CV

Ekrem Ekici

ekrem.ekici@kfupm.edu.sa
Dhahran, KSA, , US

Summary

Currently employed at KFUPM. Postdoctoral Fellow

Publications

  • Shape Optimization for Thermoacoustic Instability (Oral Presentation)
    2022
    Presented in Rolls Royce Doctoral Network, Derby, UK
  • Thermodynamic assessment of a geothermal power and cooling cogeneration system with cryogenic energy storage
    2022
    Energy Conversion and Management
  • Adjoint Based Shape Optimization for Thermoacoustic Stability of Combustors using NURBS
    2023
    UK Fluids Conference, 17-19 October, Glasgow, UK
  • Real-time parameter inference of nonlinear bluff-body-stabilized flame models using Bayesian neural network ensembles
    2023
    In the proceedings of Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air
  • Shape Sensitivities for Thermoacoustic Stability of Annular Combustors.
    2023
    In the proceedings of Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion: Industry meets Academia (SoTiC), 11-14 September, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Adjoint Based Shape Optimization for Thermoacoustic Stability of Combustors Using Free Form Deformation
    2024
    In the proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, London, UK
  • Adjoint Based Shape Optimization for Thermoacoustic Stability of Combustors using Free Form Deformation
    2024
    British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC), 9-11 April, Newcastle, UK
  • Shape sensitivity of thermoacoustic oscillations in an annular combustor with a 3D adjoint Helmholtz solver
    2024
    Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Helmholtz-x: Parallelized adjoint open source solver for the thermoacoustic Helmholtz equation
    2025
    Engineering with Computers
  • Shape Optimization of an Industrial Aeroengine Combustor to Reduce Thermoacoustic Instability
    2025
    Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Presentations

  • Adjoint Based Shape Optimization for Thermoacoustic Stability of Combustors
    2023
    University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
    Upon Dr. Alexander Wray's invitation, I have given a seminer in Deparment of Engineering, University of Strathclyde.
  • helmholtz-x : Parallelized Open-source Solver for Thermoacoustic Helmholtz Equation
    2024
    Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
    I have given a talk about my solver **helmholtz-x** upon my visit of Wolfgang Polifke's research group.
  • Adjoint-based Shape Optimization for Thermoacoustic Stability of Combustors Using Free Form Deformation (Poster Presentation)
    2024
    Flow instability, modelling and control, UK Fluids Network, Special Interest Groups, Imperial College London, London, UK
    I did a flash talk and poster presentation in Imperial College London upon invitation.
  • Shape Optimization of Annular Combustors with an Open Source Parallelized ThermoacousticHelmholtz Solver
    2025
    Aerospace Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TR
    I have given a talk about my helmholtz-x solver and its applications for combustor designs.

Teaching

  • Aerospace Engineering Tutor
    2024
    University of Cambridge, Summer School
    Role: Undergraduate course
  • Demonstrator
    2022
    University of Cambridge
    Role: Undergraduate course
  • Computer Science Tutor
    2024
    University of Cambridge, Summer School
    Role: Undergraduate course

Portfolio

  • Finite Element Method
    Portfolio
    We are interested in finite element method when solving PDEs.
  • Metaheuristic optimization
    Portfolio
    Metaheuristic approaches can be useful when solving combinatorial optimization problems.
  • PulseVAD
    Portfolio
    Developing the current VADs is vital to assist the increasing number of patients with heart failures.
  • Thermoacoustic Instability
    Portfolio
    TA instabilities are arising in combustors of rocket and gas turbine engines.
  • Wound Healing
    Portfolio
    Wound healing is a diffusion driven, millennium old phenomenon occurring in almost every creature.