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Ali Kucukozyigit

Ali Kucukozyigit

Associate Teaching Professor,
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
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  • Phone: 480 965 6330
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  • Mail code: 8809
    Campus: Tempe
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Ali Kucukozyigit, Ph. D., is serving as Associate Teaching Professor at Arizona State University in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI). 

He is also Associate Program Chair for Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Program in SCAI.

He is currently serving in Undergrad Program Committee (UPC),  ABET Coordinator for the program, and also founder & faculty advisor for ASEM at ASU Student Club.

He earned his doctorate in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management. He holds two Master degrees: a Master of Arts in Leadership, International Relations, and Organizational Management and another Master of Science in Systems Engineering, with a focus on Electronic Warfare and Information Operations.

Dr. Kucukozyigit's research and teaching interests include systems thinking/engineering, risk management, soft skills (life skills, people skills), project management and leadership development.

He holds Data Analytics, PRINCE2 Project Management, SAP PP&M Resource Management and CPEM Engineering Management certifications.

He is recipient of 2024 ASEM Frank Woodbury Special Service Award, and also received Professor of Impact Award in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Education

Ph.D : Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

MA    : Leadership, International Relations and Organizational Management

MS    : Systems Engineering (focusing on Electronic Warfare and Information Operations)

BS.   :  Systems Engineering (focus area Management Science)

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Research Website URL
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ali-Kucukozyigit/research
Google Scholar URL
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TZX6crgAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Interests

systems and design thinking,Leadership development, project management,risk management, 

Publications
  • Kucukozyigit, A, Kakadiya, Vatsal (Undergraduate student), “A Systematic Approach To Program Identification, Data Collection, And Comparison Of Engineering Management Programs In USA” American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), 2026 (submitted for acceptance)
    • Kucukozyigit, A, Lee, Vivian (Undergraduate student), “How to Lead Remote Engineering Teams in the Digital Age” American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), 2026 (submitted for acceptance)
    • Kucukozyigit, A, Makhija, Anish (Undergraduate student), “The Employer-Communicated Expectations of Soft Skills for Engineering Managers in Job Posts” American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), 2026 (submitted for acceptance)
    • Kucukozyigit, A, Lalitha Rayavarapu (MS student), Suhail Shaik (MS student), “A systematic review of Systems engineering job opportunities: What skills are industry employers requiring for their positions offered?” American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), 2025 (published)
    • Kucukozyigit, A, Frances Vazquez (Online MS student) “Biomimetic Approaches to Energy Efficiency: A Thematic Literature Review on Natural Systems and Engineering Innovations”, American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), 2025 (published)
  • Kucukozyigit A, Luna Magpili, Kay Bachman, “Surveying the Landscape of Micro- credentialing in Engineering Management” American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), 2024. (Published)
    • Kucukozyigit, A., Kucukkaya, G; Keskin, O; Pinto, C. Ariel; Tatar, U, “Cybersecurity Acquisition Framework Based on Risk Management: Economics Perspective”, 17th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, 2020, Naval Postgraduate School. (NPS) CA (Published)
    • Kucukozyigit, A. and Daniels C, “Engineering Future Leaders to Best Fit into Modern Security Environment: Emerging Leadership Skills,” American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), 2018 (Published)
    • Kucukozyigit,A and Pinto C.Ariel , “Creating the necessary Causal Loops to predict the trends with regards to immigration influx: A case study with AnyLogic,” IISE Conference and Expo, 2023
      • Pinto, C. Ariel, Daniels,C. Magpili, Luna, Kucukozyigit, A. “Risk management competencies and maturity levels for the age of RiskTech and Gen Z’s” American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) International Annual Conference (IAC), 2021.
      • Daniels C.B., Kucukozyigit, A. , and Poyraz O. “Emerging Leadership Skills and their application in different organizational levels and security environment” Graduate Studies and Research Symposium March 2019, William and Mary. VA
      • Alfaqiri, A and Kucukozyigit, A., “A Holistic Approach to Accidents in Oil and Gas Industry: The significance of a systemic look to the Safety of Communication”, Institute of Industry and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference and Expo 2019, Florida, May 2019.
      • Kucukozyigit, A. and Alla, S, “A Scenario-based Holistic Risk Identification and Assessment Analysis for Robotics in Healthcare System”, Computer Ethics and Philosophical Enquiry-CEPE 2019, Norfolk,VA May 2019.
      • Bouazzaoui, S and Kucukozyigit, A., “Ethical Use Of Data (in IoT) In The Military Domain: the Ethics Warfare, Computer Ethics and Philosophical Enquiry”-CEPE 2019, Norfolk, VA May 2019.
Research Activity

https://news.asu.edu/b/20261019-fire-station-systems-engineering-lab

 

Courses
2027 Spring
Course Number Course Title
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 554 Risk Management
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
2026 Fall
Course Number Course Title
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 552 Strategic Technologic Planning
2026 Summer
Course Number Course Title
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 530 Enterprise Modeling
IEE 530 Enterprise Modeling
IEE 554 Risk Management
2026 Spring
Course Number Course Title
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 571 Quality Management
IEE 554 Risk Management
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
2025 Fall
Course Number Course Title
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 784 Internship
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 552 Strategic Technologic Planning
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
2025 Summer
Course Number Course Title
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 530 Enterprise Modeling
IEE 530 Enterprise Modeling
IEE 554 Risk Management
2025 Spring
Course Number Course Title
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 571 Quality Management
IEE 554 Risk Management
2024 Fall
Course Number Course Title
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 552 Strategic Technologic Planning
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
2024 Summer
Course Number Course Title
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 530 Enterprise Modeling
2024 Spring
Course Number Course Title
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 474 Quality Control
IEE 571 Quality Management
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 552 Strategic Technologic Planning
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
ASU 101-CAI The ASU Experience
2023 Summer
Course Number Course Title
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 530 Enterprise Modeling
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 458 Project Management
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
IEE 593 Applied Project
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 458 Project Management
IEE 552 Strategic Technologic Planning
2022 Summer
Course Number Course Title
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 530 Enterprise Modeling
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
IEE 220 Business/Industrial Engr
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 456 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 556 Intro to Systems Engineering
IEE 458 Project Management
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
IEE 220 Business/Industrial Engr
IEE 454 Risk Management
IEE 477 Syst Dyn & Thinking
IEE 380 Prob & Stats Engr Prob Solving
IEE 552 Strategic Technologic Planning
Honors / Awards

2025-Professor of Impact Award-ASU

2024- Exceptional Service Award- American Society for Engineering Management

2024-Professor of Impact Award-ASU

2023-Professor of Impact Award-ASU

 

Professional Associations

Professional Member : American Society of Engineering Management ASEM

Professional Member: International Council on Systems Engineering INCOSE

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History

Founding Faculty and Current Advisor for ASEM at ASU Student Club (since Nov 2024)

Engineering Design Thinking and Project Management (CINTANA Education- Chitkara University)

https://www.cintana.com/

 

https://www.chitkara.edu.in/

 

https://anurag.edu.in/

 

Crafting Compelling Poster Presentations (ASEAN STIC)

https://goee.asu.edu/stic

Engineering Project Management  Co-instructor Certifications https://asuengineeringonline.com/professional-programs/engineering-proj…

Professional EPICS Program Instructor for Project Management and Soft Skills for Engineers https://graduate.engineering.asu.edu/professional-development/

 

Faculty Advisor- MS in Engineering- Ssytems Engineering

https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/goee-graduate-success-website/meng-systems-engineering

 

 

 

Service

Associate Program Chair (Industrial Eng and Engineering Mngt)

ABET Coordinator

Undergrad Program Committee (UPC) Member 

Faculty Advisor for MS Online for MS in Systems Engineering

EM Alumni Coordinator

Academic Integrity Committee Member 

https://faculty-resources.engineering.asu.edu/project/aic/

Social Media Manager

 

Board

Board of Directors, American Society for Engineering Management

Industry Advisory Board, American Society for Engineering Management

Expertise Areas
Leadership Development
Project Management - general
Risk Management
Systems Engineering
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