Projects

Ongoing Projects

Industry Collaboration Project

Development of a Thermomechanical Analysis Methodology for Graphite Nozzle Cores

Grafit Lüle Çekirdekleri için Termomekanik Analiz Metodolojisi Geliştirilmesi

  • Industrial project between ROKETSAN and MCSM Lab
  • 1 August 2026 - 31 January 2027
  • Tuncay Yalçınkaya (PI), Can Erdoğan (Researcher), İremnaz Yücel (Researcher)

National Research Project

Development of Fracture Toughness Calculation Methodologies for Steels Under Neutron Irradiation

Nötron ışınlamasına Maruz Kalan Çeliklerin Kırılma Tokluğu Hesaplamaları Üzerine Metot Geliştirme

  • TENMAK FÜZYON TEKNOLOJİLERİ ÇAĞRILARI · 2411
  • 2025 - 2027
  • Tuncay Yalçınkaya (PI), Can Erdoğan (Researcher), İ. Umay Aydiner (Researcher)

European Research Project

Coordination of the European Nuclear Materials Community for Energy Innovation (CONNECT-NM)

  • HORIZON-EURATOM Project
  • 2024 - 2029
  • Partner
  • 43 European Partners

European Research Project

European Materials Acceleration Center for Energy (EU-MACE)

  • COST Action · CA22123
  • 2023 - 2027
  • Secondary Proposer and Management Committee member

European Research Project

Agricultural Revitalization in Higher Education Institutions of Asian Countries

  • ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE
  • 2023 - 2026
  • Researcher

Approved Projects (Forthcoming)

Industry Collaboration Project

Flaw Tolerance Analysis Studies (Effect of Dents, Corrosion Pits, etc.)

İmalat ve Serviste Karşılaşılan Kusurların Parça Ömrüne Etkisi

  • University-industry collaboration project between Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ) and MCSM Lab · Project No. 2024-USI-K7010-0104-17
  • 2026
  • Tuncay Yalçınkaya (PI), Can Erdoğan (Researcher), İ. Erkin Ünsal (Researcher), A. Burak Erdal (Researcher)

Completed Projects

Industry Collaboration Project

Modeling of Plastic Material Behavior of Single Crystal Nickel Alloys

  • University-industry collaboration project between TUSAŞ Engine Industries (TEI) and MCSM Lab
  • March 2025 - March 2026
  • Tuncay Yalçınkaya (PI), Orhun Bulut (Researcher)
  • Phase I and Phase II

National Research Project

Modeling the Cold Dwell Fatigue Behavior of Titanium Superalloy Microstructures in Gas Turbine Engine Components

Titanyum Süperalaşımlı Gaz Türbin Motor Bileşenlerine Ait Mikroyapıların Soğuk Bekleme Yorulma Davranışının Modellenmesi

  • TÜBİTAK 1002-A
  • February 2025 - November 2025
  • Tuuncay Yalçınkaya (PI), S. Sefa Açar (Researcher)

National Research Project

Characterisation of Noise Attenuation by Metamaterials in Turbulent Flows

  • TÜBİTAK 2236 International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers
  • 2021 - 2023
  • Advisor

Industry Collaboration Project

Multiscale Analysis of Dwell Fatigue in Titanium Turboshaft Engine Components

  • University-industry collaboration project between TUSAŞ Engine Industries (TEI) and MCSM Lab
  • 2022
  • PI

European Research Project

Multiscale Modelling for Fusion and Fission Materials (M4F)

  • H2020 (EURATOM) Project
  • 2017 - 2021
  • PI, WP3 (Deformation mechanisms at the grain scale in F/M steels) and WP4 (Channelling at the polycrystal scale in F/M steels)
  • 20 European Partners

European Research Project

SLIPLOC: SLIP LOCalization in irradiated steels and consequences on mechanical damage

  • EERA Pilot Project
  • 2016 - 2020
  • WP3 (Polycrystal simulations and experimental validation) leader
  • 10 European Partners (CEA, SCK-CEN, PSI, METU, CIEMAT, JRC-IET, CNRS/GPM-CNRS/CEMHTI, UPC, UA, IMDEA)

National Research Project

Modelling of damage initiation and fracture propagation in ductile materials through micromechanically consistent porous plasticity and cohesive zone modeling approaches

Sünek malzemelerde hasar başlangıcı ve kırılma ilerlemesinin mikromekanik olarak tutarlı porlu plastisite ve kohezif alan teknikleri ile modellenmesi

  • TÜBİTAK 3501 · 117M106
  • 2017 - 2020
  • PI

National Research Project

Strain gradient crystal plasticity modeling of polycrystal metals

Çok taneli metallerin gerinim gradyan kristal plastisite yöntemi ile modellenmesi

  • TÜBİTAK 3001 · 215M381
  • 2016 - 2017
  • PI

National Research Project

Micromechanical modelling of size dependent plasticity behavior in polycrystalline materials

Çok taneli metallerde buyukluge bagli plastisite davranisinin mikromekanik modellenmesi

  • ODTU BAP (METU Scientific Research Project) · BAP-08-11-2016-031
  • 2016-2017
  • PI

European Research Project

Plastic microstructure evolution in metallic materials

  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, (COFUND)
  • 2013 - 2015
  • PI