Graduates of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Mustafa Buğra Özcan

Graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Class of 2016

I worked as a volunteer research assistant at the Radar Systems Laboratory of TOBB ETÜ with the support of our professors at such an early level as the 2nd grade. I developed a radar developed at M.I.T, and presented the results of such study at a national congress as the youngest research associate. I completed my first cooperative education at the R&D building of HAVELSAN, having fulfilled the responsibilities of a critical project at the most satisfactory level. Then, I was accepted to the Defense Laboratory at University of Strathclyde, located in the United Kingdom, for my second cooperative education. The outcomes of the studies I conducted at University of Strathclyde were published during the European Radar Conference, held in London. Following the completion of my last cooperative education at METEKSAN, a Defense industries company, which operates in the same field; I graduated with a grade point average of 4.0 and started working within the organization of Radar, Electronic Warfare and Intelligence Systems Vice Presidency of ASELSAN even before I received my diploma. I currently continue working for ASELSAN, and at the same time attending my graduate program at TOBB ETÜ, which has made a considerable contribution to my life. It is my intention to conduct also my postgraduate studies here at TOBB ETÜ.

Mehmet Saygın Seyfioğlu

Graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Class of 2015

Being an undergraduate student of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at TOBB ETÜ; I was able to actively benefit from the research and development opportunities of the University as of the time I was a third-grader. I did my first and second cooperative education terms at the Space Technologies Research Institute of TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). The studies I conducted at TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) on satellite image processing were published during IEEE SIU 2014 conference. While taking the courses of the third grade, I worked voluntarily at TOBB ETÜ's Radar Systems Laboratory and took part in the  development of a 2.4 GHz FMCW radar system, the outcomes of which endeavor was also published during the same conference. The outcomes of my ongoing endeavors on radars were, later, presented also at an international conference. During my last internship term at the Radar Systems Laboratory of TOBB ETÜ, I took part in and contributed to the defense industry project, titled TUYGUN, implemented by HAVELSAN, and I authored another conference paper. Thus, I authored and published 4 conference paper, 2 of which were published at international conferences and 2 of which were published at national conferences, when I was a graduate program student.

Mahmut Altuğ Yardımcı

Graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Class of 2011

I launched my project, titled "Urinal Capable of Conducting Urine Analysis (UrineMatic", with the financial support I received upon coming 1st at the Entrepreneurship and Leadership competition, held at TOBB ETÜ in 2010. Then, I won the "Techno-enterprise" support from the Ministry of Industry in 2011 with the same project. Following the completion of the initial testing and the production of the prototype, the project was completed as the R&D Innovation support was received from KOSGEB (Small and Medium Scaled Industry Development and Support Directorate) in 2013 for the purpose of the commercialization of the project and the maintenance of the R&D efforts. Currently, we are in the phase of marketing the product. Apart from the above, I have been delivering corporate technical training courses to enterprises (Embedded Linux, Altera FPGA Training, 2D and 3D trainings via Advanced C++, Unity, Android and IOS Application Trainings etc.) through Yardımcı Group under the cooperation protocol signed with TOBB ETÜ SEM in 2012. Being a young entrepreneur, I am thankful to TOBB ETÜ for the vision and the supports it has provided to me.

Ali Samed Ünal

Graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Class of 2011

I was given a laptop computer by TOBB ETÜ on the first day I started the school. Back in 2005, not every student had the opportunity to have one. That computer enabled me to keep track with all the developments in the world in the field of technology throughout my education. In addition to my engineering education, I continued keeping close track with the engineering applications in other countries. On the other hand, I familiarized myself with the functioning of the business world and did networking for myself during my internship terms at the companies, with which the school had relevant arrangements for internship programs. My internship in Germany in 2008 enabled me to gain experience of working in abroad. I had the opportunity to learn at first hand about the working discipline in the largest country in the European Union. I also had the opportunity to improve my German in addition my English. During my internship at Ulusoy Elektrik, a producer of medium voltage switchgear materials, where I spent my last internship term; I was hired before the end of my internship period with the reference of the human resourced department on account of my technical knowledge level, communication skills and aptitude for team work, whereupon I started my professional life in the abroad business development division of the same company. Throughout my 2-year term of service at Ulusoy Elektrik, I visited nearly 30 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa and conducted market research. I had the products of Ulusoy Elektrik accredited in 4 new countries, where I also ensured and arranged the sales of the products, and I helped the company to penetrate into new markets. Despite my rising career and successful professional life, I could not resist the spirit of entrepreneurship and the desire to produce, which I had gained during my education at the university, and I resigned from my job in 2013, whereupon I started HelloWorld, which operates in the smart phone industry, with the development of which I had been keeping close track, and develops mobile applications. Even though it was a stranger industry to me at first; it did not take long for me to master the entire set of mobile application development software language and know-how thanks to the software courses I had taken back at the university. Also, I took digital product development training in addition to the elective graphics and design courses, which I had taken during my university education, whereby I gained the entire skill set necessary for product development. Thanks to my knowledge and experience, we developed amazing products, which allowed us to attract the attention of a number of companies, with which we have the opportunity to do business. Today, HelloWorld is 3 years old. It has made its mark a reputable software developer, which develops mobile solutions for global corporations such as Vodafone, MSD and synappz as well as the well-established brands of Turkey such as Güven Hospital, ENNE mobilya and Globsis. HelloWorld's teams of expert strategists, genius software developers and competent designers develop magnificent mobile applications. The applications developed by HelloWorld have, so far, been downloaded by more than 2M single users in total. Moreover, HelloWorld has been awarded the BID-Europe International Arch of Europe award by the Business Initiatives Academy. The winners of the awards are selected by a jury of experts and academicians with respect to such criteria as quality, originality and continuity. The award will be delivered to our official during the ceremony that will be held for the 18th time this year in Frankfurt on June 26, 2016. www.hw-mbl.com

Yağmur İnceoğlu

Graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Class of 2016

Everybody starts the university with similar dreams; a good education, warm and lasting friendships and most importantly a bright future... I started my university education at TOBB ETÜ with the same dreams. Thanks to the Cooperative Education Program, which was one of the best opportunities TOBB ETÜ provided to me throughout my education; I was able to do my first cooperative education for 3 month at Arçelik, an internationally active cooperation. Following my completion of all curricular courses at school, I did my other two cooperative education terms, which lasted 6 months in total, at EnerjiSA Başken Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. Having accepted the job offer I received during by cooperative education, I have been working for EnerjiSA since my graduation. Those opportunities provided by TOBB ETÜ enabled me to adapt to the professional life easily following my graduation. I believe that I have completed by university education at the best level thanks to both the guidance and education provided by our professors and to my own dedicated efforts, and I am proud to have been graduated from TOBB ETÜ as an Electrical and Electronics Engineer. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family for their support for my education and to my esteemed professors for their valuable contributions.

Altay Karamüftüoğlu

Electrical-Electronics Engineering

As of the second grade and until my graduation, I took part in and made contributions to the projects conducted at the Superconductor Electronics Laboratory either as a volunteer or as a project scholarship holder. In 2015, I presented the results of the project for the development of memories for superconductor computers, which had been conducted as a joint endeavor with Nagoya University, Japan, during the 15th International Superconductor Electronics Conference, held in Japan. Also, I had the opportunity to attend SFQ VLSI workshop. The article that we authored as an outcome of such endeavor was published in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. Apart from the above, I did two cooperative education terms, one of which was at the Superconductor Electronics Laboratory of our university and the other was at ROKETSAN A.Ş. Having worked both in the private sector and at research laboratories; I decided based on my experience that continuing my studies and endeavors as a part of the academia would be more suitable for me. I, then, served my last internship at Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, (ICMA), Spain, where the superconductive X-ray detectors to be used by the European Space Agency, to the modeling effort of which I have also contributed, are developed. I currently maintain my graduate program studies at the Superconductor Electronics Laboratory of TOB ETÜ.

Melis Eryılmaz

Graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Class of 2011

In fact, the year when I took the university admission exam, I was really unclear, as many other students experienced, about which university to choose. All I knew for certain was that I wanted to study engineering. Doing my research, I started to hear about TOBB ETÜ from a variety of sources. It was the year 2007, and TOBB ETÜ had been founded only recently by then, and even though that was a disadvantage in my opinion, TOBB ETÜ was noticeably standing out of the other options for its assertive stance. When I started to learn about the Educational structure of the school, I came to understand the reasons of the assertive stance of it as TOBB ETÜ was not only improving its students in terms of technical infrastructure but also enabling them to gain actual practical experience by way of terms of service of 3.5 months within the framework its program, titled Cooperative Education. Since I knew that regular internships for 20 day did not really contribute to the knowledge, skills and experience of students; I thought that the program would certainly provide actual benefits to the students at the time of their transition to the professional life. This issue, which had never before addressed by any other university, but had always been a major deficiency, had been noticed by TOBB ETÜ, which had also taken a proper action for the elimination of the same. What, in fact, convinced me to choose TOBB ETÜ was that innovative approach. I served my first cooperative education term at MIKES A.Ş., a defense industry company., which, I could say, educated me about the primary rules of professional life. Then, I served my second cooperative education term at Havelsan A.Ş., during which I, being a candidate, who already had some familiarity with the professional life, had the opportunity to improve myself on technical matters. Since 3.5 months is a long period of time and I was working at the company the whole day like any other staff member; the team, with which I worked, assigned me to a project, for which I was supposed to assume the entire responsibility for the software and the development documents. Certainly, the most important factor that enabled me to receive acceptance from the prominent companies of the defense industry for my cooperative education terms was the positive contribution of my academic success. Taking advantage of the background of my having previously work at a pair of defense industry companies, I completed my last cooperative education term at TAI, another prominent defense industry company. At TAI, where I gained a great deal of technical experience in a number of fields; I had the opportunity to acquire a number of takeaways, including having developed two primary projects about antennas in Java programming language. I will always take pride in my successful performance as well as the acquisitions that I gained from and the input that I contributed to the companies, where I served, through the whole course of this process. Following the completion of my cooperative education terms; I was fairly certain about what I wanted to do for my professional career, having learned about the advantages of working for a defense industry company. After my graduation, I was immediately employed by and started working for STM A.Ş., another company that operated in the defense industry, which was first actual workplace, without experiencing any adaptation issues. In the mean time, I also began my graduate program studies in the signal processing program at METU. After working for STM for 2.5 years, I switched to Aselsan A.Ş., 6 months after which I published my master's thesis and received the title of Master of Science. Currently, I work for Aselsan A.S., where I occasionally find the opportunity to refer to and apply those qualities, which TOBB ETÜ has enabled me to gain. I have always been proud of having studied at and been graduated from TOBB ETÜ, which has provided me with an innovative perspective and vision.

Berat Atmaca

Graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Class of 2016

TOBB ETÜ has contributed a great deal to my personal improvement with its academic and social environment.. The cooperative education program TOBB ETÜ provided enabled to have 1 year work experience when I graduated. I served one of my internship terms at Fraunhofer Institute, being one of the top institutes in Europe, for 6 months. Combining the work experience I gained during my undergraduate studies with my academic knowledge, I stepped into the life with confidence, clearly knowing what U wanted, when I graduated. The acquisitions that I gained from TOBB ETÜ enabled me to plan my career with determinant steps.

Bilgiday Yuce

Graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Class of 2010

I completed by undergraduate education at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of TOBB ETÜ, from which I have always been proud to have graduated, in 2010, following which I received my Master's degree from Boğaziçi University. I have been continuing by postgraduate studies in the Computer Engineering Program at Virginia Tech University in the USA since 2013. The cooperative education program as well as the research opportunities with proficient and competent faculty member, which TOBB ETÜ offers to its students, have enabled me to make a difference as a graduate of TOBB ETÜ throughout this process. The cooperative education program provided me with the opportunity to establish relations with such prominent companies as Aselsan and Roketsan, and to practically apply the theoretical knowledge that I learned at school. The studies that I conducted at the Superconductor Electronics Laboratory of TOBB ETÜ and the papers I published in international publications as a result of such research endeavors enabled me to take my first steps in my academic career. They also made the acceptance process for my current postgraduate program extremely easy for me. Consequently; I believe that the practical and academic experience that I gained at TOBB ETÜ helped me start my professional career one step ahead of my peers, and enhanced my competitive strength in the international domain.

Seda Demirhan

Graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Class of 2016

I am a graduate of the Department of Computer Engineering at TOBB Economics and Technology University. I conducted studies at the Radar Systems Laboratory as a volunteer in the very first year of my life at the university. The project that I developed with my group mates throughout such process was published at IEEE's 22nd Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference. Having served my first internship at TOBB ETÜ's Superconductor Electronics Laboratory, I made my mind up as to in what field I would specialize. I had the opportunity to attend the 15th International Superconductor Electronics Conference, held in Japan, and SFQ VLSI workshop with the study we conducted following my research endeavors on the superconductor electronics. The article that we authored as an outcome of such project was published in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. I served my second and third internships at TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.) and STM (Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade, Inc.), respectively. Based on that experience, I decided that I wanted to work in the field of defense industry. I currently work for Aselsan A.Ş., and maintain my graduate program studies at the Superconductor Electronics Laboratory of TOB ETÜ.