Team Member, ITU Facilis Vehicle Team
September 2016 – March 2020, Istanbul, Turkey
Summary: Contributed to a high‑efficiency student racecar across design, analysis, and manufacturing; led the team in 2020.
Focus areas:
- Composite monocoque design and analysis
- Structural testing and manufacturing
- Aerodynamics and CFD for drag/lift optimization
Methods/Stack:
- CAE: Ansys Workbench/ACP, OpenFOAM
- CAD & manufacturing: SolidWorks, composite layup
Contributions
ITU Facilis Vehicle Team.
- Joined the Shell Eco‑marathon team at Istanbul Technical University in 2016 and later served as Team Manager during my senior year.
- Managed finances, project schedules, and team headcount for the 2020 season.
- Participated in the Shell Eco‑marathon Europe 2018 and 2019 race events in London, UK. The vehicle achieved 1000 mpg in the 2019 Shell Eco‑marathon Europe race in London, UK.
- Performed structural analysis of the composite monocoque, transmission system, and steering components using Ansys Static Structural and Ansys Composite PrepPost (ACP).
- Performed CFD analysis of the body using OpenFOAM and Ansys Fluent to improve drag and lift characteristics.
Composite monocoque structural analysis in Ansys.
- Evaluated composite ply failure using Tsai-Hill and maximum-strain criteria for both ultimate and fatigue loading.
- Checked interlaminar shear effects caused by ply layup changes and delamination risk.
Composite manufacturing stages.
- Supported structural testing and analysis of composite components.
Coupon testing and ply analysis.
Composite monocoque in the workshop.
- Conducted CFD analysis of the body using OpenFOAM and Ansys Fluent to improve drag and lift characteristics.
OpenFOAM results and computational mesh.
- Helped design and manufacture an inertial and hysteresis dynamometer for a 35 cm3 gasoline engine to validate the engine model and build an engine map.
Dynamometer design and hysteresis test setup.