Erkan Isikli is an assistant professor in the Industrial Engineering Department at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). He has also been serving as ABET program coordinator at the same department since 2015. Having a Ph.D from the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of Wayne State University and a B.Sc. in Mathematics Engineering from ITU, Dr. Isikli has specialized in constructing statistical models for real-world problems in various fields such as education, environment, healthcare, marketing, non-profit organizations, sports, and supply chain. He has published several journal papers and book chapters and presented many proceedings at esteemed conferences worldwide.