Mert Can Simsek
Lead Business Development Engineer
Ankara
Summary
In my current role as Sales, Marketing, and Business Development Leader at Nurol Teknoloji, a defense company, I've been leveraging my prior 2.5 years of experience as a Lead Analysis and Simulation Engineer in the R&D department. My background in scientific and enterprise programming languages, including C++, Python, Julia, and Matlab, has proven beneficial in both domains. My 2 years of advanced FEA research experience at Stanford University, coupled with my industry experience with implicit and explicit FEA, has solidified my foundation in computational mechanics and the finite element method. Even as I pivot into the sales and marketing sector, my interest remains in crash and impact phenomena, as well as numerical modeling of extreme physical events.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Sales, Marketing & Business Development Leader
Nurol Teknoloji
Ankara
2023.04 - Current
- Wrote engaging and successful marketing, advertising, and website copy.
- Identified appropriate marketing channels and target customers for campaigns.
- Created documentation outlining research findings for use by project managers, customers, and other marketing staff to make accurate decisions about future plans.
- Worked within budget parameters to develop and implement marketing strategies by analyzing key data and consumer demographics, increasing revenue [Number]%.
LEAD ANALYSiS AND SiMULATiON ENGiNEER
Nurol Teknoloji
Ankara
2021.01 - 2021.01
- Developed and implemented a novel approach for designing ballistic protection, leading a team of 5 CAE engineers to create a cutting‑edge methodology for ballistic impact modeling
- Created accurate numerical models for terminal ballistics and blast protection designs using LS‑Dyna, in compliance with NATO STANAG 4569 and NIJ standards
- Achieved weight reduction of over 20% through the implementation of topology optimization using LS‑OPT
- Conducted extensive ballistic testing and collected high‑speed camera data from impact tests at speeds up to 1500 m/s to validate the accu‑ racy of numerical models
- Pre and post‑processed numerical models using LS‑PrePost and ANSYS Workbench, handling models with more than 500 parts and over 4 million elements
- Created a software using Python that streamlines LS‑Dyna keyword manipulation, allowing for the quick reading, addition, subtraction, and editing of keywords in a .k file
- Utilized this software to modify material models to incorporate realistic imperfections such as porosity
- Developed complex blast models using a Structured Arbitrary Lagrangian‑Eulerian approach, with the ability to simulate fluid‑structure interactions of up to 50 kg equivalent TNT
- Verified the accuracy of these models through comparison with data collected from tests.
SOFTWARE ENGiNEER
BITES
Ankara
2020.07 - 2020.01
- Worked on a multi‑platform VoIP, video‑conferencing and instant messaging application
- Created an admin dashboard for the application using Grafana, ELK stack and Vue.js working in containerized Docker environment
- Designed and developed a payment system on .NET Framework with gRPC architecture using PostgreSQL.
RESEARCH ASSiSTANT
Computational Mechanics of Materials Lab, Stanford University
Stanford
2018.08 - 2018.03
- Conducted research on surface instabilities of soft‑solids by developing an Isogeometric Analysis software with Julia
- Numerical method development based on eigenvalue analysis by coupling Matlab and Trilinos
- Developed the group implicit Finite Element Analysis software in C++ based on deal.ii library.
Education
M.S. - Structural Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 2018.09 - 2020.06
Overseas Exchange Program - Civil Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 2015.08 - 2016.05
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey 2012.09 - 2018.06
Skills
FEA: LS‑DYNA, ANSYS Mechanical, Abaqus, deal.ii (open‑source), SfePy (open‑source)
Timeline
Sales, Marketing & Business Development Leader
Nurol Teknoloji
2023.04 - Current
LEAD ANALYSiS AND SiMULATiON ENGiNEER
Nurol Teknoloji
2021.01 - 2021.01
SOFTWARE ENGiNEER
BITES
2020.07 - 2020.01
M.S. - Structural Engineering
Stanford University
2018.09 - 2020.06
RESEARCH ASSiSTANT
Computational Mechanics of Materials Lab, Stanford University
2018.08 - 2018.03
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Middle East Technical University
2012.09 - 2018.06
Overseas Exchange Program - Civil Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
2001.04 - 2016.05
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