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CURRENT STUDENTS
Name Surname Degree Research Area / Thesis Title
PhD
Ezgi Aslan PhD, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
Aerodynamics, CFD
Muhammad Juanda Putra PhD, Civil Eng., METU DESIGN/AERODYNAMICS/HYDRODYNAMICS 
Offshore Wind Turbine Design and Simulations, Aerodynamics, Hydrodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Wind Energy
Master of Science
Pelin Su GÜREL MS, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
Structure
Jamal Rezaei MS, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
Wind Turbine Rotor CFD Simulations
Tahsin Alper Karasuer MS, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
CFD, Airfoil and Rotor Design

 

GRADUATED STUDENTS
Name Surname Degree Research Area / Thesis Title
PhD
Yeliz Alevsaçanlar PhD 2026, Building Science, Architecture, METU AERODYNAMICS 
“An architectural design tool to be used in the initial design phase of supertall super-slender buildings with wind escape floors” PhD Thesis, Dept. of Architecture, METU, 2026. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bekir Özer Ay 
Co-advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol
İldeniz Öztürk Ergin PhD 2026, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS
“Numerical Modeling and Investigation of Rotary Wing Aerodynamics using Free Vortex Wake Methods”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2026.  
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol
Özgün Şener PhD 2025, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE
“Numerical and Experimental Study of Nanoparticle Reinforcement in Tapered GFRP Laminates: An Outlook for Wind Turbine Blades”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2025.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Altan Kayran
Ezgi Orbay Akcengiz PhD 2025, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
“Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of High Reynolds Number and Complex Aerodynamic Flow Fields”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2025.  
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol
Hüseyin Can Önel PhD 2023, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS/WIND FARM 
“Unsteady wind farm simulations and short-term power forecasting using actuator disk model in OpenFOAM coupled with WRF”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2023.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Tuncer
Hazal Altuğ Yalçın PhD 2023, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS/CONTROL 
“Robust Design Simulation of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2023.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Oğuz Uzol 
Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. İlkay Yavrucuk
Aydın Amireghbali PhD 2023, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
“Simulating Dry Sliding Friction with Block-Spring Models”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2023.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Demirkan Çöker 
 
Mevlüt Can Muyan PhD 2023, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
“Development of Progressive Failure Models and Their Application to Open Hole Composite Laminates and Wind Turbine Blades”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2023.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Demirkan Çöker 
 
Golnesa Karimi Zindashti PhD 2022, Civil Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS/STRUCTURE 
“Simulation of 2-D Flows over Stationary and Moving Boundaies by Discrete Vortex Method”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Civil Eng., METU, 2022.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Özgür Kurç 
 
Anas Abdulrahim PhD 2022, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
“Effects of Inflow Boundary Layer on the Wake Characteristics of a Radially Non-uniform Porous Disc”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2022.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Oğuz Uzol 
Co-advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Perçin
Özgür Yalçın PhD 2021, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS/AEROACOUSTICS 
“Delayed Detached-Eddy Simulation Based Predictions of Boundary Layer Transition and Cavity Flow Noise”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2021.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Yusuf Özyörük
Hooman Amiri PhD 2018, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
"Experimental Investigation of the Turbulent Near Wake Flow Field of Multiscale/Fractal Grids", PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2018. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Oğuz Uzol
Engin Leblebici PhD 2018, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS/WIND RESOURCE 
"Unsteady atmospheric flow solutions with openfoam coupled with the numerical weather prediction software, WRF", PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2018. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Tuncer
Touraj Farsadi PhD 2018, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
"Aeroelastic analysis of composite wings and wind turbine blades including geometrical nonlinearity and compressibilty", PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2018. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Altan Kayran
Mustafa Şahin PhD 2018, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS/CONTROL 
“Dynamic modeling, control and adaptive envelope protection system for horizontal axis wind turbines”, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2018.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. İlkay Yavrucuk
Yaşar Ostovan PhD 2017, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
"Winglets for wind turbines: An experimental study on aerodynamic performance and tip vortex behavior", PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2017. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oğuz Uzol
Muhammet Burak Kılıç PhD 2015, Statistics, METU WIND RESOURCE 
"Bayesian modelling for asymmetric multi-modal circular data", PhD Thesis, Dept. of Statistics, METU, 2015. 
Advisor: Doç. Dr. Zeynep Kalaylıoğlu
Gökhan Ahmet PhD 2014, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS/WIND RESOURCE 
"Micro-siting of wind turbines using navier-stokes solutions coupled with a numerical weather prediction model", PhD Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2014. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Tuncer
Master of Science
Ali Ata Adam MS 2023, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
"Aerodynamic simulations of wind turbine blade sections with optimized boundary layer suction flow control", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2023. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol
Mert Ali Andırın MS 2022, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
“Generation and Experimental Investigations of Gusty Flows in Wind Tunnels”, MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2022.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Oğuz Uzol 
Co-advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Perçin
Gökay Kütükçü MS 2022, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS/WIND RESOURCE 
“Inter Farm Interactions and Hub Height Optimization for Onshore Wind Farms”, MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2022.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Oğuz Uzol
Siamak Pourkeivannour MS 2019, Electrical And Electronics Eng., METU ELECTROMECHANICS 
"A Hardware in the loop simulator development for wind energy conversion systems", MS Thesis, Dept. of Electrical And Electronics Eng., METU, 2019. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Hulusi Bülent Ertan
Keriman Oğuz MS 2019, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
"Aerodynamic optimization of horizontal axis wind turbine blades by using CST method, BEM theory and genetic algorithm", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2019. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol
Miraç Onur Bozkurt MS 2019, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
“Experimental and numerical investigation of damage induced by transverse impact in composite beams and plates”, MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2019.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Demirkan Çöker
Ruhi Deniz Yalçın MS 2019, Civil Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS /STRUCTURE 
"Validation and parametric studies of discrete vortex method on flow around bluff bodies", MS Thesis, Dept. of Civil Eng., METU, 2019. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Özgür Kurç
Burcu Taşdemir MS 2018, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
“Fatigue and static behavior of curved composite laminates”, MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2018.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Demirkan Çöker
Tansu Sevine MS 2017, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
“Reconstruction of atmospheric flows based on proper orthogonal decomposition method”, MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2017.  
Advisor: Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Tuncer 
Co-advisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kaya
Reza Zeinali MS 2016, Electrical and Electronics Eng., METU ELECTROMECHANICS 
“Design and Optimization of High Torque Density Generator for Direct Drive Wind Turbine Applications”, MS Thesis, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng., METU, 2016. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Hulusi Bülent Ertan
Gökmen Cengiz MS 2015, Electrical and Electronics Eng., METU ELECTROMECHANICS 
"Development of a hardware in the loop wind energy conversion system emulator", MS Thesis, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics  Eng., METU, 2015. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Hulusi Bülent Ertan
Yunus Tansu Aksoy MS 2015, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
"Active vibration control of a smart sandwich plate via piezoelectric sensors and actuators", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2015. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Melin Şahin
Başar Kütükoğlu MS 2015, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
"Experimental investigation of the failure of air plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2015. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Demirkan Çöker
İmren Uyar MS 2015, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
"Experimental and Computational Investigation of Crack Growth Along Curved Interfaces", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2015. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Demirkan Çöker
Ezgi Anık MS 2015, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
"Experimental investigation of the effects of tip injection on the characteristics of the tip vortex on a model wind turbine", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2015. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oğuz Uzol
Onur Akın MS 2015, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
"Active Vibration Suppression of A Smart Beam Using A Linear Controller with A Neural Network Based Adaptive Element via Piezoelectric Sensor and Actuators", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2015. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Melin Şahin
Chadi Amer MS 2015, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
"Development of a high fidelity finite element model of a wind turbine blade via modal testing", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2015. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Melin Şahin
Miray Arca MS 2014, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
"Strengthening of L-shaped Composite Laminates Using Carbon Nanotubes Reinforcement ad Thin Ply Non-crimp Fabrics", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2014. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Demirkan Çöker
Hakan Sargın MS 2014, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
"Comparative study of transient and quasi-steady aeroelastic analysis of composite wind turbine blade in steady wind conditions", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2014. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Altan Kayran
Ozan Gözcü MS 2014, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
"Investigation of the effect of bending twisting coupling on the loads in wind turbines with superelement blade definition", MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU, 2014. 
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Altan Kayran
Oğuz Atalay MS, Aerospace Eng., METU STRUCTURE 
MS Thesis, Dept. of Aerospace Eng., METU
İbrahim Taha Erseçgin MS, Electrical and Electronics Eng., METU ELECTROMECHANICS 
Synchronized motors, Asynchronous generators, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, Akıllı Güç Sistemleri
Rahmi Erdem Yıldız MS, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
Ducted Wind Turbine Design Optimization
Ezgi Üstün MS, Aerospace Eng., METU AERODYNAMICS 
MS Thesis, METU Dept. of Aerospace Eng. 
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oğuz Uzol
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