Emerging Trends in Electric Aviation

The International Symposium on Electric Aviation and Autonomous Systems is a multi-disciplinary conference that presents research in the fields of aerospace, autonomous, and piloted unmanned systems. The 2022 conference provided a platform offering insights on a broad range of current issues in aviation, including hybrid, electric, all-electric, and fuel cell aerial vehicles, electric generation, energy storage, propulsion technology, and new identification and detection systems that adapt to the latest technology standards. ISEAS allows researchers, scientists, engineers, practitioners, policymakers, and students to exchange information, present new technologies and developments, and discuss future direction, strategies, and priorities in aviation and sustainability.

T. Hikmet Karakoc, Ph.D., graduated from Anadolu University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Yildiz Technical University. He received his Ph.D. from Anadolu University, where he started his full-time teaching and received his Full Professorship. He is currently researching at the Eskisehir Technical University. He 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 also started a contest on special insulation applications among university students. He served as an Editor-in-Chief, guest editor, and editorial board member for international scientific journals. He published national and international papers in over 300 journals and 40 books. Professor Karakoc actively follows membership positions for the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers and many sectorial associations, international scientific organizations, and societies. He is an active Board of Directors member of the International Association for Green Energy. He is currently holding the presidency of the SARES organization, which is actively supporting scientists and students in the area of  Sustainable Aviation. He also organizes four symposiums on aviation subject areas as a Founding Chair. 

Tomislav Letnik, Ph.D., is Head of the Transport Economics Centre at the University of Maribor, where he has been a project manager since 2005. His work involves the management of several European and national projects in the field of logistics and transport economics. Dr. Letnik is also a lecturer at the University of Maribor for courses on logistics, transport economics, investment decisions, and system theory. He holds a B.S. degree in transport engineering and has successfully concluded postgraduate studies at the University of Maribor. 

Maršenka Marksel is a research assistant with the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, and Architecture at the University of Maribor. She received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maribor Faculty of Economics and Business. During her studies, she was actively involved in several research projects at the Institute of Economic Analysis and Forecasting and the Transport Economic Centre at the University of Maribor.  

Ismail Ekmeki, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Commerce University. He received his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the School of Science at Yildiz Technical University, an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University in 1982, 1983, and 1995 respectively. He has worked as a researcher, executive, and manager in academic positions on various industrial projects. His areas of research cover energy, optimization, decision making, safety, OHS, and HVAC-related topics.   

Alper Dalkiran, Ph.D., received his bachelor’s degree from the Avionics Department, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Eskisehir Technical University (formerly known as Anadolu University). He completed his MSc degree in the School of Science from Anadolu University in 2004 in Aviation Maintenance. He earned his Ph.D. degree 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. He has studied on aircraft engines, sustainability, airports, and exergy. He has 17 years 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., received his bachelor’s degree from the Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Cumhuriyet, Sivas, and his MSc degree from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Gazi, Ankara, where he studied Heat Transfer. He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Aerodynamics, University of Liverpool, England, where he worked on Boundary Layer Theory on Flat Plate Surfaces and developed empiric formulas for transition development distance from the leading edge. He completed his Ph.D. in 1997.  He also earned a Postgraduate degree in Software Technologies from the University of Liverpool in 1999. He worked at the University of Cumhuriyet as a lecturer, at the University of Liverpool as an assistant lecturer while studying for his Ph.D., at the University of 19 Mayis as Head of the Junior Aviation Technical School, and was one of the founders of the department. Currently, he is working as a Lecturer in the Department of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Electronics and Automation at Porsuk Vocational School at Eskisehir Technical University. He is also working on PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) related subjects and a new idea for wing design. He is a reviewer for four journals and a guest editor. He has held a wide range of managerial positions experience with international commercial private companies.