Emre İsa Albak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Automotive Engineering at Bursa Uludağ University, Türkiye. His research focuses on the crashworthiness and energy absorption of thin-walled structures, additive manufacturing of polymers and polymer composites, and surrogate-based multi-objective optimization. His work combines experimental characterization, finite element analysis, and data-driven design methods including RBF and Kriging metamodels, NSGA-II, and multi-criteria decision-making. He has been listed among the world's top 2% most-cited scientists in the Stanford University/Elsevier ranking in 2024 and 2025. He currently serves as Guest Editor of the Polymers Special Issue "Crashworthiness and Mechanical Performance of 3D-Printed Polymers: Challenges and Opportunities".