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Research Statement
Dr Zafer Kazancı is a Senior Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering Programme Director and Director of the Advanced Composites Research Group (ACRG) at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. He has a wide research history on the behaviour of composite structures under extreme loads and specialises in impact and blast loading. His research expertise also encompasses mechanical metamaterials, crash and crush analysis, bird-strike certification, crashworthiness and ballistic impact.
He has delivered short courses on advanced composite materials and finite element methods for engineering and has been invited to speak at workshops on the explosive blast response of composite structures across the world. He is also a member of the International Society of Impact Engineering and Structural Impact Group of ITU.
Dr. Kazancı was at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), K.J. Bathe's Finite Element Research Lab as a Research Scholar before becoming an Associate Professor at the Turkish Air Force Academy. He was head of the Scientific Supervisory Board and also the ERASMUS Institutional Coordinator. He got numerous awards from the Air Force Administration for his outstanding academic performance in Aerospace Engineering Department including Best Professor, Superior Service and Academic Excellence Awards.
In 2018, Dr Kazancı was awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship with Bombardier Aerospace where he was leading a programme of technology transfer to serve specific modelling and design capability needs of the industry partner. Dr Kazancı has also led (PI) and worked as co-investigator (CI) on several projects with collaborating international industrial partners, institutions/universities and governmental bodies.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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R5252MEE: Toward Certification by Simulation of Bird-Strike Event on Composite Wing Leading Edges
12/01/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R3105MEE: Optimisation of the Injection Method Using Nano-Structured Resins for the Repair of Composite Structures
05/02/2019 → …
Project: Research
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R2499AER: Low-velocity impact analysis of composite sandwich panels utilising auxetic cores
11/06/2018 → 02/09/2019
Project: Research
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Additive manufacturing of tunable metamaterials
Günaydın, K., Eren, Z. & Kazancı, Z., 23 Dec 2022, Nanotechnology-based additive manufacturing: product design, properties and applications. Desmukh, K., Pasha, S. K. K. & Sadasivuni, K. K. (eds.). Wiley Online Library, Vol. 2.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A numerical investigation into the potential of using additively manufactured composite cellular cores in ballistic helmets
Fisher, T., Kazancı, Z., Almeida Jr, H. & Falzon, B., 21 Jun 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Comparison of different quasi-static loading conditions of additively manufactured composite hexagonal and auxetic cellular structures
Zhou, J., Liu, H., Dear, J. P., Falzon, B. G. & Kazancı, Z., 15 Apr 2023, In: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 244, 16 p., 108054.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Energy absorption enhancement of additively manufactured hexagonal and re-entrant (auxetic) lattice structures by using multi-material reinforcements
Günaydın, K., Rea, C. & Kazancı, Z., Nov 2022, In: Additive Manufacturing. 59, Part A, 103076.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fabrication of triangular corrugated structure using 3D printed continuous carbon fiber-reinforced thermosetting epoxy composites
Wang, B., Ming, Y., Zhou, J., Xiao, H., Wang, F., Duan, Y. & Kazancı, Z., Feb 2022, In: Polymer Testing. 106, 107469.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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IMechE UAS Challenge 2019: Runner Up - Team Hibernica Liberandum
Butterfield, Joseph (Recipient), Kazancı, Zafer (Recipient) & Watson, R. (Recipient), 18 Jun 2019
Prize: Other distinction
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IMechE UAS Challenge 2019: Third Place - Team Flytanic
Butterfield, Joseph (Recipient), Kazancı, Zafer (Recipient) & Watson, R. (Recipient), 18 Jun 2019
Prize: Other distinction
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IMechE UAS Challenge 2020: Design Award & Overall Winners - Team FlyMechE
Butterfield, Joseph (Recipient), Kazancı, Zafer (Recipient) & Watson, R. (Recipient), 02 Jul 2020
Prize: Other distinction
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IMechE UAS Challenge 2022: Innovation Award - Team Anthus
Butterfield, Joseph (Recipient), Kazancı, Zafer (Recipient) & Watson, R. (Recipient), 08 Jul 2022
Prize: Other distinction
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IMechE UAS Challenge 2022: Runner Up - Team Anthus
Butterfield, Joseph (Recipient), Kazancı, Zafer (Recipient) & Watson, R. (Recipient), 08 Jul 2022
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites
Zafer Kazancı (Member of scientific committee)
12 Sep 2023 → 14 Sep 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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ICCM23 - International Conference on Composite Materials
Zafer Kazancı (Member of the organising committee)
30 Jul 2023 → 04 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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SSDM 2023 - ASME Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference
Zafer Kazancı (Member of the organising committee)
19 Jun 2023 → 21 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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UMTIK 2022 - 19th International Conference on Machine Design and Production
Zafer Kazancı (International committee member)
31 Aug 2022 → 03 Sep 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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EPSRC Peer Review College (External organisation)
Zafer Kazancı (Member)
09 Aug 2022 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee