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| birth_date = {{birth date|1971|12|10|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|12|10}}
| fields = [[Professor]], [[Electrical Engineer]]
| fields = [[Electromagnetism]], [[Electrical engineering]], [[Applied mathematics]]
| workplaces = [[Yıldız Technical University]]
| residence = Istanbul, Turkey
| residence = Istanbul, Turkey
| nationality = Turkish
| nationality = Turkish
| known_for = [[Electromagnetism]], [[antennas]], [[propagation]], [[radiation]], [[scattering]], [[applied mathematics]], [[mathematical physics]]
| known_for = [[Electromagnetism]], [[antennas]], [[propagation]], [[radiation]], [[scattering]], [[applied mathematics]], [[mathematical physics]]
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<b> Personal Web Site:</b>  http://www.aburakpolat.com
<b> Institutional Web Site:</b>  http://avesis.yildiz.edu.tr/abpolat/


<b>Physical World View:</b>     
'''Abdullah Burak Polat''' (born 10 December 1971), publishing as '''Burak Polat''', is a Turkish [[electrical engineer]] and academic who works in the field of theoretical and applied [[electromagnetism]]. He is a professor in the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering at [[Yıldız Technical University]] in Istanbul, where he directs the Radar Research Laboratory (RADAL). His research covers [[electromagnetic]] theory, [[wave propagation]], [[antennas]], [[scattering]] and the electrodynamics of moving bodies, and he is known within the [[dissident science]] community for his advocacy of "Hertzian" and "frame indifferent" formulations of electromagnetism as alternatives to the relativistic treatment of moving media.
As a Professor of Theoretical Electromagnetism my personal perspective on macroscobic electromagnetic theory can be outlined as follows:
* Neither time nor velocity (or speed) is a physical quantity. A physical quantity is generally defined as any quantity that has a unit in, say MKS or CGS system. This is a useless description. Any physical quantity must be associated with conservation laws. Most basic ones are mass, charge and force. In that regard, position and time are NOT physical quantities, they are only mathematical tools to describe any physical mechanism. The (3+1)D notation to describe four dimensional space is also meaningless.  It is just 4D !.
* Velocity and acceleration, which are derived in terms of metric and time, are therefore NOT physical quantities, either.  
* Derivation of a new physical quantity by multiplying with a nonphysical quantity does not alter the nature of the mentioned quantity. For instance, mass is a physical quantity from the discipline of mechanics. Momentum and force, which are derived by multiplying mass with velocity and acceleration, are again quantities of same nature (belonging to the same discipline). A contradicting case can be given from Maxwell-Minkowski Electrodynamics: Under Lorentz Transformations electrical field in the moving frame is observed as magnetic field in the laboratory frame, which appears as multiplication electrical field with velocity. This is only one example to realize that Special Relativity is physically unsupported. Electrical amd magnetic fields have different natures and origins. Velocity, as a nonphysical quantity, is never capable of transforming an electrical field quantity into a magnetic one, same as an apple does not turn into an orange when it starts to move. 
* The laws of macroscobic electromagnetism as described by Maxwell’s Equations of stationary media are frame indifferent and recognize all frame indifferent axioms, postulates, principles and laws of other disciplines that constitute Newtonian Continuum Mechanics in Euclidean Space. This is another way to saying that Eulerian and Lagrangian frame observers are in full agreement with
(1) the nature (or state) of any physical quantity
(2) the structural form and content of any physical law, and  
(3) the result of any measurement taken
in the two frames.
* Convection currents  mean  material displacement. Therefore they are not included in what I understand from electromagnetics of  stationary media described by Maxwell's Equations. They only appear properly in the context of Frame Indifferent Theory of Electromagnetism
* Including convection currents in Maxwell's equations of stationary media always yields physically unsupported results. A common mistake is the belief that  static sources in motion radiate electromagnetic energy. What happens is that the field lines follow the arbitrary motion of the source as a whole, without any deformation in shape. An example is the description of electromagnetism of a static charge in motion by Lienard-Wiechert potentials.  Another one is the generation of a magnetostatic field when a  disk supporting free charges rotates uniformly around its own axis (known as Rowland's Disk). Actually, this mechanism  does not generate a magnetic field. It is just a circulation of static electric field lines in space. 
* The well known Hertzian formulation of electromagnetism where velocity vector of motion is a function of time, constitute a special case of the frame indifferent formulation
* I avoid any contradicting alternative theory for moving bodies (especially Special and General Theories of Relavity) in the context of macroscobic electromagnetism.
* When Maxwell's Equations are in consideration, relativistic theories are '''unnecessary, insufficient and incorrect''' as they suggest results that contradict with well established experiments in the context of Electrical Engineering.
*  '''Yes:''' General Invariance  '''No:''' General Covariance
*  '''Yes:''' Frame Indifference  '''No:''' Form Invariance
*  '''Yes:''' Newtonian/Euclidean Space and Time  '''No:''' Minkowski Space-Time
*  '''Yes:''' Frame Indifferent Electromagnetic Theory that Covers Hertz-Heaviside Electrdynamics  '''No:''' Maxwell-Minkowski Electrodynamics and General Relativity Theory
*  '''Yes:''' Principle of Material Frame Indifference  '''No:''' Principle of General Space-Time Covariance


* In that regard if a relativistic improvement of Frame Indifferent Electromagnetics would ever be required, say in cosmological scale, then I believe it must be constructed in a way as to yield the frame indifferent field equations exactly in the nonrelativistic limiting cases.
==Biography==
Polat has held academic positions at a number of Turkish and international institutions over his career. He served as a research assistant in the mid-1990s, then held appointments at Istanbul University and, around 2000–2001, at the Technical University of Denmark ([[Danmarks Tekniske Universitet]]). He was an associate professor at [[Istanbul Technical University]] (2003–2005) before being appointed full professor, holding chairs successively at Bursa Uludağ University (2005–2010), Trakya University (2010–2013, where he also served as a dean), and Beykent University. He was head of department at Istanbul Gelişim University (2016–2017) and, since 2017, has been a professor at Yıldız Technical University.


For my contributions on the subject matter please refer to the list of related published papers available at
His indexed academic output includes on the order of one hundred publications, with dozens indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases across the categories of electrical and electronic engineering and mathematical physics. His stated current research interests include radar theory and the application of electromagnetics in biology and medicine, in addition to remote sensing and antenna theory.
http://aburakpolat.com/research-papers-in-specific-areas/
 
==Scientific contributions==
Much of Polat's technical work concerns [[electromagnetic scattering]] and the interaction of electromagnetic waves with bodies in motion. He has published analyses of plane-wave scattering by perfectly conducting (PEC) and dielectric bodies in uniform rectilinear, rotational and harmonic motion, and, with Ramazan Daşbaşı, work validating these formulations in problems such as a rectangular waveguide with a rotating PEC termination.
 
Polat frames this body of work within what he terms a '''frame indifferent theory of electromagnetism''', which he presents as an extension of the classical [[Hertzian electrodynamics|Hertz–Heaviside]] "electrodynamics of moving bodies." In this view, Maxwell's equations describe the electromagnetism of stationary media, and the effects of material motion are to be handled through convective (material and comoving) time derivatives within the framework of [[Newtonian mechanics|Newtonian]] [[continuum mechanics]] in Euclidean space, rather than through the [[Lorentz transformation]]s of [[special relativity]]. He argues that quantities such as space, time, velocity and acceleration are mathematical rather than physical quantities—reserving the term "physical quantity" for quantities associated with [[conservation law]]s such as mass, charge, momentum and energy—and on that basis rejects concepts such as [[length contraction]] and [[time dilation]] as physical effects.
 
These positions place Polat's foundational writings outside the [[scientific consensus|mainstream consensus]] of modern physics, which regards [[special relativity]] as extensively confirmed by experiment. In a series of essays he has set out arguments against the relativistic treatment of electromagnetism, contending that the introduction of convection currents into the Maxwell–Minkowski electrodynamics is inconsistent, that the [[twin paradox]] and related "aging" arguments show relativity to be internally paradoxical, and that classical Hertzian formulations already account for phenomena such as the magnetic field of a moving charge or a rotating charged disk ([[Rowland ring|Rowland's disk]]). These interpretations are not accepted by the physics mainstream and are presented here as a description of his views.
 
==Selected publications==
* Burak Polat, "On the Axiomatic Structure of Hertzian Electrodynamics", ''TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics'' Vol.2 No.1, pp.35–59 (2012).
* Burak Polat, "Scattering by a Moving Circular Cylinder in Hertzian Electrodynamics", ''Selçuk Journal of Applied Mathematics'' Vol.13 No.1 (2012).
* Burak Polat, "Scattering by a Moving PEC Plane and a Dielectric Half-Space in Hertzian Electrodynamics", ''TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics'' Vol.2 No.2 pp.123–144 (2012).
* Burak Polat, "Plane Wave Scattering by a Moving PEC Half-Plane in Hertzian Electrodynamics", Abstract at The 41st PIERS (PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium), University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, 2019.
* Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "Validation of Hertzian Electromagnetism in a Rectangular Waveguide with Rotating PEC Termination", ''2019 PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium – Spring (PIERS-Spring)'', Rome, Italy, 2019, pp. 2850–2856. DOI: 10.1109/PIERS-Spring46901.2019.9017394
* Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "Plane Wave Reflection by a PEC Plane in Harmonic Motion", ''Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE)'', Istanbul, Turkey, June 12–13, 2020.
* Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "On Conservation of Electromotive Force in Hertzian Electrodynamics", ''Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE)'', Istanbul, Turkey, June 12–13, 2020.
 
==External links==
* [http://www.aburakpolat.com Personal website]
* [http://avesis.yildiz.edu.tr/abpolat/ Yıldız Technical University AVESİS profile]


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Latest revision as of 21:01, 20 July 2026

Burak Polat
Burak Polat
Born (1971-12-10) December 10, 1971 (age 54)
ResidenceIstanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Known forElectromagnetism, antennas, propagation, radiation, scattering, applied mathematics, mathematical physics
Scientific career
FieldsElectromagnetism, Electrical engineering, Applied mathematics
InstitutionsYıldız Technical University

Abdullah Burak Polat (born 10 December 1971), publishing as Burak Polat, is a Turkish electrical engineer and academic who works in the field of theoretical and applied electromagnetism. He is a professor in the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, where he directs the Radar Research Laboratory (RADAL). His research covers electromagnetic theory, wave propagation, antennas, scattering and the electrodynamics of moving bodies, and he is known within the dissident science community for his advocacy of "Hertzian" and "frame indifferent" formulations of electromagnetism as alternatives to the relativistic treatment of moving media.

Biography

Polat has held academic positions at a number of Turkish and international institutions over his career. He served as a research assistant in the mid-1990s, then held appointments at Istanbul University and, around 2000–2001, at the Technical University of Denmark (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet). He was an associate professor at Istanbul Technical University (2003–2005) before being appointed full professor, holding chairs successively at Bursa Uludağ University (2005–2010), Trakya University (2010–2013, where he also served as a dean), and Beykent University. He was head of department at Istanbul Gelişim University (2016–2017) and, since 2017, has been a professor at Yıldız Technical University.

His indexed academic output includes on the order of one hundred publications, with dozens indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases across the categories of electrical and electronic engineering and mathematical physics. His stated current research interests include radar theory and the application of electromagnetics in biology and medicine, in addition to remote sensing and antenna theory.

Scientific contributions

Much of Polat's technical work concerns electromagnetic scattering and the interaction of electromagnetic waves with bodies in motion. He has published analyses of plane-wave scattering by perfectly conducting (PEC) and dielectric bodies in uniform rectilinear, rotational and harmonic motion, and, with Ramazan Daşbaşı, work validating these formulations in problems such as a rectangular waveguide with a rotating PEC termination.

Polat frames this body of work within what he terms a frame indifferent theory of electromagnetism, which he presents as an extension of the classical Hertz–Heaviside "electrodynamics of moving bodies." In this view, Maxwell's equations describe the electromagnetism of stationary media, and the effects of material motion are to be handled through convective (material and comoving) time derivatives within the framework of Newtonian continuum mechanics in Euclidean space, rather than through the Lorentz transformations of special relativity. He argues that quantities such as space, time, velocity and acceleration are mathematical rather than physical quantities—reserving the term "physical quantity" for quantities associated with conservation laws such as mass, charge, momentum and energy—and on that basis rejects concepts such as length contraction and time dilation as physical effects.

These positions place Polat's foundational writings outside the mainstream consensus of modern physics, which regards special relativity as extensively confirmed by experiment. In a series of essays he has set out arguments against the relativistic treatment of electromagnetism, contending that the introduction of convection currents into the Maxwell–Minkowski electrodynamics is inconsistent, that the twin paradox and related "aging" arguments show relativity to be internally paradoxical, and that classical Hertzian formulations already account for phenomena such as the magnetic field of a moving charge or a rotating charged disk (Rowland's disk). These interpretations are not accepted by the physics mainstream and are presented here as a description of his views.

Selected publications

  • Burak Polat, "On the Axiomatic Structure of Hertzian Electrodynamics", TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics Vol.2 No.1, pp.35–59 (2012).
  • Burak Polat, "Scattering by a Moving Circular Cylinder in Hertzian Electrodynamics", Selçuk Journal of Applied Mathematics Vol.13 No.1 (2012).
  • Burak Polat, "Scattering by a Moving PEC Plane and a Dielectric Half-Space in Hertzian Electrodynamics", TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics Vol.2 No.2 pp.123–144 (2012).
  • Burak Polat, "Plane Wave Scattering by a Moving PEC Half-Plane in Hertzian Electrodynamics", Abstract at The 41st PIERS (PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium), University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, 2019.
  • Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "Validation of Hertzian Electromagnetism in a Rectangular Waveguide with Rotating PEC Termination", 2019 PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium – Spring (PIERS-Spring), Rome, Italy, 2019, pp. 2850–2856. DOI: 10.1109/PIERS-Spring46901.2019.9017394
  • Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "Plane Wave Reflection by a PEC Plane in Harmonic Motion", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE), Istanbul, Turkey, June 12–13, 2020.
  • Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "On Conservation of Electromotive Force in Hertzian Electrodynamics", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE), Istanbul, Turkey, June 12–13, 2020.

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