Summary
Furkan Gözükara is an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at Toros University and a PhD computer engineer with over a decade of experience building web and game systems. He is the sole creator, developer, and administrator of MonsterMMORPG, a 2D web-based MMORPG with over one million registered players hosted on Windows Server—demonstrating end-to-end expertise in C#, ASP.NET, and MSSQL at scale. Alongside academic teaching and research (Web of Science and ORCID listed), he produces educational software engineering content through his SECourses YouTube channel. His background combines rigorous research credentials with practical product delivery, from responsive web apps to live game operations. Notably, he maintains a rare blend of solo-product entrepreneurship and academic scholarship, having carried MonsterMMORPG from a BSc thesis project into a long-running live system.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Engineering, 3.81, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Engineering, 3.81 at Mersin Üniversitesi
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Çukurova Üniversitesi
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Engineering at Istanbul Technical University
Turkish, English