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Ayhan E. Mertogul, Ph.D.

Associate

Ayhan's primary focus is on the prosecution of patent applications in the mechanical arts, business methods, and software.

Prior to attending law school, Ayhan worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research involved the creation of a non-equilibrium two-temperature model for arcjets. Ayhan has worked as a design validation and test engineer for MTI Technology Corporation, a vendor of computer storage, and as a research and development engineer for Ethylene Innovations, a startup company.

Professional Associations
Chicago Bar Association
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago

Publications
D.K. Zerkle, S. Schwartz, A. Mertogul, X. Chen, H. Krier, and J. Mazumder, “Laser-Sustained Argon Plasmas for Thermal Rocket Propulsion,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1990, pp. 38-45.

A. Mertogul, D. Zerkle, and H. Krier, “Investigation of CO2 Laser-Sustained Hydrogen Plasmas,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 1123-1125, September-October 1992.

A. E. Mertogul and H. Krier, “Two Temperature Modeling of Laser Sustained Hydrogen Plasmas,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 781-790, October-December 1994.

T. W. Megli, H. Krier, R. L. Burton, and A. Mertogul, “Two-Temperature Plasma Modeling of Nitrogen/Hydrogen Arcjets,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 1062-1069, November-December 1996

Non-Legal Experience
Ethylene Innovations, Los Alamos, NM
R&D Engineer, 2000-2001

Options trader, 1999-2000

MTI Technology Corporation, Westmont, IL
Design Validation and Test Engineer, 1995-1999

Other Activities
Licensed Pilot
PADI Certified Scuba Diver
Fluent in conversational Turkish