Builder · Engineer

Aidan Can
Erguner

I build things I can measure, test, and improve — at the intersection of mathematics, physics, and computer science.

Recognition

MIT · Harvard · FIRST

National titles and international honours.

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2026 MIT · EWB

MIT EWB Science & Engineering Competition

1st Place in Turkey — Individual & Team

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2025 Harvard

Harvard Crimson Physics Bowl

Turkey Individual Champion · MENA + Africa 2nd

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2025 Harvard

Harvard Crimson Math Bowl

Turkey 3rd (Team) · Individual Merit Award

FRC FIRST Robotics logo
2021–25 FIRST Robotics

FRC Regional Champion

Mechanical & CAD Team Captain, X-SHARC #6838 · Bosphorus & Haliç Regional wins · 4× Houston Worlds qualifier

Python
Java
JavaScript
MySQL
SolidWorks
Onshape
Numerical Methods
Differential Equations
Monte Carlo
CAD
Robotics
Simulation

01 / Selected Work

7 projects
Featured Full-stack app · 2025

BusRoute

A Java app that optimises school-bus routes with a TSP-style solver over the Google Maps Distance Matrix API — Swing UI, MySQL, tested on real Istanbul stops.

  • Java
  • Google Maps API
  • MySQL
  • Swing
Library 02

Neural Network from Scratch

A small deep-learning library built from first principles in Python — forward/backprop, gradient checking, SGD, and regularisation — to really understand what happens under the hood.

  • Python
  • NumPy
  • Deep Learning
2025
Research 03

Modelling an Airsoft BB’s Trajectory

A multi-stage flight model under aerodynamic drag: an analytical closed-form ODE solution validated against a self-coded RK4 integrator to sub-millimetre accuracy over 30 m.

  • Python
  • Numerical Methods
  • Mathematics
2025
Research 04

Young’s Modulus via Cantilever Deflection

An experiment using the Euler–Bernoulli beam model with photographic deflection analysis and linear regression (R² = 0.998), yielding E = 206 ± 23 GPa — within 3.1% of literature.

  • Experiment
  • Regression
  • Physics
2025
Toolkit 05

StockPath Lab

A Python toolkit that downloads real market data, calibrates stochastic price models (GBM and regime-switching volatility), runs Monte Carlo simulations, and visualises where models hold or break.

  • Python
  • Monte Carlo
  • Modelling
2025
Simulation 06

Forest Fire & CO Simulator

A cellular-automata simulator modelling wildfire spread and CO emissions across wind and fuel-density scenarios — built to explain climate risk through data-driven modelling.

  • Python
  • Cellular Automata
  • Simulation
2024
Numerical study 07

Approximating the Perimeter of an Ellipse

Benchmarked ways to approximate an ellipse’s perimeter — the exact elliptic-integral form, Ramanujan formulas, series, and numerical methods (Simpson, trapezoid, polygon) — against an AGM-based “true” value.

  • Python
  • Numerical Methods
  • Mathematics
2025

02 / About

Portrait of Aidan Can Erguner

I love to build. Over my high-school years I’ve channelled that into FIRST Robotics — as Captain of the Mechanical & CAD teams and, more recently, a Youth Mentor — turning design ideas into real robots that won national and international awards.

Away from the workshop, I create personal projects that weave together my passion for maths, physics, and computer science: numerical models, simulations, and tools I can validate against real data.

Currently — mentoring FRC, and building models I can validate against real data.

03 / Contact

Let’s build
something measurable.