Dr. Emre Yılmaz

Welcome to my personal website! I am a research scientist at German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology.

My research focuses on:

data-driven aerodynamics
multidisciplinary optimization for safe and autonomous flight
flight dynamics and control

The specific applications include:

wind tunnel and flight testing
eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft
advanced air mobility

About

Work

2023 - Present
Research Scientist

German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology
2014 - 2023
Graduate Research Assistant

Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Aerospace Engineering
2011 - 2014
Graduate Research Assistant

Middle East Technical University, Department of Aerospace Engineering
2009 - Summer
Intern

Turkish Aerospace

Education

2014 - 2023

Atlanta, GA, USA
PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
2011 - 2014

Ankara, Turkey
MSc, Aerospace Engineering, Middle East Technical University
2006 - 2011

Ankara, Turkey
BSc, Aerospace Engineering, Middle East Technical University

Interests

	Data-Driven Aerodynamics
	Deep Learning
	Surrogate Modeling
	Wind Tunnel Tests

	Multi-Disciplinary Design and Optimization (MDO)
	eVTOL Aircraft
	Advanced Air Mobility
	Contingency Planning

	Flight Dynamics and Control
	Flight Dynamics Modeling
	Control and Estimation
	Trajectory Optimization

	Reliability Engineering and System Safety
	Uncertainty Propagation
	Resource Allocation
	Fault Trees

Selected publications

C3.AVIATION

A Convolutional Neural Network Approach to Training Predictors for Airfoil Performance

Emre Yilmaz and Brian J. German

In 18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, 2017

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{yilmaz17,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and German, Brian J.},
  title = {A Convolutional Neural Network Approach to Training Predictors for Airfoil Performance},
  booktitle = {18th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {aiaa},
  doi = {10.2514/6.2017-3660},
  url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2017-3660},
}

J2.RESS

Optimizing Resource Allocations to Improve System Reliability via the Propagation of Statistical Moments through Fault Trees

Emre Yilmaz, Brian J. German, and Amy R. Pritchett

Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023

DOI Bib HTML

@article{yilmaz23,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and German, Brian J. and Pritchett, Amy R.},
  title = {Optimizing Resource Allocations to Improve System Reliability via the Propagation of Statistical Moments through Fault Trees},
  journal = {Reliability Engineering & System Safety},
  volume = {230},
  pages = {108873},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {elsevier},
  issn = {0951-8320},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ress.2022.108873},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0951832022004902},
}

Work

German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Aerospace Engineering

Middle East Technical University, Department of Aerospace Engineering

Turkish Aerospace

Education

Interests