Our staff members are making research on various fields. On the other hand, the fields for which some research are conducted in our Department may be classified roughly as follows:
| RESEARCH GROUPS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONAUTICAL ENGINEERING | |
| FIELDS | MEMBERS |
| Orbital Mechanics and Space Environment | Prof. Dr. Çetin Şentürk (Aeronautical Eng. Dept.) Prof. Dr. Tahsin Çağrı Şişman Assist. Prof. Dr. Ali Uğur Sazaklıoğlu |
| Attitude Determination and Control | Prof. Dr. Nevsan Şengil Prof. Dr. Tahsin Çağrı Şişman |
| Spacecrafts and Payloads | Prof. Dr. Uğur Murat Leloğlu Lect. Mine Nur Mesut Rsc. Assist. Said Semih Karadoğan |
| Propulsion Systems and Plasma | Prof. Dr. Nevsan Şengil Prof. Dr. Tahsin Çağrı Şişman Rsc. Assist. İbrahim Arda |
The research fields for which some research are conducted in our Department are given in more details below:
- CanSat
- Orbit Determination
- Rocket Design/Propulsion
- Attitude Determination
- Attitude Control
- Space Communication
- Plasma Simulation
- Rarefied Gas Dynamics
- Space Defence
- Impact Dynamics
- RADAR/LIDAR Systems
- Solar Sail
- Aerospace Materials
- Spacecraft Structures
- Composite Materials
- Finite Element Method