Dr. Ahmet Alper Yontar holds the position of associate professor in the field of mechanical engineering at Tarsus University in Turkey. Additionally, Dr. Yontar has been engaged as a sabbatical professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2023. Throughout his career, Dr. Yontar has maintained affiliations with various esteemed research institutions as an early-stage researcher. Notable among these are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, NORDITA-KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the National Institute for Lasers, Plasma, and Radiation in Romania, ETH Zurich, and Aalto University. Furthermore, Dr. Yontar gained valuable experience as a postdoctoral researcher and scholar at Princeton University. The core focus of my research lies in the domains of combustion modeling, experimental diagnostics, and various ignition methods including laser ignition, plasma ignition, and corona ignition. Dr. Yontar has also explored topics such as multiple ignitions, spray-atomization, alternative fuels, flame fundamentals, emission formations, soot and ash analysis, and advanced combustion engine technologies. Dr. Yontar's expertise extends to advanced combustion modeling, the physics of turbulent combustion, detonation engines, rocket engines, gas turbines, and internal combustion engines. At present, Dr. Yontar is leading multiple projects within my specialized areas, concurrently with my teaching responsibilities. For a span exceeding five years, Dr. Yontar has been imparting knowledge in a multitude of courses related to combustion, detonation, thermoacoustics, internal combustion engines, rocket propulsion, gas turbines, and computational fluid dynamics.
His main areas of expertise are modeling and experimental diagnostics of combustion, laser ignition, plasma ignition, corona ignition, multiple ignitions, spray-atomization, alternative fuels, flame fundamentals, emission formations, nanoparticle combustion, advanced combustion engine technologies, the physics of turbulent combustion, detonation engines, rocket engines, gas turbines, and internal combustion engines. His research team is currently conducting experimental and numerical studies for rotating detonation engines, experimental studies on the effects of nanoparticles and metals on combustion characteristics, metal-doped fuel droplet behaviors in the electrical field and plasma field, liquid organic hydrogen carriers, and carbon capture methodologies.
