Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Dr. Emin Taner Elmas

Asst.Prof. Dr. Emin Taner ELMAS is a Mechanical Engineer having degrees of B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., and was born in Sivas in 1974. He completed his doctorate at Ege University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Mechanical Engineering Department, Thermodynamics Science Branch, and his master's degree at Dokuz Eylül University, Mechanical Engineering Department, Energy Science Branch. He also completed his undergraduate education at Hacettepe University, ZEF, Mechanical Engineering Department and graduated from the faculty with honors in 1995 and became a mechanical engineer. He was awarded a non-refundable scholarship by the Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers in his 4th year because he was the most succesful student during his first 3 classes study at the faculty. He graduated from İzmir Atatürk High School in 1991. Asst. Prof. Dr. ELMAS has completed his military service as a NATO Officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a “Reserved Officer” as a “2nd Lieutenant” as an “English-Turkish Interpreter”. He was also a “Guard Commander” and served in Sarajevo, Camp Butmir within the SFOR task force of NATO. He has been awarded with 2 (two) NATO Medals and Turkish Armed Forces Service Certificate of Pride (Bosnia & Herzegovina). In addition to his academic duties at universities, he has worked as an engineer and manager in various industrial institutions, organizations and companies; He has served as Construction Site Manager, Project Manager, Management Representative, Quality Manager, Production Manager, Energy Manager, CSO-CTO, CBDO, Factory Manager, Deputy General Manager and General Manager. Asst. Prof. Dr. Elmas is Department Head and is an Assistant Professor of Automotive Technology at the Department of Motor Vehicles and Transportation Technologies at Vocational School of Higher Education for Technical Sciences at IGDIR UNIVERSITY, Turkey. He is also an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering & BioSciences at the same university. He has nearly 30 years of total experience in academia and in industry. He has served as a scientific referee and panelist for ASME, TUBITAK and many scientific institutions, organizations and universities, including NASA. He has published numerous international and national academic scientific articles, books, and book chapters, and serves as an editor for international academic journals. He also serves on the scientific committees of many international conferences, publishing conference and congress proceedings and giving presentations. “Mechanical Engineering, Energy Transfer, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Higher Mathematics, Evaporation, Heat Pipes, Space Sciences, Automotive, Bioengineering, Medical Engineering Applications, Neuroengineering, Medical Technique” are his academic and scientific fields of study; “Heating-Ventilation Air Conditioning Applications, Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Energy Efficiency, Steam Boilers, Power Plants, Cogeneration, Water Purification, Water Treatment, Industrial Equipment and Machinery, Welding Manufacturing, Sheet Metal Forming, Machining” are his industrial experience fields. As of 2026, he has been awarded the Nobel Scientist Award by the international platform organization Scientific Laurels. Asst. Prof. Dr. Emin Taner ELMAS is also a musician, saz (baglama) virtuoso player and ney (Nay, Turkish Reed Flute) performer. He plays also cümbüş instrument and performs darbuka rhythm instrument. He has a YouTube Music Channel (Emin Taner ELMAS) which includes some of his sound recordings of him playing the saz-baglama and blowing the ney. He composed the poem written by the great poet Âşık Veysel ŞATIROĞLU under the name of “Raşit Bey” in memory of his father Judge (Hâkim) Raşit ELMAS as “Raşit Bey Türküsü”, wrote it down, notated and published it as an academic article and broadcasted this song on his own music channel. He wrote the poems entitled “Canım Babam” and “Geldim Babam” which he wrote also in memory of his father and published in an academic literature journal, and composed instrumental musics for these poems. He also composed an instrumental song called “Annem Annem Türküsü” and gave it to his mother, Lawyer Tuna ELMAS, as a gift on Mother’s Day, 11.05.2025. He also has a poem titled "Ney and Neyzen." He also wrote and presented a poem titled "Esra Kardeşim" to his sister, Esra ELMAS, an archaeologist and English teacher. He has published books including "Saz-Bağlama Tuning System Method" (“Saz- Bağlama Akort Sistemi Metodu”) and "Ney and Neyzen; Ney's Pitches, Frets, Sound Stages, Octaves, Structure, Performance, Ney Maintenance and Basic Music Theory" (Ney ve Neyzen; Ney’de Perdeler, Ses Devreleri, Oktavlar, Yapısı, İcrası, Ney Bakımı ile Temel Musiki Nazariyatı) and My Collection of Literary and Musical Art Works – I Story / Anecdote / Essay / Poetry / Verse / Prose / Humorous; witty - satirical; poetic stories / Lyrics / Composition (Edebiyat ve Musiki Sanat Eserleri Külliyatım – I Hikâye / Anekdot / Deneme / Şiir / Manzume / Nesir /Mizahi; nükteli – hicivli; şiirsel hikâyeler / Güfte / Beste). He continues his artistic studies by writing various articles, books, poetry, lyrics and also realizing musical composition and repertoire works.

Dou. Zhang

Dr. Dou Zhang is an Assistant Researcher and M.S. Supervisor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. Her research focuses on the mechanical behavior of shape memory polymer (SMP) composites and their application-oriented validation, with particular emphasis on constitutive behavior, thermo-mechanical coupling, and structure-function integration for deployable mechanisms. The SMP-based locking-and-release deployment mechanism developed by her team enabled the first dynamic unfurling of the national flag on China’s inaugural Mars mission, Tianwen-1. This achievement was selected as one of the “Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances of Chinese Higher Education Institutions” in 2021.

Abdullah Aman Khan

Abdullah Aman Khan is a Scientific Researcher at Rykhet AI and a Ph.D. graduate in Computer Science and Technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), where he also completed his postdoctoral research. His research spans computer vision, deep learning, federated learning, autonomous driving, medical image analysis, and smart energy systems. He has an extensive record of publications in high-impact, top-tier international journals. He is a designated High-Level Foreign Talent in Sichuan Province, China, a recipient of the IEEE Sensors Journal Best Paper Runner-Up Award, and serves as a reviewer for several leading international journals and conferences.

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