Group Members

Principal Investigator

Tuncay Yalçinkaya

Professor

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2011
  • MSc in Computational Solid Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, 2005
  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2003

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PhD Students

Orhun Bulut

Graduate Research Assistant

  • MSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2022
  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2019

Can Erdogan

Graduate Research Assistant

  • MSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2021
  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2018

Izzet Erkin Ünsal

Graduate Research Assistant

  • MSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2024
  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2021

Hande Vural

Graduate Research Assistant

  • MSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2024
  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2021

Ilbilge Umay Aydiner

Full-time PhD student

  • MSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2023
  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU NCC, 2020

Berkehan Tatlı

Roketsan

  • MSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2024
  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2021

MSc Students

Merthan Özdemir

Graduate Research Assistant

  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2024

İremnaz Yücel

Graduate Research Assistant

  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2024

Cemrenur Aydın

Turkish Aerospace

  • BSc in Mechanical Engineering, METU, 2023

Zeynep Akbaş

Turkish Aerospace

  • BSc in Material Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, TOBB, 2023

Alim Burak Erdal

Turkish Aerospace

  • BSc in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, METU, 2023

Mert Güngör

Full-time MSc student

  • BSc in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, METU, 2025

Mehmet Murad İlhan

Roketsan

  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2021

Murat Örke

Tubitak SAGE

  • BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Hacettepe University, 2023

Oğultan Özdemir

Ekinoks AG

  • BSc in Mechanical Engineering, TOBB, 2022

Sümeyye Tekbaş

Project Assistant and Full-time MSc student

  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2024

Bülent Alkın Türkoğlu

Full-time MSc student

  • BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Bilkent University, 2023

Baran Yalçıner

Full-time MSc student

  • BSc in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, METU, 2025

Mehmet Yiğit Yamak

TRMOTOR

  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2025

Tuğba Yılmaz

Aselsan

  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2025

BSc Students

Yunus Emre Özsoy

4th year Undergraduate Student

Hasan Öztürk

4th year Undergraduate Student

Yiğit Buğra Sağlam

4th year Undergraduate Student

Ahmet Tarık Salantur

4th year Undergraduate Student

Ömer Faruk Şahin

4th year Undergraduate Student

Mehmed Akif Şimşek

4th year Undergraduate Student

Sıla Gök

3rd year Undergraduate Student

Okan Gülcan

3rd year Undergraduate Student

Ömer Tayyan

3rd year Undergraduate Student

Çağatay Berk Telli

3rd year Undergraduate Student

Ulaş Uğur

3rd year Undergraduate Student

Sude Yavaş

3rd year Undergraduate Student

Sude Yavaş

3rd year Undergraduate Student

Melih Kaan Yıldız

2nd year Undergraduate Student

Cats

Çakıl

4th year Undergraduate Cat

Mars

3rd year Cat

Mümtaz

4th year Cat

Bihter

2nd year Cat