Rukiye Tuna is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Florida State University. Previously, she attended Mississippi State University and took graduate-level courses and worked on Numerical modeling of the cardiovascular system to develop novel diagnostic methods for cardiovascular diseases in the department of Biomedical Engineering for one year. She received her M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2017. During her studies, she was involved in a project related to the assessment of wind turbine blades’ integrity using active and passive acoustic sensing. Before joining UMASS Lowell, she graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey with a double major in Mechanical Engineering in 2014 and Metallurgical & Materials Engineering in 2013.
Rukiye holds five-year of industry experience in two different fields: aerospace and renewable energy. Following her master’s degree, she joined TEI (TUSAS) as a mechanical design engineer and was responsible for designing power turbine blades from 2017 to 2020. Then, she worked for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy as a blade engineer and was responsible for supporting investigations and root cause analysis for incidents, damages, and failure of blades in operation between 2020 and 2022. As a curricular activity, Rukiye enjoys spending time regularly at the gym, doing yoga & Pilates, and going for a walk. She also has a personal interest in philosophy, cooking, and different cultures.
