Open to internships and full-time roles
Meric Kavlicoglu
Purdue University · B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2027 · M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2028.
My work spans mechanism design and manufacturing, from individual actuators to complete vehicle systems.
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Mechanism design, manufacturing, and hardware programs, ranging from high-performance actuators and flight systems to a complete vehicle.
I’m a mechanical engineering student at Purdue, finishing a bachelor’s in Spring 2027 and continuing into a Purdue master’s in mechanical engineering in Spring 2028. My work includes system ownership in a student rocketry club where I lead a group of students to design and manufacture the actuation system for the rocket, as well as a systems level project where I am designing a go-kart, analyzing important vehicle dynamics and powertrain performance factors, while maintaining simplicity and manufacturability with the design.
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Project 01 · Actuator system owner
System owner for the actuation system for Purdue Space Program's Pathfinder program. I lead a team of students in integrating the actuator subsystem into the rocket. This project posed many unique challenges, such as tight space constraints, the system being a crucial part of the rocket, neccesitating lots of analysis, as well having to design the system to allieviate 6 axes of overconstraints.
As the project nears buildup, testing and qualifying the actuator will be crucial to ensure the entire vehicle will hot-fire and launch reliably. To push forwards to this milestone, my team and I have programmed and machined the parts on CNC tools available to us in Purdue's makerspace.
Project 02 · In progress
I am currently designing an independent gokart build. Shown here is a premliminary model of the vehicle. Currently analysis is being done regarding Vehicle dynamics and powertrain performance and subsequently an entire vehicle design will be completed.
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Open to internship and full-time roles in mechanical engineering while completing a B.S. in Spring 2027 and a Purdue M.S. in Spring 2028. Happy to talk about my work above or my experiences in engineering.