{"id":5537,"date":"2021-07-19T18:19:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T18:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/?page_id=5537"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:57:42","slug":"elif-akcali","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/elif-akcali\/","title":{"rendered":"Elif Ak\u00e7al\u0131, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"title-block w-100\"><div class=\"container-fluid page-title-container\"><div class=\"title-wrapper\"><h1 class=\"font-heading\">Elif Ak\u00e7al\u0131, PhD<\/h1><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<nav class=\"section-navigation\"><div class=\"section-navigation-inner\"><div class=\"section-menu\"><a class=\"section-navigation-back\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"#\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/section-nav\/includes\/section-nav-back.svg\" \/> Back<\/a><ul class=\"\" id=\"section-nav-ul\"><li class=\"current-page\"><a class=\"menu-parent-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/\">About<span class=\"caret\"><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"page_item page-item-3808 page_item_has_children dropdown\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/\" class=\"dropdown-toggle\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Meet the team <span class=\"caret\"><\/span><\/a>\n<ul class='dropdown-menu' role='menu'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1184\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/director\/\">Director<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1536\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/assistant-director\/\">Assistant Director<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4306\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/melissa-white\/\">Melissa White, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4334\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/sierra-pollard\/\">Sierra Pollard, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5873\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/ron-stein\/\">Ron Stein<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5537\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/elif-akcali\/\">Elif Ak\u00e7al\u0131, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/faculty-innovation-council\/\">Faculty Innovation Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5905\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/annual-activities-summary\/\">Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-170\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/partners\/\">Partners and Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-6039\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/engineering-innovation-institute-logo\/\">Engineering Innovation Institute Logo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><a class=\"section-menu-btn section-navigation-toggler\" href=\"#\" type=\"button\" aria-controls=\"sectionNavigation\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"open-btn\">Menu<\/span><span class=\"close-btn\" style=\"display:none;\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/07\/akcali_cropped-240x240-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Affiliate Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Office: <\/strong>303 Weil Hall<br><strong>Phone: <\/strong>(352) 294-7726<br><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:akcali@ise.ufl.edu\">akcali@ise.ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ise.ufl.edu\/akcali\/\">Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left;\">\n<p><strong>Education: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., Purdue University, 2001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elif Akcali serves as an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Florida. She is in the inaugural class of UF Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellows in the Center for Entrepreneurship &amp; Innovation in Warrington College of Business Administration. She is a Creative Scholar-in-Residence in the School of Theater + Dance. 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