Experience

Assistant Research Scientist

Engineering Systems Group, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

Leading research on electrified transportation systems and their integration into broader mobility networks, and on the safety of automated and driver-assistance systems. Projects are sponsored by NHTSA, Toyota Motor North America and NCHRP.
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Graduate Research Associate, Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory

Georgia Institute of Technology

Worked with and led multi-disciplinary groups on research funded by various organizations, including the NATO STO AVT-297 task group and the Georgia Tech Smart Energy Campus program.

Graduate Research Assistant, Haptics and Robotics Lab

Bogazici University

Worked on multi-disciplinary robotics projects focused on medical robotics and continuum robots. Primary author of the TÜBİTAK 1003 grant proposal for “A Robotic System for Flexible Endoscopy”, which received about $750k in funding.

Intern

Bosch Thermotechnology, Krnov, Czech Republic

Design and production planning of industrial boilers and sheet metal optimization.

Intern

Bosch Thermotechnology, Manisa, Turkey

Production of heat exchangers and quality control for commercial boilers.

Education

PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dissertation: A Methodology for Identifying Experiments for Uncertainty Mitigation in Complex Multi-Disciplinary Design. Advisor: Prof. Dimitri Mavris.
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MS in Aerospace Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

Advisor: Prof. Dimitri Mavris.

MS in Mechanical Engineering

Bogazici University

Thesis: Design and Evaluation of a Continuum Robot with Extendable Balloons. Advisor: Prof. Evren Samur.

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Middle East Technical University

Awards
NASA Aeronautics University Design Challenge, Honorary Mention
NASA ∙ January 2017
Honorary mention in the supersonic transport category.
Teaching and Mentoring
  • UROP mentor (2025). Supervised an undergraduate on connected vehicle data analysis and transit optimization research.
  • SURE mentor (2025). Mentored a student on EV charging optimization algorithms and data-driven forecasting and modeling.
  • Guest lecturer, AEROSP 740 (2024, 2025) and AEROSP 568 (2026), Complex Systems Design and Integration: global sensitivity analysis methods.
  • Current mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students on EV long-term charging optimization and pre-collision trajectory analysis incorporating large language models.
  • Georgia Tech: teaching assistant and grader for undergraduate (Aerodynamics, Senior Aircraft Design) and graduate (Aircraft Design I and II, Advanced Design Methods) courses; mentored teams of first-year graduate students in year-long, industry-sponsored Grand Challenges projects (2019-2022).
  • Bogazici University: teaching assistant for courses in dynamics, mechatronics, control systems, and robotics.
Professional Service
  • Low Altitude Airspace Working Group, M-Air, University of Michigan: co-lead, 2026 to present.
  • Electric Vehicle Task Force (EVTF), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC): member and contributing author, 2024 to present.
  • AIAA Aviation in Multimodal Transportation Integration and Outreach Committee (AiMT IOC): member, 2023 to present.
  • NATO STO AVT-297 task group: graduate contributor, 2018-2022.
  • University of Michigan: member of the Patricia F. Waller Scholarship Committee (2024, 2025) and the UMTRI IT Committee (2025 to present).
  • Peer review: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2024 to present), Journal of Aerospace Information Systems (2026 to present).
  • Memberships: AIAA, IEEE.