M. Serdar Çelebi is an experienced professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education, research, and high technology industry. Skilled in mathematical modeling, parallel numerical algorithms, multi-physics, multi-phase, multi-scale computer simulations, high performance computing, advanced programming, computer aided geometric modeling, biomechanics, and advance fluid dynamics. He has a strong background in engineering sciences and extensive professional and administrative experience.

Dr. Çelebi is currently a faculty member of Computational Science and Engineering Department at Istanbul Technical University. He served as a program coordinator, department head, dean of Informatics Institute, and founding project coordinator and director of UHeM (National Center for High Performance Computing). Dr. Çelebi is also one of the founders of Computational Science and Engineering Department in ITU.

Reza Daryani earned his Ph.D. in 2024 and is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at Istanbul Technical University. His research focuses on cardiovascular computational modeling and fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulations, with a particular emphasis on heart valve dynamics.

E. Cenk Ersan is a PhD candidate and research assistant in the Computational Science and Engineering program at Istanbul Technical University, Informatics Institute. He received his B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in mechanical engineering. His research interests encompass computational fluid dynamics (CFD), numerical simulations, fluid mechanics, and the application of these techniques in biomedical engineering.

Hacer Duzman is a PhD student and research assistant in the Computational Science and Engineering program at Istanbul Technical University, Informatics Institute. She holds a B.Sc degree in Biomedical Engineering and a M.Sc degree in Computational Science and Engineering. Her research focuses on medical image computing, cardiovascular blood flow modeling and simulation, and biomechanics. The ultimate goal of her research is to develop effective solutions to improve clinical outcomes and the lives of individuals suffering from cardiovascular diseases.

Müge Yaren Yaşartürk is a PhD student in the Computational Science and Engineering program at Istanbul Technical University and a lecturer in the Information Security Technologies program at Istanbul Beykent University. She holds a B.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering and an M.Sc. degree in Computational Science and Engineering.

During her master’s studies, she focused on the design, manufacturing, and material characterization of a prosthetic polymeric aortic heart valve. Her current academic interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence in healthcare and computational biology, with an emphasis on developing data-driven and computational approaches to support biomedical research and clinical decision-making. Her long-term goal is to contribute to the development of intelligent and reliable computational systems that can enhance healthcare technologies and improve patient outcomes.

Bayezid Özden is a senior civil and railway systems engineer with over twenty years of experience in railway infrastructure engineering, structural design, and large-scale project delivery. He currently serves as Deputy General Manager of Engineering at Yapıray Railway Construction Systems, where he oversees engineering, design, and production activities for trackwork technologies, including prefabricated sleepers and ballastless slab track systems for metro and high-speed railway projects.

He is pursuing a Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. His research focuses on computational modeling of railway track dynamics and vehicle–track–infrastructure interaction, with particular emphasis on intelligent and data-driven methods, including physics-informed neural networks (PINNs). His academic interests lie at the intersection of railway engineering, structural dynamics, and scientific machine learning.

His work combines advanced numerical analysis with full-scale laboratory testing and field measurements to improve the performance, safety, and durability of railway systems. His professional and academic activities reflect an integrated approach to applied research and engineering practice in modern railway infrastructure.

Emirhan Yiğit is a Master's student in the Computational Science and Engineering program at Istanbul Technical University. His work focuses on numerical modeling, finite element analysis, and high-performance computing.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from ITU. With an early interest in numerical methods and simulation, he gained research experience at Computational Modeling and Simulation Lab through finite element modeling of aortic valve mechanics. He is currently working on the development of computational models for heart and venous valve mechanics, with a focus on efficient simulation workflows and GPU acceleration strategies for CFD simulations.

Alper Demircioğlu is an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). His work focuses on the post-processing and visualization of computational simulation results, transforming numerical flow data into interactive three-dimensional representations.

Muhammed Ali Kulniyaz is an undergraduate student in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at Yıldız Technical University (YTU). He is currently involved in research on multiscale computational modeling of cardiovascular diseases. His work focuses on developing Python-based Agent-Based Models (ABM) that integrate with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to simulate hemodynamically-driven atherosclerotic plaque progression. His academic interests lie at the intersection of computational materials science and mechanobiology, specifically bridging molecular-level mechanisms—such as lipid oxidation and membrane permeability—with macroscopic blood flow data to create predictive, physics-based models.

Bithanya Haile is a 2nd-year Biomedical Engineering student at Samsun University. She is currently completing a summer research internship at ITU's Informatics Institute, supervised by Prof. Dr. Mustafa Serdar Çelebi and Yalçın Çökgel. Her work focuses on applying small language models to single-lead ECG signal analysis for cardiac condition classification.

Şükrü Arslan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiology at the Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Cardiology Institute. Dr. Arslan currently serves as the Clinical Consultant in the TÜBİTAK 1001 research project titled “Hemodynamic Simulation of Supra Left Ventricular Heart Blood Flow Coupled with Coronary Arteries”, where he provides clinical insight to support the development and validation of advanced cardiovascular models.