Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Design and Technology

Review of Trending Topics on Unmanned Aircraft in the Second Century of Aviation.- Systems Engineering Approach on UAS Design.- Aerodynamic Analysis of Short Landing Solar-Powered UAV for Environmental Monitoring Applications.- Onboard Trajectory Coordination of Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles.- Applications of Drones in the Health Industry.- An Evaluation of the Current Status and Trends in All Electric Urban Air Mobility UAVs.- Aerodynamic Shape Optimization and the Effect of Morphing Winglet-induced Tip Vortex Structure on the UAS-S45.- Observer Based Feedback Linearization Control of a Quadrotor Subjected to Sensor Noise.- An Evaluation on Landing Gear Configurations of Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing, and Hybrid UAVs.- Nonlinear System Identification for UAS Adaptive Control.- Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Imaging and Remote Sensing.

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 (HVAC), 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.

Emre Özbek, Ph.D., is a distinguished Full Lecturer in the Unmanned Aircraft Technology and Operations Program at Eskisehir Technical University. He holds an MSc and BSc in Aircraft Airframe and Powerplant Maintenance from the same institution and has recently completed his Ph.D. His doctoral research focused on the design and successful flight of a Rear