Ahmet Soydan
About
Ahmet Soydan is currently pursuing his PhD thesis, titled "A Novel Numerical Approach for Efficient Ship Hydrodynamic Simulations in Realistic Sea Conditions" under the supervision of Professor Hans Bihs in the Marine Civil Engineering Research Group. He received his master’s degree in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, from Istanbul Technical University in 2018. Previously, he worked as a Research Engineer at Milper Propeller Technologies Inc. (2015-2017), SEFT Ship Design (2017-2019), and Turkish Aerospace (2019-2021). His research interests include:
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Ship hydrodynamics in waves
- Wave-structure interaction
- Floating body dynamics in waves
- Mooring line's dynamics
- High-performance computing (HPC)
- Rotor/propeller aero/hydrodynamics-aero/hydroacoustics
Publications
2026
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Becker, Thomas;
Wang, Widar W.;
Bihs, Hans.
(2026)
A novel approach for efficient ship hydrodynamic simulations with realistic coastal bathymetries.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
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Wang, Gang;
Jiao, Zhaoqi;
Guan, Changtao;
Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans Sebastian.
(2026)
Modeling Focused Breaking Wave Interactions With Pile-Net Aquaculture Structures Using REEF3D.
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Academic article
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Wang, Gang;
Cui, Ting;
Tai, Bing;
Guan, Changtao;
Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2026)
Numerical study of the interactions between the pile-net aquaculture structures and extreme waves.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
2025
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Gang;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
Numerical Investigation of Open-Ocean Aquaculture Structure Motions and Mooring Dynamics Using REEF3D::CFD.
Academic chapter
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Malmei, Vilde;
Berthelsen, Petter Andreas;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
Numerical investigation and experimental validation of INO WINDMOOR semi-submersible FOWT in extreme waves.
Applied Ocean Research
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
An improved direct forcing immersed boundary method for floating body simulations in waves.
Applied Ocean Research
Academic article
2024
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2024)
An Upgraded Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method With Integrated Mooring Algorithm for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
Academic chapter
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2024)
An Improved Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method With Integrated Mooring Algorithm for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Academic article
2022
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Weizhi;
Kamath, Arun;
Bihs, Hans.
(2022)
A direct forcing immersed boundary method for simulating floating objects.
Academic chapter
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Şahin, Hürkan;
Biçer, Barış;
Sarıözkan, Şebnem;
Şahin, Mehmet.
(2022)
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Co-Axial Rotor Interaction to Thrust.
Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal (CFD)
Academic article
2021
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Bal, Şakir.
(2021)
An investigation of scale effects on marine propeller under cavitating and non-cavitating conditions.
Ship Technology Research
Academic article
Journal publications
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Becker, Thomas;
Wang, Widar W.;
Bihs, Hans.
(2026)
A novel approach for efficient ship hydrodynamic simulations with realistic coastal bathymetries.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
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Wang, Gang;
Jiao, Zhaoqi;
Guan, Changtao;
Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans Sebastian.
(2026)
Modeling Focused Breaking Wave Interactions With Pile-Net Aquaculture Structures Using REEF3D.
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Academic article
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Wang, Gang;
Cui, Ting;
Tai, Bing;
Guan, Changtao;
Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2026)
Numerical study of the interactions between the pile-net aquaculture structures and extreme waves.
Ocean Engineering
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Bal, Şakir.
(2021)
An investigation of scale effects on marine propeller under cavitating and non-cavitating conditions.
Ship Technology Research
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Şahin, Hürkan;
Biçer, Barış;
Sarıözkan, Şebnem;
Şahin, Mehmet.
(2022)
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Co-Axial Rotor Interaction to Thrust.
Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal (CFD)
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Malmei, Vilde;
Berthelsen, Petter Andreas;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
Numerical investigation and experimental validation of INO WINDMOOR semi-submersible FOWT in extreme waves.
Applied Ocean Research
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
An improved direct forcing immersed boundary method for floating body simulations in waves.
Applied Ocean Research
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2024)
An Improved Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method With Integrated Mooring Algorithm for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Gang;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
Numerical Investigation of Open-Ocean Aquaculture Structure Motions and Mooring Dynamics Using REEF3D::CFD.
Academic chapter
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Weizhi;
Kamath, Arun;
Bihs, Hans.
(2022)
A direct forcing immersed boundary method for simulating floating objects.
Academic chapter
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2024)
An Upgraded Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method With Integrated Mooring Algorithm for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
Academic chapter
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2025
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Conference lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2025) Ship Hydrodynamic Simulations in Realistic Sea States Using The Shock-Absorbing Non-Hydrostatic Solver REEF3D::NHFLOW. 27th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS)
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Conference lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2025) Simulation of Ship Hydrodynamics using a Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method in REEF3D. XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering
2024
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Conference lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2024) Ship Hydrodynamic Simulations Using an Upgraded Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method. 26th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium
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Conference lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Knoblauch, Fabian Maximilian; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Dempwolff, León-Carlos; Goseberg, Nils; Bihs, Hans. (2024) Numerical modelling of primary ship waves in shallow coastal areas using CFD. 38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering
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LectureSoydan, Ahmet. (2024) A New FSI Algorithm for Floating Body Simulations in Waves. IPIRIS Project Partner Meeting 2024
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Conference lectureKnoblauch, Fabian Maximilian; Soydan, Ahmet; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2024) Implementation of a VOF-PLIC Routine to improve the Free Surface Representation in a Signed Distance Function based CFD-Solver. 38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering
2023
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Conference lectureKnoblauch, Fabian; Soydan, Ahmet; Wang, Weizhi; Bihs, Hans Sebastian. (2023) The Fixed Grid Fully Non-linear Potential Flow Model REEF3D::PTF - Examination of Different Methods for Solving The Laplace Equation at the Free Surface. 10th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering
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Conference lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2023) An Improved Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method for Simulating Floating Objects. 10th Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (Marine 2023)
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Conference lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2023) Numerical Applications of Wave-Structure Interaction Problems Using a Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method in REEF3D::CFD. 25th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium
2021
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Conference lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Kamath, Arun; Martin, Tobias; Bihs, Hans. (2021) Validation of the direct forcing immersed boundary method of REEF3D for floating objects. Third Conference of Computational Methods and Ocean Technology (COTech)