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Doctoral Researcher

Automatic Control Laboratory (IfA), ETH Zürich & inspire AG

PhD research on improving the reliability of material-extrusion 3D printing through physical modelling, force-based process monitoring, data-driven system identification, and closed-loop control. In the Control and Automation group of Dr. Efe C. Balta, supervised by Prof. John Lygeros.

• Intelligent additive manufacturing: physics-based process models and force-based in-situ monitoring
• Data-driven identification and closed-loop control of the extrusion process

Research Assistant — perfusionX

Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC), ETH Zürich

Developed a next-generation ex vivo perfusion machine for organs such as livers and limbs, in cooperation with the University Hospital of Zurich (USZ).

• Medical hardware, software, and control systems

R&D Intern — Rate Control Optimization

Mettler Toledo

Developed and tested control software within the Data Science and IoT team to optimize precision and throughput in automated filling applications (IND360rateControl).

Research Assistant — Swiss eBus Plus

Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC), ETH Zürich

Developed control and monitoring software for electric public buses, in partnership with the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (BFE), Carrosserie HESS AG, and Zurich Public Transportation (VBZ).

Electrical and Software Engineer

MetaSuit

Built sensor data acquisition, logging, and processing pipelines (Python); computer vision and image processing (OpenCV); and VR interfaces (C#).

Teaching Assistant

Computer Science, ETH Zürich

Led exercise sessions and gave feedback on assignments in object-oriented programming (C++). Selected by students to teach the Exam Preparation Course.

• Selected as Excellent Teaching Assistant by students (2022, 2023)

Perception Lead

ETH Robotics Club — Autonomous Racing Drone

Leading a 6-member team developing real-time motion capture, visual-inertial odometry (VIO), gate detection, and 6-DoF pose estimation.

Co-President / Treasurer

AMIV blitz, ETH Zürich

Managed accounting, marketing, and sponsorships (~CHF 50,000 annual revenue) for the bi-weekly magazine of ETH's mechanical and electrical engineering student association.

Head of Engineering (Electrical & Software) / Advisor

Swissloop Tunneling

Progressed from Mechanical Design Engineer to Co-Head of Engineering, leading electrical, software, and control teams of ~15 engineers, and now advising the leadership and engineering teams.

• 1st Place Overall & Champion Award, Not-a-Boring Competition 2024
• 2nd Place Overall & Innovation Award, Not-a-Boring Competition 2023

MSc

ETH Zürich

Mechanical Engineering — Robotics, Systems and Control

BSc

ETH Zürich

Mechanical Engineering — Robotics, Systems and Control

1st Place Overall & Champion Award — Not-a-Boring Competition

The Boring Company (with Swissloop Tunneling)

Bastrop, TX, USA.

2nd Place Overall & Innovation Award — Not-a-Boring Competition

The Boring Company (with Swissloop Tunneling)

Bastrop, TX, USA.

Excellent Teaching Assistant (selected by students)

ETH Zürich — Computer Science

Recognized in both 2022 and 2023.

IIER Excellent Paper Award

International Institute of Engineers and Researchers, Chicago, USA

3rd Place, Regional Finals — 49th TÜBİTAK High Schools Project Competition

TÜBİTAK

Machine Learning Based Anomaly Detection for Ex Vivo Perfusion (Master's Thesis, grade 6.00/6.00)

IDSC, ETH Zürich — with University Hospital of Zurich (USZ)

Multivariate time-series anomaly detection during ex vivo perfusion of organs, using LSTM and autoencoder-based deep learning. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christopher Onder.

Investigation of Resampling Methods for the RPGD Optimizer (Bachelor's Thesis, grade 5.75/6.00)

IDSC, ETH Zürich

Resampling strategies for a non-linear, sampling-based MPC optimizer (Resampling Parallel Gradient Descent) for autonomous driving and racing. Co-supervisors: Prof. Dr. Emilio Frazzoli, Prof. Dr. Tobias Delbrück.

Investigation of the Behavior of Electric Current in Human Cells under the Impact of a Pulsating Magnetic Field

Global Scientific Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 1

Reduction of Wear in Vehicle Pistons with Copper Oxide Effect and Extension of Motor Life

Global Scientific Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 1