Green Approaches in Sustainable Aviation

honorary academic at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and the University of Quebec, Canada. Professor Das has nearly 20 years of experience designing, analyzing, and optimizing engineering materials and structures, focusing on computational mechanics, structural optimization, composite structures, failure analysis, and damage tolerance design. He has published more than 300 papers in international journals and conferences in collaboration with several universities, institutes, and industries. Professor Das has a Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from Monash University, Australia, and previously worked at the University of Auckland, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, and the University of Manchester. He is associated with various scientific and technical societies broadly related to theoretical and applied mechanics. He is the President of the International Congress on Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (ICM) and represents Australia as a Director on the Executive Committee of the International Congress on Fracture (ICF). Within Australia, Professor Das is Chair of the National Committee on Applied Mechanics of Engineers Australia. He has chaired/co-chaired several well-known conferences, including ICM-13, ACAM-8, ACCM-3, and ICCM-6.


Ismail Ekmeki, Ph.D., graduated from Yildiz Technical University Mechanical Engineering Department in 1980. He completed an MSc degree in the School of Science from Yildiz Technical University in 1982 in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1983. He received a Ph.D. from Yildiz Technical University in 1995 in Mechanical Engineering. He studied as an academic staff member at Yildiz Technical University, Sakarya University, and Marmara University and continues his academic career at Istanbul Ticaret University. He has worked as a researcher, executive, and manager in academic positions with various industrial projects. His resear