Assistant Professor Mekin Elçioğlu is an Industrial Designer; He also taught studio and other classes before moving to United States to pursue other dreams. He started working in NYC as a design consultant in a private company with a focus on furniture design. He moved on to a Fine Jewelry Company where he became Head Designer for many years and then decided to rejoin academia. His recent academic area of research and practice, his doctorate dissertation, was on Product Semantics and Affordances. His master’s thesis was on Automotive Design. He is also a pilot, a musician, and an avid rider.