I'm a Mechanical Engineering MSc student at EPFL, specializing in Design and Production, with solid experience in R&D, mechanism design and robotics built on complex projects and a proven ability to lead innovative projects as a team.
2025 to nowMSc Mechanical Engineering, EPFLDesign and Production; minor in Management, Technology and Entrepreneurship
2021 to 2025BSc Mechanical Engineering, EPFLGrade average 5.1 / 6.0
2016 to 2021Lycée Saint Joseph d'IstanbulFrench Baccalaureate equivalent
Languages
French and English (bilingual, C1), Turkish (native)
EPFL Watchmakers · Project lead, Tourbillon R&D Sept 2024 to now
Flying Tourbillons
A project sponsored by Hermès Horloger. Over two years I led the development of four distinct flying tourbillons, each functionally validated by prototyping, covering requirements definition, design, sizing, fabrication and prototype testing. A 2 Hz regulating oscillator turns the cage once every 60 seconds, so the tourbillon doubles as the seconds indicator. The latest version is planned in metal with Hermès Horloger's support.
With a four-person team I developed the robotic arm of a Mars rover for the European Rover Challenge, built for scientific sample collection and specialized tool operation. I reverse-engineered and redesigned existing tools, adding mechanisms that improved their performance and the arm's operating efficiency.
ME-320 Product Development and Engineering Design Sept 2024 to Feb 2025
Raspberry Harvesting Gripper
A harvesting tool that finds raspberries, judges which are ripe and picks them without damage. Python computer vision handles localization and ripeness; the mechanism was validated through iterative prototyping against feasibility and specification constraints.
Supervised by Prof. Josie Hughes, Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab, EPFL
ME-420 Advanced Design for a Sustainable Future Sept 2025 to Feb 2026
Automated Screw Sorting System
Designed and built an automated screw-sorting system, synchronizing extraction, conveying and sorting through an ESP32-based state machine integrated with Raspberry Pi computer vision. Implemented closed-loop proportional control with distance-sensor feedback for repeatable positioning under the camera; experimentally achieved 90% sorting accuracy at 12 screws/min, with 57 W maximum power consumption.
90%
sorting accuracy
12/min
screws sorted
57 W
maximum power
Methods/Tools ESP32 · Raspberry Pi · Python · Computer vision · State machine · Closed-loop proportional control
Supervised by Prof. Jaime Paik, Reconfigurable Robotics Lab, EPFL
FEM modelling project Feb to June 2025
Finite Element Structural Analysis
A structural analysis in Abaqus of the stiffness and displacement of three geometries under load, with defined boundary conditions and geometric non-linearities taken into account. A convergence study and local mesh refinement kept the node count down, followed by post-processing and interpretation of the results.
Methods/Tools Abaqus · Boundary conditions · Geometric non-linearity · Convergence study · Local mesh refinement · Post-processing
Looking For A Master Thesis Project
Starting from September 2027, in mechanical engineering or robotics: mechanical design, system integration and performance-driven development.
