Academic Staff
Mustafa Kemal YILMAZ
Assoc. Prof., Air Traffic Control
Education: Ph.D. 2018, İstanbul Arel University
Research Areas: Airport Management, Airport and Airline Operations, Ground Handling Management, Aviation Safety, Aviation Marketing Management and Strategies, Aviation Psychology, Aviation Applications, Behavioral Sciences, Organizational Behavior, Human Resources Management, Strategic Management
Selected Studies: He wrote a doctoral thesis and a book on “Shift Work, Teamwork and Employee Satisfaction in Aviation Enterprises”. “Fundamentals of Airport Business: A Strategic Review of Airport Business in Turkey” (2021), “Sports Aviation: A Strategic Evaluation of Sports Aviation Activities in Turkey” (2020), “The Relationship between Advertising, Subliminal Advertising and Customer Perception in Aviation Businesses” (2020) are some of his published books. “E-Maintenance Management in Aviation Enterprises” (2021), “Corporate Social Responsibility in Airline Companies” (2021), “Radical Terrorism and Civil Aviation Security Relationship” (2021), “University & Industry Cooperation in Transforming Ground Handling Trainings into Employment in the Aviation Sector” ( 2021), “E-Complaint Management in Airlines” (2019), “The Impact of Manager Behavior on Employee Satisfaction in Airline Enterprises” (2017), “The Place of Civil Aviation in Turkish Foreign Policy as a Soft Power” (2017) , “A Study on The Future of Low Cost Carrier Business Model in International Air Transportation” (2017), “Employee Satisfaction in Passenger Services: A Study on Shift Workers in Aviation Businesses” (2017) are some of his published book chapters, articles and papers.
Office: School of Civil Aviation
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Tel: +90 (362) 313 0055 | 2403 – 2423
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Zekeriya KAPLAN
Research Assistant, Dr., Department of Air Traffic Control
Education: Ph.D. 2024, Eskisehir Technical University
Research Areas: Air Traffic Management, Airspace Transportation, Mathematical Modeling, Optimization, Heuristic Methods, Metaheuristic Methods
Zekeriya Kaplan graduated as the second in Electrical and Electronics Engineering department at Karadeniz Technical University in 2015. In 2016, he started his master’s degree in Air Traffic Control department at Anadolu University. He successfully completed his master’s degree by publishing his thesis titled “An Approach Sequencing Model for Minimum Total Fuel Consumption and Most Efficient Use of Runway Capacity” in 2019. In the same year, he started his doctoral studies in the Department of Air Traffic Control at Eskisehir Technical University. In 2024, he completed his doctoral thesis titled “Optimization of Traffic Flow Under Adverse Weather Conditions”.
Selected Studies: “A multi-objective nonlinear integer programming model for mixed runway operations within the TMAs” (2023), “Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model for Conflict Resolution Problem in Generic Free Route Airspace using Segmentation Technique” (2023), “ATCO radar training assessment and flight efficiency: the correlation between trainees’ scores and fuel consumption in real-time simulations” (2021), “Scheduling of Air Traffic Controllers in Turkey: A Two-Stage Solution Approach using Goal Programming” (2023), and “Optimization of landing sequence at single-runway airports using artificial immune metaheuristic” (2020).
He participated in the Erasmus+ project “Development Of Common Atc Simulation Training Assessment Criteria Based On Future Pan European Single-Sky Targets (ATCOSIMA)”.
Office: School of Civil Aviation
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Tel: +90 (362) 313 0055 | 2425