PEOPLE
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Merve Acer Kalafat
Lab Head
Mechanical Engineering Department
Research Interests: Robotics, Mechatronics, Sensors, Compliant Mechanisms, Origami-based Mechanisms, System Dynamics and Control
Website: https://web.itu.edu.tr/acerm/
E-mail: acerm@itu.edu.tr
Office: ITU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, no. 447
Phone: 0212 293 13 00 / 2471
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atakan Altınkaynak
Collaborator
Mechanical Engineering Department
Research Interests: Computer Aided Design & Manufacturing, Design with Plastics and Composites, Additive Manufacturing, Numerical Methods and GPU Implementation, Meshless Methods, Rotordynamics
Website: https://akademi.itu.edu.tr/altinkayna/
E-mail: altinkayna@itu.edu.tr
Office: ITU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, no. 414
Phone: 0212 293 13 00 / 2448
Assoc. Prof. Dr. İkilem Göcek
Collaborator
Textile Engineering Department
Research Interests: Nanomaterials (nanoparticles and nanofibers), polymeric materials, fibrous structures and textiles. Production, testing and characterization of polymeric nanocomposites (nanoparticle-reinforced structures), and polymeric composite materials and structures (fiber, fabric and nonwoven reinforced structures). Fiber and film production through melt spinning/extrusion, electrospinning, and compression molding. Surface modification of polymeric materials, fibrous structures and textiles through plasma treatment. Textile-based biosensor applications. Flexible/stretchable textile-based sensor applications for wearable electronics. Technical and electronic textiles.
Website: https://akademi.itu.edu.tr/goceki/
E-mail: goceki@itu.edu.tr
Office: ITU Faculty of Textile Technologies and Design, no. 503
Phone: 0212 293 13 00 / 2499
Students:
Dila Türkmen, Research Assistant, PhD. Candidate
Shahrad Samankan, PhD. Candidate
Tunca Zeki Berkkurt, PhD. Candidate
Tuğçe Çalışkan, MSc. Student
Aleyna Arslan, MSc. Student
Tamer Aydoğdu, BSc. Student
Ozan Yiğit Tabaş, BSc. Student
Alumni:
Adnan Furkan Yıldız, MSc.
Hasan Sevinç, MSc.