Dr. Özaslan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, TURKEY.

Dr. Özaslan received dual B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and computer science from Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2008. Dr. Özaslan is first in METU history to receive a dual degree in these two departments. He then moved to Bilkent University for graduate studies. He obtained a M.Sc. degree in computer science in 2011 under the supervision of Prof. Uluç Saranlı. He received his Ph.D. degree at University of Pennsylvania, GRASP Laboratories under the  the supervision of Prof. Vijay Kumar and Prof. Camillo J. Taylor.  In his thesis Dr. Özaslan focuses on state estimation, mapping and autonomous navigation of micro unmanned aerial vehicles. Upon completion of his Ph.D. degree, he worked at Motional, Boston as a research scientist for 2 years on high definition map building for autonomous driving vehicles.

Thesis Documents

Lesson Materiels

2012 - 2018

Doctorate

University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics , United States Of America

2008 - 2011

Postgraduate

Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Faculty Of Engıneerıng, Department Of Computer Engıneerıng, Turkey

2004 - 2008

Undergraduate Double Major

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Computer Engineering, Turkey

2003 - 2008

Undergraduate

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Mechanical Engineering, Turkey

2020

Doctorate

Estimation, Mapping and Navigation with Micro Aerial Vehicles for Infrastructure Inspection

University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

2011

Postgraduate

Improving visual SLAM by filtering outliers with the aid of optical flow

Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University

C2 Mastery

English

2021 - Continues

Assistant Professor

Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Makine Mühendisliği

2020 - 2024

Mandatory Internship Committee

Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Mühendislik Ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Makine Mühendisliği

2023 - 2025

Head of R&D

Company, OTEO Teknoloji, Research and Development, Head of R&D

2018 - 2020

Research Scientist

Company, Motional, High Definition Mapping, Research Scientist

Doctorate

Robotic Perception

Undergraduate

Aerial Robotics

Mechatronic Components and Instrumentations

System Dynamics and Control

System Dynamics and Control

Postgraduate

Robotic Perception

Özaslan T.

Undergraduate

Mechatronic Components and Instrumentations

Özaslan T.

Aerial Robotics

Özaslan T.

June 2021

Robust Autonomous Mobility Laboratory

Laboratory - Coordinatorship

Özaslan T., Gültekin G. K., Duru A. S.

June 2021

Mekatronik Laboratuvarı

Atelier

Özaslan T., Gültekin G. K.

2025

Sarıoğlu B. B., Özaslan T.

IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications, İstanbul, Turkey, 25 - 28 June 2025, (Full Text)

2023

DURU A. S., ÖZASLAN T., SOYGÜDER S.

7th International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Smart Technologies (ISAS), İstanbul, Turkey, 23 - 25 November 2023, (Full Text)

2016

Özaslan T., Mohta K., Keller J., Mulgaonkar Y., Taylor C. J., Kumar V., et al.

2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2016, Daejeon, South Korea, 9 - 14 October 2016, pp.4998-5005, (Full Text)

2013

Özaslan T., Shen S., Mulgaonkar Y., Michael N., Kumar V.

9th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, FSR 2013, Brisbane, Australia, 9 - 11 December 2013, vol.105, pp.123-136, (Full Text)

2025

Özaslan T.

in: Akademik Perspektiften Bilgisayar Bilimleri ve Mühendisliği, YILDIRIM MEHMET SÜLEYMAN, Editor, Yaz Yayınları, Afyonkarahisar, pp.103-122, 2025

2025

Özaslan T.

in: Bilgisayar Bilimleri ve MühendisliğiAlanında Uluslararası Araştırmalar – III (International Research in the Field of Computer Scienceand Engineering), ASLAY FULYA, Editor, Eğitim Yayınevi, Konya, pp.5-75, 2025

2023 - Present

İnsansız Hava Aracına Asılı Faydalı Yükün Planlaması ve Kontrolü

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP PhD

SOYGÜDER S. (Executive), DURU A. S., ÖZASLAN T.

2023 - Present

Sürü İHAlar ile Afet Bölgelerinin Anlık Yüzey Haritalaması ve Makina Öğrenme Teknikleri ile Güncel Ulaşım Rotalarının Belirlenmesi

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Guided

ÖZASLAN T. (Executive), DEMİRCİ M. F., DURU A. S., SARIOĞLU B. B., Demirkan B., Demirkan B.

2025 - 2025

Çok Yönlü Hareket Kabiliyetine Sahip İnsansız Kara Aracı Tasarım Üretim ve Kontrolü

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Other

ÖZASLAN T. (Executive), SARIOĞLU B. B.

2021 - 2022

TAYYAR - TAM OTONOM MİKRO İNSANSIZ HAVA ARACI

TUBITAK Project , 1512 - Progressive Support Program for Entrepreneurship

(Project Abstract)

Özaslan T. (Executive), Gültekin G. K.

2021

Identifying background features using lidar

Patent

Registered / Approved, The Invention Registration Number: US17/331,022 , Standard Registration

December 2023

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING

Journal Indexed in SCI-E

December 2020

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Conference Paper (Full Text)

November 2020

IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS

Journal Indexed in SCI-E

November 2022

TUBITAK Project

1501 - Industry R & D Projects Support Program, Robos Mühendislik, Turkey

November 2021

TUBITAK Project

1507 - TÜBİTAK SME R&D Start Support Program, McDesign Teknoloji Ltd. Şti. , Turkey

April 2021

TUBITAK Project

1501 - Industry R & D Projects Support Program, Desird Tasarım Ar-Ge A.Ş., Turkey

April 2021

TUBITAK Project

1507 - TÜBİTAK SME R&D Start Support Program, Enko Teknik Elektrik Makina ve Kontrol Sistemeleri San. Tic. Ltd. Şti., Turkey

April 2021

TUBITAK Project

1507 - TÜBİTAK SME R&D Start Support Program, Nevas Proje Müh. Müş. İnş. Taah. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti., Turkey