{"id":205,"date":"2025-04-28T10:34:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T19:52:38","slug":"kivanc-ekici","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/kivanc-ekici\/","title":{"rendered":"Kivanc Ekici"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Kivanc Ekici<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Department Head and John W. Fisher Professor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 2022-Present<br><\/strong>Department Head and John H. Fisher Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 2021-March 2022<br><\/strong>Interim Department Head, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2019-Present<br><\/strong>Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering<br>University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2014-2019<br><\/strong>Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2008-2014<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2001-2008<br><\/strong>Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science<br>Duke University, Durham, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1997-2001<br><\/strong>Research\/Teaching Assistant, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics<br>Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1994-1997<br><\/strong>Research\/Teaching Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering<br>M.E.T.U., Ankara, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, 2001, Purdue University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS, 1997, M.E.T.U., Ankara, TURKEY<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS, 1994, M.E.T.U., Ankara, TURKEY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unsteady Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computational Fluid Dynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wind Turbine Aeroelasticity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turbomachinery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fluid-Structure Interactions in Nuclear Reactors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flapping Flight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rotorcraft Aerodynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aerodynamic Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lattice-Boltzmann Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parallel and High Performance Computation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Senior Member, AIAA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASME IGTI Structures and Dynamics Committee, Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sigma Xi, Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sigma Gamma Tau, Member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AIAA Associate Fellow, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 MABE Outstanding Senior Faculty Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012 National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award:&nbsp;proposal entitled &#8220;CAREER:&nbsp;A Multidisciplinary Framework for Innovative Design of Wind Turbines\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASME-IGTI John P. Davis Award for the Best Paper of the Year, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASEE, Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2011 and 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Huang, H.,&nbsp;<strong>Ekici, K.<\/strong>, \u201cA Discrete Adjoint Harmonic Balance Method for Turbomachinery Shape Optimization\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Aerospace Science and Technology Journal,<\/em>&nbsp;39, pp. 481-490, December 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huang, H.,&nbsp;<strong>Ekici, K.<\/strong>, \u201cStabilization of High-Dimensional Harmonic Balance Solvers Using a Temporal Spectral Viscosity Operator\u201d,&nbsp;<em>AIAA Journal,&nbsp;<\/em>Vol. 52, No. 8, pp. 1784-1794, August 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici, K.<\/strong>, Beran, P.S., \u201cAdjoint Sensitivity Analysis of Low-speed Flows Using an Efficient Harmonic Balance Technique\u201d,&nbsp;<em>AIAA Journal<\/em>, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 1330-1336, June 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lumsdaine, A., Boscary, J., Clark, E.,&nbsp;<strong>Ekici, K.<\/strong>, Harris, J., McGinnis, D., Lore, J.D., Peacock, A., Tipton, J., Tretter, J., \u201cModeling and Analysis of the W7-X High Heat-Flux Divertor Scraper Element\u201d,&nbsp;<em>IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science<\/em>, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 545-551, March 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huang, H.,&nbsp;<strong>Ekici, K.<\/strong>, \u201cAn Efficient Harmonic Balance Method for Unsteady Cascade Flows\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Aerospace Science and Technology Journal<\/em>, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 144-154, Aug. 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici, K.<\/strong>, Hall, K.C., Huang, H., Thomas, J.P., \u201cStabilization of Explicit Flow Solvers Using a Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Technique\u201d,&nbsp;<em>AIAA Journal<\/em>, Vol. 51, No. 5, 2013, pp. 1095-1104. doi: 10.2514\/1.J051945.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hall, K.C.,&nbsp;<strong>Ekici, K.<\/strong>, Thomas, J.P., Dowell, E.H., \u201cThe Harmonic Balance Technique Applied to Computational Fluid Dynamic Problems\u201d,&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics<\/em>, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 52-67, 2013. (Invited Paper)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici, K.<\/strong>, Kielb, R.E., Hall, K.C., \u201cThe Effect of Aerodynamic Asymmetries on Turbomachinery Flutter\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Fluids and Structures<\/em>, Vol. 36, pp. 1-17, Jan. 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Srivastava, R., Panovsky. J., Kielb, R., Virgin, L.,&nbsp;<strong>Ekici, K.<\/strong>, \u201cNon-Linear Flutter in Fan Stator Vanes with Time Dependent Fixity\u201d, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 134, No. 2, 021009, Mar. 2012.<strong>&nbsp;(John P. Davis Award for Best Paper of the year).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, Hall, K. C., \u201cHarmonic Balance Analysis of Limit Cycle Oscillations in Turbomachinery\u201d, AIAA Journal, Vol. 49, No. 7, pp. 1478-1487, Jul. 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, Hall, K.C., Kielb, R.E., \u201cHarmonic Balance Analysis of Blade Row Interactions in a Transonic Compressor\u201d, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 335-343, Mar.-Apr., 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, Kielb, R.E., Hall, K.C., \u201cAerodynamic Asymmetry Analysis of Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery\u201d, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 132, No. 1, Jan. 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, Hall, K.C., \u201cNonlinear Frequency-Domain Analysis of Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery with Multiple Excitation Frequencies\u201d, AIAA Journal, Vol. 46, No. 8, pp. 1912&#8211;1920, August 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, Hall, K.C., Dowell, E.H., &#8220;Computationally Fast Harmonic Balance Methods for Unsteady Aerodynamic Predictions of Helicopter Rotors&#8221;, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 227, No. 12, pp. 6206&#8211;6225, June 1, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, Hall, K.C., &#8220;Nonlinear Analysis of Unsteady Flows in Multistage Turbomachines<br>Using Harmonic Balance&#8221;, AIAA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 1047&#8211;1057, May 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, Hall, K.C., &#8220;Fast Estimation of Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery at Multiple Interblade Phase Angles&#8221;, AIAA Journal, Vol. 44, No. 9, pp. 2136&#8211;2142, Sep. 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hall, K.C.,&nbsp;<strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, &#8220;Multistage Coupling for Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery&#8221;, AIAA Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 624&#8211;632, Mar. 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, Lyrintzis, A.S., &#8220;A Parallel Newton-Krylov Method for Navier-Stokes Rotorcraft Codes&#8221;, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 225&#8211;230, May 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ekici K.<\/strong>, Lyrintzis, A.S., &#8220;Parallelization of Rotorcraft Aerodynamics Navier-Stokes Codes&#8221;, AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 887&#8211;896, May 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-146c2e40 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Kivanc-Ekici.jpg\" alt=\"Kivanc Ekici\" class=\"wp-image-216\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Kivanc-Ekici.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Kivanc-Ekici-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c0ddf3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>410 Dougherty Engineering Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><br>865-974-6016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:ekici@utk.edu\">ekici@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kivanc Ekici Department Head and John W. 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