DENİZEGEMEMETOĞLU

Industrial Engineer · M.Sc. Computational Science and Engineering · İzmir

I make operations faster, then prove it with data.

Simulation, optimization and machine learning for warehouses, fleets and supply chains. Below is a small live model of the idea behind my capstone at Schneider Electric. Flip the switch.

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Toy model, average time per kit in model seconds. Each picker serves one production line and collects three pallets per kit. In the real study (3,137 pallet positions, 167,784 SAP dispatch rows) the line-aware policy cut kit lead time from 14.1 to 7.9 minutes.
−44%kit lead time, Schneider Electric warehouse simulation
Top 10of 500 teams, TEKNOFEST 2026 logistics optimization
−20.4%fleet plan cost, 13.47M to 10.72M TL
−78%checkout cycle time in an RFID redesign study

01 Work

  1. Sep 2026 – Present · İzmir

    İzmir Institute of Technology Research project, M.Sc. Computational Science and Engineering

    Machine learning for photocatalytic degradation.

  2. Jan – Jun 2026 · Manisa

    Schneider Electric Student Researcher, capstone

    Simulation lead on a four-person team. Built a discrete-event simulation of 3,137 pallet positions from 167,784 SAP WM dispatch rows and tested six slotting policies with ANOVA and Tukey HSD (p < 1e-8).

    The line-aware policy cut kit lead time by 44% (14.1 to 7.9 min). Under a 2× arrival-rate stress test the gap grew to 20.7 minutes.

  3. Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · İzmir

    Hapag-Lloyd Operations Intern

    Regional container stock analysis across 5+ terminals, which surfaced about 15% excess capacity and lowered repositioning costs.

    Wrote three Excel VBA macros for daily reporting. Manual workload dropped 30% and the recurring calculation errors went away.

  4. Jul – Aug 2025 · İzmir

    Feast / Özgörkey Group Planning Intern

    MRP-based procurement adjustments for 30+ products: stock availability up 22%, planning workload down 35% through VBA automation. Demand and seasonality analysis reached 89% forecast accuracy.

  5. Jun – Aug 2025 · Remote

    TopTalent.co Data Intern

    Standardized 10,000+ records from several platforms into one database structure, making queries 40% faster.

02 Projects

TEKNOFEST 2026 · Top 10 of 500

AI logistics linehaul optimizer

Technical lead of a four-person team. The planner turns seven days of forecast demand into a vehicle plan over 18 transfer centers. Total cost fell 20.4% (13.47M to 10.72M TL) with zero hard-constraint violations. The biggest lever was en-route drop-off, worth 2.42M TL. The full run takes 197 seconds, is deterministic and ships with 125 automated tests.

Python · Forecasting · Heuristic search

Cloud · 2025

KAIA, knowledge augmented intelligent assistant

A cloud-native AI platform on a three-tier AWS stack (Lambda, RDS, OpenSearch, Bedrock) with retrieval-augmented generation and persona-based interaction through LoRA adapters. Role-based access control for students, instructors and administrators, enforced with IAM.

AWS Lambda · RDS · OpenSearch · Bedrock

Automation · 2025

Video lecture transcription pipeline

A transcription pipeline with Playwright automation for protected video portals and a Telegram bot interface. In daily use, with 92 to 98% word accuracy in English and Turkish.

Whisper large-v3 · faster-whisper · Playwright

Migros Macro Center · 2026

RFID checkout redesign

60-cycle time study across four lanes. The proposed RFID gate cuts standard cycle time from 190 to 41 s per customer, raises throughput capacity 132% and reduces WIP 79%.

Time study · Capacity analysis

Project management · 2025

Güzelbahçe metro line plan

Full project plan for a $5.5B metro extension: WBS, Gantt, critical path, earned value, resource leveling for 25+ resources and mitigation plans for 8 high-priority risks.

MS Project · EVA

Work measurement · 2024

MTM analysis in retail

Measured 100+ task cycles in checkout and stocking. Redesigned workflows cut average cycle time 12% and added 15 transactions per hour.

MTM · Process mapping

03 Toolkit

Code and data
Python (Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, LightGBM, XGBoost, Prophet), SQL, Excel VBA, MATLAB
AI and cloud
RAG, Bedrock and LoRA adapters, AWS (Lambda, RDS, OpenSearch, IAM), Playwright, Streamlit, Git, Linux
Simulation and OR
SimPy, Arena, PuLP / HiGHS (MILP), CPLEX, Minitab, MS Project
Systems
SAP S/4HANA (MM/SD), IFS ERP, Kuika low-code
Methods
MRP, ABC analysis, demand planning, inventory modeling, time study
Education
M.Sc. Computational Science and Engineering (thesis), İzmir Institute of Technology, since 2026.
B.Sc. Industrial Engineering, İzmir University of Economics, 2022 – 2026. Dean's Honour List 2026.
Languages
Turkish (native), English (C2), German (A2)

04 Off the clock

05 Contact

[email protected]