Ali Yilmaztuerk

-Customer service engineer for Southern California customers. -Expert for Portable emission measurement devices (PEMS) expert for West Coast. -Set up test cells automation system for emission test on chassis dyno testing. -Create opportunities for the sales team to follow up and achieve annual service sales for region -Make customized and necessary software changes for the current install of the customer systems.

Volunteer work in the community with teenagers.

Achievements: - Co-inventor for an improved Knock Detection Patent (application pending) Responsibilities: - Led all US Engine Test Cell activity to deliver Calibration for the US Dual Fuel Engine Program - Improved Engine Calibration (ATIvision, Mototune) and initiated software functional changes - Led fuel quality adaptation/hot weather test trips for key international customers - Performed complex Data Analysis (AVL IndiCom, Matlab) - Managed the test lab and technician

Research Assistant, Maurice Zucrow Laboratories, Purdue University, College of Engineering Research Topic: Perform experimental characterization of supercritical fuel injection processes - Prepare and upgrade existing test stands to handle higher injection pressures - Take high-speed videos of sprays / jets to calculate cone angles - Make schlieren movies of sprays / jets to calculate local fuel air ratios - Make 2D LDA velocity measurements in supercritical CO2 jets

Achievements: - Discovered flawed calibration in a major project. Generated a Matlab/Simulink model and recalibrated maps. Together with my team, we thus saved Caterpillar from a $4m fine - Decreased the wait time of engines at production facility through fast troubleshooting Responsibilities: - Increased customer satisfaction through field follow trips to identify and solve engine issues onsite - especially high altitude or landfill engines - Collaborated with customers

Achievements: - Achieved $2m of extra product sales through launching Siemens injectors and removing competitor injectors in a project - Bridged the cultural gap with German engineering team and International Key Account to ensure respectful and acccurate communication, project continuance, and maintain perceived quality of “Made in Germany” products - Researched and analyzed “How and at what cost can the customer develop an ‘Ultra Low Emission Vehicle’ “ and presented

Research Topic: Improving the emission level of a Mercedes Benz turbo charged lean burn natural gas engine (240 kW) from Euro2 to EEV (enhanced low emission vehicle) - More than exceeded customer expectations for product functionality, drivability, budget, and project timeline. Rewarded with bonus and an article in industry research paper. - Co-responsible for all test bench activities: run in, base mapping emission and transient tests - Validated new calibration and test data o

Research in sprays and supercritical fluid injection; Academic emphasis on Sprays and Atomization, Combustion and Internal Combustion Engines and Alternative Energies

Major: Automotive Engineering Minor: Engine Design and Internal Combustion Engines Areas of Emphasis: Internal Combustion Engines, Calibration & Controls, 'Drive-by-wire' systems, Thermodynamics