Alperen Acemoglu

About

Post-Doc in the Biomedical Robotics Laboratory  - (2018 - )
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova, Italy
Research area: Medical Robotics, Endoscopic Laser Microsurgery

PhD in Advanced Robotics - (2014 - 2018)
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova, Italy
Research area: Medical Robotics, Endoscopic Laser Microsurgery

M.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering - (2012 - 2014)
Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
Research area: Bio-inspired Microswimmers, Bacteria Motion in Channels

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering - (2007 - 2012)
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Senior Design Project: Designing, Producing and Characterising Polymer Based Microfluidic System to Seperate Micro-particle

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

1. Acemoglu, A., Pucci, D., and Mattos, L. S., "Design and Control of a Magnetic Laser Scanner for Endoscopic Microsurgeries," in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2019.2896248
2. Acemoglu, A., Deshpande, N., and Mattos, L. S., "Towards a Magnetically Actuated Laser Scanner for Endoscopic Microsurgeries". Journal of Medical Robotics Research, 3(02), 1840004.
3. Caldag, O. H., Acemoglu, A., and Yesilyurt, S. "Experimental characterization of helical swimming trajectories in circular channels". Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, published online 28 July 2017,  21:136, doi: 10.1007/s10404-017-1973-9.
4. Acemoglu, A., Fichera, L., Kepiro, I. E., Caldwell, D. G., and Mattos, L. S., "Laser Incision Depth Control in Robot-Assisted Soft Tissue Microsurgery.". Journal of Medical Robotics Research. (2017): 1740006 - doi: 10.1142/S2424905X17400062.
5. Acemoglu, A., and Yesilyurt, S. "Effects of Poiseuille Flows on Swimming of Magnetic Helical Robots in Circular Channels", Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 19(5), 2015, 1109-1122. doi: 10.1007/s10404-015-1629-6.
6. Acemoglu, A., and Yesilyurt, S. "Effects of Geometric Parameters on Swimming of Micro Organisms with Single Helical Flagellum in Circular Channels." Biophysical Journal, 2014; 106(7), 1537-1547- doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2014.01.047.
7. Acemoglu, A., Temel, F. Z., and Yesilyurt, S., “Characterization and Modeling of Micro Swimmers with Helical Tails and Cylindrical Heads Inside Circular Channels,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, 2014; 136(12):121106-121106-6. FE-13-1543 - doi: 10.1115/1.4027222.

Conference Proceedings

1. Acemoglu, A., and Mattos L. S., "Magnetic Laser Scanner for Endoscopic Microsurgery," In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 4215-4220, IEEE.
2. Acemoglu, A., Temel, F. Z., and Yesilyurt, S., “Characterization and modeling of micro swimmers with helical tails and cylindrical heads inside circular channels,” ASME 11th Int. Conf. on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2013, Sapporo, Japan, 16-19 June 2013.
3. Acemoglu, A., Gungor Y. U., Balcı Y. S., Trabzon L., and Kızıl H.,"Designing, Producing and Characterising Polymer Based Microfluidic System to Seperate Micro-particle.", II. National Nanotechnology Congress Istanbul, 27-28 June 2012.
4. Acemoglu, A., Ozkapıcı V., Kara V., Tayafeh O., Kızıl H. and Trabzon L.,"Fabrication of Micro Channels with Angled Sidewall on Silicon bu Nd-YAG Laser Ablation", Proceedings of 6th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, Izmir, 15 – 18 June 2010

Presentations in International Conferences

1. Acemoglu, A., Deshpande, N., and Mattos, L. S., "A Magnetic Laser Scanner for Non-Contact Endoscopic Ablations", Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, 25-28 June 2017, London, UK.
2. Acemoglu, A. and Mattos, L.S., “Magnetically Actuated Surgical Laser Scanner for Endoscopic Applications”, Joint Workshop on New Technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery 6th edition, 12-14 September 2016, Pisa, Italy.
3. Acemoglu, A. and Mattos, L.S., “Characterization of Magnetic Field for Scanning Laser Module”, Joint Workshop on New Technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery 5th edition, 10-12 September 2015, Brussels, Belgium.
4. Acemoglu, A. and Yesilyurt, S., “Magnetic Helical Microswimmers in Poiseuille Flow,” 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, USA, Nov. 2014."
5. Acemoglu, A., Temel, F. Z., and Yesilyurt, S., “Characterization of artificial magnetic swimmers in channels,” 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Nov. 2013.
6. Temel, F. Z., Acemoglu, A., and Yesilyurt, S. “Modeling and navigation of artificial helical swimmers in channels,” 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Nov. 2013.
7. Temel, F. Z., Acemoglu, A., and Yesilyurt, S., “Modeling and navigation of artificial helical swimmers in channels,” Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, AMN2013 Conference, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA, 24-26 May 2013.

Awards

Awards & Scholarships

1. Best Poster Award, Magnetically Actuated Surgical Laser Scanner for Endoscopic Applications, 6th Joint Workshop on New Technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery, CRAS 2016.
2. Dr. Gürsel Sönmez Research Award, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. (2013 - 2014)
3. Sabanci Unviersity Tuition Waiver. (09/2012 - 07/2014)
4. TUBITAK 1001 Project Scholarship - Grant number: 111M376 - Project: "Modeling and Characterization of Motion of Helices inside Narrow Channels". (09/2012 - 01/2014)

Colleagues in Advanced Robotics See all

Riccardo Sepe

Monica Vasco

Abdeldjallil Naceri

Darwin Caldwell

Silvia Ivaldi

Floriana Sardi

Leonardo De Mattos

Stefano Cordasco

Phil Edward Hudson

Marco Migliorini

Former Colleagues

Giuseppe Iellamo

Jacopo Tessadori

Stephane Bazeille

Ioannis Havoutis

Jake Goldsmith

Hamza Khan

Bilal Ur Rehman

Sylvain Calinon

Gianluca Pane

Petar Kormushev