Yetkin Karaçalı
Mechanical Engineering / Undergraduate Student
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology (Bs.c. / 2022-Ongoing)
- Thesis: AI-Based Black-box Model Generation and Learning on Vehicle Parking.
- High School, Bahçeşehir College 50th Anniversary Campus (2018-2022)
- 10/2023 – Ongoing: Student assistant in the ME Control and Design Lab of Izmit Institute of Technology, under the supervision of Prof. Serhan Özdemir.
- 06/2024 – 08/2024: 6-week internship as an intern student in SISMAK Otomotiv San. ve Tic. A.Ş. (an international Turkish automotive company). Gathered experience in lathe and milling operations, together with grinding and quality control.
- 07/2025 – 08/2025: 6-week internship as an intern student in VESTEL Elektronik Company Division (an international Turkish electronics, household gadget and machinery manufacturer). Gathered experience in television units: Maintenance, preparation, CAD designing, manufacturing, testing and quality control.
- 09/2025 – 06/2026: Completed his undergraduate final project with the title AI BASED BLACKBOX MODEL GENERATION AND LEARNING ON VEHICLE PARKING under supervision of Prof. Serhan Özdemir on the topic of Machine-Learning-Based Autonomous Parking of 4-Wheeled Vehicles. A demonstration has been shown as a scale autonomous car learning a feasible path and performing parallel parking maneuvers.
- June 20th, 2026: Presenting his final project with his team in the HALUK SILAY Intercollegiate Competition and Presentation of Bachelor’s Projects.
- September 11th – 12th, 2026: Participation in oral and technical presentation to IX. BASKENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. Held on September 11-12, 2026 / Ankara, Türkiye, with the paper entitled DEFINITION OF ERROR AND MODELLING OF ERROR PROPAGATION IN AN AI-BASED VEHICLE PARKING PROBLEM.
- Robotics: Space Robotics, Kinematic Synthesis, Kinematics of Robotic Manipulators.
- Control Systems: Stability of Control Systems, Control Algorithm Design and Optimization.
- Machine Learning: Reinforcement Learning, Off-Policy Machine Learning.
- Baysal Y., Dogan C., Karacali Y., Ozdemir S., “Definition of Error and Modelling of Error Propagation in an AI-Based Vehicle Parking Problem”, X. BASKENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, September 11-12, 2026 / Ankara