3129 W Thompson Street.
Philadelphia,PA 19121
mert@drexel.edu
§ PhD in Mechanical Engineering,Present
Drexel University,Philadelphia,PA
Current GPA:4.0 on a 4.0 scale
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
Cumulative GPA: 3.9 on a 4. 0 scale (valedictorian of the class)
Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey (honor student)
METU is the most prestigious university in Engineering in Turkey and is accredited by ABET; accepts only the top 0.1% of all high school graduates in Turkey; English is the official language of education
Microfabrication, Biomechanics, Cell Mechanics, Nanotechnology, MEMS, Applied Mechanics, Vibrations, Modal Analysis, Mechatronics, Machine Design
COMPUTERSKILLS
Fortran, Pascal, C++, Matlab, Mathcad, Solidworks, Cadkey, Ansys, ProE, Microsoft Office,Labview
HONORS, DISTINCTIONS, AWARDS
§ scored among the top 0.1% in the Central University Entrance Examinations (1997), taken by one and a half million graduating Turkish high school students every year, and was accepted as an undergraduate student to the Mechanical Engineering Department of METU.
§ graduated as an Honor Student from the METU (B.S. degree, 2002)
§ During the senior year in METU, had the privilage of being selected as one of the four students of the class of 150 students to participate in the International Design Studio (IVDS).
§ awarded by a Teaching Assistantship in the Tennessee Technological University (August 2002-May 2003)
§ awarded by a Research Assistantship in the Tennessee Technological University (August 2003-May 2004)
§ rank as the valedictorian of class in the Mechanical Engineering M.S. program of Tennessee Technological University.
§ awarded by a Teaching Assistantship in Drexel University(September 2004-June 2006)
§ awarded by a Research Assistantship in Drexel University(September 2004-Present)
A project on vibration analysis of an aluminum cast structure (truck filter), involving not only the modelling and analysis of the filter, but also the experimental techniques. Supported by Fleetguard, Inc., Advisor: Dr. Sally Pardue
PHD THESIS
Piconewton Force Transduction of Neurons, working with Dr.Bradley Layton
JOURNAL PAPERS
Sasoglu, F. M., Bohl, A.J and Layton, B.E(2007). "Design and microfabrication of a high-aspect-ratio PDMS microbeam array for parallel nanonewton force measurement and protein printing." Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 17: 623-632.
Sasoglu, F. M., Kilinc D. and Layton,B.E." Parallel force transduction in cell arrays". in preparation
Sasoglu, F. M., Kilinc D. , Allen, K. and Layton,B.E." Towards a Method for Printing a Network of Chick Forebrain Neurons for Biosensor Applications" in preparation
CONFERENCE PAPERS and POSTERS
Sasoglu, F. M., Kilinc D. and Layton,B.E." Parallel force transduction in cell arrays"."ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,2007"
Sasoglu, F. M., Kilinc D. , Allen, K. and Layton,B.E." Towards a Method for Printing a Network of Chick Forebrain Neurons for Biosensor Applications"29th Annual International Conferenece IEEE-EMBS,Lyon,France.
Sasoglu,F.M.,Bohl,J.E,Layton,B.E.,”Microfabrication procedure of PDMS microbeam array using photolithography and DRIE for laminin printing and piconewton force transduction on axons”,28th Annual International Conferenece IEEE-EMBS,New york,NY
Sasoglu, F.M.,Layton,B.E.” Design and Microfabrication of an Actuated PDMS High-Aspect-Ratio Microbeam Array for Piconewton Force Transduction”,Drexel University Research Day 2006,Philadelphia,PA
Sasoglu, F.M.,Layton,B.E.”Microfabrication of a 4x4 PDMS Array for laminin printing in attachement of nerve cells”,MEMS Alliance 2006,Baltiomore,MD
Sasoglu, F.M., Layton, B.E.”Design and Microfabrication of an Actuated PDMS High-Aspect-Ratio Microbeam Array for Piconewton Force Transduction”,Annual Tassa Connference 2006, Philadelphia,PA.
F. Mert Sasoglu, Bradley E. Layton, “A silicone Microbeam Array for Measuring Neurite Stiffness”,Drexel University Research Day 2005,Philadelphia,PA.
Sasoglu, F.M. Layton, B.E., 2005. “Parameterization and Microfabrication Procedure of A Microcone Array to Measure Cell Stiffness,” BMES Fall Meeting, Baltimore, MD, September 29, 2005
B.Layton,P.Baas, K.Allen, M.Sasoglu, M.Stokes, K.Myers”Towards a Method for Peripheral Nervous System Axonal Stiffness Measurements with MEMS Microgrippers and Nano-Microbeams”,2nd Neural Network Conference,Arlington,VA,March 16-19
Allen, K.B., Sasoglu, F.M., Layton, B.E., “Mechanical Neural Growth Models,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. November 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL
Sasoglu F.M, Caner Demirdogen, Sally Pardue, "Damping Estimation of an Aluminum Cast Structure", 74th Shock and Vibration Conference, San Diego, October 27-31, 2003 (oral presentation by F. M. Sasoglu)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microfabrication, Microcontact printing, Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Optical Microscopy, Optical Profilometer, Cell Dissociation, Micromanipulation.
§ Research Assistant,September 2004-Present
Drexel University,Philadelphia,PA
Working on Piconewton force transduction of nerve cells
§ Teaching Assistant,September 2004-Present
Drexel University,Philadelphia,PA
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
§ MEM 402 Applied Machine Design
§ MEM 423 Mechanics of Vibrations
§ MEM 230 Mechanics of Materials
§ MEM 202 Engineering Statics
SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
· “Picoforce Transduction of Nerve Cells”,February 2006,invited speaker at Drexel-Pohang Student Workshop on Nano/Micro/Meso Manufacturing and Tissue Engineering"
§ Fleetguard, Cookeville, TN
Summer internship, 3 months in May 2003-July 2003
§ Cevher Mechanical Industry , Izmir, Turkey
Summer internship (Product Development Department),30 work days in July 2001-August 2001
Summer Internship (Product Development Department),30 work days in July 2000-August 2000
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Designed and manufactured a hovering platform, which could stabilize itself during flight and advance in one direction.
Designed and manufactured an autonomous vehicle, which traveled along a course, avoiding arbitrarily located obstacles.
As one of the four students selected to participate in the International Design Studio (IVDS), visited the U.S.A. for consultation and collaboration with American coworkers in Union College (U.S.A) on the joint mechatronics project. The manufactured vehicle passed the test of a jury successfully.