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Editor-in-Chief

Ramazan Karakuzu
Prof. Dr. Ramazan KARAKUZU DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ Web

Dr. Ramazan Karakuzu, born in 1964, received his BSc degree in 1986 at the
Department of Mechanical Engineering, his MSc degree in 1988 and his
PhD degree in 1992 at the Mechanics branch of the Graduate School of
Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. He is
currently a Professor of Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Engineering Faculty in Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey.
His areas of research are the impact and post impact behaviors of
laminated composite plates and composite pressure vessels, failure
analysis of pinned joint composite structures, elasto-plastic stress analysis
of composite plates. He is a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences
and the Turkish Society of Mechanical Engineers (TSME) and a founding
member of the Association of Biomechanics, Biomaterial, Tissue
Engineering Research and Development

Ballistic Systems, Solid Mechanics, Composite and Hybrid Materials

Co-Editor

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Prof. Dr. Abdullah SEÇGİN DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MÜHENDİSLİK FAKÜLTESİ
Mechanical Vibrations and Noise, Machine Theory and Dynamics, Dynamics, Vibration and Vibration Control, Acoustics and Noise Control (Excl. Architectural Acoustics)

Editorial Board

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Prof. Dr. Meltem Evren TOYGAR It is not affiliated with an institution
Composite and Hybrid Materials, Material Design and Behaviors, Solid Mechanics, Solar Energy Systems
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Prof. Dr. Can Özgür ÇOLPAN It is not affiliated with an institution
Renewable Energy Resources
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Prof. Dr. Ender CİĞEROĞLU It is not affiliated with an institution

Prof. Dr. Ender Ciğeroğlu, Lisans ve Yüksek Lisans derecelerini Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) Makine Mühendisliği Bölümü’nden sırasıyla 1999 ve 2002 yıllarında almıştır. İkinci Yüksek Lisans ve Doktora derecelerini ise 2006 ve 2007 yıllarında Ohio Eyalet Üniversitesi (Ohio State University)’den almıştır.


2007 yılından itibaren ODTÜ Makina Mühendisliği Bölümü’nde öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır. 2008-2023 yılları arasında ODTÜ BİLTİR Merkezi Başkan Yardımcısı olarak görev yapmıştır. Kalkınma Bakanlığı tarafından 2016 yılında kabul edilen ve Strateji ve Bütçe Başkanlığı tarafından desteklenen proje kapsamında DİMER, Dişli, Güç Aktarma Sistemleri ve Titreşim Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi’nin kurulması çalışmalarını yürütmüştür. DİMER’in 2024 yılında kurulmasının ardından DİMER Müdürü olarak görev yapmaya başlamıştır.


Dr. Ciğeroğlu araştırma alanları arasında titreşim, doğrusal olmayan titreşimler, sürtünme temasının dinamik modellenmesi, gaz türbinli motorların (jet motorlarının) titreşimleri, dişli dinamiği, yapısal dinamik, mikro-nano yapıların ve karbon nano-tüplerin titreşimi, yapı-akışkan etkileşimi gibi konular yer almaktadır. Yerli ve yabancı sanayi kuruluşları ile çok sayıda ortak proje çalışması gerçekleştirmiştir. Avrupa Birliği ve TÜBİTAK’ın dahil olduğu kuruluşlar tarafından desteklenen projelerde yürütücü ve araştırmacı olarak görev almıştır. Gaz türbinli motorların titreşimleri için geliştirmiş olduğu analiz yazılımları jet motoru tasarlayan uluslararası firmaları tarafından uzun yıllardır kullanılmaktadır.

Machine Theory and Dynamics, Dynamics, Vibration and Vibration Control, Mechanical Vibrations and Noise
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Prof. Dr. Çınar Emine YENİ Dokuz Eylul University
Material Design and Behaviors, Solid Mechanics
Yusuf Arman
Prof. Dr. Yusuf ARMAN DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MÜHENDİSLİK FAKÜLTESİ, MAKİNE MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜ Web

Prof. Dr. Yusuf ARMAN

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi

Makina Mühendisliği Bölümü

Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanic, Solid Mechanics, Composite and Hybrid Materials
Fatih Kahraman
Prof. Dr. Fatih KAHRAMAN DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY
Manufacturing Processes and Technologies (Excl. Textiles), Material Production Technologies, Plating Technology, Casting Technologies, Tribology, Material Design and Behaviors, Resource Technologies, Welding Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy (Other)
Aytac Goren
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aytac GOREN DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ Web
Aytaç Gören received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir – Turkey in 2007. He has been in Université de Picardie Jules Verne-France as guest professor; FH-Rosenheim – Germany and TU-Vienna – Austria as guest researcher during his M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies for Solar Energy, Mobile Robots and Nanometrology. He has been involved in several research projects about industrial automation, robotics, solar cars and polymer composites which are supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey and Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey. Assist. Prof. Dr. Gören is the founder and has been leading the Solaris Solar Car Projects since 2004. Until today, his project groups designed and produced six solar cars and five electric vehicles which took part in World Solar Challenge, Turkish Solar Challenges, European Solar Challenge and Moroccan Solar Challenges. His research interests include mainly high efficient BLDC’s and drivers, EVs, AMRs, solar energy and modern control techniques. Dr. Gören is a Member of Board of Information Technologies Research and Application Center of Dokuz Eylul University. He is a reviewer in Journal of Solar Energy (Elsevier), Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics (Springer), Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control (SAGE), Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Tubitak), Mühendis ve Makina (Chamber of Mechanical Eng.). He also took part in several international and national conferences and workshops including local organizing committee member of IFAC DECOM-TT 2007 Izmir and secretary of TOK 2011 (Turkish Automatic Control Meeting 2011). He was the Chairman of WELMO '17 which was held in Izmir in May 2017.
Vehicle Technique and Dynamics, Mechatronics Engineering, Control Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics, Solar Energy Systems, Control Theoryand Applications
Mehmet Akif Ezan
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Akif EZAN DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Web
Computational Methods in Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (Incl. Computational Fluid Dynamics), Solar Energy Systems, Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage (Excl. Chemical and Electrical)

Advisory Board

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Prof. Dr. Erdogan MADENCİ The University of Arizona College of Engineering Web

Erdogan Madenci, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arizona. With a rich academic background, including a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from UCLA and multiple degrees from Lehigh University, Dr. Madenci has held various esteemed positions such as Visiting Faculty at MIT and Visiting Scientist at NASA. He is a Fellow of ASME, an Associate Fellow of AIAA, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal Modeling. His research focuses on engineering mechanics, multiphysics simulations, and nonlocal modeling, earning him numerous awards, including the IEEE Electronic Packaging Society's Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award.

Composite and Hybrid Materials, Solid Mechanics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Mathematics
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Prof. Selda OTERKUS University of Strathclyde

Prof Selda Oterkus joined the department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at University of Strathclyde in August 2015. She is currently a professor (Chair) and the co-director of PeriDynamics Research Centre (PDRC).
She received her PhD degree from the University of Arizona in mechanical engineering with minor degree in civil engineering and engineering mechanics.
Her research mainly focuses on multi-physics modelling of materials and structures including damage prediction due to various loading and environmental conditions. This includes fluid-structure interaction modelling, ships & offshore structures, offshore renewable energy, floating wind and solar energy devices, desalination & water treatment, ice-structure interactions, fire damage in composites, corrosion damage, and poroelasticity.
Her research has been supported by various organisations including Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Department for Transport, British Council, Babcock, QinetiQ, Innovate UK, McDermott and TWI.
Prof Oterkus was a visiting professor at Stanford University (USA), University of Padova (Italy) and Otto von Guericke University (Germany). She is a Special Issue Editor for Computational Material Science (Elsevier) and Journal of Mechanics (Cambridge). She is an associate editor of Frontiers in Materials (Frontiers) and academic editor of Shock and Vibration (Hindawi). She is a member of the editorial boards of Scientific Reports (Nature), Journal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal Modeling (Springer), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (MDPI), and Sustainable Marine Structures (NASS). She is also currently the chair of ASME UK Section.

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Mathematics, Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation, Solid Mechanics
Erkan Oterkus
Prof. Dr. Erkan OTERKUS University of Strathclyde
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Mathematics, Solid Mechanics, Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation

Technical Editor

Gökçe Mehmet Gençer
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökçe Mehmet GENÇER Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi / Makina Mühendisliği Bölümü Web
Manufacturing Processes and Technologies (Excl. Textiles), Material Design and Behaviors, Casting Technologies, Material Characterization

Editor

Yusuf Arman
Prof. Dr. Yusuf ARMAN DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MÜHENDİSLİK FAKÜLTESİ, MAKİNE MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜ Web

Prof. Dr. Yusuf ARMAN

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi

Makina Mühendisliği Bölümü

Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanic, Solid Mechanics, Composite and Hybrid Materials
Mehmet Akif Ezan
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Akif EZAN DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Web
Computational Methods in Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (Incl. Computational Fluid Dynamics), Solar Energy Systems, Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage (Excl. Chemical and Electrical)

Production Editor

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Okan ÖZDEMİR DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Solid Mechanics, Composite and Hybrid Materials
Last Update Time: 7/28/25