New Achievements in Unmanned Systems: International Symposium on Unmanned Systems and the Defense Industry 2021

T. Hikmet Karakoc, Ph.D., is a Full Professor with the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Eskisehir Technical University and the Information Technology Research and Application Center at Istanbul Ticaret University. He received his undergraduate degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anadolu University, his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Yildiz Technical University, and his Ph.D. from Anadolu University, where he started his full-time teaching. Professor Karakoc has a wide range of research interests, including sustainable aviation, aircraft propulsion systems, insulation, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, 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 serves as an Editor-in-Chief, guest editor, andeditorial board member for international scientific journals and has published papers in various national and international journals, conferences, and books. Professor Karakoc actively holds membership positions for the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers and many sectorial associations, international scientific organizations, and societies and is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Green Energy. He is the President of the International Sustainable Aviation Research Society (SARES), which actively supports scientists and students in the area of sustainable aviation. He organizes four symposiums on aviation subject areas as a Founding Chair.

Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D., is Chair and Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering with the College of Engineering and Architecture at Howard University. Dr. Yilmaz received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Bradley University, and New Mexico State University, respectively. He has been a noted author of many publications in the fields of combustion, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), rocket propellants, and internal combustion engines. He was a U.S. Department of Energy Visiting Faculty Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories in 2012 and 2013. Dr. Yilmaz is the editor-in-chief of the SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants and an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. He has educated and trained many underrepresented minority and female students via various STEM programs, including the NSF-funded AMP (Alliance for Minority Participation) program.

Alper Dalkiran, Ph.D., received his bachelor's degree 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. 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. Dalkiran has studied aircraft engines, sustainability, airports, and exergy. He has a 17-year of professional experience in airports 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.

Ali Haydar Ercan, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the Electronics and Automation Department at Porsuk Vocational School at Eskisehir Technical University. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Cumhuriyet, Sivas, his MSc degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Gazi, Ankara, and his Ph.D. from the Department of Aerodynamics at the University of Liverpool, where he worked on boundary layer theory on flat plate surfaces and developed empiric formulas for transition development distance. He also earned a postgraduate degree in software technologies from the University of Liverpool. Dr. Ercan has a wide range of managerial experience with international commercial private companies.

T. Hikmet Karakoc, Ph.D.，是埃斯基謝希爾科技大學航空與太空科學學院的全職教授，以及伊斯坦堡貿易大學資訊科技研究與應用中心的教授。他在安納托利亞大學機械工程系獲得學士學位，在伊斯坦堡技術大學獲得機械工程碩士學位，並在安納托利亞大學獲得博士學位，並開始全職教學。Karakoc教授的研究興趣廣泛，包括可持續航空、飛機推進系統、隔熱、供暖、通風與空調、室內空氣品質、燃氣渦輪機、聯合發電系統、可再生能源、能源經濟學、燃料和燃燒。他作為研究員、顧問和項目經理參與了超過30個項目和公司的多個工業項目。他擔任國際科學期刊的主編、客座編輯和編輯委員會成員，並在各種國內外期刊、會議和書籍上發表論文。Karakoc教授積極參與機械工程師協會及多個行業協會、國際科學組織和社會的會員職位，並且是國際綠色能源協會董事會成員。他是國際可持續航空研究學會（SARES）的會長，該學會積極支持可持續航空領域的科學家和學生。他作為創始主席組織了四場航空主題的研討會。

Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D.，是霍華德大學工程與建築學院機械工程系的系主任和教授。Yilmaz博士在伊斯坦堡技術大學、布拉德利大學和新墨西哥州立大學分別獲得機械工程的學士、碩士和博士學位。他在燃燒、計算流體力學（CFD）、火箭推進劑和內燃機等領域發表了許多著作。2012年和2013年，他曾擔任美國能源部桑迪亞國家實驗室的訪問教員。Yilmaz博士是《SAE國際燃料與潤滑劑期刊》的主編，並擔任《ASME燃氣渦輪與電力工程期刊》的副編輯。他通過各種STEM計劃，包括由國家科學基金會資助的少數族裔參與聯盟（AMP）計劃，教育和培訓了許多代表性不足的少數族裔和女性學生。

Alper Dalkiran, Ph.D.，在埃斯基謝希爾科技大學航空與太空科學學院的航空電子系獲得學士學位。他於2004年在安納托利亞大學科學學院完成航空維護的碩士學位。2017年，他在安納托利亞大學科學學院獲得環境可持續性博士學位，研究主題為機場，並開發了一個基於能量計算的機場模型。Dalkiran博士研究了飛機引擎、可持續性、機場和可用能量。他在機場的資訊科技、自動化和整合方面擁有17年的專業經驗，管理系統設計、項目、測試、調試、運營準備和運營的團隊。自2019年以來，他在蘇萊曼德米雷爾大學航空學院工作，教授飛行理論、航空公司管理和機場設計等課程。

Ali Haydar Ercan, Ph.D.，是埃斯基謝希爾科技大學Porsuk職業學校電子與自動化系的講師。他在土耳其共和國大學工程學院獲得機械工程學士學位，並獲得碩士學位。