T. Hikmet Karakoc, Ph.D., graduated from Anadolu University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Yildiz Technical University. He received his Ph.D. from Anadolu University, where he started his full-time teaching and received his Full Professorship. He is currently researching at the Eskisehir Technical University. He has a wide range of research interests, including Sustainable Aviation, Aircraft Propulsion Systems, Insulation, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Indoor Air Quality, Gas Turbines, Cogeneration Systems, Renewable Energy, Energy Economics, Fuels, and Combustion. He has participated in numerous industrial projects on these topics as a researcher, consultant, and project manager for over 30 projects and corporations. He also started a contest on special insulation applications among university students. He served as an Editor-in-Chief, guest editor, and editorial board member for international scientific journals. He published national and international papers in over 300 journals and 40 books. Professor Karakoc actively follows membership positions for the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers and many sectorial associations, international scientific organizations, and societies. He is an active Board of Directors member of the International Association for Green Energy. He is currently holding the presidency of the SARES organization, which is actively supporting scientists and students in the area of Sustainable Aviation. He also organizes four symposiums on aviation subject areas as a Founding Chair.
Raj Das, Ph.D., is a Full Professor of Applied Mechanics and leads the Simulation of Advanced Materials and Structures (SAMS) research group at the Sir Lawrence Wackett Research Centre of RMIT University, Australia. He is the Program Director in the Aerospace Engineering and Aviation discipline of the School of Engineering. He is also an honorary academic at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and the University of Quebec, Canada. Professor Das has nearly 20 years of experience designing, analyzing, and optimizing engineering materials and structures, focusing on computational mechanics, structural optimization, composite structures, failure analysis, and damage tolerance design. He has published more than 300 papers in international journals and conferences in collaboration with several universities, institutes, and industries. Professor Das has a Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from Monash University, Australia, and previously worked at the University of Auckland, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, and the University of Manchester. He is associated with various scientific and technical societies broadly related to theoretical and applied mechanics. He is the President of the International Congress on Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (ICM) and represents Australia as a Director on the Executive Committee of the International Congress on Fracture (ICF). Within Australia, Professor Das is Chair of the National Committee on Applied Mechanics of Engineers Australia. He has chaired/co-chaired several well-known conferences, including ICM-13, ACAM-8, ACCM-3, and ICCM-6.
Ismail Ekmeki, Ph.D., graduated from Yildiz Technical University Mechanical Engineering Department in 1980. He completed an MSc degree in the School of Science from Yildiz Technical University in 1982 in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1983. He received a Ph.D. from Yildiz Technical University in 1995 in Mechanical Engineering. He studied as an academic staff member at Yildiz Technical University, Sakarya University, and Marmara University and continues his academic career at Istanbul Ticaret University. He has worked as a researcher, executive, and manager in academic positions with various industrial projects. His research interests cover energy, optimization, decision-making, safety, OHS, and HVAC-related topics.
Alper Dalkiran, Ph.D., received his bachelor’s degree Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Eskisehir Technical University (formerly known as Anadolu University) from the Avionics Department. He completed his MSc degree in the School of Science from Anadolu University in 2004 in Aviation Maintenance. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 2017 in Environmental Sustainability on Airports from the School of Science at Anadolu University by developing a model of energy-based calculations of an aerodrome. He has studied aircraft engines, sustainability, airports, and exergy. He has 17 years of professional experience in Airports in Information Technology, Automation, and Integration. He has managed teams on system design, projects, tests, commissioning, operational readiness, and operations. He has been working in the School of Aviation at Suleyman Demirel Uni
