I studied industrial engineering because of Dr.Kudret , when I first arrived to Cyprus I knew I wanted to study engineering but I had no specific ideas. I researched all the engineering disciplines available and got stuck with trying to understand what IE was all about. I went to the department "the first IE building" and went to see the department secretary Ms. Amena at the time. I asked her to meet someone who could explain to me what IE was, I never thought I would meet the top man. He invited me to his office, we had a good chat. I told him that I researched IE and found many definitions, and that I was confused and needed to understand, we had an interesting discussion. he then invited me to attend a session he was organizing to introduce new students to the faculty members and insisted that I re-ask the same question again at the session, when I did, he asked all teaching members to answer the question each in his own words. the answers were different, he then concluded with explaining that IE is what you make of it and that different professionals with different focuses will often interpret IE in different ways but the core always remains the same, IE was about striving for perfection through the commitment to efficient and effective utilization of man, machine, time and money. I joined IE the next day. Dr. Kudret's door was always open to me, and he always made the time to listen and give advice. For that I can't thank him enough. May he rest in peace