Place of Birth: Samsun, TURKEY 

Nationality: Turkish 

Gender: Male 

Marital Status: Single 

Languages: Turkish – Native 

                  English – Fluent  

                  German – Medium

INTERN 

• Participated in a simulation project towards monitoring the vehicle movements inside the plant.
• Trained in using PROMODEL Simulation software package.
• Created solution suggestions that would smooth the transportation operations in the plant.

INTERN 

• Participated in project management related Material Requirements Planning (MRP) activities.
• Prepared the qualification document of the company required by Northern Electricity Company.
• Realised time study on a CNC Drilling machine for 1 week and prepared a report that has been submitted to the head of the General Planning Department. 

Computer Lab Consultant 

• Studied 10 hours/week as an assistant student in the computer laboratory of Industrial Eng. Department. 

Senior Student in Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, TURKEY 

• Accepted into the school by achieving a high score in “The National University Entrance Examination on 1995”, ranked 533 among 1.5 million examinees. The score needed for the admission to this department is the highest one in the engineering faculty of METU. 
• Held exempt from all the English courses and the one-year prep course in written and spoken English because of a high score of 85.5/100 in the “Proficiency in English Examination”.
• Won the METU Scholarship upon entrance in the school due to superior success in “The National University Entrance Examination”.
• Current GPA: 3.17/4.00 Standing: Honour

Attended “ Gazi Anatolian High School”, Ankara, TURKEY 

• Achieved an outstanding success in the “Bilingual High Schools Entrance Examination” to be accepted to this school.
• Received 7-year science based study, in English as the major language.
• Graduated from high school in 6.5 years instead of 7 as a result of gathering all the credit points before the expected time.
• Graduation cumulative: 4.84 / 5.00 

Operating Systems: MSDos, Windows NT/ 95/ 98, Unix 

Office Applications: MSWord 7.0, MSExcel 7.0, MSAccess 7.0, MSPowerpoint 7.0, MSProject, Visio 

Technical Drawing Software: AutoCAD R14 

Web Publishing: AOLPress, Netscape COMPOSER 

Special Software Packages: ARENA (SIMAN Simulation programming language), PROMODEL, GAMS, LINDO, LINGO, Memory Jogger, SPSS, WINESTA (Expert System Shell). 

Future Development Areas: JAVA Programming, SAP and ORACLE Database management systems.

Building a Production Information System 

• An information system for raw material inventory control is builded in a private company.
• The system is programmed in MSAccess 7.0. 

Ergonomic Evaluation of the classes of IE Department in METU 

• The classes were checked for illumination, heat stress, seating design and other various ergonomic issues.
• New designs of the classes were done using AutoCAD R14.
• The project ranked “top” in the department.

Comparison of Just-in-time and MRP Systems using Simulation 

• The push and pull types of production are compared using simulation.
• The required data and information were obtained from one of the main suppliers of TOYOTA Company in Turkey.
• Simulation programming was done using SIMAN. 

Time and Motion Study in Furniture Industry 

• Work-study techniques were used for critical examination and improvement of manual stapling operation in a private furniture company.
• The project ranked “top” in the department.

Development of an Expert System for Tourism Agencies 

• An expert system is created in order to assist the customers of tourism agencies in deciding where to make their holidays.
• More than 100 hotels and 7 recreation areas in Turkey are integrated in a database that is constructed on WINESTA Expert System Shell obtained from Carnegie Mellon University.
• The project received full grade and attracted the interest of Ministry of Tourism in Turkey.

• Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)  
• Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) 
• Just-in-Time (JIT) 
• Inventory Planning Problems 
• Machine Scheduling 
• Lot Streaming and Splitting 
• Critical Evaluation of Capital Investments

• Playing musical instruments like Guitar, Bağlama(Anatolian Folk Instrument)
• Playing chess (I played in several tournaments in high school and in university)
• Amateur Diving (I am a member of METU Scuba Society and have a novice diving licence)
• Reading and computer programming.