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

Ahmet Tarık Salantur

Graduate Research Assistant

BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2026

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

Amirhossein Gordbagli

Full-time MSc student

BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2024

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

TÜBİTAK SAGE

BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Hacettepe University, 2023

Oğultan Özdemir

Ekinoks AG

BSc in Mechanical Engineering, TOBB, 2022

Yunus Emre Özsoy

TÜBİTAK SAGE

BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2026

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

TEITECH

BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2025

Tuğba Yılmaz

Aselsan

BSc in Aerospace Engineering, METU, 2025