Aytöre Arıkan

Programming: Python, MATLAB, LAMMPS, Simulink, ASPEN Plus, LaTeX
Tools: Ovito, Microsoft Office, NX Siemens (basic)
Languages: English, French, German

M.Sc. Student and Research&Teaching Assistant in Chemical Engineering Department
Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey

Education 🎓

Graduate Researcher, METU Chemical Engineering, 2023 – Present
Thesis on investigation of the performance of nanofiltration membranes in the separation of uncharged organic molecules and salts in aqueous solutions under Prof. Dr. Pınar Zeynep Çulfaz Emecen, for SOCAR Turkey.
Undergraduate Researcher, Bilkent University Mechanical Engineering, 2022 – 2023
Simulated mesoscopic Janus particles underthermophoresis with LAMMPS in TUBITAK STAR project under Assoc. Prof. Luca Bioncofiore
Undergraduate Researcher, METU Statistics, 2021 – 2022
Developed big data projects in R and Unix; supported by ODTÜ-BAP under Assoc. Prof. Fulya Gökalp Yavuz

Personal Website (2025): Writing HTML&CSS code for my own personal website project
METU Generation (2021): Data science workshops and hands-on projects
IEEE Blog Series (2020): Coverage of Nobel-winning lithium-ion battery research
Ministry of Education (2017): Drug awareness workshop for youth

Researching goddess cults in Ancient civilizations (especially Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Greece area) and their influence on cultural and social structures over time, language learning, watercolor painting
I will make a section to share the books, articles, and resources I explore, for those who have similar interests

New improvements for this website are in progress, you can check my Github page for the source code and new updates 😀