Members

Faculty

Yiğit Dağhan Gökdel

E-mail: daghan.gokdel@bilgi.edu.tr
Research area: Optical MEMS, Biomedical Micro-Devices, Sensors & Actuators

Dağhan Gökdel received the B.S degree in Electrical & Electronics Eng. From Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey in 2004 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics Eng. from Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey in 2007 and 2011, respectively. He received Boğaziçi University best Ph.D. dissertation award in 2011. In 2012 he was postdoctoral research associate with Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Texas-Austin, USA. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department, İstanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. His research interest include design, fabrication & characterization of optical MEMS and biomedical micro-devices.


Baykal Sarıoğlu

E-mail: baykal.sarioglu@bilgi.edu.tr
Research area: Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design, Low Power Biomedical System Design, Embedded System Design

Baykal Sarioglu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electical and Electronics Engineering at İstanbul Bilgi University where he has been a faculty member since 2013. He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. at Bogazici University, Istanbul and his undergraduate studies at Kadir Has University, Istanbul with honors. His research interests lie in the area of microelectronics, embedded system design focused on emerging biomedical technologies. He has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines of biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics engineering, particularly on designing low power micro-systems for biomedical applications. He enjoys composing music and drawing comic books in his free time.


Okan Batur

E-mail: okan.batur@bilgi.edu.tr
Research area: Mixed Signal (analog, digital, RF) electronics, VLSI Circuit & System design and implementation, Wireless communication circuits and systems, Ultra-Wideband transceiver technologies

Okan Batur got the MSc and PhD Degrees in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Boğaziçi University in 2006 and 2015 respectively. Then, He started as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at İstanbul Bilgi University, where he has been a faculty member since 2015. His PhD thesis is in VLSI and RF IC design of Robust Ultra-wideband transceivers. He participated to different Turkish research projects including Tubitak and DPT on designing circuit and systems for communication electronics. His domain of interests are telecom applications (e.g. Impulse Radio Ultra-Wideband, ultra-low power sensor nodes, RFIDs, Wireless Power) as well as biomedical applications.

Adjunct Faculty


Mehmet Ayyıldız

E-mail: mehmet.ayyildiz@bilgi.edu.tr
Research area: Computational & experimental continuum mechanics, correlation between mechanical parameters and microstructural features of biological tissues, haptics


Özgür Gül

E-mail: ozgur.gul@bilgi.edu.tr
Research area: Biosensors, protein engineering, computational biology


Muammer Özbek

E-mail: muammer.ozbek@bilgi.edu.tr
Research area: Structural dynamics, modal analysis, system identification, earthquake engineering, remote sensing, optical measurement methods

Graduate Students

Artun Oyman
Ph.D. Student
artunoyman@gmail.com
Supervisor: Prof. Arda Yalçınkaya, Boğaziçi University
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel


Taylan Parlak

MSc. Student
taylanparlak@gmail.com
B.S.: Electrical & Electronics Engineering, İstanbul Bilgi University
Supervisor: Dr. Baykal Sarıoğlu


Öznur Mete

MSc. Student
oznur.mete@bilgiedu.net
B.S.: Genetics & Bioengineering, İstanbul Bilgi University
Supervisor: Dr. Özgür Gül
Co-Advisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel


Kuter Erdil
MSc. Student
kuter.erdil@bilgiedu.net
B.S.: Electrical & Electronics Engineering, İstanbul Bilgi University
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel



Alumni

MSc. Graduates

Emin Cihan Anıl

MSc. Student
emincihananil@gmail.com
B.S.: Electrical & Electronics Eng., İstanbul Bilgi University
Supervisor: Dr. Baykal Sarıoğlu


Gökçe Aköz

MSc. Student
gkcakoz@hotmail.com
B.S.: Electrical & Electronics Eng., İstanbul Bilgi University
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel


İpek Deniz Yıldırım

MSc. Student
yildirimipekdeniz@gmail.com
B.S.: Mechatronics Eng., Sabancı University
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel


Nazlı Sürmeli

MSc. Student
nazlisurmeli@gmail.com
B.S.: Mechatronics Eng., Sabancı University
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel


Gamze Koç

gamze.koc@gmail.com
Thesis title: Image Construction and Cancer Tissue DetectionAlgorithms for Portable Confocal Microscopy System
Supervisor: Faik Başkaya, Boğaziçi University
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Baykal Sarıoğlu
Graduation date: 22.08.2014
Currently an undergraduate student in Medical School of Kocaeli University


Gökhan Gümüş

gokhan.gumus@bilgi.edu.tr
Thesis title: Design and Implementation of an Electronic Control and Image Acquisition System for Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy
Supervisor: Faik Başkaya, Boğaziçi University
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Baykal Sarıoğlu
Graduation date: 16.06.2016
Currently a PhD Student at Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., Boğaziçi University

Yunus Engin Gökdağ

yungok@yandex.com
Thesis title: Image Denoising And Image Enhancement on The Applıcatıons of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
Supervisor: Dr. Özgür Kocatürk, Boğaziçi University
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Graduation date: 2016
Currently a PhD Student at Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., Boğaziçi University


Ahmet Uğur Dilek

augur.dilek@gmail.com
Thesis title: Determination of the Dynamics of Wind Turbine by Remote Measurement Method
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Muammer Özbek
Graduation date: 09.06.2017


Hilal Kızılcabel

hilal.kizilcabel@gmail.com
Thesis title: Micromachined Platform Design for All Optical Microsystems
Supervisor: Dr. Baykal Sarıoğlu
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Graduation date: 09.06.2017
Currently, teaching assistant and patent specialist in İstanbul Bilgi University


Melike Nur Öner

melike.onder@bilgiedu.net
Thesis title: Paper Based Low Cost Biosensor Design and Fabrication
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Özgür Gül
Graduation date: 09.06.2017


Ahmet Tuna

ahmet.tuna@bilgiedu.net
Thesis title: 3D Printed Capacitive Pressure Sensor with Corrugated Surface
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Baykal Sarıoğlu
Graduation date: 2017


Undergraduate Students

Firas AbdulGhani

firas.abed.el.ghani@gmail.com
Project title: Design and Fabrication of a Mems Scanner
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Graduation date: 2015
Currently a PhD student in Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., Sabanci University


Janset Savaş

jansetsavas@gmail.com
Project title: Towards 3D Printed Confocal Endoscope
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Graduation date: 2015
Currently a M.Sc. Student in Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., İstanbul Technical University


Derun Karabeyoğlu

derunkarabeyoglu@gmail.com
Project title: Battery Management Systems for Li-Ion Batteries
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Graduation date: 2016
Currently a M.Sc. Student in Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., İstanbul Technical University


Oğuz Kaan Erden

kaanerden@boun.edu.tr
Project title: 3D Printed Capacitive Pressure Sensor with Corrugated Surface
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Graduation date: 2017
Currently a M.Sc. Student in Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., Boğaziçi University


Semih Ramazonoğlu

semihramazanoglu@bilgiedu.net
Project title: Vernier Digital Delay Line
Supervisor: Dr. Okan Zafer Batur
Graduation date: 2017
Currently a M.Sc. Student at Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., Boğaziçi University


Cansu Şen

cansu.sen@bilgiedu.net
Project title: Designing and Simulating of Polymer Based Microfluidic Chip
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Graduation date: 2017
Currently an M.Sc. Student in Biomedical Eng. Dept., Boğaziçi University


Mert Aktürk

mert.akturk@bilgiedu.net
Project title: Implementation of Galvanometer and MEMS Scanner into a Single Laser Path in Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy
Supervisor: Dr. Dağhan Gökdel
Graduation date: 2017
Currently an M.Sc. Student in Physics Dept., Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano)


Aslı Yelkenci

yelkenciasli815@gmail.com
Project title: Optically Powered and Optically Programmable CMOS Based Biomedical Microsystem
Supervisor: Dr. Baykal Sarıoğlu
Graduation date: 2017
Currently an M.Sc. Student in Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., Delft University of Technology


İlyas Ehican

ilyas.ehican@gmail.com
Project title: Optical Powered Battery-less Portable Microsystem for Smart Mobile Device
Supervisor: Dr. Baykal Sarıoğlu
Graduation date: 2017
Currently an M.Sc. Student in Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept., Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano)