Research Assistants

Res. Assist. Alican Tuncay Alpkaya

Educational Background​

B.Sc. Trakya University, Mechanical Engineering, 2014
M.Sc. Middle East Technical University, Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Ph.D. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Composite Materials
  • +90 232 750 6718
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Research Assistants Office (Z46)

Res. Assist. Murat Demirel​

Educational Background

B.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2015
M.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Ph.D. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering  (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Mechanism Science
  • Cable-constrained Parallel Manipulators
  • Deployable Structures
  • +90 232 750 6752
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Rasim Alizade Mechatronics Lab. (Z31)

Res. Assist. İsmail Gürkan Demirkıran

Educational Background

B.Sc. Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Mechanical Engineering, 2014
M.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Energy Engineering, 2020
Ph.D. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering  (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Energy Storage
  • Passisve Thermal Management
  • Medium/High Temperature Phase Change Materials (PCM)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • +90 232 750 6744
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Heat and Mass Transfer Research Lab. (142)

Res. Assist. İbrahimcan Görgülü

Educational Background​

B.Sc. Gediz University, Mechanical Engineering, 2015
M.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Ph.D. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Haptics
  • Stiffness
  • Control
  • +90 232 750 6751
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Robotics Lab. (Z30)

Res. Assist. Fırat Kara

Educational Background​

B.Sc. Pamukkale University, Mechanical Engineering, 2013
M.Sc. Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Ph.D. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Mechanisms
  • Dynamic Analysis and Control of Mechanisms
  • +90 232 750 6757
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Modelling and Prototyping Lab. (Z57)

Res. Assist. Sefa Furkan Küçükoğlu

Educational Background​

B.Sc. Ataturk University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ph.D. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Haptics,
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • +90 232 750 6751
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Robotics Lab. (Z30)

Res. Assist. Merve Özkahya

Educational Background​

B.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2016
M.Sc.İIzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Ph.D. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Mechanism Science
  • Dynamics of Machinery
  • Balancing of Mechanisms
  • +90 232 750 6752
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Rasim Alizade Mechatronics Lab. (Z31)

Res. Assist. Erkan Paksoy

Educational Background​

B.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2018
M.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Robotics and Control
  • Stiffness Analysis of Mechanisms
  • +90 232 750 6757
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Modelling and Prototyping Lab. (Z57)

Res. Assist. Umut Ege Samancıoğlu

Educational Background​

B.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering,  2014
M.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering  (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Micromixers
  • CFD
  • +90 232 750 6744
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Heat and Mass Transfer Research Lab. (142)

Res. Assist. Mehmet Yalçın Sırmalılar

Educational Background​

B.Sc. Manisa Celal Bayar University, Mechanical Engineering, 2021
M.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering  (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Finite Element Analiysis
  • Biomechanics
  • Optimization of Medical Implants
  • Strength of Materials
  • +90 232 750 6718
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Research Assistants Office (Z46)

Res. Assist. Evren Tanık

Educational Background​

B.Sc. Ege University, Mechanical Engineering, 2019
M.Sc. Ege University, Mechanical Engineering  (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Heat Transfer
  • Modelling of Thermodynamic and Thermophysical Properties of Liquids
  • +90 232 750 6749
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Research Assistants Office (Z46)

Res. Assist. Senagül Tunca Taşkıran

Educational Background​

B.Sc. Dokuz Eylül University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 2014
M.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering  (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Composite Materials
  • Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
  • Materials Characterization
  • +90 232 750 6704
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Research Assistants Office (Z46)

Res. Assist. Mert Yılmaz

Educational Background​

B.Sc. Anadolu University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2014
M.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Ph.D. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Robotics and Smart Systems
  • +90 232 750 6754
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Z34)

Res. Assist. Tuğrul Yılmaz

Educational Background​

B.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2020
M.Sc. İzmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Mechanisms
  • +90 232 750 6795
  • +90 232 750 6701
  • Mechanical Engineering Building, Human Robot Ineraction Lab. (Z56)