ISTRAS'26 Committees
Committees
Meet the honorary leadership, symposium chairs, technical chairs, organizing committee, advisory board and symposium assistants of ISTRAS'26.
Honorary Chair
Honorary Leadership- Arif Pashayev, Rector, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Max F. Platzer, Lifetime Honorary President of SARES, USA
- Nafiz Arıca, Rector, Piri Reis University, Türkiye
Symposium Founding Chair
Founding Leadership- Khagani Abdullayev, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- T. Hikmet Karakoç, Piri Reis University, Türkiye
Symposium Chairs
Scientific Leadership- Adalat Samadov, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Gulnara Ahmadova, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Hazi Nabiyev, Azerbaijan State Marine Academy, Azerbaijan
- Iryna Zarubinksa, Kyiv Aviation Academy, Ukraine
- Kayrat Koshekov, Civil Aviation Academy, Kazakhstan
- Mikail Garayev, Kharkiv Aviation Institute, Ukraine
- M. Ziya Sogut, Piri Reis University, Türkiye
- Sharul Sham Bin Dol, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
- Subhan Namazov, Azerbaijan Technical University
Symposium Technical Chairs
Technical Coordination- Aida Tagiyeva, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Aykut Arslan, Piri Reis University, Türkiye
- Cüneyt Ezgi, Piri Reis University, Türkiye
- Elgun Aghayev, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Fuad Mirzayev, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Gulgun Garibli, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Kanan Heydarov, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
Organizing Committee
Organization- Aygun Zeynalova, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Deniz Güler, Piri Reis University, Türkiye
- Elgun Aghayev, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Fuad Mirzayev, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Islam Isgandarov, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Kanan Heydarov, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Kovsar Dadashova, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Metin Doğan, Piri Reis University, Türkiye
Advisory Board
International Scientific Committee- Afig Hasanov, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Aleksandr Medvedevs, Transport and Telecom. Institute, Latvia
- Alexander Grakovski, Transport and Telecom. Institute, Latvia
- Ali Dinç, Sam Houston State University, USA
- Ali Kuliev, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Alper Baba, Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye
- Alper Dalkıran, Süleyman Demirel University, Türkiye
- Asteris Apostolidis, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
- Aykut Arslan, Piri Reis University, Türkiye
- Božić Željko, Institute of Aviation, Poland
- C. Ozgur Colpan, Dokuz Eylul University, Türkiye
- Chingiz Hajiyev, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye
- Dmytro Bugayko, National Aviation University, Ukraine
- Gerasimos Kontos, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
- Gunay Banihan, Akdeniz University, Türkiye
- Ibrahim Özkol, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye
- Irina Yatskiv (Jackiva), Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia
- Iyad Alomar, Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia
- John Olsen, The University of New South Wales, Australia
- Karim Allakhverdiev, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Kayrat Koshekov, Civil Aviation Academy, Kazakhstan
- Kelemen Miroslav, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
- Kilikevičius Artūras, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
- M. Ziya Sogut, Piri Reis University, Türkiye
- Matijošius Jonas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
- Messoud Efendiev, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
- Mihails Savrasovs, Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia
- Mikail Garayev, Kharkiv Aviation Institute, Ukraine
- Mohammed Ghazal, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
- Murat Ayar, Eskişehir Technical University, Türkiye
- Nadir Yilmaz, Howard University, United States
- Nguyen Dinh Dung, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam
- Oleksander Zaporozhets, Łukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Aviation, Poland
- Oliver Lehmann, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
- Peter Korba, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
- Ramazan Solmaz, Bingöl University, Türkiye
- Ramil Mukhtarov, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Rasim Alizade, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Sergii Boichenko, National Technical University of Ukraine, Ukraine
- Selçuk Ekici, University of Iğdır, Türkiye
- Sharul Sham Bin Dol, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
- Suleyman Allakhverdiev, Bahçeşehir University, Türkiye
- Yasin Furkan Görgülü, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Türkiye
Symposium Assistants
Assistant Team- Arzu Abdullayeva, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Aygun Omarova, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Gizem Avci, Eskişehir Technical University, Türkiye
- Govhar Saatova, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Khadija Khalilova, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Khayal Ahmadli, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Özge Küçükkör, Cappadocia University, Türkiye
- Rovshan Ahmadov, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
- Shahla Huseynova, National Aviation Academy, Azerbaijan
All names are sorted alphabetically.