Dr. Burak Aksak - Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Dr. Burak Aksak
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1021
Tel: 806.742.3563 x278
Fax: 806.742.3540
Email: burak.aksak@ttu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, (2008)
- M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, (2005)
- B.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey, (2003)
Experience
- Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University, (2012-present)
- Lead Research Engineer/Co−Founder, nanoGriptech LLC, (2009-2012)
- Post−Doctoral Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University, (2008-2009)
Research Interests
- Dr. Aksak focuses on developing bio-inspired devices for adhesion, sensing, actuation and energy harvesting. His primary focus is to build multi-functional, self-sufficient systems which exploit the increased surface-to-volume ratio and the high sensitivity of micro/nano structures.
Selected Publications
- B. Aksak, C-Y. Hui, and M. Sitti, “The Effect of Aspect Ratio on Adhesion and Stiffness for Soft Elastic Fibres,” Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 8(61): 1166-1175, 2011
- B. Sumer, B. Aksak, K. Sahin, K. Chuengsatiansup, and M. Sitti, “Piezoelectric Polymer Fiber Arrays for Tactile Sensing Applications,” Sensor Letters, 9(2): 457-463, 2010.
- J. A. Yoon, S. A. Bencherif, B. Aksak, E. K. Kim, T. Kowalewski, J. K. Oh, and K. Matyjaszewski, “Thermoresponsive Hydrogel Scaffolds with Tailored Hydrophilic Pores,” Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 6: 128–136, 2011.
- M. Murphy, B. Aksak, and M. Sitti, “Gecko-Inspired Directional and Controllable Adhesion,” Small, 5(2):170-175, 2008.
- B. Aksak, M. P. Murphy, and M. Sitti, “Adhesion of Biologically Inspired Vertical and Angled Polymer Microfiber Arrays,” Langmuir, 23(6):3322–3332, 2007.
- B. Aksak, M. Sitti, A. Cassell, J. Li, M. Meyyappan, and P. Callen, “Friction of Partially Embedded Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers inside Elastomers,” Applied Physics Letters, 91(6):061906, 2007.
- B. Yang, B. Aksak, Q. Lin, and M. Sitti, “Compliant and Low-cost Humidity Sensors Using Nano-porous Polymer Membranes,” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 114(1):254–262, 2006.
- B. Aksak, M. Murphy, and M. Sitti, “Gecko Inspired Micro-fibrillar Adhesives for Wall Climbing Robots on Micro/Nanoscale Rough Surfaces,” ICRA, Pasadena, CA, 2008.
- • B. Aksak, P. S. Bhat, J. D. Campbell, M. De Rosa, S. Funiak, P. B. Gibbons, S. C. Goldstein, C. Guestrin, A. Gupta, C. Helfrich, J. F. Hoburg, B. Kirby, J. Kuffner, P. Lee, T. C. Mowry, P. Pillai, R. Ravichandran, B. D. Rister, S. Seshan, M. Sitti, and H. Yu, “Demo abstract: Claytronics—Highly Scalable Communications, Sensing, and Actuation Networks,” In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, San Diego, CA, 2005.