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    "summary": "Mechanical Engineer (B.Sc., Hacettepe University, graduated July 2026) with a strong interest in automotive systems and vehicle safety, backed by hands-on field experience in manufacturing, quality control and procurement. Experienced with CATIA V5, ANSYS Mechanical, LS-DYNA (vehicle crash simulation), MATLAB/Simulink, SAP ERP, Zeiss T-Scan Hawk 2, 8D methodology, GD&T per ASME Y14.5-2018 and ISO 9001 quality management.",
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      "name": "Kontrolmatik Teknoloji A.Ş.",
      "location": "Ankara, Türkiye",
      "position": "Procurement Engineering Intern",
      "startDate": "2025-06",
      "endDate": "2025-07",
      "summary": "Procurement engineering internship focused on supplier documentation, SAP ERP migration and vendor evaluation.",
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        "Developed an AI-assisted tool that standardised inconsistent supplier documentation across dozens of vendor formats, reducing manual workload by ~40%.",
        "Contributed to the company-wide SAP ERP migration and supported cross-department process integration.",
        "Restructured internal procurement documentation templates, improving workflow efficiency by ~20%.",
        "Participated in design reviews and testing of electrical panels rated up to 5,000 amps.",
        "Prepared vendor evaluation matrices and managed supply-chain communications."
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      "name": "Anadolu Isuzu Otomotiv A.Ş.",
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        "Performed dimensional inspection of incoming components with the Zeiss T-Scan Hawk 2 handheld laser scanner (~0.020 mm point-cloud accuracy).",
        "Resolved radar bracket and headlight assembly defects using the 8D root-cause methodology.",
        "Executed door sealing and chassis corrosion coating on the first 10 prototype vehicles of the Big-E program.",
        "Monitored bus and truck assembly lines averaging 60 vehicles/day.",
        "Ran metallographic analysis, salt spray testing and hardness measurements in calibration labs."
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      "summary": "Hands-on manufacturing internship in university workshops.",
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        "Hands-on manufacturing in CNC, lathe, milling and drilling operations.",
        "Tensile testing and metal forming; material behaviour analysis.",
        "Chassis and powertrain-focused automotive technology studies."
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      "endDate": "2026-07",
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        "Internal Combustion Engines",
        "Chassis & Drivetrain Components",
        "Vehicle Crash Safety Principles (LS-DYNA)",
        "Applied Finite Element Analysis",
        "Thermal Engineering & Design",
        "Parallel Processing (MPI)",
        "Engineering Economics"
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      "institution": "Fevzi Dirikoç Science High School",
      "area": "Science track",
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      "endDate": "2020-06"
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      "keywords": ["ESP32", "PID Control", "BLDC Motor Drive", "MQTT", "CNC Machining"]
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      "name": "3-DOF Five-Bar Parallel SCARA Mechanism — Graduation Project",
      "startDate": "2025",
      "endDate": "2026",
      "description": "Inverse kinematic modelling in MATLAB, workspace and singularity analysis, parametric CATIA V5 assembly (link lengths driven from a single design table), and ANSYS FEA validation of critical links.",
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      "name": "eCVT Transmission Concept",
      "startDate": "2024",
      "endDate": "2024",
      "description": "Conceptual continuously variable transmission for electric vehicles in CATIA V5; variator pulley geometry and belt contact conditions; ratio sweep across 0.5–2.4; operating-point analysis on the motor efficiency map in MATLAB.",
      "url": "https://erenaral.com/p02-ecvt-transmission",
      "keywords": ["eCVT", "Electric Vehicle", "CATIA V5", "MATLAB"]
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      "name": "ESP32 Thermal & Motor Control",
      "startDate": "2024",
      "endDate": "2024",
      "description": "Embedded thermal management and BLDC motor control on ESP32: 1 kHz PID loop, hall-sensor commutation with soft-start ramp, over-temperature protection, live MQTT telemetry.",
      "url": "https://erenaral.com/p03-esp32-control",
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