Graduate Students
| Date | Degree | Candidate | Thesis Title |
|---|
| 2026 | Ph.D | Azmat Ullah | |
| 2025 | Ph.D | Canberk Yıldırım | Reduced order digital twins of cardiovascular devices and complex congenital diseases |
| 2025 | Ph.D | Tansu Gölcez | Cardiovascular device-induced blood cell trauma investigated using a hemostable flow loop |
| 2025 | B.Sc. | Efe Keskin | |
| 2025 | BSc | Emiliya Rafiyeva | |
| Oct 2024 | Ph.D | Sercin Ozkok, MD | MRI segmentation/ |
| Oct 2024 | Ph.D | Ender Odemis, MD | Development of heart valves and pediatric cardiology/ Koc Univesity Hospital |
| June 2024 | B.Sc. | Faruk Karatas | PIV in VADs/ MSc student at Politecnico di Milano |
| 2024 | BSc | Kağan Uçak | |
| Sep. 2023 | B.Sc. | Hakancan Ozturk | ML for fiber image processing/ MSc at Imperial College London |
| June 2023 | M.Sc. | Hummaira Banu Siddiqui | Gene expression |
| Oct 2020 | Post Doc. | Ibrahim Basar Aka, Ph.D, | Development of iATVA and VADs/ Asst. Prof at Bilgi University |
| Oct 2018 | M.Sc. | Cansu Karakaya | Gene Expression during Aortic Arch Development and Remodeling in Chick Embryos-A Time Lapsed Network Analysis / PhD student USA |
| Jun 2017 | M.Sc. | Ece Tutsak | Novel ventricle assist devices for single-ventricle patients Politecnico di Milano - Ph.D. student |
| Feb 2017 * | Ph.D. | Reza Rasooli | Micro and tomographic PIV in bio-fluid mechanics |
| Feb 2017 * | Ph.D. | Bilgesu Çakmak | New tools for medical image analysis – OCT/μCT (co-supervised with Murat Tekalp) |
| Feb 2017 * | M.Sc. | Canberk Yildirim | Reproductive biomechanics (co-supervised with Dr. Ege Can Seferoglu and Prof. Hakan Erturk, Bogazici University) |
| Jan 2017 | M.Sc. | Fazil Uslu | Tomographic PIV in bioinspired fluid mechanics / PhD student at EPFL |
| July 2016 | M.Sc. | Samir Donmezov | Cardiovascular Solid Mechanics - optimization of vessel constituents |
| Jun 2016 * | Ph.D. | Banu Köse | Pre-surgical planning and rapid prototyping in congenital heart disease (at Medipol University) |
| Sep 2015 * | Ph.D. | Samane Lashkarinia | Pre-surgical planning of cardiovascular patch implantation growth FeBIO |
| Sep 2014 * | Ph.D. | Gokce Nur Turkmen | Open source computational tools for cardiovascular fluid mechanics |
| Jul 2014 | M.Sc. | Berk Yigit | Lumped parameter modeling of fetal transition and chord clamping hemodynamics / PhD student at Max Planck Institute, Germany |
| Jun 2014 | Ph.D. | William Kowalski | Hemodynamic models of embryonic cardiovascular development / Research scientist at National Institutes of Health - USA |
| Nov 2013 | Ph.D. | Chia-Yuan Chen | Confocal micro particle image velocimetry and embryonic blood flow regulation via micro-fabrication / Associate Professor - National Cheng Kung University Thailand |
| Jun 2013 | Ph.D. | Prahlad Menon | Computational fluid dynamics solver for biomimetic micro propulsion / Tenure-track faculty at Duquesne University - USA |
| Oct 2012 | M.Sc. | Priti Abdal | In vitro test system to study novel fenestration design for congenital heart surgery / Senior Biomedical Engineer at ALung Technologies |
| Oct 2012 | M.Sc. | Arush Karla | Unsteady right ventricular valve 3D leaflet visualization / Chief Scientific Officer, PeCa Labs, USA |
| Jul 2011 | M.Sc. | Basar Seckin | Propulsion Nozzle Design via Neural Network Optimization / Roketsan Space Systems Director (co-supervised with Ahmet Ucer) Postdoctoral Researcher, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| Jun 2011 | Ph.D. | Onur Dur | Patient-specific computational fluid dynamics and surgical planning optimization / Research engineer at Thoratec - USA, Wavelet Health CTO |
| Jun 2011 | Ph.D. | Dennis Trumble | Development and testing of a muscle-powered cardiac assist device (co- supervised with Jim Antaki) / Assistant Research Professor Carnegie Mellon University |
| Jun 2011 | M.Sc. | Aman Chawla | Physics-based correction of cardiac perfusion scans / Lead Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington D.C. |
| Jun 2009 | M.Sc. | Umit Danis | Optimizing bacterial propulsion / lt. col. Turkish Navy |
| Oct 2008 | M.Sc. | Yajuan Wang | Aortic arch morphogenesis and flow modeling in the chick embryo / IBM Watson Health |
| Apr 2001 | M.Sc. | Berrak Alparslan | Unsteady wave-rotor propulsion (AIAA best thesis award) / Turkish Engine Industries (co-supervised with Razi Nalim) |
Graduate Thesis Committees
| Date | Degree | Candidate | Thesis Title |
|---|
| Feb 2019 | Ph.D. | Erhan Tenekecioglu | Local Hemodynamic Microenvironment in Biodegradable Scaffolds, Erasmus MC, (advisor: Patrick W. Serruys) |
| Jun 2018 | M.Sc. | Ayse Cetin | 3D Fluid-structure interaction red blood cell flow, ITU (advisor: Mehmet Sahin) |
| Apr 2018 | Ph.D. | I. Basar Aka | Design and Performance Optimization of Heart Assist Devices: iHeart VAD and iATVA (advisor: Ismail Lazoglu) |
| Apr 2018 | Ph.D. | Caglar Ozturk | Development of a Novel Centrifugal Left Ventricular Assist Device and the First In Vivo Study: Istanbul Heart VAD (advisor: Ismail Lazoglu) |
| Sep 2016 | Ph.D. | Gursan Coban | Cardiovascular Growth Modeling, ITU (advisor: M. Serdar CELEBİ) |
| Jan 2016 | Ph.D. | Daulet Izbassarov | Computational analysis of viscoelastic droplets (advisor: Metin Muradoglu) |
| Jan 2013 | Ph.D. | Jinmo Lee | Computational fluid dynamics of flipping propulsion (advisor: Donghyun You) |
| Jun 2011 | Ph.D. | William Bromby | (advisor: Fred Higgs) |
| Jul 2010 | Ph.D. | Gail Siewiorek | Hemodynamics of cloth capturing devices (advisor: Ender Finol) |
| Jun 2010 | M.Sc. | Peng Liu | Hemodynamic boundary conditions via conformal mapping (advisor: Ender Finol) |
| Jul 2008 | Ph.D. | Arielle Drummond | Anatomical placement of ventricle assist devices (advisor: James Antaki) / Research Engineer, Circulite, USA |
| Jun 2008 | Ph.D. | Rui Zhao | Blood damage and platelet activation (advisor: James Antaki) |
| Sep 2007 | Ph.D. | Christine Scotti | In vitro and in vivo dynamics of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a fluid- structure interaction study (advisor: Ender Finol) / Research Engineer, SurgicalMedical, Technology Center, Arizona |
November 2002 – January 2007: Co-supervised two research groups at Georgia Tech Biomedical Department, each having
~6 graduate students
Post-Doctoral Supervisor and Contract Employees Supported by Research Contracts
| Duration | Fellow | Topic of Study | Current Employment |
|---|
| Sep 2018 – Present | Dr. Ibrahim Baris Aka | Cardiovascular devices, rvot valves and blood turbines | |
| May 2018 – ? | Ms. Merve Celik | Molecular Biology in Cardiovascular and Tissue Engineering | Koç University Hospital, Istanbul |
| Oct 2016 – Present | Dr. Gursan Coban | Embryonic vascular growth models | |
| Sep 2016 – Present | Dr. Muhammad Jamil | Double lumen cannula and outflow tract septation | |
| Oct 2015 – Oct 2017 | Dr. Volkan Tuncay | Cardiovascular Imaging and Pre-surgical planning | Philips - Netherlands |
| Jul 2013 – Jun 2017 | Dr. Senol Piskin | Computational cardiovascular fluid mechanics | Research Assistant Professor / University of Texas San Antonio |
| Jun 2013 – Sep 2017 | Dr. Selda Goktas | Aortic arch development | |
| Mar 2011 – May 2012 | Dr. Raúl Antón Remírez | Experimental fluid dynamics of Abdominal Aneurysms (Co-supervised with Ender Finol) | Dean at Tecnun-School of Engineering, University of Navarra |
| Oct 2010 – Oct 2012 | Michael Patrick | Confocal microscopy of flowing red blood cells | Senior Hazardous Materials Safety Specialist – Carnegie Mellon University |
| Erhan Ermek | Artifical heart, oxygenators, mass sensitive transducers such as cantilever and QCM, biosensors, embedded system design and development. | Koç University, Istanbul |