| A. Serdar Sezen , Ph.D | ||
| Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering | ||
| 114B Engineering and Computing Center | ||
| Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, St. Cloud State University | ||
| 720 4th Ave S, St. Cloud, MN 56301 | ||
| Phone: (320)-308-5613 | ||
| e-mail: ssezen@me.umn.edu | ||
| Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering | ||
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2006 | ||
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering |
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| Middle East Technical University, Ankara - 2001 | ||
| B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Honors | ||
| Middle East Technical University, Ankara - Turkey, 1999 | ||
| RESEARCH INTERESTS | ||
Biomedical transducers and medical device design; Minimally invasive technology development; Carbon nanotube based sensor technology; Design, fabrication and control of MEMS sensors and actuators; Passive (Batteryless) wireless telemetry; Microrobotics and control; Microrobotic cell manipulation; Kinematic synthesis and analysis of rigid and compliant mechanisms |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | ||
| Postdoctoral Research Associate, Advanced Controls and Microsensors Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota, January 2007 – Present | ||
| Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota, August 2007 – January 2008 | ||
| Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota, January 2007 – May 2007 | ||
| Research Assistant, Advanced Controls and Microsensors Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota, Sept. 2003 – Dec. 2006 | ||
| Research Assistant, Advanced Microsystems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota, Nov. 2001 – Aug. 2003 | ||
| Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota, Sept. 2001 – May 2006 | ||
| Web Designer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Minnesota, June 2003 – Aug. 2003 | ||
| Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 1999- Aug. 2001 | ||
| Network Administrator, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 1999- Aug. 2001 | ||
| Lecturer, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 2000 | ||
| Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 1999- June 1999 | ||
| Engineering Intern- New Holland (Turk Traktor Factory), Ankara, Turkey, June 1996 – Sept. 1996 | ||
| AWARDS AND HONORS | ||
Outstanding Teaching Award for the Academic Year 2005-2006, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, May 2006 |
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