About

Melih Yıldız is an aerospace engineer at Erciyes University, Kayseri. He studied aeronautical engineering at Istanbul Technical University, completed a master’s degree in business administration, and earned his doctorate at Anadolu University on electrical energy storage and its use in aviation.

Before academia he spent two decades in the Turkish defence and technology sector, at STM, Anel Tech and Gate Elektronik, moving from quality and systems engineering to business development, R&D coordination and project management. That period included battery system design, battery management systems for hybrid vehicles and their integration into platforms.

His research now concentrates on electric and hybrid-electric propulsion, digital twins in aircraft design, hydrogen and sustainable fuels, and solar-powered stratospheric platforms. He also writes on the history of technology and society in Anatolia.

Profiles

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Image credits

Photographs on this site are public-domain or Creative Commons works; each is credited where it appears and listed here.

Two lithium-ion battery packs installed in NASA's X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft — NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center / NASA/Lauren Hughes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
NASA's X-57 Maxwell electric aircraft during ground telemetry testing — Monroe Conner, Public domain (NASA) (licence), NASA Image and Video Library
A General Electric CF6 turbofan engine mounted in a test cell — , Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Wind-tunnel model of the X-59 forebody at NASA Langley — LRC, Public domain (NASA) (licence), NASA Image and Video Library
Richard Whitcomb with an area-rule wind-tunnel model at NASA Langley — NASA on The Commons, No restrictions (licence), Wikimedia Commons
NASA's Helios Prototype solar-electric flying wing taking off from Kauai — AFRC, Public domain (NASA) (licence), NASA Image and Video Library
Ground crew checking the Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft — AFRC, Public domain (NASA) (licence), NASA Image and Video Library
1957 NACA diagram of a hydrogen fuel system on a Martin B-57B Canberra — GRC, Public domain (NASA) (licence), NASA Image and Video Library
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory during biofuel emissions research — GSFC, Public domain (NASA) (licence), NASA Image and Video Library
The Tupolev Tu-155, the first aircraft to fly on liquid hydrogen, at Zhukovsky — Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons
A small liquid-hydrogen tank prepared for drop-tower tests at NASA Lewis, 1964 — GRC, Public domain (NASA) (licence), NASA Image and Video Library
NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft in flight — AFRC, Public domain (NASA) (licence), NASA Image and Video Library
A Pioneer RQ-2A fixed-wing unmanned aircraft — Pioneer UAV, Inc, CC0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons
The 11-inch high-speed wind tunnel at NACA Langley — NASA on The Commons, No restrictions (licence), Wikimedia Commons
A small quadcopter in flight during a training exercise — BLM Oregon & Washington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ground handling equipment around an airliner on the apron — Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rooftop solar panels at Barnstable Airport — MassDOT, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
A helicopter with a Bambi bucket during wildfire training — Senior Airman Rachael Kane, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cargo pallets under parachutes after an airdrop from a C-130 — Master Sgt. William Greer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Wind turbines on a ridge in Türkiye — Karelj, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Lun-class ekranoplan, a wing-in-ground-effect craft — Fred Schaerli, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons
Smoke stack of a thermal power plant — Игоревич, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rock-cut passages of the Derinkuyu underground city — Nevit Dilmen (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons
The Midas Monument at Yazılıkaya in the Phrygian Valley — Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons
The Nabta Playa calendar circle, reconstructed at the Aswan Nubia Museum — Raymbetz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons
A sixteenth-century copy of the 1569 Capitulations between Charles IX and Selim II — Uploadalt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons
Inside the covered bazaar of Kayseri — Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons
The Ahi Evran lodge in Kayseri — Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons
Maintenance technicians working on an aircraft engine in a hangar — Petty Officer 3rd Class Timothy Schumaker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Atmospheric re-entry of a sample-return capsule — DLR German Aerospace Center, CC BY 2.0 (licence), Wikimedia Commons