Professor Dilek Funda Kurtulus
Faculty of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Department
Contact
Phone: +90 312 210 42 91
Email: kurtulus@metu.edu.tr
Location
METU Aerospace Engineering Department
06800 Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Summary
Dilek Funda Kurtulus received the B.S. and the M.S. degrees in aerospace engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey in 2000 and in 2002, respectively and the Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from ENSMA/Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France. In 2006, she was post-doctoral researcher in Laboratoire d’Etudes Aérodynamique, ENSMA Poitiers, France and in Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs, CNRS, Orléans, France. Since 2018, she has been a Professor with Aerospace Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Her research interests include aircraft design, unsteady aerodynamics, unmanned air vehicles.
Dr. Kurtulus was a recipient of the Amelia Earhart Fellow from Zonta International in 2005, NATO Scientific Achievement Award in 2011, Turkish Academy of Science Young Scientific Award in 2012 and Zonta International Centennial Recognition Award of Turkey in 2019.