NOV 2024 — PRESENT
Team Captain
KUAVA Aerial Vehicle Association
Lead a 40-member team across mechanical, aerospace, electrical and software disciplines. Coordinate UAV development from CAD and aerodynamic analysis to Gazebo/PX4 flight simulation.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING · KOÇ UNIVERSITY
Islam
Muradov.
I design, simulate and build mechanical systems—from modular UAVs to thermal and control systems.
Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration double-major student at Koç University. Captain of KUAVA’s 40-member UAV team, with experience leading aircraft design and manufacturing, aerodynamic analysis and prototype development.
Mechanical designAircraft & aerodynamicsFEA & CFDManufacturingSimulation & controls
01 / SELECTED WORK
Engineering in detail.
Six projects across design, analysis and implementation. Open a project for the process and results.
02 / EXPERIENCE
Beyond the
model.
Team leadership, teaching and hands-on exposure to engineering operations.
Read my full CV ↗SPRING 2025 & SPRING 2026
Thermodynamics Teaching Assistant
Koç University
Led problem-solving sessions connecting theory to engineering applications, supported assessment and provided structured student feedback.
AUG — SEP 2025
Engineering Intern
Azerbaijan Refinery
Analyzed reactor operating data to identify cooling as the main cycle bottleneck, then developed a SolidWorks ducting design for forced-air cooling. Performance testing was pending when the internship ended.
AUG — SEP 2024
Quality Control & Base Maintenance Intern
Silk Way Technics
Inspected Boeing 747-8 wing leading-edge structures for fatigue and corrosion, and supported trailing-edge flap lubrication and functional checks.
03 / ABOUT
Design decisions.
Engineering evidence.
I connect numerical analysis with practical design: sizing UAV mechanisms, developing repairable structures and comparing designs through simulation.
Leading multidisciplinary teams has also taught me to coordinate work across mechanical, electrical and software systems.
Design & simulation
Siemens NX, Onshape, AutoCAD
ANSYS Mechanical & Fluent, XFLR5
Code & control
MATLAB / Simulink, Python, C/C++
Arduino & Raspberry Pi
Data & communication
SQL, Excel, Pandas & NumPy
English, Russian, Azerbaijani (C1); Turkish (B2)
04 / EDUCATION
Education.
University studies in Türkiye, following an International Baccalaureate education in the UAE.
EXPECTED GRADUATIONSpring 2027
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES · ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE
Mechanical Engineering
Tracks
- Mechanical Design
- Aerospace Engineering
- Cumulative GPA: 3.53 / 4.00
- Scholarship: 75% merit scholarship
- Academic recognition: Dean’s Honor List, 6 times
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES · ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE
Business Administration (DM)
Tracks
- Operations Management
- Business Analytics
University-wide academic record
- Cumulative GPA: 3.53 / 4.00
- Scholarship: 75% merit scholarship
- Academic recognition: Dean’s Honor List, 6 times
2019–2021 · UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
International Baccalaureate
Grades 10–12 · Completed high school in the UAE.
Higher Level subjects
- Physics
- Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches (AA)
- Economics
05 / REPORTS & DOWNLOADS
Read the work behind it.
Course reports, capstone documentation, a project poster and MATLAB source files. Team authorship is retained in the original documents.
06 / ALBUM
Projects beyond the screen.
Original photographs from aircraft development and the project exhibition.
07 / CONTACT
Let’s talk engineering.
Open to engineering internships, graduate roles and project collaborations in mechanical design, UAV systems and simulation.
i.muradov2920@gmail.com