Emirhan Çi̇fci̇

Managed technical sales, sales support, and customer relationship operations for the Turkish steelworks market, ensuring accurate fulfilment of customer demands with appropriate products. Executed end-to-end quotation preparation, price analysis, customer correspondence, and order tracking processes, contributing to overall sales efficiency. Coordinated cross-functional communication with technical and production teams during the sales cycles of refractory and steelworks consumables.

Candidate Sales Engineer at VESUVIUS Türkiye (2025-10 – 2026-05)

• Managed technical sales, sales support, and customer relationship operations for the Turkish steelworks market, ensuring accurate fulfilment of customer demands with appropriate products.
• Executed end-to-end quotation preparation, price analysis, customer correspondence, and order tracking processes, contributing to overall sales efficiency.
• Coordinated cross-functional communication with technical and production teams during the sales cycles of refractory and steelworks consumables.
• Integrated technical data regarding product compositions and manufacturing processes into sales strategies; delivered strategic presentations to management based on data tracking and reporting.

Quality Control and Production Intern at VESUVIUS Türkiye (2025-08 – 2025-09)

• Supported production planning activities by analysing process and quality control workflows on the refractory production line.
• Conducted production and order tracking via the SAP ERP system, ensuring data entries complied with company standards

Quality Control and Production Intern at FOSECO Türkiye (2025-07 – 2025-08)

• Monitored process workflows and audited critical quality control points on casting consumables production lines.
• Analyzed industry-focused field-production-process relationships by performing sampling, applying mechanical tests, and tracking furnace operations.

Research Scholar at TÜBİTAK (2024-07 – 2025-01)

• Conducted R&D activities within the scope of the "Evaluation of Aluminum Dross Wastes in Alumina-Based Crucible Compositions" project.
• Executed slurry preparation, slip casting, and sintering processes; reported waste recovery data by performing microstructural and mechanical tests on the produced samples.

Undergraduate Researcher at Gebze Technical University (2024-07 – 2025-07)

• Participated in laboratory studies across four different R&D projects focusing on the production and characterization of ceramic and glass-based materials (bioglass-ceramics, SOFC sealing elements, advanced ceramics, traditional ceramics).
• Actively supported sample production and characterization processes for the following research articles and projects:
• Kinetic Characterization of SiO₂–CaO–SrO–B₂O₃–Al₂O₃–Bi₂O₃ Glass-Ceramics with V₂O₅ Addition
• Evaluation of Aluminum Slag Wastes in Ceramic Crucible Compositions and Investigation of Their Effects on Slurry Rheology
• Mechanical and Dielectric Properties of MgO Ceramics with HNT Additions
• Use of İzmit Gulf Bottom Sludge as a Raw Material Component: Eco-Friendly Wall Tile Glaze Compositions

Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering – Gebze Technical University (2026-07)