Mehmed Sitki is from MD, USA. He completed his undergrad and masters at RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), in Troy, NY. He worked for several local contractor companies for GE Research and Development Center in Niskayuna, NY. He was employed as an instructor at Hudson Valley Community College between 2012 - 2015 in Mechanical Engineering Technology Department. He started his Ph.D. in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue in Spring 2016. His research investigated the Minimum Hot Surface Ignition Temperatures (MHSIT) of aviation fluids under various conditions and aims to expand the current MHSIT database. After graduation, Sitki joined FM Global in Boston, MA.