Structural analysis engineer who released fighter aircraft components across three generations on Turkey's KAAN program
Specialized in static strength analysis of composite and metallic structures, load path engineering, and developing automation tools that serve 200+ engineers.
I am a Senior Structural Analysis Engineer at Turkish Aerospace, working on the TF-X (KAAN) 5th-generation fighter aircraft program. Over the past 5+ years, I have performed static stress analysis, sizing, and design optimization of composite and metallic center fuselage structures across three aircraft generations (P0, Block 0, Block 10).
Recognized as the top-performing engineer among 100+ analysts in two consecutive years, I bring deep structural mechanics knowledge and apply it to build automation tools that streamline FEA workflows. My tools—from interactive 3D visualization to automated strength analysis—serve more than 200 engineers and save the organization over 40,000 workhours annually.
These tools address real engineering challenges — mapping properties between mesh configurations, calculating fastener stiffness, filtering 100GB+ datasets, and generating interactive stress reports — each built with professional GUIs and robust file handling.
Performed structural sizing and stress substantiation on center fuselage structures across all three KAAN generations.
First Flight — December 2023
In Production
Released — Awaiting Production
Key structural analysis domains where I have delivered substantive engineering work.
Redesigning load paths in metallic and composite center fuselage structures through GFEM and DFEM-based design iterations — evaluating hundreds of design alternatives with straps, tension fittings, different materials, sizings, and new structural members to increase margins of safety while reducing weight.
Bolted joint analysis for both composite and metallic structures — pure bearing, pure bypass, bearing/bypass interaction, pull-through etc. — across hundreds of joints per aircraft generation. Automated end-to-end workflows with i-JAT for rapid iteration and consistent methodology. Reduced turnaround time from 2 days to 30 minutes per cycle, saving over 6,000 workhours annually.
Building and transitioning between Global and Detail FE models — preparing GFEM models, extracting internal loads, and performing DFEM-level stress substantiation. Ensuring load continuity across model fidelities for accurate structural assessment at critical airframe regions.
Aerospace structural analysis expertise backed by strong automation and tooling skills.
Production-grade tools automating FEA workflows for the aerospace industry. Click any card for details.
Interactive 3D mesh visualization generating S2D HTML reports. The standard data transfer method between 150+ analysis and 70+ design engineers, saving an estimated 30,000+ workhours annually.
Generalized metaheuristic optimization framework using Excel, executables, or ML models as evaluators. Supports single and multi-objective optimization with 10 algorithms.
Multi-process automation orchestrating HyperMesh and Excel for end-to-end bolted joint analysis of composite and metallic aircraft structures, saving over 8,000 workhours annually.
Automated von Mises strength analysis with intelligent element classification by connection type and vectorized thickness optimization. Saves over 2,500 workhours annually.
Extracts buckling mode data from Nastran results with structural connectivity analysis, coplanarity detection, and T-connection awareness.
Calculates CBUSH fastener stiffness using the Huth formula, featuring support for CLT-based composite materials, multi-plate analysis, and the dual-CBUSH method.
Intelligent property transfer between FE meshes using proximity analysis, surface normal alignment, and ray casting with 5-level confidence assessment.
Automatically generates RBE2/RBE3 rigid body elements with spatial algorithms, exclusive assignment modes, and colinearity detection.
High-performance BDF/TXT/CSV filtering with streaming architecture for 100GB+ files, entry-aware processing, and complex Boolean expressions.
Maps thermal loads between different FE meshes using KNN interpolation with inverse distance weighting for coupled thermal-structural analysis.
Interpolates prescribed displacement loads between meshes, preserving load case structure and DOF definitions for boundary condition transfer.
Comprehensive HyperMesh plugin with 75+ procedures for FEM model preparation, fastener modeling, quality checks, and analysis setup.
Building aircraft structures and the tools to analyze them.
Turkish Aerospace — TF-X (KAAN) 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft
Turkish Aerospace — Satellite Structural Testing
Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: Graph Neural Networks as Surrogate Models for Structural Analysis: A Study
on Buckling Behavior
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Mechanical Engineering
CGPA: 3.68 / 4.00 — Ranked 1st in class