Prof. Dr. Muammer Kalyon received his bachelor’s degree from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Aeronautical Engineering Department in 1985. He received a scholarship from the Turkish state to pursue a graduate career abroad. In this framework, he received his master’s and doctorate degrees from the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Department at University of Michigan (USA) in 1989 and 1993, respectively. Thereafter, he received associate professorship and professorship titles in 1995 and 2005, respectively.
Prof. Dr. Kalyon worked at ITU Aeronautical Engineering Department for six years (1993-1999), at King Fahd University (Saudi Arabia) Mechanical Engineering Department for six years (1999-2005), and at Gebze Technical University (GTU) for seven years (2005-2012). He also served as the Vice Rector and the founding head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at GTU.
Prof. Dr. Kalyon, who has been among the founding staff of the Department of Mechatronics Engineering at Istanbul Ticaret University since 2012, also served as the dean of the Faculty of Engineering for two terms.
Prof. Dr. Kalyon’s research interests are focused primarily in the following areas: guidance, navigation and optimum control of air vehicles such as aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), rockets and missiles; modelling, identification and simulation of air vehicles; modeling, analysis and control system design of dynamic systems; flight mechanics, flight performance, flight stability and flight control. Prof. Dr. Kalyon has published many articles in these areas in prestigious international journals, and these publications have received numerous citations.
Prof. Dr. Kalyon is married and the father of three daughters.
