Development Prospects for Sustainable Transport

T. Hikmet Karakoc, Ph.D., graduated from Anadolu University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and earned his M.Sc. from Yildiz Technical University. He completed his PhD at Anadolu University, where he is currently a Full Professor. He also conducts research at Eskisehir Technical University. His research interests include sustainable aviation, aircraft propulsion systems, insulation, HVAC, indoor air quality, gas turbines, renewable energy, and energy economics. He has served as an editor for various scientific journals and has published over 300 papers and 40 books. He is active in professional organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Green Energy and as President of the SARES organization, which supports sustainable aviation initiatives.Khagani Abdullayev, Ph.D., is the Vice-Rector for New Technologies and Scientific Secretary at the National Aviation Academy in Baku, Azerbaijan. He holds a Bachelor’s and MSc from the Television and Radio Systems Department at Azerbaijan Technical University. In 2005, he earned his Ph.D. in Technical Science, focusing on Acousto-Optical Temporal-Scale Signal Converters. His research interests include radio electronics, optics, remote sensing, and microelectronics.Fuad Mirzayev, Ph.D., is the Head of the Scientific Information and Patent Department at the National Aviation Academy in Baku, Azerbaijan. He completed his bachelor’s and MSc in Management at the same institution and earned his Ph.D. in 2018, focusing on Investment Activity in Azerbaijan's Transportation System. His research interests encompass business management, project management, finance, and transport economics.Elgun Aghayev, Ph.D., is the Head of the Science Metrics and Patent Work Group of the Scientific Information and Patent Department at the National Aviation Academy, and serves as a Lecturer and Researcher.He graduated from the Aviation Transport Organization specialty of the National Aviation Academy of Azerbaijan. He earned his Ph.D. in Operation of Surface Complexes, Output Equipment, Flying Machines, and Their Systems specialty in 2022, defending his dissertation on the topic Radio-Electronic System for Measuring the Loading Degree of Aircraft.Yasin Furkan Görgülü, Ph.D., obtained his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Dumlupınar University in 2013 and his M.Sc. from Oxford Brookes University in 2015, focusing on energy generation from underground metro airflows. He completed his Ph.D. at Dumlupınar University in 2021, specializing in bio-inspired aerodynamic optimization of wind turbine blades. Currently an Assistant Professor at Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Dr. Gorgulu's research interests include renewable energy, fluid mechanics, and CFD.Maryam Sadat Kiai., is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Chemistry at University College Dublin. She obtained her Ph.D. in nanoscience from Istanbul Technical University in 2020. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on lithium-ion, sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, and metal-sulfur batteries, as well as nanomaterials and renewable energy technologies. As managing director of Masima Education Consulting, she developed strong leadership skills and has published over 45 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to three book chapters.

• Nonlinear Flight Dynamics Modeling and Stability Analysis for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).- Information Uncertainty in Transport IoT Systems: Security Challenges and Adaptive Protection Mechanisms.- Why do civil aviators need an urgent, efficient, and effective ICAO Annex for UAVs?.- Modeling the Traffic Density of Ground  Vehicles in the Airport Area Using Matlab/Simulink.- IoT Project Management in Intelligent Transportation Systems.- A Strategic Approach to Battery Recycling for EVs in Azerbaijan: Public-Private Partnership Model for Sustainable Infrastructure.- Lone-Wolf Terrorism in Civil Aviation: A Risk Assessment and Profiling-Based Framework.- The Role of Cyber-Physical Systems in the Logistics Industry.- Metal Fatigue Indicators for Preventing the Unpredicted Failure of Complex Transportation Systems.- Enhancing the exploitation efficiency of transport through AI technologies.- Relative Navigation of LEO Satellites in Formation Using Probabilistic Adaptive EKF.- Integration of Video Surveillance Systems Applied in Airports.- Detection of Hazardous Substances in Packages by Means of Terahertz Spectroscopy at Aviation Security Terminals.- Model of Inter-Airline Cooperation: A Simulation-Based Evaluation of Interline Agreements.- Optimizing Turbojet Fan Blades: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis of Lean and Sweep.