Sertan Alkan

• Shape memory alloys
• Plasticity
• Metal Fatigue

Günay Anlaş

• Elasticity of Nonhomogeneous Media and Functionally Graded Materials
• Fracture Mechanics
• Automotive Engineering
• Mechanical Vibrations, Nonlinear Vibrations
• Mechanics of Composite Materials
• Shape Memory Alloys

C. Can Aydıner

• Experimental Mechanics
• Micromechanics
• Crystal plasticity
• Full-field strain measurement
• In situ microscopy
• High specific-strength metals
• Residual stresses
• Amorphous metals
• Diffraction measurements of strain

Kerim C. Dansuk

• Molecular Modeling
• Polymer Science
• Biomaterials
• Bioinspired systems

Nuri Ersoy

• Additive Manufacturing
• Crashing Behaviour of Composite Structures
• Wind Energy Applications, design, analysis and manufacturing of composite wind turbine blades
• Manufacturing and mechanical properties of nanocomposites, filled and reinforced engineering plastics and rubber.
• Characterization of plastic materials (cure kinetics and crystallization using DSC, DTMA) for process modeling.
• Processing of advanced fiber reinforced composites and nanocomposites
• Modeling and Measurement of Residual Stresses
• Finite element modeling of thermoplastic and thermoset composites processing including heat transfer, crystallization/curing, material response, shrinkage, residual stress development and warpage
• Fatigue and fracture of metallic materials
• Elastic-plastic modeling of cyclic loading in metals.
• Road simulation testing of automotive components and substructures

Zahid Hamarat

• Railways Switches and Crossings
• Fracture Mechanics
• Peridynamics
• Finite Element Method

Şebnem Özüpek

• Finite Strain Viscoelasticity
• Constitutive Modelling
• Finite Element Analysis
• Fracture Mechanics
• Damage Mechanics
• Solid Rocket Propellants
• Soft Tissues
• Endodontic Files
• Isolation Bearings
• Pneumatic Tires

Fazıl Önder Sönmez

• Composites design and manufacturing

• Structural optimization

• Modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes

• Analysis of structures by finite elements