Bora Ayhan

Student & Developer

Hey there! I'm Bora — a student & aspiring engineer. Check out below what I've been up to recently!

Education

Aug. 2022 – Aug. 2026

High School Diploma

Arapahoe High School

GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.44 W, Rank 1 of 415

  • Arapahoe Rocketry Club, Founder & President 2024 – pres.
  • Arapahoe Mathematics Club, President 2022 – pres.
  • Arapahoe Computer Science Club, Vice 2022 – pres.
  • Water Polo Club 2021 – pres.
  • National Honor Society Inductee & Member 2024 – pres.
  • Spanish Honor Society Inductee & Member 2024 – pres.
2024 – pres.

Online Courses & Textbooks

Unofficial Enrollment

  • Intro. to Aero. Eng. – EdX Ae1110x @ TU Delft 2024
  • Linear Algebra (Prof. Strang) – OCW 18.06 @ MIT 2025 – pres.
  • Rocket Propulsion Elements, by Sutton & Biblarz 2025 – pres.
  • Introduction to Flight, by Anderson 2024

Experience

Jun. 2025 – Aug. 2025

Software Intern

ARIA Lab @ School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

  • Currently interning at the Autonomy, Robotics, & Intelligent Algorithms (ARIA) Lab at the Colorado School of Mines.

Mar. 2024 – pres.

Museum Docent

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Denver, Colorado

Assisted museum visitors in navigating the museum, providing information regarding the museum and its programs, and facilitated emergency contingency plans.

Jan. 2024 – pres.

FIRST Robotics Programmer

Team 4293 Komodos

Louviers, Colorado

    Programming team member for FRC Team 4293 during the 2024 "CRESCENDO" and 2025 "REEFSCAPE" seasons. Notably focused on vision alignment algorithms (APRIL tags).

Feb. 2024 – Feb. 2025

Server II

Wind Crest Senior Living

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

    Provided quality customer service in a fast-paced kitchen while maintaining a safe environment.

  • Server I Feb. 2024 – Jun. 2024
  • Server II Jun. 2024 – Feb. 2025

Publications

Nov. 2023

Performing a Safe Propulsive Landing at Model Scale Using Solid Propellant Engines

Author(s): Bora Ayhan

Keywords: Aerospace engineering, propulsive recovery, Newtonian mechanics

    Efficiency analysis and mathematical derivation for selected parameters of the 'hoverslam' maneuver — PDF version available here.

Certifications / Testing

Jun. 2025

525F Digital Multimeter Certification

Snap-on Incorporated

May. 2024

American Red Cross Lifeguard Certificate

American Red Cross

May 2022 – May 2026

Advanced Placement (AP) Exams

College Board

  • Calculus BC May 2025
  • Physics C: Mechanics May 2025
  • Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism May 2025
  • United States History May 2025
  • English Lang. and Comp. May 2025
  • Spanish Lang. and Culture May 2025
  • Computer Science A 5 (2024)
  • Physics 1: Algebra-Based 5 (2024)
  • Human Geography 5 (2024)
  • Computer Science Principles 5 (2023)

Volunteering

Mar. 2024 – Present

Museum Docent

Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Science and Technology

Assisted museum visitors in navigating the museum, providing information about the museum and its programs, and facilitated emergency contingency plans.

Jan. 2022 – Present

Mentor and Volunteer

Turkish-American Cultural Society of Colorado

Education

Volunteered at the "Turks Without Borders" program as a mentor, which provides an opportunity for K–12 students in Turkey to have practice conversations with Americans with a Turkish background, living in the US.

Sep. 2024 – Present

Math Tutor

National Honor Society

Education

Tutored math students in topics ranging from algebra and geometry to fundamental differential calculus.

Skills

Languages

  • English Native
  • Turkish Native
  • Spanish B2