Department of Civil Engineering
Education:
| Ph.D. | Aeronautics | Imperial College, London, UK | 2020 |
| M.S. | Materials Science & Engineering | Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey | 2015 |
| B.S. | Materials Science & Engineering | Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey | 2012 |
Service on the Faculty:
| Assistant Professor | 2022 - Present |
Experience:
| Responsibility | Location | Date |
| Research Engineer | Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey | 2020-2021 |
Publications:
Selected Publications:
Kocaman, E. S., Chen, B. Y., & Pinho, S. T. (2025). A new floating node-based element formulation for modelling pressure-driven fracture. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 433, 117482.
Kocaman, E. S., Henzel, T., Aydogan, O. G., & Yucel, C. G. (2024). Flexure Performance of Textile-Reinforced Cementitious Composites with Novel Inclined Reinforcements. Materials, 17(19), 4743. Kocaman, E. S., Chen, B. Y., & Pinho, S. T. (2020). A floating connector element formulation for multi-level modelling of composite structures. Composite Structures, 251, 112532.
Kocaman, E. S., Chen, B. Y., & Pinho, S. T. (2019). A polymorphic element formulation towards multiscale modelling of composite structures. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 346, 359-387.
Kocaman, E. S., Yilmaz, C., Deniz, A., & Yildiz, M. (2018). The performance of embedded fiber Bragg grating sensors for monitoring failure modes of foam cored sandwich structures under flexural loads. Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials, 20(5), 553-577.
Kocaman, E. S., Akay, E., Yilmaz, C., Turkmen, H. S., Misirlioglu, I. B., Suleman, A., & Yildiz, M. (2017). Monitoring the damage state of fiber reinforced composites using an FBG network for failure prediction. Materials, 10(1), 32.
Akay, E., Yilmaz, C., Kocaman, E. S., Turkmen, H. S., & Yildiz, M. (2016). Monitoring Poisson’s ratio degradation of FRP composites under fatigue loading using biaxially embedded FBG sensors. Materials, 9(9), 781.
Keulen, C. J., Akay, E., Melemez, F. F., Kocaman, E. S., Deniz, A., Yilmaz, C., ... & Suleman, A. (2016). Prediction of fatigue response of composite structures by monitoring the strain energy release rate with embedded fiber Bragg gratings. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 27(1), 17-27.
Demircan, O., Yilmaz, C., Kocaman, E. S., Tang, S., Hamada, H., & Yildiz, M. (2015). Effect of fiber densities on impact properties of biaxial warp-knitted textile composites. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 34(16), 1287-1297.
Courses:
| Course Code | Course Title |
| CE 487 | Composite Materials |
| CE 211 | Material Science |
