Assoc. Prof. Mehmet ÇAKIR

Biography

Dr Mehmet ÇAKIR is an Associate Professor at the Department of Marine Engineering at Yildiz Technical University, and received his BSc and PhD from the Suleyman Demirel University in 2005 and 2013, respectively.

He had been as a visiting fellow to research on alternative fueled engine and combustion at Powertrain Research Group of Nottingham University with a TUBITAK International Research Scholarship between 2018-2020. He successfully led various innovative projects supported by TUBITAK and The Ministry of Industry and Technology.

His core research themes are focused on the novel combustion modes in engines, laminar flame velocity measures and visualization, carbon-free fuels and ammonia cracking systems for ICEs.

Dr Çakır is open to enquiries of potential home and international PhD candidates and researchers who are interested in the following research areas

Current projects include:

Software development and monitoring of engine performance for ICEs

Laminer combustion researches for ammonia/hydrogen/methane mixtures

Combustion chamber designs and novel ignition modes

Schlieren imaging and constant volume combustion bomb tests

Computational fluid dynamics modeling of combustion