Purpose of the Laboratory
The Laboratory's Purpose is to conduct educational and research activities on Modeling, Control Systems, and Vehicle-Related Software Development.
Mission of the Laboratory
Considering its educational activities, it provides a laboratory facility where undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students can conduct experimental, simulation, or theoretical studies.
Regarding research activities, it aims to conduct original studies and develop scientific and/or useful models/products with funding from institutions and organizations such as the European Union, TUBITAK, BAP, and Industrial Companies, or through collaborations with these organizations.
Research Application Areas
- Model-Based Design and Control
- System Modeling
- Control System Design
- Actuator Design for Spacecraft
- Design and Production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Optimization of Flight Control Systems
- Developing Autonomy Capabilities for Naval Vehicles
- Control and Autonomy Capabilities of Land, Air, and Sea Vehicles with Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence Algorithms
- Powertrain Control for Vehicles
- Hardware Simulation in the Loop
- Developing Targets for Programming Microcontrollers Using Code Generation
Capabilities
Device Information
- National Instruments Compact Rio System
- National Instruments MyRio System
- Voltage Source
- Oscilloscope
- Drone Systems
Hardware Information
- DELL Precision T1700 Workstation (4 units)
Software Information
- SIEMENS Amesim/Ameset
- Labview
- Mathworks Matlab/Simulink
- Phyton/C/C++
Support
The laboratory is supported by the "Ecotron Launching Sponsorship Program to Student Teams!" program.
Conducted Experiments
Courses:
- RC and RLC experiments
- OPAMP experiments
- Moving mechanism modeling and control experiments
- Two-degree-of-freedom helicopter mechanism control experiments
- Inverted pendulum control experiments
Research Projects:
- Multirotor system integration, control design, and flight tests
- Reaction Wheel system experiments
- Autonomous guidance, control, and navigation tests of marine vehicles
- Development of control algorithms for autonomous vehicles is underway.
Major Studies
- Free-running tests for DTC self-propulsion - An investigation of lateral forces due to the rudder and the propeller, Omer Kemal Kinaci, Cihad Delen, Rahman Bitirgen, Afsin Bayezit, İsmail Bayezit, Deniz Ozturk, Burak Gunguder, November 2021, Applied Ocean Research
- Modeling and Control of a Satellite Orientation Ground Test Rig, Abdurrahim Bilal Özcan, İsmail Bayezit, TOK 2021
- Mamdani Model-based ANFIS and Application in Prediction of Soot Emission, Muhammet Öztürk, İsmail Bayezit, İbrahim OZKOL, April 2021, European Journal of Science and Technology
- A practical feedforward speed control system for autonomous underwater vehicles, Omer Kemal Kinaci, İsmail Bayezit, M. Reyhanoglu, December 2020, Ocean Engineering
- VLCC Tipi Bir Geminin Otopilot Modunda İstanbul Boğazı'nı Geçiş Simülasyonu, İsmail Bayezit, Rahman Bitirgen, Muhsin Hançer, Omer Kemal Kinaci
- Designing 3-DOF Hardware-In-The-Loop Test Platform Controlling Multirotor Vehicles, Muhsin Hançer, Rahman Bitirgen, İsmail Bayezit, January 2018, IFAC-PapersOnLine
- All Stabilizing State Feedback Controller for Inverted Pendulum Mechanism, Rahman Bitirgen, Muhsin Hancer, İsmail Bayezit, January 2018, IFAC-PapersOnLine
- Model-based 2-D look-up table calibration tool development, E. Baris Ondes, İsmail Bayezit, Imre Poergye, Ahmed Hafsi, December 2017, 11th Asian Control Conference (ASCC)
- Augmented model predictive control of unmanned quadrotor vehicle, Arden Kuyumcu, İsmail Bayezit, December 2017, 11th Asian Control Conference (ASCC)
Conducted Projects
- Developing Novel UAV Education Set and Training Curriculum in order to Catch State of The Art Technology, Petrisor Parvu, Tugrul Oktay, Axel Hessler, İsmail Bayezit, November 2018 - October 2020, Funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union
- Numerical and Experimental Hydroacoustic Analysis of a Remotely Piloted Ship Model, Director: Ömer Kemal Kınacı, Researcher: İsmail Bayezit, Fellows: Cihad Delen, Rahman Bitirgen, Afşin Baran, Muhsin Hançer, TÜBİTAK 1001 Project, Project No: 218M372, March 2019, November 2020
- Reaction Wheel Design, Manufacturing, and Three-Axis Spacecraft Attitude Control with a Reaction Wheel Array, Director: Dr. İsmail Bayezit, Researcher: Rahman Bitirgen, ITU BAP Project, Project No: MAB-2017-40957, September 2017 – March 2020
- Fixed-Wing UAV Design, Production and Autonomous Mission Control, Lead: Dr. İsmail Bayezit, Researcher: Rahman Bitirgen, Project Team: Bedirhan Yılmaz, Erdem Yusuf Gökduman, Mehmet Fatih Reyhan, Güneş Çağla, ITU BAP Project, Project No: FLO-2020-42516, November 2019–December 2021
Continuing Projects
- Autopilot Design and Simulation on a 3D Platform for the F16, Project Team: İsmail Bayezit, Rahman Bitirgen, Mustafa Oğuzhan Akdoğan, İbrahim Yıldırım, TUBITAK 2209A Project, June 2022, June 2023
- Model-based software and vehicle control functions are being developed within the scope of TÜBİTAK 1511 in partnership with an OEM and a company in the automotive sector. June 2021–October 2022
- An autopilot system and software for boats were developed in collaboration with a company in the marine sector. January 2022 - December 2022
- Functional software and hardware tests for autonomous vehicles are being conducted under IPA II. October 2020 - December 2023
Researcher Information
Responsible Faculty Member: Assist.Prof.Dr. İsmail Bayezit
Research Assistants:
- Rahman Bitirgen
- Hacı Baran
- Fatih Ahmet Sarıgül
Students:
Graduate (Phd):
- Afşin Baran Bayezit
- Mostafa Helmy
Graduate (Masters):
- Emre Sayın
- Ahmad Irham Jambak
Undergraduate:
- Erdem Yusuf Gökduman
- İbrahim Yıldırım
- Mustafa Oğuzhan Akdoğan
- Gökçe Şahin
- Gülru Turgut