Yiğit Günsür Elmacıoğlu

Yiğit Günsür Elmacıoğlu

I’m a mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. student having a life-long mentoring from an architect, my mom, and a computer engineer, my dad, which gave me aesthetic vision, systematic thinking and analytical skills.

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Education

PRINCETON
Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
  2023-2028
PRINCETON
M.A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
  2023-2024
BOUN
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Bogazici University
  2018-2023
  • GPA: 3.91/4.00
  • Teams: Bumerang Rocket and Rasat CanSat
BOUN
B.S. in Physics, Bogazici University
  2019-2023
  • GPA: 3.91/4.00
  • TUBİTAK 2205 Undergraduate Scholarship for Science Major Students
GSL
Galatasaray High School
  2012-2017
  • GPA: 87.59/100
  • Activities: Volleyball Team Captain, Guitarist at student band, Art Club Member

Experience

BOUN
Undergraduate Researcher: BUSTLab
  2021 October-Present
  Istanbul/TURKEY
  • Supervisor: Prof. Murat Celik
MPI
Undergraduate Researcher: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
  2022 June-September
  Stuttgart/GERMANY
  • Supervisor: Prof. Metin Sitti, Mehmet Efe Tiryaki
Pakkens
Manufacturing Intern: PAKKENS
  2022 January-February
  Bursa/TURKEY
  • Investigated different manufacturing methods ranging from machining to injection molding. Also contributed to R&D projects on flow simulation of a hydro block of a combi boiler
Baykar
R&D Intern: BAYKAR Technologies
  2021 August-September
  Istanbul/TURKEY
  • CFD Store Separation Analysis from an unmanned aircraft under the effect of propeller for various types of store geometries
  • Research on Guidance, Navigation, and Control of a missile and basic programming applications of different Guidance Laws

Skills

Languages

Projects

  • DESC: Stellarator Equilibrium and Optimization Code
  • Numerical Simulation of Particle Trajectories in Ion Thruster Grid Region using a PIC-DSMC Code
  • Magnetically Actuated Guidewire Design for MRI Scanners
  • Weight Compensation Mechanism for an Elastic Metamaterial

    • Publications

  • ZERNIPAX: A Fast and Accurate Zernike Polynomial Calculator in Python
  • Magnetic Guidewire Steering at Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields
  • Numerical Simulation of Particle Trajectories in Ion Thruster Grid Region using a PIC-DSMC Code

    • Teaching

    BOUN
    Teaching Assistant: Bogazici University
      2021-2022 SPRING
    • PHYS101 and 201
    Atolye
    Teaching Assistant: ATOLYE EGITIM
      September 2017- February 2019
    • Conducted one-to-one physics and mathematics classes for senior high-school students