METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering

 

Thesis Supervised:

1.     Yucel, Utku, Implementing Quaternion-Based Nonlinear Control for Quadrotors in the PX4 Autopilot Framework, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, January 2025.

2.     Senipek, Murat, Investigation of Vortex Ring State for Multi-Rotor eVTOL Using Viscous Vortex Particle Method, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D. Thesis, August 2024.

3.     Onen, Anil Sami, Modeling and Controller Design of an Airborne Wind Energy System, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D. Thesis, June 2024.

4.     Yaglioglu, Burak, Long Term and Safe Cluster Flying for Distributed Space Systems, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D. Thesis, January 2023.

5.     Ozcan, Salih Volkan, Structured Hinf Controller Design and Analysis for Highly Maneuverable Jet Aircraft, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, February 2022.

6.     Cetin, Mustafa Efe, Real Time Magnetometer Calibration for Spinning Aerospace Vehicles, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, February 2022 (co-supervisor).

7.     Polat, Halis Can, Attitude and Orbit Control of a Solar Sail Spacecraft for Responsive Operational Concept, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D. Thesis, June 2021.

8.     Guzel, Mehmet Burak, Design of a Vision-Based Three-Axis Attitude Estimation Algorithm for Small Satellites, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, February 2021.

9.     Muhiddinoglu, Alp Abdullah, Evaluation of Guidance Methods for a Swarm of Munitions, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, February 2021.

10.  Kutlu, Aykut, Formation Flight Design Using Natural Dynamics for Halo Orbiting and Earth Orbiting Spacecraft, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering METU, Ph.D. Thesis, September 2020.

11.  Levent, Cevher, Control System Design and Implementation for a Tilt Rotor UAV, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, September 2019.

12.  Koker, Abdulkadir, Orbit Determination Strategy and Verification for Geostationary Satellites, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, September 2019.

13.  Akbulut, Burak, Vibration Based Satellite Attitude Actuator, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D. Thesis, September 2019.

14.  Muratoglu, Abdurrahim, Design, Development and Implementation of a Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Air Vehicle Flight Control Algorithms, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, September 2019.

15.  Ariyibi, Segun, Modeling and Control of Quadrotor Formations Carrying a Slung Load, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D. Thesis, June 2019.

16.  Altinisik, Suleyman, Smooth Slew Maneuvers of Flexible Spacecraft, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, January 2019.

17.  Buyukkocak, Ali Tevfik, Autonomous Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking on Safe Trajectories, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, October, 2018.

18.  Bingol, Nese Basak, Polynomial Trajectory Shaping Guidance Algorithm for Multi-Missile Salvo Attack, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Thesis, May, 2018.

19.  Gomroki, Muhammed Mehdi, Development of State Dependent Factorized Optimal Control Methods with Applications to Spacecraft Coulomb Formation, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D. Thesis, December, 2017.

20.  Kapulu, Ozge, Separation Simulation for Helicopter External Stores and Generation of Safe Separation Flight Envelopes, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, March, 2015.

21.  Prach, Anna, Faux Riccati Equation Techniques for Feedback Control of Nonlinear and Time Varying Systems, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , Ph.D. Thesis, May 2015.

22.  Onen, Anil Sami, Modeling and Controller Design of a VTOL Air Vehicle, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, March, 2015.

23.  Kumbasar, Sarper, Nonlinear Guidance and Control of Leader-Follower UAV Formations, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, January, 2015.

24.  Kara, Gozde, Developing an Investment Decision Methodology for Helicopter Systems Related to Technology Factor and Base Price, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, September, 2014.

25.  Gunaydin, Kerem, Response Surface Based Performance Analysis of an Air Defense System, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, August, 2014.

26.  Ariyibi, Segun, Nonlinear Control of Unmanned Aircraft Formations, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, February, 2014.

27.  Atas, Omer, Attitude Control of an Earth Orbiting Solar Sail Satellite to Progressively Change the Selected Orbital Element, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, January, 2014.

28.  Simsek, Orkun, System Identification Using Flight Test Data, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, January, 2014.

29.  Ozten, Evrim, Satellite Attitude Determination Based on GPS Carrier Phase Measurements, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, August, 2013.

30.  Kaymak, Serkan, Evaluation of Rotorcraft System Identification Methods, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, January, 2013.

31.  Aslantas. Yunus Emre, Conceptual Design Optimization of a Nano-Satellite Launcher, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, May, 2012.

32.  Dede, Emre, External Geometry and Flight Performance Optimization of Turbojet Propelled Air to Ground Missiles, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, December, 2011

33.  Halime Urek, Control of a Satellite with Flexible Smart Beam During Slew Maneuver, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, September, 2011.

34.  Cakir, Zeynep, Development of a UAV testbed, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, May, 2011 (co-supervisor).

35.  Tuba Cigdem Elmas, Development of Control Allocation Methods for Satellite Attitude Control, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, February, 2010.

36.  Sinem Isik, Flight Control System Design for an Over Actuated UAV Against Actuator Failures, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, February, 2010.

37.  Tugba Unlu, Flight Control of a Tilt-Duct UAV with Emphasis on the Over Actuated Transition Flight Phase, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, September, 2009.

38.  Burak Akbulut, Attitude Control of Multiple Rigid Body Spacecraft with Flexible Hinge Joints, METU, Mechanical Engineering Department, M.S. Thesis, September, 2009 (co-supervisor).

39.  Mustafa Yavuz Ozturk, Multiobjective Design Optimization of Rockets and Missiles, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, March 2000.

40.  Nesrin Cavus, Multidisciplinary and Multiobjective Design Optimization of an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, February 2009.

41.  Gulsum Hilal Ercin, Flight Simulation and Control of a Helicopter, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, December 2008.

42.  Aykut Kutlu, Design of Kalman Filter Based Attitude Determination Algorithms for a Leo Satellite and for a Satellite Attitude Control Test Setup, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, September 2008.

43.  Ozgur Kahraman, Control Allocation Against Actuator Failures in Overactuated Small Satellites, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, December 2007.

44.  Alkan Altan, Steering of Redundant Manipulators and Spacecraft Integrated Power and Attitude Control - Control Moment Gyroscopes, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, January 2006.

45.  Segah Ozdemir, Multiobjective Conceptual Design Optimization of an Agricultural Aerial Robot, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, September 2005.

46.  Cevher Levent Erturk,  A Layerwise Approach to Modeling Piezolaminated Plates, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , Ph.D. Thesis, July 2005.

47.  Gizem Karsli, Simulated Annealing for the Generation of Pareto Fronts with Aerospace Applications, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, January 2004.

48.  Emre Yavuzoglu, Steering Laws for Control Moment Gyroscope Systems Used in Spacecraft Attitude Control, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, November 2003.

49.  Altug Okan, Thermal Network Method Applications to Problems Related with the Thermal Analysis of Small Satellites, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, September 2002 (co-supervisor).

50.  Koray Taylan, Development of a Flexible Satellite Simulator, and Associated Control Algorithms, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, April 2002.

51.  Meltem Soyluoglu, Missile Trajectory Optimization Using Genetic Algorithm, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, December 2001.

52.  Yildiz Laletas, Optimization of North South Station Keeping Maneuvers for Geostationary Satellites, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, December 2001.

53.  Aycan Okan, Modeling and Control of a Tilt-Duct VTOL UAV, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, December 2000.

54.  Muge Bingol, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Missiles, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, December 2000.

55.  Bulent Semerci, Guidance and Control of a Spinning Missile, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, August 2000.

56.  Murat Ozemre, Neural Network Initialization of Strap Down Inertial Navigation Systems, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, January, 2000.

57.  Hakki Ozgur Derman, Three Axis Attitude Control of a Geostationary Satellite, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, December 1999.

58.  Ali Turker Kutay, Neural Network Based Orbit Prediction for a Geostationary Satellite, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, September 1999 (co-supervisor).

59.  Gokkus L., Intelligent Tracking and Guidance System for Swift Target Maneuvers under Nonparametric Uncertainties, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , Ph.D. Thesis, July 1999 (co-supervisor).

60.  Saadet Utalay, Missile Design Optimization Using Simulated Annealing Technique, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, January 1999.

61.  Baris Yagci, Modeling and Control of Beam Type Structures with Surface Bonded Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators, Middle East Technical Univsity, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, November 1998.

62.  T. Erdal, Determination of Minimum Fuel Orbit Maneuver Strategies for TURKSAT Like Communication Satellites, Middle East Technical Univsity, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, November 1998.

63.  Muge Ergun, Applicatin of Robust Control Theories to a Highly Maneuverable Aircraft, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, May 1998.

64.   Ozge Yukselturk, Control of a Geostationary Satellite with Possible Applications to TURKSAT, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, February 1997.

65.  Ertugrul Murat Arslan, Optimum Trajectories for Air-to-Surface Missiles Using Direct Collocation and Nonlinear Programming, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, March 1996.

66.  Abdul Kadir Yavuz, Free Vibration Analysis of Multi-Layer Adhesively Bonded Rotating Beams, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, August 1992.

67.  Farid Toghi, Free Bending Vibrations of Adhesively Bonded Orthotropic Plates, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, May 1992 (co-supervisor).

68.  Nazim Caglayan, Free Vibration Analysis of Adhesively Bonded Multi-Layer Beams and Lap Joints, METU, Department of Aerospace Engineering , M.S. Thesis, May 1992 (co-supervisor).