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Ahmet Serdar Sezen , Ph.D
     
  Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Enginering  
  Postdoctoral Research Associate  
  Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota -Twin Cities  
  111 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455  
  Phone: (612)-626-2010    Fax:: (612) 625- 4344  
  e-mail: ssezen@me.umn.edu  

Associated Labs and Centers
     
  Advanced Controls and Microsensors Laboratory  
  Advanced Microsystems Laboratory  
  University of Minnesota Nano Fabrication Center  
RESEARCH INTERESTS  
     
Design, fabrication and control of MEMS sensors and actuatorsfor biomedical applications, development of passive wireless sensing strategies for MEMS, microrobotics and control, microrobotic cell manipulation, computer aided kinematic synthesis and analysis of compliant and rigid mechanisms, asynchronous teaching of mechanical engineering through the internet.
 
     
     
BACKGROUND  
     
  PhD, in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2001-2006  
  MS, in Mechanical Engineering, METU, Ankara Turkey, 1999-2001  
  BS, in Mechanical Engineering, METU, Ankara Turkey, 1994-1999  
     
     
PUBLICATIONS  
     
1. Passive Wireless MEMS Microphones for Biomedical Applications  
A.S. Sezen, S. Sivaramakrishnan, S. Hur, R. Rajamani, W. Robbins, B.J. Nelson  
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, vol. 127, no. 6, pp.1030-1034  
2. Travel Range Extension for a MEMS Electrostatic Actuator  
D. Piyabongkarn, Y. Sun, R. Rajamani, A. Sezen and B.J. Nelson  
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 138-145, January 2005  
3. A high-aspect-ratio two-axis electrostatic microactuator with extended travel range  
Yu Sun, D. Piyabongkarn, A. Sezen, B.J. Nelson, and R. Rajamani  
Sensors and Actuators (A), Vol. 102, No. 1, pp. 49-60, 2002  
4. A four degree of freedom MEMS microgripper with novel bi-directional thermal actuators  
Greminger, M., Sezen, A.S., Nelson, B.J.  
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), Edmonton, Canada, Aug. 2-6, 2005.  
5. Actively servoed multi-axis microforce sensors  
Yu Sun, D.P. Potasek , D. Piyabongkarn, A. Sezen, R. Rajamani, and B.J. Nelson  
2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2003), Taiwan, 2003  
6. A novel dual-axis electrostatic microactuation system for micromanipulation  
Yu Sun, D. Piyabongkarn, A. Sezen, B.J. Nelson, and R. Rajamani  
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2002), EPFL, Switzerland, Sep. 30-Oct. 4, 2002.  
7. An Interactive Visual Planar Mechanism Synthesis and Analysis Program  
A. S. Sezen, E. Söylemez  
Proceedings of the 10th Machine Theory Symposium, Konya, Turkey, September 2001  
8. Asynchronous Teaching of Mechanisms Through the Internet  
E. Söylemez, O. Ekici, A. S. Sezen  
Proceedings of the 10th Machine Theory Symposium, Konya, Turkey, September 2001  
     
INVITED SEMINARS  
     
1. Wireless Sensor Technologies Utilizing High-Speed Passive Wireless Telemetry, Energy Harvesting and MEMS Integration  
NASA/CANEUS Fly By Wireless Workshop, Dallas, TX, March 2007  
2. Design and Fabrication of an Absolute Angle Measurement Gyroscope  
  Robotics Seminar, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, March 2003  
     
CONFERENCE / SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS  
     
1. A Review of Passive Wireless Sensing Technologies and MEMS Integration for Biomedical Sensors  
  Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD 2007) Minneapolis, April 2007  
2. Passive Wireless Acoustic Sensors for Biomedical Monitoring Applications  
  Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD 2006) Minneapolis, April 2006  
3. A Novel Passive Wireless Ultrasound Imaging System with Magnetic Actuation for In Vivo Mapping of Body Cavities  
  Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD 2005) Minneapolis, April 2005  
     
   
 
 

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