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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Turkey
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
50
Citations
8685
World Ranking
1185
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for excellent research in turbulent premixed flames and droplet combustion

Overview

Iskender Gökalp is affiliated with Middle East Technical University in Turkey and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a particular focus on biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, materials chemistry, fluid flow and transfer processes, and atmospheric science.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes
  • Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Mehmet Karaca, Stéphane Bostyn, Jayaraman Kandasamy, Diakaridia Sangaré, and Mario Moscosa-Santillán.

Iskender Gökalp has published papers in several scholarly venues, with repeated contributions to the following journals and conferences:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Energy
  • Fuel

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Combustion mechanism and model free kinetics of different origin coal samples: Thermal analysis approach" (2020, Energy)
  • "Comparative pyrolysis studies of lignocellulosic biomasses: Online gas quantification, kinetics triplets, and thermodynamic parameters of the process" (2021, Bioresource Technology)
  • "Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass: experimental study, energy balance, process simulation, design, and techno-economic analysis" (2022, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery)
  • "Numerical investigations on flashback dynamics of premixed methane-hydrogen-air laminar flames" (2022, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy)
  • "Cultivation of green microalgae by recovering aqueous nutrients in hydrothermal carbonization process water of biomass wastes" (2020, Journal of Water Process Engineering)

Their contributions span experimental studies, process simulations, energy balance analyses, and investigations into combustion dynamics and biomass conversion.

Iskender Gökalp has been recognized as a Fellow of the Combustion Institute since 2018 for research related to turbulent premixed flames and droplet combustion.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of the effects of pressure and hydrogen concentration on laminar burning velocities of methane–hydrogen–air mixtures

    F. Halter;C. Chauveau;N. Djebaïli-Chaumeix;I. Gökalp

  • Pyrolysis, combustion and gasification characteristics of miscanthus and sewage sludge.

    Kandasamy Jayaraman;Iskender Gökalp

  • Characterization of the effects of hydrogen addition in premixed methane/air flames

    Fabien Halter;Christian Chauveau;Iskender Gökalp

  • Thermogravimetric and mass spectrometric (TG-MS) analysis and kinetics of coal-biomass blends.

    Kandasamy Jayaraman;Mustafa Versan Kok;Iskender Gokalp

  • Hydrothermal carbonization characteristics of sewage sludge and lignocellulosic biomass. A comparative study

    Małgorzata Wilk;Aneta Magdziarz;Kandasamy Jayaraman;Monika Szymańska-Chargot

  • Experimental studies of the fundamental flame speeds of syngas (H2/CO)/air mixtures

    Nicolas Bouvet;Christian Chauveau;Iskender Gökalp;Fabien Halter

  • Current status of droplet evaporation in turbulent flows

    Madjid Birouk;Iskender Gökalp

  • Characterization of syngas laminar flames using the Bunsen burner configuration

    Nicolas Bouvet;Christian Chauveau;Iskender Gökalp;See Young Lee

  • Alternative fuels for industrial gas turbines (AFTUR)

    Iskender Gökalp;Etienne Lebas

  • Characterization of flame front surfaces in turbulent premixed methane/Air combustion

    G.J. Smallwood;Ö.L. Gülder;D.R. Snelling;B.M. Deschamps

  • Fermentative production of butanol: Perspectives on synthetic biology.

    Sonil Nanda;Dasantila Golemi-Kotra;John C. McDermott;Ajay K. Dalai

  • Studies on the Ignition and Burning of Levitated Aluminum Particles

    M. Marion;C. Chauveau;I. GöKALP

  • Valorization of horse manure through catalytic supercritical water gasification

    Sonil Nanda;Ajay K. Dalai;Iskender Gökalp;Janusz A. Kozinski

  • Droplet vaporisation characteristics of vegetable oil derived biofuels at high temperatures

    Céline Morin;Christian Chauveau;Iskender Gökalp

  • An assessment of pinecone gasification in subcritical, near-critical and supercritical water.

    Sonil Nanda;Miao Gong;Howard N. Hunter;Ajay K. Dalai

  • Numerical Study of the Continuous Detonation Wave Rocket Engine

    Dmitry Davidenko;Iskender Gökalp;Alexey Kudryavtsev

  • Kinetics of steam and CO2 gasification of high ash coal–char produced under various heating rates

    Kandasamy Jayaraman;Iskender Gokalp;Elisa Bonifaci;Nazim Merlo

  • Combustion mechanism and model free kinetics of different origin coal samples: Thermal analysis approach

    Kandasamy Jayaraman;Mustafa Versan Kök;Iskender Gökalp

  • Pyrolysis, Combustion, and Steam Gasification of Various Types of Scrap Tires for Energy Recovery

    Jayaraman Kandasamy;Iskender Gökalp

  • Review on CFD based models for co-firing coal and biomass

    F. Tabet;I. Gökalp

  • Ab initio quantum chemical predictions of enthalpies of formation, heat capacities, and entropies of gas-phase energetic compounds

    Antoine Osmont;Antoine Osmont;Laurent Catoire;Laurent Catoire;Iskender Gökalp;Iskender Gökalp;Vigor Yang

  • Pyrolysis, combustion and gasification studies of different sized coal particles using TGA-MS

    Kandasamy Jayaraman;Mustafa Versan Kok;Iskender Gokalp

  • Ignition and Combustion of Levitated Magnesium and Aluminum Particles in Carbon Dioxide

    B. Legrand;M. Marion;C. Chauveau;I. Gokalp

Frequent Co-Authors

Madjid Birouk
Madjid Birouk University of Manitoba
Janusz A. Kozinski
Janusz A. Kozinski Lakehead University
Chaouki Ghenai
Chaouki Ghenai University of Sharjah
Ajay K. Dalai
Ajay K. Dalai University of Saskatchewan
Mustafa Versan Kok
Mustafa Versan Kok Middle East Technical University
Mark T. Swihart
Mark T. Swihart University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Robert J. Santoro
Robert J. Santoro Pennsylvania State University
Ömer L. Gülder
Ömer L. Gülder University of Toronto
Thierry Poinsot
Thierry Poinsot Institute of Fluid Mechanics of Toulouse
Ian S. Butler
Ian S. Butler McGill University

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