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 (HVAC), 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 sustainable aviation. He also organizes four symposiums on aviation subject areas as a Founding Chair.
Isil Yazar, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at Eskisehir Osmangazi University. She received a B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2005 and an M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2008 from Eskisehir Osmangazi University. She also received her MBA from Anadolu University in 2008. Dr. Yazar received her Ph.D. from the Avionics Department at Anadolu University as a project researcher under the guarantee of the TEI/TUSAS-Anadolu University collaborative protocol in 2015. She worked as a Manufacturing Engineer at Turkish Aerospace (TUSAS), Ankara, Turkey, between 2008 and 2010. She was a member of the AIRBUS A400M, ANKA UAV, and T-38 training aircraft projects. Her research interests include novel propulsion technologies in aviation, gas turbines, avionics, and UAVs. She is a review board member of the Journal of Aeronautics and Space Technologies and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence in Engineering.
Alper Dalkıran, Ph.D., received his bachelor's degree from the 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. Dr. Dalkıran has studied aircraft engines, sustainability, airports, and exergy. He has 17 years of professional airport experience 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 University since 2019 and lecturing in flight theory, airline management, and airport design subjects.
