Metin F. Ozcan

Metin F. Ozcan is a Ph.D. student at ASDL. He was born in Ankara, Turkey. After graduating from Middle East Technical University with B.S. degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2008, he started his graduate studies at ASDL in the same year. His areas of interest are propulsion system analysis, design, transient operation, control, and health monitoring. His favourite hobby is playing chess.

Research Interests

Metin works on developing gas turbine engine transient models which are faster and more accurate than current state of the art. These transient models are to be used in various applications, such as

• Model Based and Model Predictive Control

• Model Based Health Diagnostics and Prognostics

• Engine Control Models in Flight Simulators

• Integrated Flight Propulsion Control Evaluation

• Embedded Software for Flight Systems

• Bench Validation

Education

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2008, Middle East Technical University

• B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 2008, Middle East Technical University

Publications

Conference

• Reza Rezvani, Metin F. Ozcan, Brian K. Kestner, Jimmy Tai, Dimitri N. Mavris, Richard Meisner, Steven Sirica,"A Gas Turbine Engine Model of Transient Operation Across The Flight Envelope", TurboExpo, June 6-10, 2011, Vancouver, Canada

Awards and Honors

• NASA Aeronautics Research Directorate University Student Design Competition 2008-2009 First Place (Tie)

• AHS Annual Student Design Competition 2008 Best New Entrant

Memberships

• AIAA Student Member since 2008