İlhan Şen

Chief Engineer, Additive Manufacturing Engineering Applications

Address: Turkish Aerospace, Havacılık Bulvarı No: 17 Akıncı Mahallesi, Kahramankazan, 06980 Ankara, Turkey
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail: ilhan.sen@tai.com.tr
Nationality: Turkish/Dutch

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to)
2021-Current
Name and address of employer
Turkish Aerospace, Aerostructures Dept., Ankara/Turkey
Type of business or sector
Industry
Occupation or position held
Chief Engineer, Additive Manufacturing Engineering Applications
Main activities and responsibilities
Engineering and Research, Responsible for Additive Manufacturing (AM) design activities within the Structural Engineering department. Support activities on F&DT of A400M.
Dates (from – to)
2019-2021
Name and address of employer
Turkish Aerospace, Aerostructures Dept., Ankara/Turkey
Type of business or sector
Industry
Occupation or position held
Lead Engineer
Main activities and responsibilities
Engineering and Research. Team leader / Responsible for the F&DT analysis activities of the Airbus A400M Fuselage and Doors.
Dates (from – to)
2015-2019
Name and address of employer
Turkish Aerospace, Aerostructures Dept., Ankara/Turkey
Type of business or sector
Industry
Occupation or position held
Specialist Engineer
Main activities and responsibilities
Engineering and Research. Fatigue and damage tolerance (F&DT) analysis and test activities of Airbus A400M fuselage and doors related to certification, structural repair, production and modifications. Additional: Research into AM materials and processes to prepare technology for the development of new aerospace structural parts
Dates (from – to)
2011-2015
Name and address of employer
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft/The Netherlands
Type of business or sector
University
Occupation or position held
Researcher
Main activities and responsibilities
Research and Teaching. Research and development of F&DT property prediction tools for hybrid materials Development of optimisation method based on genetic algorithms for hybrid materials. Experimental testing and data analysis of various material concepts (Fibre Metal Laminates, Composites and Aluminium).
Dates (from – to)
2010-2010
Name and address of employer
Tata Steel, Research, Development & Technology Dept., Velsen-Noord/The Netherlands
Type of business or sector
Industry
Occupation or position held
Researcher
Main activities and responsibilities
Development of a design, analysis and optimisation tool for aluminium fuselage skin panels

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Dates (from – to)
2011-2015
Name and type of organization providing education and training
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft/The Netherlands
Principal subjects/occupational
Dissertation: Lay-up Optimisation of Fibre Metal Laminates: Development of a Design Methodology for Wing Structures
Title of qualification awarded
PhD in Aerospace Structures and Materials
Dates (from – to)
2008-2010
Name and type of organization providing education and training
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft/The Netherlands
Principal subjects/occupational
Thesis: Aircraft Fuselage Design Study: Parametric Modelling, Structural Analysis, Material Evaluation and Optimisation for Aircraft Fuselage
Title of qualification awarded
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Dates (from – to)
2005-2008
Name and type of organization providing education and training
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft/The Netherlands
Principal subjects/occupational
Aerospace Engineering
Title of qualification awarded
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

MOTHER TONGUE
Dutch / Turkish / Azerbaijani
OTHER LANGUAGES
English
German
French
Reading skills
Excellent
Proficient
Basic
Writing skills
Excellent
Proficient
Basic
Verbal skills
Excellent
Basic
Basic
SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential (for example culture and sports), etc.
Lecturer, Turkish Aerospace, Aug 2017 – Current
- Fatigue & Damage Tolerance (16 hours)
- Materials in Aerospace, Fibre Metal Laminates (8 hours)

Industrial Supervisor, Turkish Aerospace, Jul 2018 – Current
1) Investigation and modelling of mechanical properties of additively manufactured aerospace structural parts.
2) Design of lower wing structure using fibre metal laminates..

Assistant Lecturer, Delft University Of Technology, Sep 2011 – Jul 2014
Course: Experimental Research And Data Analysis

Project Coach, Delft University of Technology, Nov 2011 – Jun 2012

Youth Instructor, Avrasya Foundation, May 2006 – Dec 2010
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and sports) and at home, etc.
Auditor, Natural Konutları, Oct 2020 - Current
Project Referee, Tübitak, Mar 2019 – Current
Project Writer, Avrasya Foundation, Sep 2016 – Current
Reviewer, International Journal of Fatigue, Sep 2015 – Nov 2018
HR Panel Member, Philips, Jan 2010– Dec 2010
Secretary, Avrasya Foundation, Sep 2008 – Dec 2010
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc.
FEM: Hypermesh, Patran, Nastran, Optistruct and Abaqus
Modelling: Catia, NX and Inspire
AM Software: Materialise Magics, 3-Matic and Simufact Additive
Programming: Matlab, Visual Basic, C++, Java, Python, Fortran, PHP and HTML
F&DT: Isami, Issy, Safe, Nasgro, Afgrow
PLM: Teamcenter and Primes
Editing: Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite and Latex
OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Competencentioned above.
Gardening, travelling, woodworking, cooking, squash and spending time with family.
DRIVING LICENSE(S)
B

AUTHORED OR CO-AUTHORED ARTICLES

ARTICLES IN PEER REWIEVED JOURNALS

ARTICLES IN PEER REWIEVED CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMS 		I. S.W.F. Spronk, I. Şen and R.C. Alderliesten, "Predicting fatigue crack initiation in fibre metal laminates based on legacy metal fatigue test data ", International Journal of Fatigue 70, 428-439 (2015).

I. Şen, R.C. Alderliesten and R. Benedictus, "Design optimisation procedure for fibre metal laminates based on fatigue crack initiation", Composite Structures 120, 275-284 (2015).

I. Şen, R.C. Alderliesten and R. Benedictus, "Lay-up optimisation of fibre metal laminates based on fatigue crack propagation and residual strength", Composite Structures 124, 77-87 (2015).

I. Şen, G. Delgrange, R.C. Alderliesten and R. Benedictus, "Design optimisation approach for crack initiation in FML structures", 27th ICAF Symposium, Jerusalem, 2013.

I. Şen, R.C. Alderliesten and R. Benedictus, "Approximate function for fatigue crack propagation in a design optimisation procedure for fibre metal laminates", 29th ICAS Congress, St. Petersburg, 2014.

R.C. Alderliesten, I. Şen, F. Bron, J.-C. Ehrstrom and R. Benedictus, "Design optimization methodology for future hybrid wing structures", AeroMat 2016, Bellevue WA, 2016.

I. Şen, R.C. Alderliesten, F. Bron, J.-C. Ehrstrom and R. Benedictus, "Design optimization methodology for future hybrid wing structures", 16th SAMPE Europe Conference, Liege, 2016.

R.C. Alderliesten and I. Şen, "The challenge of reversing theories to hybridize structures with fibre metal laminate design concepts", 16th EuroMat 2017, Thessaloniki, 2017.

PROJECTS DIRECTED
Principal Investigator (national projects)
Project No Name Duration
SAYP Investigation and modelling of mechanical properties of additively manufactured aerospace structural parts 2019-Current

Principal Investigator (international projects)
Project No Name Duration
SAYP Investigation and modelling of mechanical properties of additively manufactured aerospace structural parts 2019-Current
H-INDEX 3