Hovering stability of a model helicopter

Ilker Murat Koc works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University, where he received his BSc degree in 1996. He completed his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University, in which he worked as a post-doctoral Researcher. He had short-term appointments at Michigan State University in the USA, Munich Technical University in Germany, University of Roma-La Sapienza in Italy and INSA at Lyon University in France. He worked as a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London in UK, between 2011-2012. His research interests include system dynamics and control, small-scale robotics and vibrations.

Semuel Franko received the BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2003 from Istanbul University, and the MSc degree from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2010. He is currently a Senior Researcher at the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). His current research interests include optimal and predictive control, motion control.

Can Ozsoy received BSc, MSc and PhD degree in Istanbul Technical University in 1968, 1970, 1981, respectively, all in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently a Professor in Mechanical Engineering department at Beykent University. His researches and teaching interests are industrial process control, modeling, optimization, self-tuning and predictive control.