Ph.D., Ver Planck Endowed Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Biography
Dr. Burak Ozdoganlar is the Ver Planck Endowed Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Ozdoganlar received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1999. His primary research interests include modeling and experimentation of advanced manufacturing processes and machines/equipment, specializing in multi-scale (macro/micro/nano-) manufacturing and its applications, with an specific emphasis on medical-device manufacturing, including transdermal delivery devices based on microneedle arrays, engineering large and vascularized tissues, and neural probes for brain-machine interfaces. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi honor societies, SME/ NAMRI, and ASEE. His awards and recognitions include Ver Planck Endowed Chair Professorship; 2011 ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award; SME 2007 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer award; 2006 NSF CAREER award.
