معرفی
Dr. Çiğdem SARPKAYA is an Assistant Professor at Karabük Üniversitesi, Safranbolu Meslek Yüksekokulu, Tasarım Bölümü since 2020. She has previously held full-time academic positions at Gaziantep University, Harran University, and Naci Topçuoğlu MYO.
- PhD & Master's in Textile Engineering from Çukurova University (2009, 2004)
- Bachelor's in Textile Engineering from Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University (2001)
Her research focuses on Textile Science, with emphasis on composite materials, mechanical properties, and statistical process optimization. She has published extensively on topics like weaving defects, sizing processes, and multi-criteria decision-making methods (e.g., TOPSIS, Grey Relational Analysis).
Her recent publications (2023-2025) highlight applications of basalt/carbon fiber composites in transportation, fuzzy logic in textile defect analysis, and thermal/acoustic insulation in layered materials. She has served as a researcher in 3 university-funded projects, including a 2023-2025 study on basalt/carbon composites.
Dr. SARPKAYA has supervised master's theses and co-authored 2 book chapters in Kompozit Teknolojisinde Yenilikler (2024). Her work has been cited 27 times, with a h-index of 2.

