Team

Principal Investigator

Tuncay Yalçınkaya

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

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

    Turkish Aerospace

    • 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

BSc Students

  • Mikayil Aliyev

    4th year Undergraduate Student

  • Yusuf Elgin

    4th year Undergraduate Student

  • Sıla Gök

    4th year Undergraduate Student

  • Okan Gülcan

    4th year Undergraduate Student

  • Çağatay Berk Telli

    4th year Undergraduate Student

  • Ulaş Uğur

    4th year Undergraduate Student

  • Sude Yavaş

    4th year Undergraduate Student

  • Umut Can Baysan

    3rd year Undergraduate Student

  • Efe Gümüş

    3rd year Undergraduate Student

  • Samet Can Tuğtekin

    3rd year Undergraduate Student

  • Cafer Yaşarcan

    3rd year Undergraduate Student

  • Melih Kaan Yıldız

    3rd year Undergraduate Student

Former group members are listed on the Alumni page.