Educational Background

• Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2022
• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2017
• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2016

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Florida Institute of Technology, 2024 – Present
• Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Central Florida, 2022 – 2024

Current Courses

• AEE 2201 Aerospace Fundamentals
• AEE 4291 Aerospace Engineering Design 1

Selected Publications

• Irmak, F, O’Nora, N, & Gordon, AP. “A Novel Multiaxial Strain-Life Approach for Nickel Base Superalloys.” ASME Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. June 26–30, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2023-103044
• Irmak, F., O’Nora, N., Gordon A.P. “Establishing a Generic Stress-Life Framework for Single-Crystal Nickel-Base Superalloys” ASME Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 13th – 17th, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT202283276
• Irmak, F., Hanekom, K., Torkaman A., Gordon A.P. “A Novel Yield Approach for Anisotropic Materials” ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055920
• Wijeyeratne, N., Irmak, F., and Gordon, A. P. “A Comparative Study of Crystal Viscoplastic Modeling of Directionally Solidified Nickel-Base Superalloys.” ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055512
• Dourado, A., Irmak, F., Viana, F.A.C, and Gordon, A.P. “A Non-Stationary Uncertainty Model for Strain-Life Fatigue and Its Application to IN617” ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049324
• Siddiqui, S.F, Irmak, F., Fasoro, A.A., and Gordon, A.P. “Role of Plasticity on Torsional Fatigue Failure of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel” International Journal of Plasticity, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03842-9

Research

Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Structures, Fatigue, Creep, Fracture, Constitutive Modeling, Plasticity, Failure Analysis, Corrosion, Aerospace Design and Analysis