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Ankara, Turkey

Ankara, Türkiye

Ansys LS-DYNA and LSTC LS-DYNA solutions.

Ankara, Türkiye

• Armor Systems Design, Ballistic Protection Center
• Working collaboratively with a team of mechanical design engineers and managing all the analysis projects of armor systems of ALTAY, Leopard 2A4, M60T tanks, and a modular armored turret system as the only FEA.
• Numerical modeling of shaped charges, EFPs, KE penetrators, explosions, reactive/non-reactive and cage armor systems for ballistic protection assessment via LS-DYNA
• Structural integrity evaluation under various loading types, including vibrations, thermal and mechanical shocks via Ansys Mechanical
• Coordination of material model characterization tests, responsible for the material model library of the center, parameter optimization for improved numerical accuracy

Ankara, Türkiye

• Research & Development
• Numerical modeling of terminal ballistic scenarios, blast and explosions, EFPs, roadside fragmentation charges, ceramic powder compaction and sintering processes via LS-DYNA
• Project Coordinator of an industry-academia collaboration project: ”Ballistic Characterization of Materials via Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar”, building and operating the high strain rate testing device while serving as.
• Conducting material verification studies w/ test data and creating a material database
• Validation and verification of material models via ballistic testing using high-speed camera

Ankara, Türkiye

Ankara, Türkiye

Ankara, Türkiye

• Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Laboratory
• Research: Investigating the Effect of Nickel on Thermodynamic & Kinetic Properties of Austempered Ductile Iron via Computational Materials Engineering Methodology
• Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Caner Şimşir

Ankara, Türkiye

• Corporate Communications Office
• Mentoring and introducing METU to high-school students visiting the campus,
• Planning and documentation of campus visits,
• Collaboration with METU Northern Cyprus Campus and business trips in summer seasons,
• Guidance and organizing in summer camp activities,
• Representing METU in university promotion fairs in Ankara and in different cities.

Ankara, Türkiye

Master'S Degree, Materials Engineering, 3.43

Thesis: Material Modeling of High Strain Rate Mechanical Behavior of Ceramics Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Caner Şimşir - Passed away in 07/2024.

Bachelor'S Degree, Materials Engineering, 2.95

Activities and Societies: METU Music Societies Transferred from METU Civil Engineering in 2019.