Yigit Kaya
Power Systems and Control Engineer Co Lead at Wind Turbine Team at VT- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Wind Turbine Team at VT
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United States
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Power Systems and Control Engineer Co Lead
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Aug 2023 - Present
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States - As the Co-Lead of the Power and Control Systems division within the Wind Turbine Team, I direct a talented group of computer and electrical engineering students, designing and implementing both hardware and software solutions for our wind turbine model, actively competing in the U.S. Department of Energy’s CWC. - Responsible for researching, presenting and developing software solutions for control methods that enhance power output for our team’s wind turbine model. - Optimize power… Show more - As the Co-Lead of the Power and Control Systems division within the Wind Turbine Team, I direct a talented group of computer and electrical engineering students, designing and implementing both hardware and software solutions for our wind turbine model, actively competing in the U.S. Department of Energy’s CWC. - Responsible for researching, presenting and developing software solutions for control methods that enhance power output for our team’s wind turbine model. - Optimize power efficiency by manipulating the STM32 microcontroller used in our wind turbine, employing C programming language to minimize current consumption.
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Power Systems and Control Engineer
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Oct 2022 - Aug 2023
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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Virginia Tech College of Engineering
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United States
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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SWAT (Software Assistance Triage) Technician
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Jul 2021 - Present
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States - Assist students in the College of Engineering with diagnosing hardware problems, software issues, installations, driver issues, file recovery, and networking issues. - Collaborate with co-workers to resolve difficult problems while multitasking. - Gaining problem-solving skills under pressure and excellent communication skills.
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AutoNation
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United Arab Emirates
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Development Intern
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Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States - Enhanced the company's Electronic Content Management (ECM) application by integrating proactive caching in the MS SQL database, achieving a 70% time efficiency increase when accessing sales repositories. - Developed a Java script to auto-update the items inside the cache table every 5 minutes, anticipating future queries and reducing maintenance needs. - Collaborated closely with management and sales teams across multiple AutoNation dealerships to identify and strategize software… Show more - Enhanced the company's Electronic Content Management (ECM) application by integrating proactive caching in the MS SQL database, achieving a 70% time efficiency increase when accessing sales repositories. - Developed a Java script to auto-update the items inside the cache table every 5 minutes, anticipating future queries and reducing maintenance needs. - Collaborated closely with management and sales teams across multiple AutoNation dealerships to identify and strategize software solutions, optimizing the car sales process for maximum efficiency and effectiveness. - Resolved discrepancies and bugs on the corporate website, including an auto sign-off issue using HTML and JavaScript, enhancing site security by ensuring consistent sign-offs during idle periods. Show less
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Kaya Grubu
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Türkiye
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Retail Office Equipment
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer Intern
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Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Istanbul, Turkey - Developed a Python-based receipt scanner app integrating Tesseract OCR to automate extraction of data from physical receipts. - Collaborated on database integration for seamless data storage and retrieval, handling diverse receipt formats. - Optimized OCR accuracy, achieving 87% accuracy rate, leading to a major reduction in manual data entry.
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Education
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Virginia Tech
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering (Machine Learning) -
Virginia Tech
Minor, Green Engineering -
St Andrews School
High School Diploma