on-the-job training focused on the regulatory aspects of the review of I&C system designs in nuclear power plants and digital computer-based I&C systems.

Software reliability and safety in nuclear reactor protection systems.
Guidance on software reviews for digital computer-base I&C systems.

1994-1996:
Turkish Atomic Energy Commission Ankara/Turkey, Position: Researcher at Nuclear System Design Group
Process Control and Digital Instrumentation Control System Design in Nuclear Power Plants.

1988-1994: Elimko LMT. Ankara/Turkey, Position: System Engineer
Process Control and Digital Instrumentation Control System Design in Industrial Applications.

Publication:

1. Kececi Nihal, Ming Li, and Smidts Carol. "Function Point Analysis: An Application to a Nuclear Reactor Protection System" International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment –PSA’99 (To be published), August 22-25,1999 Washington, DC.

2. Kececi N., Modarres M., Smidts C. “System Software Interface for Safety Related Digital I&C Systems” (Draft). European Safety and Reliability- ESREL’99 Conference (To be published), September 13-17, 1999 TUM Munich- Garching.

3. Kececi Nihal, and Mohammad Modarres. " Software Development Life Cycle Model to Ensure Software Quality", International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, New York City, New York, September 13-18, 1998.

4. Kececi Nihal, " Environmental Electromagnetic Fields and Question of it’s Health Effects" Physical Eng. Conference, Turkey, March 6, 1996.

5. Yesin T., and Cakir (Kececi) N., "Cesium-137 and Cesium-134 in soil in a Tea Plantation in Turkey after Chernobyl Accident " Appl Radiat. Isot. Vol. 40, No.3, pp209-211, 1989 Int.J. Radiat. Appl. Instrum. Part.

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