Publications | Dr. Emre Yılmaz

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2025

C9.AVIATION

Transfer Learning Approach to Predicting Operating Conditions During Wind Tunnel Tests

Emre Yilmaz, and Philipp Bekemeyer

In AIAA AVIATION and ASCEND Forum’25, 2025

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{yilmaz25,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and Bekemeyer, Philipp},
  title = {Transfer Learning Approach to Predicting Operating Conditions During Wind Tunnel Tests},
  booktitle = {AIAA AVIATION and ASCEND Forum'25},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {aiaa},
  doi = {10.2514/6.2017-3660},
  url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2025-3588},
}

C10.WESC

Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic wind tunnel measurements on original wind turbine blade tip including online predictions with machine learning methods

N. Hu, A. Le Floch, A. Suryadi, M. Herr, M. Jorg, and 8 more authors

In Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC’25), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{yilmaz25b,
  author = {Hu, N. and Floch, A. Le and Suryadi, A. and Herr, M. and Jorg, M. and Muhlmann, P. and Czuberny, R. and Goudarzi, A. and Ahlefeldt, T. and Barklage, A. and Yilmaz, Emre and Pester, B. and Stahl, K.},
  title = {Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic wind tunnel measurements on original wind turbine blade tip including online predictions with machine learning methods},
  booktitle = {Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC'25)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://wesc2025.eu},
}

J4.AST

Predicting onflow parameters using transfer learning for domain and task adaptation

Emre Yilmaz, and Philipp Bekemeyer

Aerospace Science and Technology, 2025

DOI
JRNL (under review)

Transfer Learning Approach to Predicting Operating Conditions During Wind Tunnel Tests

Emre Yilmaz, and Philipp Bekemeyer

(under review), 2025
JRNL (in prep.)

Modeling of Aeropropulsive Forces and Moments of a Tandem Tiltwing eVTOL Aircraft

Emre Yilmaz, and Brian J. German

(in prep.), 2025
JRNL (in prep.)

Hybrid Automaton Based Nominal and Contingency Planning for Over-Actuated Tandem Tiltwing eVTOL Aircraft

Emre Yilmaz, and Brian J. German

(in preparation), 2025
JRNL (in prep.)

Model Predictive Control Approach to UAM Air Traffic Optimization via Constraint Aggregation

Emre Yilmaz, Mark Kotwicz-Herniczek, Olatunde Sanni, and Brian J. German

(in preparation), 2025

2024

J3.AST

Control allocation optimization for an over-actuated tandem tiltwing eVTOL aircraft considering aerodynamic interactions

Emre Yilmaz, and Brian J. German

Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{yilmaz24,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and German, Brian J.},
  title = {Control allocation optimization for an over-actuated tandem tiltwing eVTOL aircraft considering aerodynamic interactions},
  journal = {Aerospace Science and Technology},
  volume = {155},
  pages = {109595},
  year = {2024},
  issn = {1270-9638},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ast.2024.109595},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1270963824007247},
}

2023

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},
}

PhD Dissertation

Hybrid Automaton Based Nominal and Contingency Planning for an Over-Actuated Tandem Tiltwing eVTOL Aircraft

Emre Yilmaz

Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023

Bib

@phdthesis{yilmaz23phd,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre},
  title = {Hybrid Automaton Based Nominal and Contingency Planning for an Over-Actuated Tandem Tiltwing eVTOL Aircraft},
  school = {Georgia Institute of Technology},
  year = {2023},
}

2022

J1.JAT

Drawing the Highways in the Sky for Urban Air Mobility Operations

Mark Kotwicz-Herniczek, Emre Yilmaz, Olatunde Sanni, and Brian J. German

Journal of Air Transportation, 2022

DOI Bib HTML

@article{kotwicz22,
  author = {Kotwicz-Herniczek, Mark and Yilmaz, Emre and Sanni, Olatunde and German, Brian J.},
  title = {Drawing the Highways in the Sky for Urban Air Mobility Operations},
  journal = {Journal of Air Transportation},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {aiaa},
  doi = {10.2514/1.D0278},
  url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/1.D0278},
}

2021

C7.AVIATION

Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to Air Traffic Optimization Using the MuZero Algorithm

Emre Yilmaz, Olatunde Sanni, Mark Kotwicz-Herniczek, and Brian J. German

In AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM, 2021

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{yilmaz21,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and Sanni, Olatunde and Kotwicz-Herniczek, Mark and German, Brian J.},
  title = {Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to Air Traffic Optimization Using the MuZero Algorithm},
  booktitle = {AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {aiaa},
  doi = {10.2514/6.2021-2377},
  url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2021-2377},
}

C8.AVIATION

Drawing the Highways in the Sky for Urban Air Mobility Operations

Mark Kotwicz-Herniczek, Emre Yilmaz, Olatunde Sanni, and Brian J. German

In AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM, 2021

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{kotwicz21,
  author = {Kotwicz-Herniczek, Mark and Yilmaz, Emre and Sanni, Olatunde and German, Brian J.},
  title = {Drawing the Highways in the Sky for Urban Air Mobility Operations},
  booktitle = {AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM},
  doi = {10.2514/6.2021-2376},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {aiaa},
  url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2021-2376},
}

T1.INFORMS

Emerging Deep Learning Approaches for the Problems of Airfoil Performance Prediction and Airfoil Inverse Design

Emre Yilmaz, and Brian J. German

2021

INFORMS Annual Meeting 2021 (Invited Talk)

Bib

@misc{yilmaz21_informs,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and German, Brian J.},
  title = {Emerging Deep Learning Approaches for the Problems of
  Airfoil Performance Prediction and Airfoil Inverse Design},
  year = {2021},
  note = {INFORMS Annual Meeting 2021 (Invited Talk)},
}

2020

C6.AVIATION

Conditional Generative Adversarial Network Framework for Airfoil Inverse Design

Emre Yilmaz, and Brian J. German

In AIAA AVIATION Forum, 2020

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{yilmaz20,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and German, Brian J.},
  title = {Conditional Generative Adversarial Network Framework for Airfoil Inverse Design},
  booktitle = {AIAA AVIATION Forum},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {aiaa},
  doi = {10.2514/6.2020-3185},
  url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2020-3185},
}

2019

C5.AVIATION

Energy and Landing Accuracy Considerations for Urban Air Mobility Vertiport Approach Surfaces

Emre Yilmaz, Matthew Warren, and Brian J. German

In AIAA AVIATION Forum, 2019

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{yilmaz19,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and Warren, Matthew and German, Brian J.},
  title = {Energy and Landing Accuracy Considerations for Urban Air Mobility Vertiport Approach Surfaces},
  booktitle = {AIAA AVIATION Forum},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {aiaa},
  doi = {10.2514/6.2019-3122},
  url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2019-3122},
}

2018

C4.AVIATION

A Deep Learning Approach to an Airfoil Inverse Design Problem

Emre Yilmaz, and Brian J. German

In 2018 Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, 2018

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{yilmaz18,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and German, Brian J.},
  title = {A Deep Learning Approach to an Airfoil Inverse Design Problem},
  booktitle = {2018 Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {aiaa},
  doi = {10.2514/6.2018-3420},
  url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2018-3420},
}

2017

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},
}

2014

C2.AVIATION

Adaptive Robust Attitude Controller Design for a Quadrotor Platform

Emre Yilmaz, and Ali T. Kutay

In AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, 2014

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{yilmaz14,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and Kutay, Ali T.},
  title = {Adaptive Robust Attitude Controller Design for a Quadrotor Platform},
  booktitle = {AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum},
  year = {2014},
  publisher = {aiaa},
  doi = {10.2514/6.2014-2671},
  url = {https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2014-2671},
}

MSc Thesis

Adaptive Robust Attitude Controller Design for a Quadrotor Platform

Emre Yilmaz

2014

Middle East Technical University

Bib

@mastersthesis{yilmaz14msc,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre},
  title = {Adaptive Robust Attitude Controller Design for a Quadrotor Platform},
  note = {Middle East Technical University},
  year = {2014},
}

2013

C1.AIAC

The Simulation of Attitude Controller Design for a Quadrotor Model via Methods from Literature

Emre Yilmaz, and Ali T. Kutay

In AIAC, 2013

Bib

@inproceedings{yilmaz13,
  author = {Yilmaz, Emre and Kutay, Ali T.},
  title = {The Simulation of Attitude Controller Design for a Quadrotor Model via Methods from Literature},
  booktitle = {AIAC},
  year = {2013},
}