Researchers

        Professors

        Name Surname

Expert area

Assoc. Prof. Demirkan Çöker

      coker@metu.edu.tr  

      METU Aerospace Engineering

Mechanics of Solids and Structures, Experimental and Computational Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Friction Mechanics, Fatigue of Materials, Composite Mechanics, Nano mechanics, Dynamic behavior of materials

Prof.  H. Bülent Ertan

      ertan@metu.edu.tr

      METU Electrical & Electronics  Engineering

Electrical Machines: Induction motors, Switched Reluctance motors; Power Electronics: High Frequency Power Supplies; Electrical Drives: Field Oriented Drives

Asst. Prof. Zeynep Kalaylıoğlu

      kzeynep@metu.edu.tr

      METU Statistics

Bayesian statistical methodology, Statistical modeling (especially for health, genetics, biological, and cancer data), Model selection criteria, Missingness not at random.

Prof. Altan Kayran

      akayran@metu.edu.tr

      METU Aerospace Engineering

Wind turbine rotor blade design, analysis, test and optimization,n Mechanics of composite structures, Structural failure analysis, Structural dynamics and aeroelasticity, Composite beam, plate and shell theory, Composite manufacturing, Finite element method

Assoc. Prof. Melin Şahin

msahin@metu.edu.tr

METU Aerospace Engineering

Damage identification in light-weight and composite structures, Smart structures, Structural dynamics and analysis, Biomaterial applications

Prof. İsmail. H. Tuncer

tuncer@metu.edu.tr

METU Aerospace Engineering

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Unsteady aerodynamics, Flapping airfoils, Flow control, Turbomachinery cascade flows, Overset grid solutions, Unstructured grid solutions, Parallel computing

Assoc. Prof. Oğuz Uzol

uzol@metu.edu.tr

METU Aerospace Engineering

Turbulence, Gas Turbines and Turbomachinery, Optical Flow Diagnostics (Particle Image Velocimetry, Interferometric Particle Imaging), Wind Energy and Wind Engineering, Rotorcraft Aerodynamics, Active Flow Control

Asst. Prof. Nilay Sezer Uzol

nuzol@metu.edu.tr

      METU Aerospace Engineering

 

Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), High Performance Computing (HPC), Helicopter aerodynamics, Wind energy, Wind turbine aerodynamics, Wind turbine blade design and optimization, Wind turbine wake interactions, Large Eddy Simulations

Assoc. Prof. Bahar Çelikkol Erbaş

      bcelikkol@etu.edu.tr

     Affiliated Researcher

     TOBB University of Economics & Technology

Natural Resources and Environment Economics, Energy Economics, Applied Microeconomic

PhD Students

Name Surname

Expert area

Gökhan Ahmet

      gahmet@metu.edu.tr

      METU Aerospace Engineering

Wind Assessment, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Weather Prediction

Hooman Amiri

      hooman.hazaveh@metu.edu.tr

      METU Aerospace Engineering

Experimental aerodynamics, Particle Image Velocimetry, Flow control

      Touraj Farsadi

      touraj.farsadi@metu.edu.tr

      METU Aerospace Engineering

Aeroelasticity of fixed and rotary wing / Aeroelastic tailoring; Vibrations, Structural Stability, Dynamics and Control ; Unsteady aerodynamics; Behavior of Thin Walled Structures: Beams, Plates and Shells, Wind energy, Wind turbine ,Composite materials

Engin Leblebici

      enginl@ae.metu.edu.tr

      METU Aerospace Engineering

Wind Assessment, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Weather Prediction

Yashar Ostovan

      yashar.ostovan@metu.edu.tr

      METU Aerospace Engineering

Experimental aerodynamics, Optical Flow Diagnostics, Active flow control, Wind tunnel measurement systems, Turbomachinery flows

Başak Zeka

      bzeka@metu.edu.tr

      METU City and Regional Planning

Integration of wind turbine systems into architecture, in terms of planning and public acceptance issues

Aydın Amireghbali 

METU Aerospace Engineering

Fracture Mechanics, Contact Mechanics

  Anas Abdulrahim

    METU Aerospace Engineering

Experimental Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Wind Energy, Bridge Aerodynamics, Optical Flow Diagnostics (Particle Image Velocimetry)

       MSc Students

      Name Surname

Expert area

    Ezgi Anık

    METU Aerospace Engineering

Wind turbine Aerodynamics, Wind Turbine Flow Control, Experimental Turbomachinery

    Miray Arca

    METU Aerospace Engineering

Composite structures, Crack mechanics, Experimental mechanics

    İbrahim Taha Erseçgin

    METU Electrical & Electronics  Engineering

Synchronized motors, Asynchronous generators, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, Akıllı Güç  Sistemleri

    Ozan Gözcü

    METU Aerospace Engineering

Structural dynamics and aeroelasticity, Wind turbine rotor blade design, Finite element method, Composite beam, Composite characterization tests, wind turbine blade structure tests, Mechanic tests of composites, Aeroelastic tailoring of wind turbine blades

    Başar Kütükoğlu

    METU Aerospace Engineering

 

    İmren Uyar

    METU Aerospace Engineering

Fracture mechanics, Experimental mechanics, Composite structure tests

    Tansu Sevine

    METU Aerospace Engineering

Computational fluid dynamics

   Özgün Şener

   METU Aerospace Engineering