Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Sept, 2019 - Jan, 2024
Supervisor: Associate Prof. Dr. Luca Biancofiore
Thesis title: Thermal effects in viscoelastic thin film lubrication
CGPA: 3.88/4.0
Description: In this study, the aim is to develop a computational model capable of capturing viscoelastic effects in thin lubricated channels under non-isothermal conditions. Furthermore, the channel is subjected to horizontal and vertical motion, leading to additional non-linear behavior such as, lubricant cavitation.
Methodology: An in-house code written in Python was used to obtain the numerical solution of the reduced-order model.
Application: It is suitable for studying complex rheology lubricants flowing in arbitrarily shaped channels undergoing a wide range of complex motion such as, sliding and/or rolling and/or squeezing. Some particular areas of interest include contact regions in bearings, gears. In addition, human joints, eye lid movement, blood flow in thin vessels etc.
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Sept, 2017 - Sept, 2019
Supervisor: Associate Prof. Dr. Luca Biancofiore
Thesis title: Non-linear modeling of non-Newtonian hydrodynamic lubrication
CGPA: 3.56/4.0
Description: In this study, the flow of a compressible, piezoviscous and shear thinning lubricant along a thin lubricated channel was studied. A novel reduced order model was developed to describe the load carrying capacity of the channel. The proposed model is accurate, computationally efficient and simple to implement.
Methodology: An in-house code written in Python was used to obtain the numerical solution of the reduced-order model.
Application: It is suitable for studying shear thinning lubricants flowing in arbitrarily shaped channels undergoing a wide range of complex motion such as, sliding and/or rolling and/or squeezing. Some particular areas of interest include contact regions in bearings, gears. In addition, human joints, eye lid movement, blood flow in thin vessels etc.
M.Sc. in Sustainable Environment and Energy Systems (SEES)
Sept, 2014 - Jan, 2017
Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Dr. Onur Taylan
Thesis title: Design and modeling of a non-thermal plasma reactor for CO2 dissociation
CGPA: 3.8/4.0
Description: In this study, the dissociation of carbon dioxide in a non-thermal (room temperature) plasma reactor was studied via COMSOL and a zero-order model considering only the growth and decay of the species density in the reactor. Furthermore, the effect of reactor length, power and support gases such as Argon and Xenon on the total dissociation rate of CO2 was also examined.
B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering
Jan, 2010 - Jan, 2014
First Division