Zahit Mecitoğlu

Zahit Mecitoğlu serves as a Professor in the Department of Astronautical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University's Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His academic career spans over three decades with continuous research activity from 1989 to present, including 36 research outputs and 10 funded projects through 2027.

His research focuses on advanced structural mechanics with specialization in composite materials, blast load analysis, and additive manufacturing. Key areas include dynamic behavior of laminated composites, fracture mechanics of reinforced structures, and optimization of auxetic metamaterials. His work bridges theoretical methods like Galerkin approach with experimental validation of novel materials.

Recent publication trends show concentrated activity in nitrogen-doped graphene oxide reinforced composites (2023-2025) and advanced lattice structures (2022-2024), demonstrating consistent focus on next-generation aerospace materials. His fingerprint analysis reveals strong expertise in blast loads (100%), laminated composite plates (99%), and geometric nonlinearity (36%).

Zahit Mecitoğlu has supervised 66 research projects and students throughout his career. Current research funding includes TUBITAK and SRP projects focusing on refractory high-entropy alloys (2025-2027), aerospace lattice structures (2023-2026), and composite delamination behavior (2021-2022).

His laboratory work centers on structural testing of advanced materials under extreme conditions, with recent projects investigating electron beam powder bed fusion processes, interlaminar fracture mechanisms, and crashworthiness optimization of novel geometries. Current research directions include development of numerical analysis methodologies for space environment structures and multifunctional aerospace materials.