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Cryptography and Security, Computer Aritmetic, High Perfomance Computing,Distributed Computing.

Formal methods; hardware/software verification; model checking; finite state machine based testing

Computational and experimental mechanics; Large-scale design and analysis; Structural health monitoring; Shape sensing; Composite and sandwich structures; Structural topology optimization; Additive manufacturing; Isogeometric analysis; Finite element analysis; Peridynamic theory; Beam, plate and shell theories.

Enterprise Software, Big data

Partial differential equations;pseudo-differential operators; functional analysis.

Information and Network Security, Wireless Network Security, IoT Security and Privacy, Cryptography, Certificate Systems and Public Key Infrastructures, Computer Networks

Uniformly distributed sequences; finite fields and applications; pseudo random numbers.

Cancer biology, Mitochondrial dysfunction, Aging & personalized medicine, Rare diseases. Current research projects: (i) antibiotics targeting mitochondrial functions; (ii) cancer stem cells, cancer resistance and the role of OXPHOS; (iii) exosomes and horizontal mitochondrial transfer; (iv) organ-based biological clock.

Quantum thermodynamics and transport, theory of quantum materials, nanoscale energy applications

Ali Kosar is one of the pioneers in the design and development of new generation micro heat sinks with functional surfaces and microfluidic devices including cavitation on chip devices. His research interests constitute a wide spectrum covering heat and fluid flow in micro/nano scale, condensation, boiling heat transfer, microfluidic systems, and cavitation. He is aiming at contributing to the literature by offering new knowledge and understanding about micro/nano scale heat transfer and fluid flow and providing experimental data and design guidelines for futuristic cooling and microfluidic system technologies. He has broad experience and knowledge on various types of experiments on heat and fluid flow and phase change phenomena in micro/nano scale. The results of his research have already generated more than 200 published journal research articles which have been published in prestigious journals like Physics of Fluids, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Moreover, he also has more than 100 conference papers in prestigious and well attended international conferences. He gave over 50 seminars and invited lectures/talks at various institutions and conferences. He has more than 20 granted (3 of them triadic) and pending patent applications. He is currently leading a large research group consisting of members from various disciplines, graduate students and engineers and could build bridges between different disciplines (Energy, Nanotechnology, Applied Physics, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Mechanical Engineering) to enable interdisciplinary pioneering research approach on energy and healthcare applications. He received many national and intrenational awards such as µFIP Prominent Researcher Award" in the 2021 micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena (µFIP) Conference, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) ICNMM (International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels) Outstanding Early Career Award, Japan, Sapporo (2013). In addition, during the last five years, he has been successful to secure funding of more than 2,500,000 Euro from a wide variety of resources. He also serves as a reviewer in many prestigious journals (reviewing more than 100 manuscripts per year) and is a Subject Editor in the Applied Thermal Engineering journal (processing more than 300 manuscripts per year). He is the Co-director of Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Nano diagnostics (EFSUN) and a Distinguished Researcher of Nanotechnology and Application Center at Sabanci University. Within a short time, EFSUN became a 'Research Powerhouse' at Sabanci University with exhaustive and collaborative efforts of the members. Significant large-scale grants were also obtained from both national and international resources. He is a Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). He also serves as an Executive Committee Member of the ODTU MEMS (Middle East Technical University Microelectromechanical Systems) Center, one of the leading Research Centers in Turkey. Research areas: Hydrodynamic Cavitation, Boiling Heat Transfer, Condensation Heat Transfer, Micro- and Nanoflows, Microfluidic Devices, Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Energy Efficiency, Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer

Physics of proteins • Dynamics of complex systems • Simulation models • Mechanics of materials • Fiber-Reinforced composite structures

Inorganic nanomaterials (metals, oxides, chalcogens, carbon), crystal facet controlled heterogeneous reactions, energy storage (Li-ion, Na-ion, Li-S, Li-air, supercapacitors), energy conversion (photocatalysis for green hydrogen production, electrolysis, fuel cells), water treatment

Cryptographic Hardware Design, Computer Architectures

My research interest lies in the intersection of Commutative and Computational Algebra, Combinatorics and Algebraic Statistics.

Design and modeling of Microelectromechanical Systems. IC Design for Transducer Interfaces.

3D bioprinting/biomanufacturing for tissue and organ engineering; computational geometry and optimization for additive manufacturing process; heterogenous, multi-functional object modeling and manufacturing; nano-micro additive manufacturing of composite materials; proses planning and development for hybrid additive-subtractive processes.

Stochastic Models • Analysis of Queueing Systems • Production/Inventory Systems • Call Centers • Simulation

Structural Dynamics, vibrations, biomechanics, micro-manufacturing

1. Structure-property relationship in functional/water-soluble/high performance polymers 2. Nano-engineered prepregs and composite materials 3. Out-of-autoclave (OOA) manufacturing of composite materials 4. Catalysts and catalyst systems for composite materials 5. Nanomedicines (advanced drug delivery systems, nanotheranostics)

Computer vision & Machine learning: biometrics, image understanding, NLP applications

Sustainable Transport and Logistics • Vehicle Routing and Scheduling • Last-mile Distribution Systems • Smart Mobility • Applied Optimization • Metaheuristics

Mixed-integer nonlinear programming, conic programming, global optimization, engineering optimization problems with particular interest in electric power systems.

Our research is centered around understanding the effects of defects and microstructure on the physical properties of functional oxides. Using continuum level computational and experimental approaches, we try to reveal the mechanisms by which defects and interfaces impact the physical properties and at what magnitude this occurs. Such knowledge is the key to design and fabricate structures in various geometries for specific engineering applications. The applications governed by such phenomena encompass macro- and micro-scale capacitors for electric energy storage, non-volatile solid state memories, nanoscale devices, electrothermal materials and electrooptical thin films.

Self-healing nanocomposites and coatings; graphene synthesis and its applications; recycling; core-shell electrospinning/electrospraying; anti-microbial coatings; thermoplastic compounding; nano composites

Polymer and protein dynamics; theoretical and computational investigation of complex molecular systems; conformational multiplicity

Algebraic coding theory, arithmetic of finite fields, applications of algebra and algebraic geometry to coding theory.

Software Engineering; Software Security; Software Quality Assurance; Software Testing; Data-Driven Dynamic Program Analysis

privacy, human computer interaction, natural language processing, computational social science, responsible artificial intelligence

Mathematical Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, Transportation Planning and Logistics, Production and Inventory Planning, Airline Crew Scheduling

High Energy Astrophysics, black hole binaries, instrumentation

Physics of Materials; Spectroscopy (EPR, Raman, Photoluminesence, Impedance); Physical Chemistry; Solid State Physics; Graphene; Carbon dots; Semiconductors; Nanoparticles and Nanocrystals; Ceramics; Powder processing; Phase transitions; Photovoltaics; Solar cells; Thermoelectrics; Supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries; Piezoelectric nanowires and nanogenerators; Wearable electronics; Energy harvesting and storage; Electrical vehicles; Microelectronic systems; Battery management systems; Robot arms, Materials for grippers; Thin film batteries; Power to X technologies; Potentiostat; Electrolyte; Electrode for batteries and supercapacitors; Renewable energy, Batteries for Electrical vehicle; Defect structures

Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Remote Sensing, Precision agriculture, Industrial vision, Biomedical image analysis, Automotive vision systems

Manufacturing processes and equipment; machining processes; machine tools; process modelling; monitoring and control; machine dynamics and mechanical vibrations.

Cryptography and Security, Computer Aritmetic, High Perfomance Computing,Distributed Computing.

High Energy Astrophysics: X-ray and Gamma-ray Properties of Magnetars, X-ray Binaries, Broadband Studies of Gamma Ray Bursts; Astronomy Education

Artificial intelligence. Knowledge representation. Automated reasoning. Cognitive Robotics.

Facility Location, Production Planning, Scheduling, Stochastic Programming, Integer Programming

Discrete Optimization, Preference Learning, Distributed Optimization, Online Optimization, Bilevel Optimization

Polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films, surface chemistry, nanocomposites, vertically aligned and functionalized carbon nanotubes, boron nitride nanotubes, silica nanoparticles, supercapacitors.

orthogonal polynomials, approximation theory, random matrix theory.

Quantum information theory, Open quantum systems Theory, Quantum Correlations

Design and synthesis of biomaterials, smart materials for controlled drug delivery, functional coatings for biosensors and flexible sensors, smart membranes for separation, chemical vapor deposition of thin film coatings

cancer drug resistance nanoparticle magnetically guided drug delivery systems multiple myeloma bortezomib apoptosis

Design Optimization (Domain specific optimal design of mechanical, biomedical and electromagnetic systems, optimal design of complex/new technology products, Multidisciplinary design optimization) Material Design and Fabrication (Topology optimization, Homogenization theory, Advanced 3D fabrication (Solid Free Form Fabrication, Micro Fabrication by Co-Extrusion, etc.) Computational Mechanics (advanced micro-material modeling, Finite Element Methods (FEM)) Electromagnetics (FEM, miniature multifunctional antennas, filters, passive components, arrays)

Project and machine scheduling; innovation and manufacturing strategies; operations and project management; evolutionary algorithms.

new drug discovery and design, pharmaceutical chemistry and structure-activity relationship, nanoparticle synthesis and characterization, bioinformatics

Theoretical and numerical hydrodynamics, Experimental hydrodynamics Numerical techniques in nonlinear wave mechanics, Remote sensing of water waves Wave-turbulence interaction, Surfactant effects on wave dissipation Data networking and security, E-commerce applications Hydrodynamic aspects of yacht design, Hull design in high-speed boats

Composite Process Design, Mold Filling Simulation, Computational Fluid Mechanics, Mathematical Modeling, Rheology

Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Signal Processing and Visual Neuroscience

Formal methods; hardware/software verification; model checking; finite state machine based testing

Role of oxidative stress and antioxidants on signaling pathways leading to gene expression.

Role of oxidative stress and antioxidants on signaling pathways leading to gene expression.

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Active/Passive Circuit And Antenna Design, Millimeter Wave Systems, Full Duplex/MIMO Radio Antennas, Antenna Design, RF Circuit Design, GPS Based Indoor Positioning.

- Logistics - Metaheuristics - Vehicle Routing - Green Logistics - Operations Research

Theoretical condensed matter physics. Topological quantum computation. Spintronics and spin Hall effect. Topological insulators and superconductors. Mesoscale and nanoscale physics. Quantum transport theory. Quantum thermodynamics

Proteomics, Alzheimer's disease

Proteomics, Alzheimer's disease

- Micronutrient deficiencies plants - Oxygen free radicals and antioxidants in stressed plants - Heavy metal uptake, transport and accumulation in plants - Physiological characterization of plants suffering from abiotic stress factors -human Nutritional Aspects of Plant Nutrition

quantum transport, quantum devices, device physics, nanoelectronics, graphene, 2d materials, low temperature physics, OLED displays

Integer partitions from a combinatorial perspective, partition generating functions, Rogers-Ramanujan generalizations, q-series, enumerative combinatorics.

Parallel Algorithms; high performance computing; BigData analysis; cryptography; bioinformatics

Research Interests • Decision Making Under Uncertainty • Heuristic Search and Optimization Techniques • Data Mining • Decision Support Systems • Bioinformatics • Innovation Management • Digital Transformation • Data Analytics • Creativity • Artificial Intelligence •

His primary research interest is in intelligent motion control and humanoid robots. He is the author of 50 papers which have appeared in international conference proceedings and journals.

millimeter-wave, sub-terahertz, terahertz, CMOS, edge-AI, IoT

Human Computer Interaction, UX, Technology Enhanced Learning, Eye Tracking, VR/AR/MR, Simulations and Computer Games, Cognitive Science, Learning Engineering, MOOC

– Electromagnetic theory and applications, electromagnetic scattering and radiation problems. – Heat transfer modeling, thermal analysis. – Interaction of photons with nanostructures, surface plasmon polaritons, surface plasmon resonances. – Heat assisted magnetic recording, magnetoresistive read heads and sensors.

plant biology, plant physiology, plant nutrition, agriculture, food security, nutrition security, biofortification, climate change, agronomy, crop science

Multi-axis milling. Machine Tool Dynamics, Metal Cutting Dynamics. Tool path generation. Robotic frezeleme.

Design and Development of Micro-Hydro Power Systems, Project Coordinator & Responsible for Mechanical Design, Supported by DPT (Devlet Planlama Teskilati), Sabancı Univ. Proje No. EACF05-00337, 2005-2008. Reverse engineering and modeling of turbine blades, Project Leader, Funded by Scientific Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK - MAM), Sabancı Univ. Proje No. EACF04-00269, 2004-2007. Development of an automated system to label fabric pieces used in shirt manufacturing, Project Leader, Funded by Abbate Shirts / Oztay Tekstil Co., Sabancı Univ. Proje No. EACF04-00260, 2004-2005. Petrol Yakıtlı Bir Aracın Hibrit Araca Dönüşümü, Gebze Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü Bilimsel Araştırma Projesi, Proje No. 02-A-03-01-09, Project Leader, 2001-2003. High Temperature Sealing of Gas Turbine Hot Gas Path Junctions, General Electric Corporate R&D Center, SO #s 212597, 210174, Project Leader, 1998-2001. Hydrogen and Oil Sealing in Industrial Generators, General Electric Corporate R&D Center, SO #s 212605, 212606, 212628, Project Leader, 1998-2001. Non-metallic Piston Ring Seals for Natural Gas Compressors, General Electric Corporate R&D Center, NP PO # 0/08225, Project Leader, 2000-2001. Non-Metallic Oil Brush Seals Technology Development for Aircraft Engines, General Electric Corporate R&D Center, SO #208716, 208897, Project Leader, 2000-2001.

Polymer based Composite Materials, Nano Composites, Structural Health Monitoring, Fiber Optic Sensors, Meshless Computational Fluid Mechanics (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics), Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing, Semiconductor Single Crystal Growth.

Neutron Stars. Pulsars. X-ray binaries. Fallback disks.

Phase and morphology control for targetted functionalities in Ceramics, Revalorization of End-of-Life materials for Cement industries, Effects of impurity cations on the microstructural development and properties of polycrystalline ceramics; synthesis and characterization of multi cation solid oxide electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cell (clean energy generation of the near future) applications; ceramic materials and structures in photonics applications; synthesis and characterization of polymer ceramic composite materials; atomic level characterization of structure and chemical binding in materials through electron microscopy and spectroscopy.

Non-linear System Control, Haptics, Tele-operation, Medical Robotics, Pneumatics, Soft Robotics

Biomechatronics, biosensors, microfluidics, antibiotics, microscopy, laparoscopic tools, personalized medicine, cancer-immune cell interactions

Computational Number Theory, Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, Arithmetic of Hyperelliptic Curves, Diophantine Equations, Arithmetic Dynamical Systems

5G/6G New Radio; IoT/IoE; UAV communications; self-organized network (SON); non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA); cellular planning; mmWave technology.

Supply chain management, Inventory modeling, Decision analysis, Behavioral operations management, Energy and electricity supply chains

Microelectromechanical System (MEMS), Micromachining and Micro/Nanofabrication Technologies, Micro Sensors and Actuators, Semiconductor Process Technologies, Scanning-Probe based Nanotechnology and Nanomanufacturing, Biomedical Microsystems and Devices, Microfluidic Systems, MEMS-CMOS and nanomaterial integration

Automotive, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Control, Robotics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Complex analysis in multi-variables, pluripotential theory, operator theory

mathematical analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations, nonlinear dispersive and hyperbolic waves, water waves, stability of solitary waves, fractional differential equations.

Bioengineering, organ-on-a-chip models, blood-brain barrier, brain diseases, stem cell technologies, drug delivery, nanoparticles, liposomes, biosensors, disease detection, neurobiology

Function Fields and Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields: Rational points of curves, automorphisms, towers of function fields and their asymptotic properties, Drinfeld modular curves; Coding Theory: Algebraic Geometry Codes; Finite Galois Geometry and Cryptographically significant functions (particularly quadratic functions, their nonlinearity distribution) their applications to Coding Theory and their interaction with Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields; Boolean functions and functions from F_{p^n} to F_p: Functions with high nonlinearity, Bent functions (and their connections to coding theory, cryptography, finite geometry, difference sets), (Modified) Planar functions, Almost Perfect Nonlinear functions; Permutations: (Vectorial) Permutations over finite fields.

Computational Genomics, Protein Informatics, Molecular Evolution, DNA Damage and Repair

Computational materials science and solid state systems for energy applications. Examples of the ongoing research include metal/organic hybrid interfaces, MOFs, supercapacitors using two dimensional materials, inter-layer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures, CO2 capture materials, and tuning the reactivity of alkali activated cementitious materials with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Computational Social Science; Data Science; Machine Learning; Complex Systems; Network Science; Data Mining

Network security, Cybersecurity, Security Economics, Socio-technical security, Privacy

Hardware Accelerators, Heterogeneous Systems, Parallel Computing, Computer Architecture, GPU Computing, Compiler Optimizations, Embedded Systems, System-on-Chip Architectures

silicone-based composite models, surgical models, colloid and dispersant science, rheology, cement

6G, machine learning, wireless networks, stochastic optimization, network economics, game theory, high altitude communications

Communication networks, wireless communications, wireless local area and wide area networks, mesh networks, multiple access techniques, Quality of Service (QoS), cooperative communication and networks, full duplex communication and networks, terahertz communication

Targeted Cancer Therapeutics, Programmed Cell Death, High-throughput genetic and pharmacological screening, 3D tumor organoid models

Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Machine learning,

Data Science, Data Analytics, Applied Machine Learning and AI, Visual Analytics, Complex Systems, Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Cultural Heritage

Plant Biotechnology and Biosafety, DNA fingerprinting, Alternative Energy, Algae Research, Plant Tissue Culture, Whole Genome Sequencing

Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Lithium-Air Batteries, All Solid State Batteries, Graphene for Energy Applications, Radiation-Induced Graft Polymerization, Electroactive & Conducting Polymers

Applied probability, statistics, stochastic processes, optimal stopping, stochastic optimal control with applications in finance and engineering

Fluid mechanics, heat transfer, microflows, microswimmers, renewable energy systems, wind turbines, PEM fuel cells.

Polymer synthesis, characterization and structure-property relationships, polyurethane chemistry, surface coatings, adhesives, structural composites, polymeric nanocomposites, carbon nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes, energy materials.

Bayesian Statistics, Monte Carlo methods

software verification and validation, concurrency theory, linearizability, deductive verification, developing testing methods with provable guarantees, proposing reasoning mechanisms for shared-memory and distributed concurrent programs focusing on block-chain platforms

Applications of combinatorial optimization, sequential testing, fault diagnosis, optimization problems in telecommunications systems, optimization problems in logistics and transportation systems.

Vehicle Electrification Sustainable Transportation Battery Modeling Battery System Analysis Vehicle Dynamics

Several Complex Variables, Holomorphic Dynamics and Complex Geometry

Cell biology & Biochemistry; Protein Post-translational Modifications; Protein Stability and Degradation; Ubiquitin-Proteasome System; Ubiquitin-like modifications; SUMOylation; Targeted Therapies & Precision Medicine; Neurodegeneration; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Cancer Mechanisms.

High Energy Astrophysics: Neutron stars, accretion disks, electromagnetic radiative processes

-3D CAD Design, CAM, Finite Element Analysis & Manufacturing -Dynamic Robot Modeling -Industrial Robotics and Automation -Bipedal Humanoid Robots -Force Control

Physical human-machine interaction, rehabilitation robotics, cognitive robotics, haptic guidance schemes for skill training and rehabilitation, design of exoskeletons and prosthetics devices, interaction control

Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits; RF & Microwave Integrated Circuits; Sensors and Actuators; Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS); Solid-State Electronic Devices

Active database systems; data mining; data mining security; data warehouses; mobile data management.

Design of high-speed CMOS digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits, computer-aided design of VLSI systems, intelligent sensor interfaces, modeling and simulation of semiconductor devices, and VLSI reliability analysis.

Composite materials, Nanosize materials, Polymer synthesis; characterization, modification and structure/property/application relationship; florinated polymers, oligomers and surfactants (synthesis and characterization); reactions and extractions in supercritical carbon dioxide; formulation of performance chemicals, Antimicrobial active substances and formulations.

plant, honeybee, bacteria

Theory of quantum information and quantum computation, fundamentals of quantum mechanics.

Molecular biology and investigation of structure of biological molecules using synchrotron X -ray scattering; investigation of structure-function relationships in fibrous molecules including chromatin, actin, intermediate filaments; investigation of structures of metal-binding proteins

Molecular biology and investigation of structure of biological molecules using synchrotron X -ray scattering; investigation of structure-function relationships in fibrous molecules including chromatin, actin, intermediate filaments; investigation of structures of metal-binding proteins

mechanisms of persistent luminescence plasmonic insulators materials for energy harvesting and storage cement regeneration Circular economy and sustainability in materials process industries structure and properties of interfaces thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformation in materials controlled assembly of nanoparticles

Natural language processing; speech processing.

Processing-structure and property relationships, their computer simulation, particularly the effect of stress history on the development of structural hierarchy in various polymer processes including injection molding, film and fiber forming; developing on-line structural monitoring strategies to understand the fundamentals of structural evolution under complex thermal deformation; histories that are imparted onto polymers during their processing; the effect of nano-sized organic and inorganic particles on the evolution of structural hierarchy in processed polymers.

- mm-Wave circuits - 5G and beyond communication, - Measurement technologies, - RADAR front-end, - Analog, digital and mixed-mode integrated circuits, - Sensor interface, - Readout IC (ROIC) for infrared detectors, - VLSI.

Fluid Mechanics; Cavitation; CFD; Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Analog / Mixed Mode Integrated Circuits Sensor Interface Circuit Design CMOS Integrated Circuit Design Low Power CMOS Integrated Circuit Design Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) Analog / Digital Readout Integrated Circuits for Infrared and CMOS Image Sensors Integrated Circuits for Neuromorphic Computing Infrared Detectors Semiconductors

Two dimensional piezoelectric and ferroelectric crystals, Modern Polarization Theory, DFT, Cold Sintering Process, PbO2 polymorphs

Automotive, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Control, Robotics

Bone tissue engineering, Bone scaffold design, Simulations, Optimization, 3D printing