North Carolina State University North Carolina/USA Research Assistant, Intern  –  May 2016  Aug 2016

Taking part in a new project on "Inventory Management of Blood Products" in the research group of the Department of Industrial Engineering of North Carolina State University Health Systems Engineering and making theoretical and methodological contributions to the topic.

Unilever Algida- Konya/Turkey      Jan 2016 — May 2016

Bachelor Thesis – Production logistic optimization with World Class Manufacturing Methodology

Implementation of Milk-Run distribution system in production area and development of decision support system taking the daily production schedule as an input and determines the optimal transportation plan. The thesis is awarded the best project of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering National Congress Student Project Competition.

Ford Motor Company- Kocaeli/Turkey      Sep 2015 — Dec 2015

Project Engineer, Intern

– Participation to team working on the project to improve efficiency in production area by Kaizen tools and observation of Lean Manufacturing Practices.

– Time study analysis on front door assembly processes and improve productivity and ergonomics for the assembly line.

The British International School – London/UK     May 2014 — Aug 2014

Marketing Department, Intern

Responsible for all aspects of account management including marketing and sales support and client relationship development. Marketing support service includes database management.

EDUCATION

MSc in Management Engineering Sep 2016 — July 2019
Politecnico Di Milano – Milan/ITALY
Specialized in design thinking approaches for business innovation.
Thesis Topic: “Dynamic generation of a virtual environment for a manufacturing system using WebGL Technology”

Bachelor of Industrial Engineering Sep 2011— Jun 2016
TOBB University of Economics and Technology – Ankara/TURKEY
Honor student with GPA 3.65/4.00
Senior Design Project: “Production logistic optimization with World Class Manufacturing Methodology in a leading ice cream manufacturer”

Erasmus Student Exchange Sep 2013 — Jan 2014
Program
Obuda University – Budapest/HUNGARY

PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS
-Erasmus+ Project: Virtual Learning Factory Toolkit- Definition of the elements in a manufacturing system,
their hierarchy and connections, modelling of a manufacturing system with respect to virtual reality, developing
scripts to read the information from other digital tools. (May, 2019)
-Uzgoren N., Demirpolat E., Ozturk Z., Vergili C., Yilmaz C. (2016) "Production logistic optimization with
World Class Manufacturing Methodology in a leading ice cream manufacturer", Journal of Industrial Engineering, 27(4), 3-14

-Design Lab Project, "Finding mix of innovative services Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI) should
offer in their new building"(Sep-Dec 2017)
-Design Strategy Project, "Creating new, innovative retail service that Coccinelle should deliver to attract millennials" (Sep-Dec 2017).

-Leadership and Innovation Project, "How can Giallo Zafferano generate value from food related content in the
next 10 years" (March-July 2017).
-Information Technology Project, "Database Design according to Customer Requirements by using MS
ACCESS and Visual Basic" (April-August 2015).

-Operations Research Project, "Optimization of Energy Production and Distribution System with Integer Programming" (January-April 2015).

-Simulation Project, "BERK Electronics Production Line Simulation Project" (Sep – Dec 2014). Facility Design and Planning Project, "Lighting Factory Design Project" (Sep – Dec 2014).

LANGUAGES
§ Turkish, Mother language
§ English, Advanced
§ Italian, Beginner
§ Spanish, Beginner

COMPUTER SKILLS

Cplex OPL, Arena Simulation,  AutoCAD, MySQL, JavaScript, C++, C# Babylon.js, Unity3D, Node-RED, Microsoft Office Products