Department of Automotive Engineering – Our Students at MÜBAK 2026 (04-05.06.2026)
04.06.2026
The fourth Atılım University Engineering Sciences and Researches Student Congress (MÜBAK 2026) was held on 4–5 June 2026 at the School of Engineering, Atılım University, under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Yılser Devrim, Dean of the School of Engineering, and with the support of the TÜBİTAK 2223-B programme. The congress opened with invited talks by Prof. Dr. Vehbi Çağrı Güngör, Executive Vice President of Turkcell, and Prof. Dr. Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan of McMaster University, Canada. Our department was represented by seven oral presentations across the two days as below:
- Presented by Adnan Emre Seyfelioğlu, Experimental Investigation of SMA-Based Smart Actuators for Future Automotive Applications. Authors: Adnan Emre Seyfelioğlu, R. Hakan Köksal, Olgu Üstün, Cem Aksoy. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Fallah
- Presented by Sezin Selamoğlu, Mechanical Metamaterial-Filled Crash Boxes for Enhanced Energy Absorption in Automotive Applications. Authors: Arda Ölmez, İbrahim Onur Kılıç, Sezin Selamoğlu, Sadullah Öztürk. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Fallah
- Presented by Nureddin Saadet, Experimental Investigation of 3D-Printed Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for Automotive Applications. Authors: Nureddin Saadet, Luc Rurisa. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Fallah
- Presented by Alicem Doğan, Hydrogen Generation via Electrolysis for Clean Energy Applications. Authors: Burak Çetin, Alicem Doğan, Alparslan İlhan, Ebenezer Simalenga, Doğa Toprak. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Emin
- Presented by Yunus Emre Gökdemir, Front Flexible Wing for Formula One Cars. Authors: Mustafa Emre Özkan, Görkem Ertaş, Yunus Emre Gökdemir, Buse Karagöz, Hilal Görkem Paylar. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Emin
- Presented by Selin Çelik, 4D-Printed Smart Energy Absorbers: Experimental Investigation of Shape-Memory and Reusability for Automotive Applications. Authors: Selin Çelik, Sezin Selamoğlu. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Fallah. LAP Project: ATÜ-LAP-2526-16
- Presented by Gizem Başpınar, Investigation of Directional Thermal Expansion Behavior in Thermal Metamaterials through Microstructural Design. Authors: Gizem Başpınar. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Fallah
Our department also contributed to the running of the congress. Prof. Dr. Hasan Umur Akay, Head of the Department of Automotive Engineering, chaired sessions MÜBAK 0402-01 and MÜBAK 0502-01, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Emin chaired session MÜBAK 0501-04.
The congress concluded on 5 June with an award ceremony, accompanied throughout by a poster exhibition and a closing gala held at the School of Engineering. The department congratulates all of our students who presented their work at MÜBAK 2026 and thanks the faculty members who supervised and supported them.
