معرفی
Dr. Altuğ Başol serves as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Özyeğin University's Faculty of Engineering in Istanbul, Turkey. His academic career bridges advanced computational techniques with practical industrial applications in fluid dynamics and thermal engineering.
Education:
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2013)
- MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Turkey (2007)
- BSc in Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Turkey (2004)
Dr. Başol's research program centers on computational fluid dynamics with specialization in parallel programming and GPU-accelerated computing. His work develops application-specific numerical tools for industrial process optimization, with particular focus on turbomachinery design. He has extensive industry collaboration experience, having worked with leading turbine and compressor manufacturers during his postdoctoral research at ETH Zurich to improve machinery performance and reliability. His research emphasizes harnessing modern multi-core and many-core hardware architectures for engineering simulations.
Current Research Projects:
- Wind comfort assessment of Özyeğin University Campus (TUBITAK 1001 project)
- Development of Furnace Design and Analysis Software with graphics-accelerated Monte Carlo Ray Tracing
- Joint research project with Ford Otosan on heavy commercial vehicle under-hood thermal modeling
Teaching:
- Thermodynamics (ME 202)
- Numerical Analysis (Math 214)
- Computational Methods for Engineers (ME 418/518)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (ME 419/519)
Dr. Başol actively recruits graduate students with strong backgrounds in thermal/flow modeling and programming languages including C, C++, and Fortran for research positions that provide hands-on experience with industrial-scale engineering problems.
