Dr. Emre Altaş is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Bartın University, Türkiye. He received his M.Sc. (2016) in Mechanical Engineering from Bartın University and his Ph.D. (2021) from Karabük University, where his doctoral research, supported by a TÜBİTAK 2211-C scholarship, focused on the machinability of NiTi shape memory alloys with cryogenically treated cutting tools. He served as an Assistant Professor at Bartın University from 2023 until his promotion to Associate Professor in 2026. His research focuses on high-entropy alloys, hard and thin-film coatings, tribology, mechanical alloying, powder metallurgy, additive manufacturing and smart materials. He has authored more than 40 international journal articles and book chapters, including recent work on mechanically alloyed NiCoFeCrMn high-entropy alloys for high-temperature bearings and on laser- and vacuum-clad high-entropy alloy coatings with enhanced oxidation, corrosion and tribocorrosion resistance, published in journals such as Surface and Coatings Technology, Journal of Alloys and Compounds and Tribology International. He is an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing and has served as a Guest Editor for the Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science. He received the Best Scientific Work Award at the 4th International Congress on Applied Sciences (2023).