Serhat Yesilyurt

Serhat Yesilyurt

Sabanci University
Tuzla
Istanbul 34956
Tel: +90 216 483 9579
Sabanci University








Research
 Teaching
 Publications
 Professional

 

      

Areas of Interest

  • Heat transfer
  • Fluid Flow
  • Simulation-based analysis and design

 



Education

 

 

Experience

[02-present] Faculty Member,  Sabanci University
[98-02] Sr. Simulations Engineer, Cape Simulations, Natick, MA, USA
[97-98] Post-doctoral Associate, FSU, Comp. Sci. and Eng. Prog., Tallahassee, FL, USA
[95-96] Post-doctoral Associate, MIT, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Cambridge, MA, USA
[91-95] Research Assistant, MIT, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, USA

 

Teaching

  1. ENS206 Systems Modeling & Control   (Springs 03, 04)
  2. ME307 Fluid Dynamics  (05-current)
  3. ME309 Heat & Mass Transfer  (03-current)
  4. ME409 Microsystems Technology  (Falls 03-05)
  5. ME410 Computer Aided Engineering  (Falls, 02-current)
  6. EE572 Simulation and animation of motion (Spring 04, Spring 05)
  7. ME561 Advanced Fluid Mechanics  (Fall 06)

 

Publications

 

ON MICROFLOWS AND MICROSYSTEMS

  1. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Simulation-based analysis of flow due to traveling-plane-wave deformations on elastic thin-film actuators in micropumps”, Microfluidcs and Nanofluidics (accepted).
  2. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, "Numerical Analysis of the 3D Flow Induced by Propagationon of Plane-Wave Deformations on Thin MembraneS Inside Microchannels", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels & Minichannels, ICNMM2007, Puebla, Mexico, June 18-20, 2007.
  3. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Numerical simulations and analysis of a micropump actuated by traveling plane waves” SPIE-Photonics West, MOEMS-MEMS, San Jose, 20-25 Jan. 2007.
  4. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Numerical Simulations of a Traveling Plane-Wave Actuator for Microfluidic Applications, Proceedings of the COMSOL Users Conference, Boston, October 22-24, 2006, ed. Jeri’Ann Hiller, ISBN 0-9766792-2-1.
  5. S. Yesilyurt, M. Ozcan, G. Goktug, “Heat transfer in steady-periodic flows over heated microwires” Proceedings of the 13th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-13), Sydney, Australia, August 13 - 18, 2006, published by Begell House inc., ISBN 1-56700-226-9.
  6. M. Eriten, S. Yesilyurt, "Optimal distribution of carbon nanotubes in gas sensor design" Proceedings of 2005 5th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Nagoya, Japan, July 2005.
  7. S. Yesilyurt, M. Ozcan, G. Goktug, H.S. Olmez, "CFD simulations of transient response of a constant-temperature hot-wire anemometer," Proceedings of ENCIT 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Nov 29-Dec 03, 2004.
  8. K. Abidi, A. Sabanovic, S.Yesilyurt, "Sliding-Mode Based Force Control of a Piezoelectric Actuator," IEEE Conference on Mechatronics , Istanbul, Turkey, June 2004.
  9. K. Abidi, A. Sabanovic, S. Yesilyurt, "Sliding Mode Control Based Disturbance Compensation and External Force Estimation for a Piezoelectric Actuator", The 8th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, Kawasaki, Japan, March 25-28, 2004.
  10. G.Goktug, S. Yesilyurt, M. Aksit, "Modeling and simulation of micro-optical switches  for dynamic and static loading," IEEE Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 03, Maribor, Slovenia, December, 2003.

ON FUEL CELLS

  1. Serincan M.F. Yesilyurt, S., “Transient analysis of Proton Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) at Startup and Failure”, Fuel Cells, 7(2), 118-127, 2007.
  2. Serincan M.F., Yesilyurt S., “Modeling Transients of a Proton Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC),” Proceedings International Hydrogen Energy Congress and Exhibition IHEC 2005 , Istanbul, Turkey, 13-15 July 2005.
  3. Serincan M.F., Yesilyurt S., “Modeling Transient Water Transport in a Proton Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) with Interdigitated Flow Fields,” Proceedings International Hydrogen Energy Congress and Exhibition IHEC 2005 , Istanbul, Turkey, 13-15 July 2005.
  4. Serincan M.F., Yesilyurt S.,”An Analysis of a Proton Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) at Start-ups and Failures” Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum 2005, 4-8 July 2005.

 

 ON HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW IN MATERIAL PROCESSING

  1. S.Yesilyurt, S.Motakef, K.Mazuruk, R.Grugel, "The effect of the Traveling Magnetic Field (TMF) on the buoyancy-induced convection in the Vertical Bridgman growth of semiconductors" J. Cryst. Growth, 263/1-4, pp 80-89, 2004.
  2. S. Yesilyurt, S. Motakef, K. Mazuruk, R. Grugel, "Traveling magnetic field (TMF) applications for material processing" American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ACCGE15), Keystone, Colorado, July, 2003.
  3. S. Motakef and S. Yesilyurt, “Equipment for Annealing of Calcium Fluoride,” 3rd Int. Symp. on 157 nm Lithography , Antwerp, Belgium, September, 2002.
  4. S. Yesilyurt, L. Vjusic, S. Motakef, F. R. Szofran, A. Croell. "The influence of thermoelectromagnetic convection (TEMC) on the Bridgman growth of semiconductors." J. Cryst. Growth, 211, pp 360-364, 2000.
  5. S. Yesilyurt, L. Vjusic, S. Motakef. "Electromagnetic control of convection in semiconductor melts: thermoelectromagnetic convection (TEMC) and rotating magnetic fields." Proc. of SPIE -The International Soc. of Optical Eng. Vol. 3792, pp. 124-138, 1999.
  6. S. Yesilyurt, L. Vjusic, S. Motakef, F. R. Szofran, M. P. Volz. "A numerical investigation of the effect of the thermoelectromagnetic convection (TEMC) on the Bridgman growth of GeSi" J. Cryst. Growth, 207, pp 278-291, 1999.

 

ON SURROGATE-BASED OPTIMIZATION

  1. M. Kambourides, S. Yesilyurt, and A. T. Patera "Nonparametric-validated computer-simulation surrogates: A Pareto formulation," Int. Jour. Num. Meth. Eng.,42, 971-1003, 1998.
  2. J. C. Otto, M. Paraschivoiu, S. Yesilyurt and A. T. Patera "Bayesian--validated computer simulation surrogates for optimization and design: error estimates and applications." Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 44(4), pp.347-367, 1997.
  3. S. Yesilyurt, M. Paraschivoiu, J. C. Otto, and A. T. Patera, "Computer simulation response surfaces: a Bayesian--validated approach", Proceedings Computational Methods in Water Resources XI, Cancun, July 1996.
  4. S. Yesilyurt, C. Ghaddar, M. Cruz and A. T. Patera, "Bayesian-validated surrogates for noisy computer simulations; application to random media." SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 17(4), 1996.
  5. J. C. Otto, M. Paraschivoiu, S. Yesilyurt and A. T. Patera, "Computer simulation surrogates for optimization: application to trapezoidal ducts and axisymmetric bodies." Proceedings, CFD for Design and Optimization, ASME Inter. Mech. Eng. Conf., San Fransisco, November 1995.
  6. J. C. Otto, M. Paraschivoiu, S. Yesilyurt and A. T. Patera, "Bayesian-validated computer simulation surrogates for optimization and design." Proceedings, ICASE Workshop on Multidisciplinary Optimization, March 1995.
  7. S. Yesilyurt and A. T. Patera, "Surrogates for numerical simulations; optimization of eddy-promoter heat exchangers."Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, 121, pp 231-257, 1995.

 

ON MIXED CONVECTION 

G. Fu, M. J. Driscoll, N.E. Todreas, and S. Yesilyurt, "Heat transfer and friction factor behavior in the mixed convection regime for air up-flow in a heated vertical pipe." AIChe Symposium Series , 283 (87), pp 326-335, 1991.

 

ON WELDING PROCESSES

  1. E. Armagan, S. Yesilyurt, G. Goktug, "Design Requirements for Robotic Arc Welding Applications," Proc. 4th Asian Conf. on Ind. Automation and Robotics, Bangkok, 11-13 May 2005.
  2. G. Goktug, S. Yesilyurt, I. Tekin, "Non-contact surface measurement and prediction of transient distortion of thermal joining process," 4th CIRP International Seminar on Intelligent Computation In Manufacturing Engineering - ICME 2004, Naples, Italy, June 2004.

 

 

Issued Patents

  1. S.Motakef, S.Yesilyurt, "Substantially-uniform-temperature annealing", US Patent No: 6,624,390, Sept. 23, 2003
  2. S.Motakef, S.Yesilyurt, "Substantially-uniform-temperature annealing", US Patent No: 6,919,539, July 19, 2005
  3. S. Motakef, S. Yesilyurt, “Substantially-uniform-temperature annealing”,  US Patent No: 7,019,266, March 28, 2006.