Contact Dr Yagmur Atescan Yuksek
Areas of expertise
- Composites
- Nanomaterials
- Nanotechnology
- Smart Materials
- Sustainable Manufacturing
Background
Dr. Yagmur Atescan Yuksek is a Research Fellow at Cranfield University Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre. Prior to joining Cranfield University, she was a Research Assistant in Advanced Composites and Engineered Materials Group at the Pennsylvania State University.
Dr Atescan earned a PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on Magnetically Responsive Smart Materials from the Pennsylvania State University in USA, and a MSC degree in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on Application of Nanomaterials on Composite Aerospace Structures from the Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. She also received her BSc degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University.
Current activities
Dr. Atescan's current research focus is on the sustainability of manufacturing systems and processes with a specific focus on the environmental and social life cycle assessment of metallic and composite structures. She is currently a Research Fellow on the Metallic Aerospace Structures Technologies for Eco-Social Returns (MASTER ATI) Project. She also supervises MSc students group projects and individual research projects in areas related to life cycle assessment.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Atescan-Yuksek Y, Mills A, Ayre D, Koziol K & Salonitis K. (2024). Comparative life cycle assessment of aluminium and CFRP composites: the case of aerospace manufacturing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 131(7-8)
- Gupta S, Joshi D, Jagtap S, Trollman H, Haddad Y, .... (2023). From failure to success: a framework for successful deployment of Industry 4.0 principles in the aerospace industry. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Available online 30 August 2023(ahead-of-print)
Conference Papers
- Haddad Y, Yuksek YA, Jagtap S, Jenkins S, Pagone E, .... (2023). Eco-social sustainability assessment of manufacturing systems: an LCA-based framework
- Yuksek YA, Haddad Y, Pagone E, Jagtap S, Haskew S, .... (2023). Sustainability Assessment of Electronic Waste Remanufacturing: The Case of Laptop
- Atescan Y, Braga Nogueira Branco R, Oyama K, Madra A & Yamamoto N. (2021). Quantitative structure-property relationship study of 1D-aligned soft magnetic nanocomposites for fast actuation
- Atescan Y & Yamamoto N. (2020). 3D Structuring of Magnetoelastomers for Anisotropic Actuation Properties