Emine Elif Yiğit

Emine Elif Yiğit is a Researcher at the Institute of Aviation, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, specializing in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks with a focus on FPGA-based hardware acceleration.

Her core research interests include:

• Computational Fluid Dynamics: Solving Euler equations via Finite Volume Method accelerated by FPGAs
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks: Broadcast storm mitigation in Flying Ad-hoc Networks (FANETs)
• Hardware Acceleration: Designing FPGA-based computational accelerators for aerospace applications

Her 2024-2025 publications reveal an interdisciplinary trend merging aerospace engineering and computer engineering, specifically applying hardware acceleration to CFD simulations and developing communication protocols for dynamic UAV networks. This work targets enhanced computational efficiency and network reliability in aerial systems.