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• CAD Modeled (Autodesk Inventor, ANSYS), optimized, manufactured, and tested calibration tools, high pressure (3000 psi) water systems, air compressor filtration systems, based on customer quality requirements and.
• Led a team of 4 engineers/technicians for manufacturing, transportation, and assembly operations of the Electric Bicycle Project (REVA), including CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding, and powder coating in.
• Led and launched 5 new products worth more than $450,000 in 4 months and promoted to company partner.

• Provided manufacturing decision-making information by considering production, labor, transportation, and material costs and capabilities of the local and foreign suppliers/manufacturers.
• Led a total of 11 awarded contract-based projects worth more than $150,000.
• Developed an AI that can detect, categorize, and track the target objects by using Faster RCNN architecture.

Gainesville, Florida, US

• Ensured the functionality of the various laboratory equipment and mentored students about aerodynamics concepts, experimental procedures, scientific reporting, MATLAB, and Simulink software.
• Evaluated 75 student’s weekly lab reports and held office hours.

Gainesville, Florida, US

• Developed a technique to predict the location and strength of the tornadoes from acoustic radiation data gathered from CFD solutions of the EF5 Tornado.
• Proved that applying Lighthill's acoustic analogy gives more accurate and detailed results than beamforming algorithms.
• Found that sources of the low-frequency acoustic radiation from tornadoes are focused on low altitudes and consequently the shape, number, and distribution of the microphone arrays are optimized.
• Developed an algorithm, written in both C++ and python after testing on UF’s supercomputer for more than 350 hours.

Gainesville, Florida, US

• Conducted ground tests on pressure-fed liquid-propellant rocket engine and subcomponents.
• Researched optimal testing fluids for cold flow tests that were compatible with apparatus material and accurately replicated the densities of actual propellants

Gainesville, Florida, US

• Conducted thermal and shock flow analysis to improve the flow around the high-speed vehicle in a low-pressure tube to reduce the drag coefficient by 28%.
• Designed several cooling system concepts for electrical equipment and batteries.

Gainesville, Florida, US

• Conducted detailed research about the shock-wave boundary layer interaction.
• Reported detailed analysis of injecting fluid particles into the boundary layer to prevent possible shock-wave boundary layer separations.

İstanbul, Maslak, TR

• Created a successful and accredited entrepreneurship hackathon that has been organized in 80+ universities and empowering 10,000+ students in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation every year.
• Led a team of 20 members and ensured that they were fulfilling their responsibilities to put the determined marketing strategy into practice. As a result of my team’s efforts, 100+ teams applied to the very first event.
• Received 100+ team applications for the very first event which gave us a chance to collaborate with major entrepreneurship platforms and franchise the same concept to other cities and universities.

• Conducted coordination of the territory executives for periodic after-sale services and data collection from the customers.
• Developed a new sales plan and new business model for the USA, based on the target customer’s needs and market gaps.
• Received the “Best Entrepreneurial Spirit Award” out of 250+ applications from “Big Idea Business Plan Competition” conducted by UF Warrington College of Business.

Ankara, TR

• Provided on-campus support for the FNSS recruitment team by giving them insights for sponsorships and increased awareness about the company on the METU campus.
• Placed 1st out of 30 applications and gave consultation to invest $40,000 on marketing & sponsorship spending.

Ankara, TR

This project was my final project of Mechanical Engineering Education at the Middle East Technical University (METU).

Ankara, TR

• Recruited 50+ members for the organization of the event within two weeks and delegated them to communicate with the representatives of the sponsor companies.
• Led sponsorship negotiations (garnered over $21,000) for the largest career event in the METU and managed the budget.
• Led the team to organize 400+ interviews (out of 1200+ applications) with 11 companies within 10 hours.

Ankara, TR

• Led negotiations for sponsorship with FNSS, Mercedes-Benz, and MSC Logistic, which garnered over $30,000 and technical sponsorships for the development of the formula student car.

Ankara, TR

TEDxMETUAnkara is the largest TEDx event made in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. As a member of the finance department, I was responsible for finding sponsorships for the TEDx event which improved my communication skills and gave me an opportunity to met with lots of managers from many companies.

Ankara, TR

• Researched static-testing methods of the solid propellant rocket engines.
• Conducted CFD analysis on the outer flow of the model rocket for fin design.
• Designed and tested different nozzles to observe various supersonic flow phenomena.

Ankara, TR

• Designing and Analyzing quadcopter parts with SolidWorks.
• Programming quadcopter with Arduino.
• Enhancing teamwork capabilities by creating case studies and collaborating with a team of students and engineers.

• Designed and optimized a low-turbulence (%0.2) open wind tunnel with a 16% contraction rate, (0.6m x 0.6m) square test section, and 30 m/s test section flow velocity. The power requirement of the tunnel reduced to 50.
• Developed a frame design for a military nano-sized drone which is used in the final product after optimizations.
• Designed and produced a "composite plate production counter" by using Light Resin Transfer Molding.

Ankara, Yenimahalle, TR

• Utilized Kaizen ideology on the transmission manufacturing line. As a result of my final report, the source of the ongoing manufacturing defect on the transmission case is found and $100,000+ loss is saved with less.
• Observed manufacturing, heat treatment, and testing processes used in the factory such as milling, boring, grinding, hobbing, honing, friction-welding, tempering, carburizing, and normalizing.

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

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