Education

• B.S. (2001) – Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University (Türkiye)
• M.S. (2003) – Mechatronics Engineering, Sabanci University (Türkiye)
• Ph.D. (2008) – Systems and Control Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

Research & Academic Career

• Senior Research Associate, Medical Robotics and Computer Integrated Surgery Lab, Case Western Reserve University

  • Developed robotic systems for beating heart surgery and small animal biopsies
  • Designed a personal navigation system using inertial measurement units (IMUs) and pressure sensors

• Associate Professor, Özyeğin University, Department of Mechanical Engineering

• Research Interests:

  • Medical robotics
  • Mechatronics
  • Biomedical measurement systems
  • Control systems
  • Haptics

AI Research:

• Autonomous Suturing in Surgical Robots – Reinforcement learning for precise
  autonomous suturing tasks.
• Human-Centered Assistive Robotics– Adaptive control and learning for
  exoskeletons and rehabilitation devices.
• Intelligent Actuation & Sensor Fusion – Optimization and AI methods for
  advanced actuators and multimodal robotic sensing.

AI Projects:

• Acquiring Autonomous Suturing Skills in Surgical Robots Using Context-Based Representation and Reinforcement Learning