Serdar Hiçdurmaz

is researching.

Angestellt, Project Manager/Research Associate, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt / German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Stuttgart, Germany

Skills

Thermal Engineering
Solar Thermal
Heat Transfer
Thermal energy storage
Project Management
Prototyping
Conceptual design
Problem Solving
MatLab
Python
Critical thinking
Multiphase flows
Business English
Turkish language

Timeline

Professional experience for Serdar Hiçdurmaz

  • Current 3 years and 6 months, since Jul 2022

    Project Manager/Research Associate

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt / German Aerospace Center (DLR)

    Leading activities in nationally-funded research projects. • Conceptual and detailed modeling solar receivers, heat exchangers, thermal energy storage systems and electric heaters. • Development of reduced order thermal models for power generation and Power-to-Heat applications. • Experience in contract negotiations with external partners for research and demonstration projects. • Techno-economic assessment of emerging concepts. • Project acquisition and proposal drafting.

  • 4 years, Aug 2018 - Jul 2022

    Doctoral Student

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt / German Aerospace Center (DLR)

    Development of a thermal code from scratch in MATLAB for granular flows. • Development of reduced order thermal models for CSP applications. • Design and construction of prototype scale test set-ups. • Image Processing / PTV measurement of granular material. • Development of an image processing algorithm in Python using OpenCV library. • Thermal, mechanical, rheological, optical and size characterization of granular materials.

  • 4 years, Aug 2014 - Jul 2018

    Researcher/Teaching Assistant

    ODTÜ (METU) - GÜNAM

    CFD model development for multiphase flow in ANSYS/Fluent. • Granular Particle Characterization. • Development of particle-based thermal energy storage and heat exchanger concepts. • Design and development of experimental set-ups related to main heat transfer topics for educational purposes. Lab tutor for experimental heat transfer and fluid dynamics courses.

Educational background for Serdar Hiçdurmaz

  • 5 years and 10 months, Aug 2018 - May 2024

    Mechanical Engineering

    RWTH Aachen University

  • 2 years and 11 months, Sep 2014 - Jul 2017

    Mechanical Engineering

    Middle East Technical University

  • 3 years and 11 months, Sep 2010 - Jul 2014

    Mechanical Engineering

    Middle East Technical University

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