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Started the MSc in Robotics, Systems and Control at ETH Zurich

EducationSupported by the TEV Foreign Master's Scholarship

2nd place, TEKNOFEST AI-Assisted Airline Optimization Competition

AwardTRY 200,000 prize · MILP-based optimization for Turkish Airlines · Competition

Completed the Guidance & Autopilot program at Roketsan

RoleSix modules over 14 weeks · Candidate Engineer, Air Defense Systems

Graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University

EducationGPA 3.95/4 · Ranked 1st in the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Finished the graduation project on learning-accelerated MILP path planning

ProjectGRU predict-and-fix, 79% faster planning · submitted to ECC 2027 · GitHub · Paper

B737-800 Wind-Field Trajectory Optimization

ProjectUCK 439E Optimal Control · direct collocation vs. a PPO policy, within 1.4% of optimal fuel · GitHub

Aerospace Flight Mechanics Expert Assistant

ProjectUCK 358E AI, team of three · my part: baseline evaluation and LoRA fine-tuning of Qwen3-1.7B · GitHub

Joined Roketsan as Candidate Engineer, Guidance & Autopilot

RoleAir Defense Systems · Part-time

Started the graduation project: Learning to Accelerate Receding-Horizon MILP Path Planning

ProjectAdvisor: Dr. Murad Abu-Khalaf

Peer-reviewed paper at AIAC 2025

PaperVibration Fatigue Estimation for Jet Aircraft by Using Frequency Domain Methods · funded by Turkish Aerospace · Paper

NATO STO Summer School on Decision-Making

EventProgram

Started the Sensor Fusion Algorithms internship at Roketsan

RoleFull-time, Jul – Sep 2025, straight after Collins · INS/GNSS integration with Kalman filtering

Summer internship at Collins Aerospace

RoleThrust Reverser Systems · 4 weeks, full-time

Flight Mechanics Mission Simulation: New York JFK to Paris CDG

ProjectMission-level performance study with EUROCONTROL BADA-style data in MATLAB · GitHub

Joined Turkish Aerospace as Candidate Engineer, Aeroelasticity Department

RoleHurjet program · Part-time

Started an ITU research project on vibration fatigue estimation for jet aircraft

ProjectFunded by Turkish Aerospace · led to the AIAC 2025 paper

Started the BSc in Aeronautical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University

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