AYSE OKATAN

Electrical Engineering Student | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

(413) 667-7093 okatana@my.erau.edu linkedin.com/in/ayse-okatan

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
    Expected May 2026 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Daytona Beach, FL
    • Minor: Computer Science

Experience

  • NSF REU — Cybersecurity on Unmanned Aerial Systems
    May 2024 - Aug 2024 | Research Intern, Daytona Beach, FL
    • Explored Transformer attention as implicit cryptographic keys in seq2seq architectures; evaluated cross-model decoder transfer
    • Ran controlled trials demonstrating decoder incompatibility across identically configured but independently trained models
  • Department Front Desk — Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (ERAU)
    Aug 2024 - Present
  • Outreach Manager — ERAU Volunteer Network
    Oct 2024 - Apr 2025 | Student Engagement & Student Union
    • Increased event engagement via targeted programming and campus-wide communications to 5,000+ students and staff

Technical Skills

Programming: Python, C/C++, MATLAB, Java, Lua

RF/EDA: Altium, KiCad, Ansys HFSS, Keysight ADS

GNSS/DSP: Course-level exposure to GPS L1 C/A concepts (PN/Gold codes, acquisition theory); small lab simulations only

Tooling: Git (GitHub/GitLab), Linux, shell, Azure DevOps, MobaXterm

Productivity: MS Office, Teams, SharePoint

Publications

2 peer-reviewed papers

IEEE CARS 2025

See Publications section for details

Resume

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Projects

Starlink-Based Navigation System for Fixed-Wing UAV
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 | Senior Design
Focus on front-end and electrical requirements for a fixed-wing UAV. Integrating teammates' APIs into a React front-end; wiring telemetry, navigation, and status views.
React UAV Navigation Telemetry
Telemetry & Tracking RF Board (Sounding Rocket)
Aug 2025 - Present | IEEE Club Project
Dual-band front end at 1.575 GHz (L1 GNSS) and 915 MHz (ISM) on a compact 4-layer PCB with controlled-impedance routing. EM simulations (Ansys HFSS) and circuit co-sims (Keysight ADS) to size matching networks and verify antenna/feed transitions for design verification. Launched a design-for-manufacture checklist: stack-up, via fences, return-path integrity, and test points for S-parameter validation.
Altium Ansys HFSS Keysight ADS RF Design GNSS
View 3D model View board layers (Gerber)
SaLED — Speech & Language Editing Software
Feb 2024 - Jun 2024 | Research Assistant | Advisor: Dr. Liu Jianhua
Python toolchain integrating Whisper/Kaldi with LLM prompts for assisted speech editing. Built interactive dashboards (Plotly/Dash) and reproducible environments (Poetry).
Python Whisper Kaldi LLM Plotly/Dash Poetry
Ambassador Bot
Apr 2024 | IEEE Club Project
Arduino + Python robotic assistant with NLP (TalkLLaMA) and TTS (ElevenLabs); sensor-driven gaze tracking and CRT mouth display.
Arduino Python NLP TTS Robotics

Publications

Leadership & Involvement

IEEE — President/Chair (2025–2026)

IEEE Women in Engineering — President/Chair (2025–2026)

DEI Coalition — Director (2024–2025)

Turkish Students Association — Founder & President (2022–2026)

Awards

Lockheed Martin STEM & Vocational Scholarship
2022–2026
EECS Department Service Award
Spring 2025

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