Assist. Prof. (PhD.) Feray Maden
She studied architecture at the Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) and received her Bachelor’s degree in 2004. After working in several architectural firms, she started her Master’s studies in 2005 at IZTECH and continued her research at KU Leuven in Belgium. Her academic career began as a research assistant at IZTECH in 2006, where she received her M.Sc. degree in 2008. Her Ph.D. studies likewise began at IZTECH and continued in the Netherlands between 2012-2013. She worked at the Department of Architectural Engineering at TU Delft as a Ph.D. researcher. She also collaborated with the Innovative Structural Design Research Group at TU Eindhoven on several projects. She received her Ph.D. degree in 2015 and currently works as Assistant Professor at Yaşar University. She conducted several scientific research projects: “Optimization Driven Architectural Design of Structures” (2016-2020), funded under the Marie-Curie RISE scheme of the Horizon 2020 Programme; “Investigating Novel Architectural Uses and Fabrication Problems of Scissor-Hinge Structural Mechanisms” (2021-2022), funded by Yaşar University. She is currently coordinating another scientific research project, “Development of Transformable Disaster Relief Shelters Using Scissor Linkages and Foldable Plates.” She is co-founder of the Innovative Structures, Mechanisms, and Automation (ISMA) Research Group and a member of the Design Thinking Research Group. Her research focuses on Kinetic Architecture, Adaptive Structures, Responsive Facades, Parametric Design, Structural Design, and Disaster Relief Shelters.