Durability CAE engineer at TOFAŞ in Bursa. I simulate slams and fatigue on car parts and build my own CAE tools.
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I’m Muhammet Alihan Alayoğlu. I grew up in Bursa, studied mechanical engineering in Konya, and have spent five years finding where car parts crack before the test rig does.
At TOFAŞ, the Stellantis joint venture, I am a CAE Technical Specialist in moving-parts durability. I build, run and post-process Nastran and Abaqus analyses and predict fatigue life on 
Maserati, 
Alfa Romeo, 
and 
Fiat programs, from commercial vans to super sports race cars.
When a job repeats, I turn it into a tool; the in-ANSA toolbox that two of our CAE teams use started that way. I teach TOFAŞ’s Virtual Analyses Education Program and mentor engineers from other teams.
Side project, 2026
An Abaqus input-file editor that checks the deck as you type: completion and documentation for 600 keywords, 51 live checks with one-click fixes, and a model tree grouped like Abaqus/CAE. It opens two million lines in about a second, and SIMULIA’s R&D Director praised it.
Peak 32.7 g at 4.5 ms
Side project, 2026
Drop Abaqus result files on it and get one web page with every history output: energies, node and contact histories, X–Y plots and connector forces, with templates and CSV or PNG export. The page opens on any computer, and reading the results needs no Abaqus license.
Side project, 2026
Designs one preloaded bolted joint, or checks a batch of node loads pasted from FE results: separation, slip, shear, bearing, surface pressure and Goodman fatigue, each traced to its formula in Shigley Chapter 8, with VDI 2230 additions. When a joint fails, it proposes sizes that pass. It replaced a spreadsheet with formula errors, and every number was checked against a Python reference.
University, 2021–2022
My graduation project was a 5+1-speed manual gearbox: gear, shaft and bearing calculations, gear-contact FEA and a Campbell diagram for the shafts. For a Teknofest UAV team I designed a quadcopter, simulated its drop impacts and turned its arms into a 3D-printable lattice.
CAE Technical Specialist, Moving Parts DurabilityTOFAŞ, Bursasince 2025CAE Digitalization LeadTOFAŞ, concurrent role2024–25Virtual Analyses Engineer, DurabilityTOFAŞ2023–25
Advanced Analysis and Test EngineerCoşkunöz Ar-Ge, Bursa2023Virtual Analyses Engineer, DurabilityTOFAŞ, contract2022–23
CAE EngineerPositive Design, Bursa2022
Structural Analysis Engineer InternHexagon Studio, Gebze2021–22
Mechanical Design and Structural Analysis LeadZümrüd-ü Anka UAV Team, Teknofest2021
Mechanical Engineering InternHUSAN ARMS, Konya2018
B.Sc. Mechanical EngineeringSelçuk University, Konya2017–22
Abaqus – Advanced Topics, 19 topics in 4 daysDassault Systèmes2024
10-Week Abaqus Training ProgramGrup Otomasyon202114 SIMULIA webinarsGrup Otomasyon2020–21
ANSA for DurabilityBETA CAE SystemsANSA & META ScriptingBETA CAE Systems
Education of the Educator, Certified Internal TrainerTofaş Akademi
Data Science, Stages 2 and 3CNR AI HUB
Generative AI, Stage 2Kaykayoglu Innovation Group
Generative AI, Stage 3Rise Technology| 2025 | Simulation of Air Entrapment Effects in Door Gap Seal using Fluid Cavity Modeling Technique | TOFAŞ R&D | Technical Excellence Award |
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| Door OverSlam Analysis via Abaqus/Explicit | TAKT 2025, SIMULIA Abaqus Türkiye Users Meeting | Speaker | |
| 2022 | Altair Community | Altair | Community Leader of the Month |
