I’m Sina Atalay.
I’m an engineer.
I’m currently on a leave of absence from my PhD program at Princeton University to build the AI tutor.
Previously worked on
- jaxellip 2025
Elliptic integrals for JAX with automatic differentiation and JIT compilation support
downloads on PyPI
- FastFEM 2024
JAX-based finite-element solver with built-in geometry modeling, mesh generation, and visualization
- RenderCV 2023 – now
Open-source résumé builder CLI that turns YAML to PDF
stars on GitHub, downloads on PyPI, and MRR from the web app
- FiQuS Pancake3D 2023 – 2024
Open-source 3D finite-element superconducting-magnet simulator with state-of-the-art thin-shell formulations, developed at CERN
3 peer-reviewed publications on the formulations, implementation, and simulation results
- Dynamometer for High-Speed, Low-Torque Motors 2023
Absorption dynamometer that measures the torque and speed of small electric motors
- Ion-Thruster Simulation 2022
Ion-thruster simulator using Poisson's equation for electrostatic potential and PIC–DSMC for particle dynamics
- Vibration Transmissibility Optimization 2022
Optimizing viscous dampers to minimize the worst vibration peak of a torsional system
- Ray Tracing with Vanilla C++ 2021
Rendering images with spheres, planes, triangles, reflections, and a Bézier teapot
- Teaching on YouTube 2020
Taught engineering dynamics on YouTube
views, hours watched
- Guitar Tuner with DC Motors 2020
Closed-loop guitar tuner that finds each string’s pitch with a discrete Fourier transform and turns six tuning pegs with DC motors
- Childhood Businesses 2013 – 2019
A run of ventures: selling bottled water, wish lanterns, and Steam keys on eBay, then founding a windsurfing club