Halil Ersin Soken

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Halil Ersin Soken graduated “Summa cum Laude” from the Astronautical Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University in 2007. In 2008, he completed his second degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. in Space and Astronautical Science from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Japan) in 2013. During his Ph.D. studies, he was a visiting researcher at Aalborg University (Denmark) for three months.

From 2014 to 2018, Dr. Soken was with the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), first as a research associate and then as a system researcher. From 2018 to 2020, he was with TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute (Turkey) as a chief researcher and a team member of the institute’s Attitude & Orbit Control Group. He was also an adjunct lecturer at the Aerospace Department of Middle East Technical University (METU). Since September 2020, he has been with the Aerospace Engineering Department of METU, where he teaches mainly on spacecraft dynamics, control, and flight mechanics.

His research interests are spacecraft attitude determination & control, spacecraft dynamics, and guidance & navigation. He has co-authored two books, more than 30 journal articles, and approximately 80 international conference/symposium papers. He received the METU Parlar Foundation Research Encouragement Award in 2022. He is a senior member of the IEEE, a member of the AIAA, and an affiliate of the IFAC. He has been associate editor for IEEE Access since 2017 and editor for Space: Science & Technology since 2023.

Associate Professor

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

2023/10 –

Assistant Professor

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

2020/09 – 2023/10

Adjunct Lecturer

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

2019/02 – 2020/09

Chief Researcher

TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute, Ankara, Turkey

2018/11 – 2020/09

System Researcher

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan

2017/04 – 2018/10

Aerospace Project Research Associate

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan

2014/04 – 2017/03

Research Assistant

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan

2010/10 – 2013/09

Research Assistant

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

2010/02 – 2010/09

Ph.D. in Space and Astronautical Science

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Japan

Thesis: UKF Adaptation and Filter Integration for Attitude Determination and Control of Nanosatellites with Magnetic Sensors and Actuators

2013/09

M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Thesis: Kalman Filtering Applications on Attitude Determination of ITU-PSAT I Satellite

2009/07

B.S. in Aeronautics (2^nd Major)

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

2008/06

B.S. in Astronautics (1^st Major)

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

2007/06