Professor Alper Bozkurt
Alper Bozkurt,
Ph.D. is Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
North Carolina State University and
Associate faculty,
The Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NCSU.
Alper’s research interests include the development of microscale
sensors,
actuators, and methodologies to unlock the mysteries of biological
systems with the aim of engineering these systems directly or developing
new engineering approaches by learning from these systems.
Prior to joining to NC State, he performed research at Cornell
University to interface microtechnologies with metamorphic
development of insects for building remotely controlled biobotic
organisms (insect cyborgs). His previous research at Drexel University
included the development of functional near-infrared
spectroscopy systems for brain-machine interfaces to augment cognition
and for clinical monitoring of the newborn brain in neonatal intensive
care units.
Alper coauthored
A portable near infrared spectroscopy system for bedside monitoring
of newborn brain,
Safety assessment of near infrared light emitting diodes for diffuse
optical measurements,
NIR Spectroscopy Measurements of Cognitive Load Elicited by
GKT and Target Categorization,
Early upregulation of iNOS mRNA expression and increase in NO
metabolites in pressurized renal epithelial cells,
Balloon-Assisted Flight of Radio-Controlled
Insect Biobots, and
Microprobe microsystem platform inserted during early metamorphosis
to actuate insect flight muscle.
Read the
full list of his publications!
He earned his Bachelor of Science in
Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bogazici University, Turkey
in 2001.
He earned his Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Drexel
University in 2004. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical
and Computer Engineering at Cornell University in 2010.
Watch
Bugs and Bots — Alper Bozkurt iBionics Engineering.
Read
Cyborg cockroaches to be future emergency responders and
Alper Bozkurt Develops Technique to Remotely Control
Cockroaches.