Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şenol ŞİRİN was born in OF/Trabzon. He graduated from License; Gazi University - Machine Education (2004-2008), MSc; Karabük University - Machine Education (2008-2012), Ph.D.; Düzce University, Mechanical Engineering (2016-2020). In his academic career, which he started at Düzce University in 2013, he also served as Assistant Director, Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Discipline Committee, and Community Academic Advisor. He held various positions in many industrial companies, such as Design/Manufacturing Expert, and Process and Tool Engineering. His current research interests are sustainable manufacturing, additive manufacturing, tribology, nanofluid, tool wear-mechanisms, coefficient of friction, minimum quantity lubrication, cryogenically treated, and cryogenic cooling. Assoc. Prof. Dr. ŞİRİN is married and has two boys.

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Dr. Utku KALE. is an Associate Professor of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering, with a specialization in Air Traffic Management, Flight Safety, Human Factors in Transportation, Energy, and Sustainability. He holds academic affiliations with the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary), the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania).

He serves as an expert to the European Commission within the Mobility and Transport Unit in Brussels, Belgium.

Dr. Utku also holds several key professional positions, including:

• President of SARES Hungary (International Sustainable Aviation and Energy Research Society – Hungary)
• Language Editor for the International Journal of Aviation Science and Technology
• Former Associate Editor of the International Journal of Sustainable Aviation

He is the author of over 140 scientific publications and has actively participated in numerous international research projects funded by the European Union and NATO.

Dr. Utku served as the NATO Country Principal Organizer for an Advanced Study Institute (ASI) under the Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, held in Budapest, Hungary. He has also been a Visiting Contributor in Stakeholder Relations, Technology & Research at the SESAR Joint Undertaking (Brussels, Belgium), and a Visiting Delegate to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, USA.

I am Dr. Jonas Matijošius, a senior research scientist at the Institute of Mechanical Science at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) and the Head of the Experimental Mechanics Research Laboratory. I received my PhD in Transport Engineering from VILNIUS TECH in 2012 and hold a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering obtained in 2005.

My research focuses on experimental mechanics, transport ecology, alternative fuels and energy sources, environmental protection systems, and the testing of vehicles and their components. In my work, I investigate the environmental impact of transport systems and explore innovative solutions for reducing emissions from internal combustion engines, including the use of biofuels, hydrogen-containing fuels, and renewable energy sources.

I have authored more than 200 scientific publications, including over 150 papers indexed in the Web of Science database, and my research has an h-index of 18. I am also a co-author of international scientific monographs published by Springer.

Throughout my academic career, I have actively participated in international research collaboration and mobility, visiting numerous universities and research institutions abroad. I have served as a principal investigator or researcher in several international and national research projects related to environmentally friendly transport technologies and emission reduction.

Dr Nadeem Oozeer is currently working as a Data Scientist at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, which is building the Square Kilometre Array Africa.

After joining as an Operations & Commissioning Scientist, he moved to Senior Commissioning Scientist and later moved to the Data Science Group. Dr Oozeer has been involved in data science since his post-graduate studies.

His field of interests includes Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Education and Public Outreach (EPO) in Africa, transformational Human Capacity Development, Innovation Management and Radio Astronomy.

Murat Aydın is an associate professor at Erciyes University. He began his academic career in 2007, graduating from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Erciyes University. He completed his master's and doctoral degrees at the same university. His doctoral thesis focused on "Ballistic behavior of functionally graded sandwich plates."

Between 2009 and 2010, Aydın worked as a research assistant at the Erciyes University School of Civil Aviation. From 2010 to 2014, he served as a lecturer at the same institution. In 2014, he was appointed as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Aviation and Space Sciences at Erciyes University. He was promoted to associate professor in 2022.

Aydın's research interests include composite materials, ballistics, impact mechanics, and functionally graded materials. He has authored numerous articles and papers published in international peer-reviewed journals. He has also participated in various projects supported by TÜBİTAK and the European Union.

In addition to his academic work, Aydın holds administrative positions, including Director of the Erciyes University Aviation Studies Application and Research Center and Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering.

Dr. Navneet Khanna is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management, Ahmedabad, India. He is a specialist in building a strong pool of trained engineering graduates and is involved in solving Manufacturing related problems of Indian Industries and Government Organizations. He bagged the Early Career Research Award of SERB (Government of India) and successfully completed the project. He has successfully led 100+ projects defined by the Indian industries and published 100+ research papers in renowned (SCI/SCIE) peer-reviewed (Q1 & Q2) journals. In addition to this core competence, he has created several avenues of collaborative work with ISRO, DRDO, IPR, IITs, and renowned institutions round-the-globe. He has been invited by several renowned institutions worldwide to deliver invited talks and lectures. Dr. Khanna’s name figured among the top 2% of researchers and scientists of the world in a report published by Standard University, USA, and Elsevier of the Netherlands for the years of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Dr. Khanna is listed among the World's Best Engineering and technology Scientists by Research.com. Dr. Khanna also featured among the top 0.05% of scholars worldwide in the speciality of Cryogenics and Tribology by ScholarGPS.

Dr. Khanna is a recipient of CLARIVATE India Research Excellence – Citation Awards 2025 in Engineering and Technology Category.

Dr. Kadir Dönmez is an air traffic management researcher with a PhD in Air Traffic Control from Eskişehir Technical University (2022), focused on airside optimization, aircraft sequencing, and data-driven approaches. He holds a BSc in Aircraft Avionics from Kocaeli University (2016) and an MSc in Air Traffic Control from Anadolu University (2018), where he received a university-wide Thesis Award. In 2025, he served as a Visiting Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, developing AI-enabled decision-support solutions for airport surface movement and next-generation airside operations. His work has produced multiple SSCI/SCI-indexed publications—particularly between 2020 and 2023—and contributions to EU-funded initiatives such as ATCOSIMA. He previously headed the Aircraft Maintenance Department at Samsun University and has led national research projects funded by BAP and TÜBİTAK. Combining 6+ years of pseudo-pilot and ATC training experience with strong technical skills in Python (Pyomo), GAMS, SIMMOD, and SPSS, he is currently advancing AI-driven decision support and optimization for future air traffic environments.

Department of Aerospace Engineering