Peer-reviewed publications

1. H. Ö. Sertlek, S. Aksoy, Analytical time domain normal mode solution of an acoustic waveguide with perfectly reflecting walls, J. Comp. Acous., Vol.21, 1250026, 2013  
2. H.Ö.Sertlek,M.A. Ainslie, A depth-dependent formula for shallow water propagation, J. Acoust. Soc. Am.,136(2),57-582,2014 
3. A.M. von Benda-Beckmann, G. Aarts, H.Ö. Sertlek, K. Lucke, W.C. Verboom,, R. A. Kastelein, D. R. Ketten, R. van Bemmelen, F.P.A. Lam, R.J. Kirkwood, M.A. Ainslie, Assessing the Impact of Underwater Clearance of Unexploded Ordnance on Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena Phocoena) in the Southern North Sea, Aquatic Mammals, 41(4), 503-523,2015 
4. H.Ö.Sertlek, B. Binnerts, M.A. Ainslie, The effect of sound speed profile on shallow water shipping sound maps, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. EL84-EL88, 2016 
5. G. Aarts, A.M. Von Benda-Beckmann, K. Lucke, H.Ö.Sertlek, R. Van Bemmelen, S Geelhoed, S. Brasseur, M. Scheidat, F.P. Lam, H. Slabbekoorn, R.J. Kirkwood, Harbour porpoise movement strategy affects cumulative number of animals acoustically exposed to underwater explosions, Marine Ecology Progress Series 557, 261-275,2016
6. H.Ö.Sertlek, M.A. Ainslie, K. Heaney, Analytical and Numerical Propagation Loss Predictions for Gradually Range-Dependent Isospe ed Waveguides , IEEE Journal of Ocean Engineering, 2018, doi: 10.1109/JOE.2018.2865640.  
7. M. A. Ainslie, R. Laws , H.Ö. Sertlek, International Airgun Modelling Workshop: Validation of Source Signature and Sound Propagation Models – Dublin (Ireland), 16 July 2016 – problem description, IEEE Journal of Ocean Engineering, 44-3, 565- 574, 2019.  
8. H.Ö. Sertlek, G. Blacquière, Calculation of the airgun source signatures for the rough sea surfaces, IEEE Journal of Ocean Engineering, 44-3, 575-581, 2019. 
9. G. Blacquière and H.Ö. Sertlek, Modeling and assessing the effects of the sea surface, from being flat to being rough and dynamic, Geophysics, 84-2, 13-27, 2019.  
10. M. Prior A. Duncan, H.Ö. Sertlek, M.A. Ainslie, Modelling Acoustic Pressure and Particle Acceleration close to Marine Seismic Airguns and Airgun Arrays, IEEE Journal of Ocean Engineering, 84-2, 2019.  
11. H.Ö.Sertlek, M.A. Ainslie, H. Slabbekoorn, C.J.ten Cate, Source specific sound mapping: spatial, temporal and spectral distribution of sound in the Dutch North Sea, Environmental Pollution,247, 1143-1157, 2019.

Conference Proceedings

1. H.Ö. Sertlek et al., Application of the Mode Matching Technique to Fluid - Solid Layered Acoustic Problems, J. Acoust. Soc.Am.,123-5, 3597,2008.
2. H.Ö. Sertlek et al., Analytical Time Domain Analysis of an Acoustic Waveguide, The J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 123-5, 3597,Acoustics’08 , 29 June-4 July, Paris, France,2008.
3. H.Ö. Sertlek et al, An analysis of underwater acoustic wave propagation in lossy and sloped media with mode matching technique, 8.National Acoustic Congress, 27-28 November 2008, Antalya, TURKEY,2008.
4. H.Ö. Sertlek, S.Aksoy, Time domain normal mode analysis of underwater acoustic wave propagation for a single layered acoustic channel in two dimensional Cartesian coordinates, J.Acoust.Soc.Am.126, 3373,2009.
5. G. Canepa, A., Tesei V. Jaud, H.Ö. Sertlek, PAR-TIME: Propagation And Reverberation TIME-domain model , ECUA 2010,Istanbul, Turkey,2010.
6. H.Ö. Sertlek, S. Aksoy, An Alternative Approach for Treatment of Lossy Seabed in Fluid-Solid Waveguide Problems, ECUA 2010,Istanbul, Turkey,2010.
7. H.Ö. Sertlek, M.A. Ainslie, H. Slabbekoorn, C.J. ten Cate, Insights into the calculation of metrics for transient sounds shallow water, Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 17, 070076, 2012, doi.org/10.1121/1.4789476
8. M.A. Ainslie, R.P.A. Dekeling, H.Ö. Sertlek, G. Blacquière, On the terminology and metrics of airgun sounds and their use in regulation and criteria, EAGE 2013, London, UK
9. M. Yağımlı, H.Ö. Sertlek, A Numerical simulation for radiated acoustic signature of a generic coaster ship, UAC 2013, Corfu, Greece, 2013.
10. H. Dol et al, Validation of simulations of an underwater acoustic communication channel characterized by wind-generated surface waves and bubbles, UAM 2013, Corfu, Greece, 2013.
11. H.Ö. Sertlek, M.A. Ainslie, Propagation loss models on selected scenarios from the Weston Memorial Workshop, UAC 2013, Corfu, Greece, 2013.
12. von Benda-Beckmann et al, Estimated impact of underwater explosions on harbour porpoises in Dutch waters, ESOM 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands
13. M.E.G.D. Colin, M.A. Ainslie, B. Binnerts, C.A.F. de Jong, I. Karasalo, M. Östberg, H.Ö. Sertlek, T. Folegot,D. Clorennec, Ship Noise Mapping In The North Sea, UAC 2014, Rhodos, Greece
14. H.Ö. Sertlek, M. A. Ainslie, A Fast Algorithm For The Computation Of Incoherent Propagation Loss For Variable Water Depth: A Validation Study , UAC 2014, Rhodos, Greece
15. H.Ö. Sertlek, M. A. Ainslie, AGORA: Airgun source signature model: its application of seismic survey maps in the North Sea, UAC 2015, Crete, Greece
16. M.E.G.D. Colin et al, Definition and results of test cases for shipping sound maps, OCEANS 2015 - Genova, Genoa, 2015, pp. 1-9
17. H.Ö. Sertlek, M.A. Ainslie, H. Slabbekoorn, C.J.ten Cate, Mapping underwater sound in the Dutch part of the North Sea, The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II, 1001-1006, 2016
18. M. A. Ainslie et al,Verification of airgun sound field models for environmental impact assessment,Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 27, 070018, 2016
19. G. Blacquière and H.Ö. Sertlek, Ghost notches in various domains. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2017: pp 4118-4122, 2017.
20. G. Blacquière and H.Ö. Sertlek, Modeling the effects of a dynamic rough sea surface. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2018: pp. 3838-3842, 2018.
21. H.Ö. Sertlek, M.A. Ainslie, H. Slabbekoorn, C.J.ten Cate, Spatial, spectral and temporal distribution of sound for selected sound sources in the Dutch North Sea, ESOMM/ JIP 2018, The Hague, The Netherlands
22. H.Ö. Sertlek, M.A. Ainslie, H. Slabbekoorn, C.J.ten Cate, The Contribution of shipping noise to the underwater soundscape: Past, present and future, The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, 2019

Biography

H.Özkan Sertlek received B.Sc. degree in electronic engineering and the M.S. degree in underwater acoustic propagation from Gebze Technical University, Turkey, in 2006 and 2008. He had a PhD degree in bioacoustics from the University of Leiden in 2016 and another PhD degree in time-domain pulse propagation from the Electronic Engineering  Department of Gebze Technical University in 2019. Between 2006 and 2011, he was a senior researcher at the Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). In the summer of 2009, he was a research fellow at NATO Undersea Research Center (NURC). Between 2016 and 2019, he was a postdoctoral researcher with the Delphi Consortium. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Offshore Engineering section of the Hydraulic Engineering Department at the Delft University of Technology.

Expertise

His scientific interests include 

• Analytical and numerical solutions for the underwater wave propagation problems
• Underwater acoustic/electromagnetic/seismic wave propagation
• Modeling underwater noise sources (ships, explosions, seismic surveys, wind, rain)
• Seismic airgun array signature modelling (bubble dynamics)
• Sound wave scattering from an arbitrary rough sea surface
• Bioacoustics and environmental risk assessment studies 
• Modelling of ship and submarine signatures
• Modelling and simulation of performance for sonar systems

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