Cinar Research Group

Advancing sustainable aviation through transformative systems design, integration, and optimization.

IDEAS Lab

Integrated Design of Environmentally-friendly Aerospace Systems

 We aim to bring a holistic approach that accounts for the systems-level and life-cycle impact of the design and operation of novel aircraft on the environment. We explore the new aircraft design space created by revolutionary aerospace technologies, such as electrified and hydrogen propulsion, to maximize the environmental and operational benefits through the use of physics-based and reduced order modeling, probabilistic design methods, and systems engineering principles. Read more...
Gökçin Çınar (gok-chin chin-r) is an assistant professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan. She is the Principal Investigator of the Integrated Design of Environmentally-friendly Aerospace Systems (IDEAS) Lab. Her research interests include aerospace systems design, integration, and optimization with a special focus on electrified aircraft concepts and sustainable aviation. In her research, she utilizes model-based engineering and probabilistic and statistical methods to analyze, understand and design the complex systems behavior of an aerospace vehicle. Learn more about Gökçin...

Recent News

Australia's ABC radio invites Cinar to talk about sustainability trends in aviation in 2023
Dr. Cinar was one of the three guests of Nightlife, a daily radio show on Australia’s ABC channel. Listen to the episode online to learn about what the air travelers can expect to see in the aviation industry in 2023 and beyond.
Last updated on Feb 5, 2023 1 min read press, radio
Australia's ABC radio invites Cinar to talk about sustainability trends in aviation in 2023
Electrified aircraft ground and flight tests continue progress toward sustainable aviation
Read Dr. Cinar and Dr. Ansell’s article on electrified aircraft technologies, highlighting the major events of 2022, published in Aerospace America’s Year In Review (December) edition.
Last updated on Feb 5, 2023 1 min read article
Electrified aircraft ground and flight tests continue progress toward sustainable aviation
Washington Post quotes Cinar on Future of Flight
“We haven’t done anything this new with aircraft since forever. … Usually, our industry doesn’t do big changes. You do minimal changes over time. So there’s high risk, but there’s high reward,” said Gökçin Çınar, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, about battery-powered planes, which could cut emissions and make shorter plane routes financially feasible. Washington Post.
Last updated on Feb 5, 2023 1 min read press
Washington Post quotes Cinar on Future of Flight
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Recent & Upcoming Events

AIAA SciTech Forum 2023
AIAA SciTech Forum is the world’s largest event for aerospace research, development and technology. Dr. Cinar is an invited panelist and serves as session chair at SciTech.
Jan 23, 2023 — Jan 27, 2023 National Harbor, MD
AIAA SciTech Forum 2023
Cinar gives seminar at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on sustainable aviation
Dr. Cinar gave an invited talk on Aviation's Grand Challenge: Disrupting technologies for an environmentally sustainable future at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Sep 3, 2022 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Cinar gives seminar at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on sustainable aviation
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