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Principle Investigator

Dr. Ahmet Emre Karataş Click here for Dr. Karatas' CV (external link, opens in new window)

Current Appointments:

Associate Professor | Aerospace Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University

Affiliate Scientist | Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology, St. Michael's Hospital

Adjunct Professor, Status Only | UTIAS, University of Toronto

Education:

PhD – University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies, 2014

MASc – University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies, 2009

BSc – Middle East Technical University, Aerospace Engineering, 2007

PhD Supervision

Awon Sharjeel (2024–2028)

Carbon Nanomaterials and Quantum Dots

Daniel Cormier (2022–2026)

Development of a 2D Laser Induced Incandescence

Aryan Nobakht (2024–2028)

Soot Formation at High Pressures

Yash Rajan (2021–2025)

Fuel Preheating Effects on Soot Formation

Oytun Öner (2023–2027)

Diagnostic Development and Soot Formation of Alternative Fuels

MASc Supervision

Talia de Ryck (2021–2023)

Effects of Feedback Loops on Soot Formation

Awon Sharjeel (2021–2023)

Characterization of Respiratory Flows

Madeline McQueen (2020–2022)

Hybrid-Electric Propulsion

Awarded Ryerson Graduate Scholarship RGS

Winner of Aviation Week Network's 20 Twenties (external link)

Aryan Nobakht (2022–2024)

Soot Formation of Fuel Mixtures at Elevated Pressures

Marek Serwin (2020–2022)

Soot Formation in Oscillating Flames

MEng Supervision

Pascal Leung (2019–2020)

Design and Construction of a New Co-flow Burner

Paul Chinnam (2019–2020)

Design and Construction of a Thermophoretic Sampling System to Collect Soot from Flames

Ashwinraj Gnanavel (2019–2020)

Design and Development of a Multi-colour Soot Emission Diagnostics to Measure Soot Temperature and Concentration

Undergraduate Supervision

Junfeng Zhang (2025)

Design and Testing of a 3D-Printed Recirculation Mechanism

Awarded FEAS URE ($11,725.70)

Amelia Magnat (2024–2024)

Spectroscopy of High-Pressure Flames

Awarded FEAS URE ($7758)

Jayden Vellozo (2022–2023)

Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Flames

Mattias Cheung (2022–2023)

Construction of a Spectrometer

Eva Thamir (2025)

Hybrid-Electric Propulsion

Brent Ozdemir (2023–2024)

Spectrometer Design for Combustion

Rushank Trivedi (2020)

Spectral Soot Emission Data Analysis

Awarded FEAS URO

Hannah Goldberg (2025)

Design of a Metal Combustor

Shankavie Gnaneswara (2022–2023)