Şahin Akın
Postdoctoral Fellow at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
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Top SchoolŞahin Akın is a postdoctoral researcher at NTNU with eight years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of architecture, building energy systems, and industrial ecology. His work spans doctoral research on resource-efficient buildings and climate mitigation to involvement in international projects such as NTNU-MIT Energy Research Programme and TUBITAK-funded SISER for building energy retrofitting. He combines advanced BIM, environmental assessment, and immersive visualization expertise developed through collaborations with institutions like Getty Research Institute and METU. Trained as an architect (MArch, BArch) and holding a PhD in Industrial Ecology, he translates design‑level detail into data-driven strategies for decarbonizing the built environment. Notably, his background bridges heritage BIM modeling and cutting-edge energy research—bringing historical preservation concerns into modern retrofit and sustainability workflows. Based in Trondheim, he is positioned to connect academic research with pragmatic, stakeholder-oriented solutions for building performance and climate action.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Architecture - BArch, Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture - BArch, Architecture at Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w SzczecinieBachelor of Architecture - BArch, Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture - BArch, Architecture at İzmir Ekonomi ÜniversitesiMaster of Architecture - MArch, Architecture, Master of Architecture - MArch, Architecture at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical UniversityNorwegian University of Science and Technology
German, Turkish, İngilizce, Norwegian
Github Skills (8)
jupyterlab-extension7
leaflet7
jupyter5
jupyterlab5
visualization5
jupyter-notebook5
ipywidgets4
jupyter-widget4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
shnkn/ODYM-RECC-WN
Jul 2024 - Aug 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
NTNU-IndEcol/BuildME
Feb 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:42 commits, 3 PRs, 34 pushes in 6 months
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