Umur Yüceoğlu was born in 1936. He completed his undergraduate education at Istanbul Technical University in 1960. He received his master's degree from Brooklyn Polytechnic University in 1965 and his doctorate from Lehigh University in 1975. He worked as an Assistant Professor at Florida Inter University between 1982 and 1985, and at the New York Institute of Technology in 1985. After returning to Turkey in 1988, he joined the Aerospace Department. He took part in ASME Aerospace Department "Structure and Materials", ASM Design Engineering Department "Joining and Extension" Committee and "Vibration and Acoustics" committees and carried out many research projects in these areas. He worked at METU as an Associate Professor in 1989 and as a Professor in 1992.
