Turkish
Prof. Dr. Ilker USTA
Hacettepe University
İlker Usta received his BSc degree and MSc degree in Wood Products Industrial Engineering from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey in 1990 and 1993, and earned his PhD in Wood Science (School of Agriculture and Forestry) from the University of Wales-Bangor (UK) in 1997. He has been working in the Department of Wood Products Industrial Engineering within the School of Vocational Technology at Hacettepe University since 1990 and has carried out numerous researches in the field of Wood Physics with the priority of Wood Protection. In this context, İlker Usta realized a short-term scientific research project supported by IRG (International Research Group on Wood Protection) at the Faculty of Forestry (University of Zagreb) in Zagreb, Croatia, and completed his post-doctoral study supported by MIF (Matsumae International Foundation) at the Institute of Wood Technology (Akita Prefectural University) in Noshiro City, Japan. Professor İlker Usta gives wood-themed lectures in terms of the acceptation and internalization of wood as a valuable object within the elective course “Importance of Wood in Intercultural Interaction” which was designed as the new course in the process of updating the curriculum of the department of Wood Products Industrial Engineering within the scope of the Bologna Process in 2013 and was provided to the students of Hacettepe University in the Elective Courses Unit under the responsibility of the School of Vocational Technolgy; in this course it was aimed to sample the role and importance of wood in intercultural interaction through informing students study in different programs of the university, and also to raise awareness about wood through introducing its phenomenal construction in various cultures as an outstanding natural material and a valuable asset.