Levent Aydin is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Turkey. He received his PhD in 2011 in mechanical engineering from İzmir Institute of Technology. His main scholarly interests are stochastic optimization, mechanics of composite materials, applied mathematics and modeling. He has written more than 60 articles including book chapters, journal papers, and conference proceedings on stochastic optimization and modeling in engineering. He is also a consultant for many industrial RD projects of the engineering companies. Dr. Aydin is the founder of optimization, modeling and applied math research group (OMA-RG).H. Seçil Artem received her BSc, master and doctoral degree in engineering sciences from Middle East Technical University, Turkey and worked as a research assistant. She is currently an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at İzmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Turkey. Since joining IZTECH in 1999, she contributed to many courses on solid mechanics and engineering mathematics. Dr. Artem’s research interests cover fracture mechanics, composite mechanics, in particular design and optimization. She has published book chapters on fiber composites.Selda Oterkus is an Assistant Professor of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering Department, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. She received her PhD in 2015 in mechanical engineering from University of Arizona. Her main research interests are computational mechanics, fracture mechanics and multi-physics analysis. She has published more than 35 articles including book chapters and journal papers on computational mechanics, fracture mechanics and multi-physics analysis. Her research has been funded by organisations including British Council, US Air Force Laboratory, Babcock, QinetiQ and McDermott. She is the Vice-Director of Peri Dynamics Research Center (PDRC).

• Mathematical Background. Stochastic Optimization Methods. Mathematica and Optimization. Design and Optimization of Glass Reinforced Composite Driveshafts for Automotive Industry. Dual Mass Flywheel Optimization. Wind Turbine Optimization by using Stochastic Methods. Development of Optimum Hydrogen Storage Vessels. Optimization of Surface Roughness in Slicing Process of Silicon Ingots. Design and Optimization of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators. Design Optimization of an Offshore Wind Turbine. Structural optimization of bulk carrier bottom stiffened panels by using multiple nonlinear regression model. Optimization of Weld Bead Geometry for TIG Welding Process. Aerodynamic Optimization of a Compressor Rotor Using Genetic Algorithm. Heat Transfer Optimization by Multiple Nonlinear Neuro-regression Approach for Ground Source Heat Exchanger. Thermal Optimization of Lightweight and Micro-porous Clay Bricks for Building Applications.