Muzaffer Mert Yazıcı — Astronautical Engineer

About

Who I am

Final-year Astronautical Engineering student at Istanbul Technical University (GPA: 3.3/4.0), graduating June 2026. Completed an Erasmus+ exchange at Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic (GPA: 3.91/4.0, Feb–Jun 2025).

Currently working as an Undergraduate Research Fellow at TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute on the Turkish Lunar Mission (AYAP/TLM), Orbit, Attitude and Control Group — Ankara.

Challenger Fellow of the Turkish Entrepreneurship Foundation (2023–2024). Competed at the 3rd EELISA Prototype Contest in Nürnberg and placed 3rd at İstanbul Designathon 2024.

Based in Sarıyer, Istanbul.

3.3

GPA @ İTÜ

3.91

GPA @ Brno (Erasmus)

3rd

İstanbul Designathon 2024

Jun 26

Expected Graduation

Experience

Where I've worked

Oct 2025 – Present

TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) · Ankara, Turkey · Orbit, Attitude and Control Group

Undergraduate Research Fellow — Turkish Lunar Mission (AYAP/TLM)

Developing a system-level spacecraft simulation model in MATLAB/Simulink
Implementing flight dynamics and lunar mission scenario simulations
Developing a graphical flight simulation interface for visualization and user interaction
Modeling spacecraft dynamic behavior and control logic for performance evaluation
Collaborating in a multidisciplinary team to define simulation architecture and data flow

Jun 2025 – Sep 2025

TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) · Ankara, Turkey

Research Intern — Turkish Lunar Mission

Designed transfer trajectory concepts for asteroid 85990 JV6
Simulated interplanetary transfers using Lambert solutions
Analyzed launch windows and ΔV requirements for mission feasibility
Contributed to propulsion and orbital analysis studies within TLM

2023 – 2024

Türkiye Girişimcilik Vakfı (Turkish Entrepreneurship Foundation) · Istanbul, Turkey

Challenger — Entrepreneurship Program

Selected as one of the highly competitive Challenger fellows
Participated in entrepreneurship workshops, startup events and innovation challenges

Skills

What I work with

Programming

Python
MATLAB
R
GNU Octave

Python Libraries

AstroPy
poliastro
Rebound
Skyfield
pandas
NumPy
scikit-learn
TensorFlow
Matplotlib
Plotly

Aerospace

Orbital Mechanics
Astrodynamics
Satellite Attitude Dynamics & Control
Trajectory Design
Lambert Solutions
Patched Conics
Rendezvous

Tools

GitHub
LaTeX
VS Code
Jupyter
Simulink

Certificates & Achievements

Recognition

📊

Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

Google · Coursera · 2026

🤖

Machine Learning

Stanford University · Coursera · 2024

🏆

3rd Place — İstanbul Designathon 2024

ISO ETP · Istanbul Chamber of Industry

🔧

3rd EELISA Prototype Contest

EELISA · Nürnberg, Germany · Dec 2024

Languages & Interests

Beyond the lab

Languages

TurkishNative

EnglishIntermediate

Interests

Swimming as exercise
Following economic trends and financial news
Origami (paper folding art)
Participating in entrepreneurship events and competitions

References

Who I've worked with

Şükrü Can

CEO · Southwind Airlines

✉ [email protected] ☎ +90 554 333 10 01

Burak Yağlıoğlu

Project Manager, Turkish Lunar Mission · TÜBİTAK

✉ [email protected] ☎ +90 535 474 7475

Contact

Get in touch.

✉

Email

[email protected]

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linkedin.com/in/muzaffer-mert-yazıcı

⌥

GitHub

github.com/yazicmert

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