PROF. DR. NIHAT AKKUS HAS OBTAINED HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM MARMARA UNIVERSITY IN THE FIELD OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN 1983. AFTER COMPLETING MASTER DEGREE STUDY IN THE SAME UNIVERSITY, HE WENT TO JAPAN TO STUDY HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE IN TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY ABOUT SUPERPLASTIC METAL DEFORMATIONS FROM THE YEARS OF 1992 TO 1996.

HE WAS RESEARCH ASSISTANT AT MARMARA UNIVERSITY FROM 1985 TO 1992 AND THEN AT TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY FROM 1996 TO 2002.

STAYED AS POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN BOURGOGNE UNIVERSITY IN FRANCE AND OBTAINED FIRST ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSHIP FROM 2001 TO 2002.

HE WAS THE FOUNDING HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING OF MARMARA UNIVERSITY, FOUNDING RECTOR OF GEDIK UNIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORIZED NATIONAL BODY OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WELDING. 

HE HAS MORE THAN 100 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND 7 BOOKS IN THE FIELD OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING.