Research
Patent
1. Patent Holder: Beker C., Kurtulus D. F., Turgut A. E., Arıkan K. B., Patent Name: “MİKRO İNSANSIZ HAVA ARAÇLARI İÇİN YENİ BİR TEST STANDI”, Application Holder: METU and TED University, Application number: 2021/001999, Application date: 11.2.2021, Türk Patent Enstitüsü
Research Projects
As Principal Investigator
1. 2017-2020: TÜBİTAK 1001, 116M273, Development and test of bioinspired Micro Air Vehicle.
2. 2014-2020: SAYP –ROKETSAN, Development of Altitude and Attitude control of an unmanned air vehicle.
3. 2016-2018: SAYP –ROKETSAN, Aeroelastic analysis and test of rocket fins made of different composite structures.
4. 2014-2016: TUBITAK 1001, 213M327 Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Piezoelectric Materials Applications to Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles
5. 2012-2013: METU BAP, Optimization of a UAV system for fire extinguishing purpose
6. 2009-2010: METU BAP, Numerical and Experimental Analysis of SD7003 airfoil
7. 2007-2010: TUBITAK Career Project 105M230, 3D wing design and production of a Micro Air Vehicle
8. 2007-2009: EOARD and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) USA, Unsteady Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity Calculations of Flapping Motion for Micro Air Vehicle Applications” Contract-Grant-073007
As Research Associate
1. 2021-2023: Advisor, Gaziantep University,Asst.Prof. E. Kara,COANDA ETKİSİ İLE ÇALIŞAN İTKİ YÖNLENDİRME SİSTEMİ GELİŞTİRİLMESİ)
2. 2020-2022: Studies on Turbulent Lean Premixed Flames, 118C287 (TUBITAK Uluslararası Lider Araştırmacılar Programı- Prof. Dr. İ. Gokalp)
3. 2019-2019: KO-İHA ROKETSAN Project
4. 2017-2019 (1st phase); 2019-2022 (2nd phase) : METU VLA project with TAI- Project vice-manager (for 1st year) (1st phase of the project received award of: “YÖK Kurumsal Üniversite-Sanayi İşbirliği Ödülü”)
5. 2016-2019: Groundwater Resilience to climate Change and High Pressure within an IWRM Approach “GRECPIMA”, Horizon 2020 ERANETMED Project
6. 2013-2016: Kurtulus B, Kurtulus DF, Design, manufacturing and test of an Amphibious UAV that can take off and land to water (A-İHA), KOSGEB Project, EKOFLY Spin-off company
7. 2013-2013: Tekinalp O, Kurtulus DF, Coker D., Renewal of Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Laboratories , SSM Lockheed Martin Offset Obligation
8. 2013-2014: Kurtulus B, Kurtulus DF, TUBITAK 1512 Project, EKOFLY Spin-off company
9. 2012-2013: Kurtulus B, Kurtulus DF, Tekinalp O, Mutlu T, Cosgun V, Tunca E, ‘Amphibious UAV design and optimization project for pollution analysis on Asartape Lake‘ TUBİTAK 1002 Project (Project in collaboration with Mugla University Geology Department)
10. 2013-2014: Tekinalp O., Kurtulus DF, VTOL UAV project, sponsored by BOING Company (USA)
11. 2005-2007: Alemdaroglu N, Kurtulus DF, “The experimental investigation of wing aerodynamics (by use of Particle Image Velocimetry technique) for the design of Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles”, TUBİTAK MAG 104M417 project. With this project, flapping motion experimental setup is built to Aerospace Engineering Department (METU)
12. 2005-2007: Alemdaroglu N, Farcy A, David L, Kurtulus DF, “Unsteady Aerodynamics of Flapping Motion for Micro Air Vehicle Design”, Joint Research Project Proposal of TUBITAK and CNRS (France) (CNRS-MISAG-3)
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13. 2003-2008: ASELSAN Electronic Industries, “Unsteady Helicopter Aerodynamics” (Monthly internal reports for the research project) (coordinator Prof. Dr. N. Alemdaroglu, Prof. Dr. Y. Ozyoruk)
14. 2005-2006: TEMSA-Aerospace Engineering Department- “Numerical and Experimental simulation of a model bus aerodynamics” (3 internal reports) (coordinator Prof. Dr. N. Alemdaroglu)
15. 2000-2003: METU Aerospace Engineering Department -ASELSAN Electronic Industries Inc. (revolving fund); “CFD and Structural analysis of a medium range cargo aircraft CN-235” (2 main Reports for CFD Analysis and Structural Analysis, and help to the Stability Analysis Report) (coordinator Prof. Dr. N. Alemdaroglu)
16. 2000-2001: Consultant to TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Establishment) for Golden Wing Project which was aimed to make a documentary film in honor of the first Turkish long distance flight from Istanbul to Cairo in 1914. Worked with 2.HİBM (2nd Air Supply and Maintenance Center) Kayseri. The designed and built aircraft flew from Istanbul to Cairo during 15 May 2001-12 June 2001 (coordinator Prof. Dr. N. Alemdaroglu)
17. 2000-2000: METU Aerospace Engineering Department-1st Air Supply and Maintenance Center, Eskisehir “Determining the mission profile for GE F110-100 engines (in supervision of Prof. Dr. M. Akgun)
Consultancies
o 1.2.2023-1.2.2024 ETC
o 15.5.2022-1.11.2022 ETC (METU Technopolis SME)
o 15.5.2021-15.5.2022 ETC (METU Technopolis SME)
o 15.5.2020-15.5.2021 ETC (METU Technopolis SME)
o 15.11.2019-15.5.2020 ETC (METU Technopolis SME)
o 01.2019-3.09.2019 ROKETSAN /METU TTO
o 15 November 2017-January 2019 (1st phase); January 2019-January 2020 (2nd phase) TAI /METU TTO
o 15.3.2018-15.5.2018 TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute (article no:38)
o 15.2.2017-15.11.2017 TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute (article no:38)
o 15.2.2016-15.11.2016 TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute (article no:38)
o 15.12.2014-15.11.2015 TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute (article no:38)
o 15.11.2013-15.11.2014 TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute (article no:38)
o 15.1.2013-15.11.2013 TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey) Space Technologies Research Institute (article no:38)
o 15.10.2012-15.12.2012 Erisim Makina (wind and solar energy), METU Revolving Fund Project, No: 2012-03-13-2-00-03
International Book Referees
1. Wiley (18/03/2020) (wiley.com)
2. Wiley (06/2020)
3. Wiley (24/08/2020)
International Journal Article Referees
4. Journal of Fluids and Structures
5. Experiments in Fluids
6. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering
7. Neural Computing and Applications
8. Journal of Aerospace Engineering
9. Journal of Aerospace Engineering
10. Experiments in Fluids
11. AIAA Journal
12. Nature Communications
13. Wind Energy
14. Neural Computing and Applications
15. Neural Computing and Applications
16. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
17. International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles
18. Neural Computing and Applications
19. International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles
20. International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles
21. International Journal of Sustainable Aviation
22. Sustainable Aviation: Recent Advances in Sustainable Aviation, Springer book chapter review
23. Aerospace Science and Technology
24. International Journal of Sustainable Aviation
25. International Journal of Sustainable Aviation
26. Environmental Modeling and Assessment
27. International Journal of Sustainable Aviation
28. eBook chapter review in the book “Liutex and Others - Mathematics, Computations and Experiments for Turbulence Structure”, 2019, Chaoqun Liu and Yisheng Gao (Eds) Bentham Science Publishers
29. International Journal of Aeroacoustics
30. Journal of Turbulence
31. Neural Computing and Applications
32. Journal of Aerospace Engineering
33. Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
34. Journal of Bionic Engineering
35. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
36. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering
37. AIAA Journal
38. Fluids (MPDI)
39. Journal of Aerospace Engineering
40. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
41. ASME Journal of Aerospace Engineering
42. Journal of Turbulence
43. PCFD
44. Fluids (MPDI)
45. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
46. ASME Journal of Aerospace Engineering
47. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering
Thesis Completed
1. [supervisor] Mertcan Güney, UNSTEADY AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SYMMETRIC AIRFOIL AT LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS M.Sc. Thesis, July 2023
2. [supervisor] Berkan Anılır, 2D and 3D Unsteady Aerodynamic Analysis of a Very Light Aircraft's Wing, M.Sc. Thesis, July 2023
3. [supervisor] Nazlıcan Çığal, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF AERIAL WILDFIRE FIGHTING TACTICS WITH HETEROGENEOUS FLEETS USING AN AGENT BASED SIMULATION FRAMEWORK, (co-supervised with Dr. Björn Nagel from DLR), M.Sc. Thesis, May 2023
4. [supervisor] Kifa Peerzada, UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS OF STATIONARY AND PLUNGING SYMMETRIC AIRFOILS AT LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS, M.Sc. Thesis, January 2023
5. [supervisor] Mustafa Özdemir, Model Based Preliminary Design and Optimization of Aircrafts, M.Sc. Thesis, July 2022
6. [supervisor] Tawfiq Ahmed, UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS OF CAMBERED AIRFOILS AT LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS, M.Sc. Thesis, February 2022
7. [supervisor] Aytek Altuga Ökmen, MODELING OF THE HAWKMOTH WING AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN A FLAPPING WING MECHANISM, (co-supervised with Asst. Prof. Dr. K. B Arıkan), M.Sc. Thesis, February 2022
8. [supervisor] Özgün Çalış, MODELLING AND CONTROL OF 3D FLAPPING FLIGHT, (co-supervised with Asst. Prof. Dr. K. B Arıkan), M.Sc. Thesis, February 2022
9. [co-supervisor] Mürvet Bektaş, Aeroelastic Analysis of bio-inspired Flapping Wing Models, (Biyo-esinlenmiş çırpan kanat modellerinin aeroelastik analizleri), TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Mechanical Engineering, December 2020, M. Sc. Thesis, in Turkish, (supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. A. Güler)
10. [supervisor] Can Beker, Aerodynamic and Inertial Characterization of a Generic Flapping Wing Mechanism, (co-supervised with Asst. Prof. Dr. A. E. Turgut), September 2020, M.Sc. Thesis
11. [supervisor] Anıl Güçlü, Designing Autopilot and Guidance Algorithms to Control Translational and Rotational Dynamics of a Fixed Wing VTOL UAV, (co-supervised with Asst. Prof. Dr. K. B Arıkan), July 2020, Ph.D. Thesis
12. [supervisor] Hasan Çakır, Design and Analysis of a VTOL Tilt-Wing UAV, July 2020, Ph.D. Thesis
13. [supervisor] Erkan Günaydınoğlu, Extraction of Pressure Field from Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements, September 2018, Ph.D. Thesis
14. [supervisor] Emir Özkökdemir, Investigation of the Flexible Missile fins Under Aerothermal Loading, June 2018, M. Sc. Thesis
15. [supervisor] Göktuğ Murat Aslan, Static Aeroelastic Modeling and Parametric Study of Stacking Sequence for Laminated Composite Missile Fins, June 2018, M. Sc. Thesis
16. [supervisor] Mehmet Şahbaz, Aerodynamic Investigation of a Model Scale Helicopter Rotor in Ground Effect, (co-supervised with Asst. Prof. Dr. N. Sezer-Uzol), October 2017, M. Sc. Thesis
17. [supervisor] Samet Aslan, Experimental and Numerical Investigation of An S-Duct diffuser that is designed for a Micro Turbojet Engine Powered Aircraft, January 2017, M. Sc. Thesis
18. [supervisor] Emre Sazak, Parametric Investigation of Hull Shaped Fuselage for Amphibious UAV. M.Sc. thesis, January 2017
19. [supervisor] Begum Dizman, Numerical Analysis of 3D model flapping Flat Plate , May 2016, M.Sc. Thesis
20. [supervisor] Munire Gulay Senol, Design and Testing of a Four-Bar Flapping Wing Mechanism, February 2016, M.Sc. Thesis
21. [supervisor] Filiz Ormancı, Development of Unsteady Models for Flapping Wings’ Controller Design Approach, February 2016, M.Sc. Thesis (co-supervised with Asst. Prof. Dr. K. B. Arıkan, Atılım University)
22. [supervisor] Ali İhsan Gölcük, Winglet Design and Analysis for Low Altitute Solar Powered UAV, February 2016, M.Sc. Thesis
23. [supervisor] Hakan Sahin, Investigation of a Generic Warhead Containing Plastic Bonded Explosive Under Liquid Fuel Fire by Numerical and Test Methods, December 2015, M.Sc. Thesis (co-supervised with Dr. Bekir Narin, TUBİTAK-SAGE)
24. [supervisor] Hasan Çakır, Experimental Analysis of 3-D Sweeping Wings, August 2015, M.Sc. Thesis
25. [supervisor] İsa Kavas, Cooling Performance Investigation of a Two-pass Rib-Roughened Channel, (co-supervised with Dr. T. Yasa, TEI), August 2015, M.Sc. Thesis
26. [co-supervisor] Anıl Sami Onen, Modelling and Controller Design of a VTOL Air Vehicle, (co-supervised with Prof. Dr. O. Tekinalp), March 2015, M.Sc. Thesis
27. [supervisor] Yusuf Ata, Numerical Burnback Analysis of Three Dimensional solid Propellant Grains, February 2015, M.Sc. Thesis
28. [supervisor] Meltem Ciftci, Synthetic Jet Application on a Flapping Airfoil, July 2014, M.Sc. Thesis
29. [supervisor] Talha Mutlu, Development and Testing of a 3 DOF Tandem Flapping Wing Mechanism, February 2014, M.Sc. Thesis
30. [supervisor] Ozgur Harputlu, Numerical and Experimental Analysis of a Piezoelectric Flat Plate in Flapping Motion, January 2014, M.Sc. Thesis
31. [supervisor] Semih Ozdede, Wind Resource Assessment and Wind Farm Modeling in Complex Terrain: Bodrum Peninsula Case Study using Computational Fluid Dynamics, September 2013, M.Sc. Thesis
32. [supervisor] Berkan Mumcu (co-supervised with U. Arkun-ROKETSAN) Application of Ultrasonic Burning Rate Measurement Method on Closed Bombs, September 2013, M.Sc. Thesis
33. [supervisor] Hasan Hizli, Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Pitching/Plunging Airfoils in Hover, December 2012, M. Sc. Thesis
34. [supervisor] Suat Erdem Ertugrul, The effect of Geometric Design Parameters on the Flow Behavior of a Dual Pulse Solid Rocket Motor During Secondary Firing (co-supervised with Prof. Dr. A. Ulas, ME) November 2012, M. Sc. Thesis
35. [supervisor] Iskender Kayabası, Numerical Investigation of Characteristics of Pitch and Roll Damping Coefficients for Missile Models (September 2012) M. Sc. Thesis
36. [co-supervisor] Eda Dogan, Experimental Investigation of Boundary Layer Separation Control using Steady Vortex Generator Jets on Low Pressure Turbines (Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. O. Uzol) (June 2012), M. Sc. Thesis
37. [supervisor] Oguz Durmaz, Dynamical Modeling of the Flow over Flapping Wing by Applying Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and System Identification (co-supervised with Asst. Prof. Dr. C. Kasnakoglu –TOBB EE) (September 2011) M. Sc. Thesis
38. [supervisor] Erkan Gunaydinoglu, Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics of Flapping Airfoils in Hover and Forward Flight (September 2010) M. Sc. Thesis
39. [co-supervisor] Mehmet Kilic, Design and Development of a Mechanically Adjustable Linear Torsion Spring using Cams (September 2009) Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Y. Yazicioglu (ME) M. Sc. Thesis