Dr. Vedat Karadag, has received his M.S. and B.Sc. degrees on Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1972. He received M.S. in Engineering(Applied Mechanics) from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1975. He received Ph.D. and the titles of Associated Professor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University , respectively. He acted as Chairman of Machine Theory, System Dynamics and Control MainUnit at Technical University of Istanbul(1999-2005). He ,also, acted as vice chairmans and chairman of several ASME International ETCE Conferences and ESDA Conferences. He was ,also, member of the Administration Board of ASME International Turkey Section. He has several ASME awards and SDPT 2007 award. He has national and international publications over 90. He is , currently, working at the Istanbul Technical University.