Graduated from Anadolu University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Yildiz Technical University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Anadolu University, where he started his full-time teaching. He received his full Professorship from Anadolu University, and he is currently researching at the Eskisehir Technical University. He has a wide range of research interests. His interest topics are “Sustainable Aviation, Aircraft Propulsion System, Insulation, Heating Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Indoor Air Quality, Gas Turbines, Cogeneration Systems, Renewable Energy, Energy Economics, Fuels, and Combustion.” He has taken part in numerous Industrial Projects on these topics as a researcher, consultant, and project manager for over 30 projects and corporations. He also started a contest on special insulation applications among university students. He also served as an Editor-in-Chief, guest editor, and editorial board member roles for international scientific journals. He published national and international papers in over 300 and 40 books. Professor Karakoc actively follows membership positions for the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers and many sectorial associations, international scientific organizations, and societies. He is an active Board of Directors member of the International Association for Green Energy. He is currently holding the presidency of the SARES organization, which is actively supporting scientists and students in the “Sustainable Aviation” subject. He is also organizing four symposiums on aviation subject areas as a Founding Chair.

Isil Yazar, Ph.D., received a B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey, in 2005, and an MSc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey, in 2008. She also received her MBA degree from Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, in 2008. She worked at Turkish Aerospace (TUSAS), Ankara, Turkey, between 2008 and 2010 as a Manufacturing Engineer. She was a member of the AIRBUS A400M project, ANKA UAV project, and T-38 training aircraft project. She received her Ph.D. degree in the Avionics department from Anadolu University as a project researcher under the guarantee of TEI/TUSAS-Anadolu University collaborative protocol, Eskisehir, Turkey, in 2015. She received her Associate Professor title from the Aeronautical Engineering branch in 2019. Her research interests include novel propulsion technologies in aviation, gas turbines, avionics, and UAVs. She is still a reviewer board member of JAST(Journal of Aeronautics and Space Technologies) and an Editorial Board Member of JMAI (Journal of Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence in Engineering).

Received his bachelor’s degree Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Eskisehir Technical University (Formerly known as Anadolu University) from the Avionics Department. He has completed his MSc degree in School of Science from Anadolu University in 2004 in Aviation Maintenance. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 2017 in Environmental Sustainability on Airports from the School of Science at Anadolu University by developing a model of energy-based calculations of an aerodrome. He has studies on aircraft engines, sustainability, airports, and exergy. He has a 17-year of professional experience in Airports in Information Technology, Automation, and Integration. He has managed teams on system design, projects, tests, commissioning, operational readiness, and operations. He has been working in the School of Aviation at Suleyman Demirel University since 2019 and lecturing in Flight Theory, Airline Management, and Airport Design subjects.