Talk:Umran Inan

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I am the subject of this article and would like to suggest a few corrections.

Current Text: İnan received his B.Sc. degree in 1972 and M.Sc. in 1973 from the Middle East Technical University (METU). He conducted his doctoral research during four years at Stanford University, receiving a Ph.D. in 1977 in electrical engineering under the tutelage of Robert Helliwell. İnan later joined the staff of Stanford as research affiliate and in 1982 was appointed as assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He subsequently became associate professor in 1985 and then full professor at Stanford since 1992.

Replacement Text: Inan received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1972 and 1973 from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Türkiye. He conducted doctoral research during four years at Stanford University, receiving his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineerin in 1977, working under the tutelage of <Prof. Robert Helliwell. Inan later worked at Stanford as Acting Assistant Professor and Research Affiliate, and was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1982. He subsequently was promoted to Associate Professor in 1985, receiving tenure in 1988, and promoted to full Professor in 1991.

Current Text: In 1997, he was appointed director of Space, Telecommunications and Radio Science Laboratories (STAR) connected to Stanford and continued his duty here until September 2009. During his academic career at Stanford he worked in areas geophysics, near-space, ionospheric and atmospheric physics, radiation belts, electromagnetic wave-particle interaction, and very low frequency radioscience. Inan has had about 50 PhD students so far. He had been the president of Koç University between 2009 and 2021. Currently, the research group at Stanford University is conducting observations from over 50 different spots on seven continents and also from a variety of world-orbiting satellites. He became professor emeritus at Stanford in 2011, and remains active there along with his duties at Koç University.

Replacement Text: In 1997, Inan was appointed Director of Space, Telecommunications & Radioscience Laboratory (STAR) at Stanford University and continued as an active faculty member therein until September 2009. During his 30+ year academic career, Inan worked in areas of geophysics, near-Earth Space Science, ionospheric and upper atmospheric physics, radiation belts, electromagnetic wave-particle interactions, lightning-ionosphere interaction and other Very Low Frequency (VLF) radioscience topics. Inan has brought to Stanford >$100M worth of Sponsored Research Projects from multiple US Government agencies, including NSF, ONR, NASA, AFRL, AFOSR, DARPA and DNA. His research group conducted VLF observations at >45 different spots on the globe in seven continents and also on a variety of Earth-orbiting satellites. He has served as Principal Dissertation Adviser for 60 Ph.D. students graduating between 1990 and 2015.

Inan was recruited to be the President of Koç University in Istanbul, Türkiye and took on this position in September 2009, serving as President for 12 years until Septeöner 2021. He became Professor (Emeritus) at Stanford in 2011, but remains active there Recalled to Active Duty, in addition to continuing his position as President (Emeritus) and Professor of Electrical Engineering & Physics at Koç University. Umran Inan (talk) 12:45, 4 May 2026 (UTC)