Can Fuat Delale

Prof. Dr. Can Fuat Delale serves as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MEF University's Faculty of Engineering since September 2014, holding the academic rank of Professor with extensive international research experience.

His educational background includes:

• Bachelor's Degree: Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
• Master’s Degree: Lehigh University, USA
• Doctorate: Brown University, USA

Professor Delale specializes in Bubble dynamics, Cavitation, and Shock waves, with significant contributions to Gas Dynamics in Condensation, Homogeneous Nucleation Theory of Bubbles, and Hydrodynamic Cavitation. His research directly impacts turbopump design optimization and unsteady cavitating flow analysis in aerospace and mechanical engineering applications.

His distinguished honors include:

• 1991 TÜBİTAK Incentive Prize
• 1984 Sedat Simavi Science Prize
• 2019 Distinguished Service Award from the Turkish National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

He maintains active affiliations with the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), Science Academy (BA), American Physical Society, and European Mechanics Society, while continuing to advance multiphase flow research through his leadership at MEF University.