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Şenay Mihçin received her Ph.D. degree in Computational Biomechanics from Loughborough University, UK, in2008, which was funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences of Research Council, UK(EPSRC).Afterwards, she worked as a research assistant at Computer Science on crash simulations using model ‘Expecting’ for producing guidelines for automobile designers and manufacturers. She also worked as research fellow at mechanical engineering department of University of Leeds on ‘Kinematic FE Modelling of Cervical Spine’. Later on she moved on gaining experience in industry in Manchester, UK, at Simulation Solutions Ltd, a producer of simulatorsfor artificial implants. She also took a role as a team leader at Medical School of Dundee University on translation of research into the clinics for EU funded FP7 project called ‘Trans-fusimo’. After successful completion of this project, Dr Mihcin joined in University College of London, UCL for more translation of research activities, working on quality management of the translational projects for novel medical devices and methods as a part of Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS) centre. Dr Mihcin got awarded under TUBITAK 2232 International Outstanding Research Fellows funding scheme with a total budget of 3680000TL, and she started her own research lab at Izmir Institute of Technology, she is currently a faculty member as an Assistant Professor, at IZTECH, Mechanical Engineering department.
Her current research interests include biomechanics, human motion modelling and simulation, gait activities, motion capture systems, daily life activities, design of implant testing simulators, design of implants, testing of implants, ISO 13485, ISO 14242 standards, medical device testing, qualification, CE marking, medical technology management
myilmaz@iyte.edu.tr
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Mehmet YILMAZ graduated from the department of Mechanical Engineering of Erciyes University, in 2021. During his undergraduate education, as a part of Erasmus program, he studied at Tallinna Tehnikakõrgkool University in Estonia and Tomas Bata university in Czech Republic for one semester each. He is currently registered as a PhD student at Izmir Institute of Technology. His PhD is funded by the TÜBİTAK 2232 “New Generation Implants for Everyone” project. His research focuses on the kinetic analysis of lower extremities during activities of daily living.
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Ahmet Mert ŞAHİN graduated from Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2021. He participated in many club activities during his undergraduate education and was responsible for the 2019 IEEE Power and Energy Society Turkey coordinator team. He participated in many volunteer activities during the undergraduate process, and in 2017-2018 he took part in the coordinator position of the youth committee of the Ankara Community Volunteers Foundation. In 2022, he started an integrated doctorate program at Izmir Institute of Technology. He continues to work as a scholarship student in Tubitak 2232 “Next Generation Implants for Everyone” project. He continues to work in the field of biomechanics within the scope of his doctoral program. His areas of interest are biomechanics, embedded systems, robot kinematics, additive manufacturing, 3D scanning systems, medical imaging systems, and motion capture systems.
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The researcher graduated from the İzmir Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2020 and completed his Master’s degree at the same university in 2023 with a thesis titled “Design of an Inherently Balanced Manipulator with Remote Center of Motion.” Currently, his work focuses on AI methods that estimate joint loads from kinematic data for daily human activities.
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Zeynep Katırcıoğlu received her B.Sc. degree in Medical Engineering from Acıbadem University in 2024. In the same year, she began her M.Sc. studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), where she is currently pursuing her graduate education.
Her research interests include human movement biomechanics, motion analysis, and biomechanical modeling. She is currently conducting her master’s thesis entitled “Investigation of Knee Joint Kinematics for Daily Life Activities.” Her research focuses on the biomechanical evaluation of human movement and the investigation of knee joint kinematics during activities of daily living. Motion capture systems and various biomechanical modeling software are utilized in her research.
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Alican Tuncay ALPKAYA graduated from Trakya University, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2014, joined the Nanomechanics Group of the Middle East Technical University Department of Mechanical Engineering in the fall of 2016 and completed his master’s degree as a research assistant on the Experimental Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of Nano-Layered Metals. He joined Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering as a research assistant in 2018 to receive his doctorate education. Currently, he is a PhD student registered in the Biomechanics and Motion Capture Systems Laboratory within the TÜBİTAK 2232 “Next Generation Implants for Everyone” project. Within the scope of this project, it is aimed to investigate the effects of daily living activities on the hip implant by using the finite element method.
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Doruk Sevük graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Turkish Aeronautical Association in 2020. He started his master’s education in Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2021. In November 2022, Biomechanics and Motion Capture Systems Laboratory participated in the TÜBİTAK 2232 “Next Generation Implants for Everyone” project. Within the scope of this project, he conducts research on the validation and controls of the HIP Simulator.
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Merve Tuna received her undergraduate degree from İzmir Katip Çelebi University Mechatronics Engineering Department in 2019. His graduation thesis was on a 3 Degrees of Freedom Tendon Driven Parallel Manipulator. She worked as a candidate engineer in Computer Aided Engineering (CAE). She worked with MSC Adams View on kinematic and dynamic analysis and simulations of mechanical systems, provided educational planning and technical support at universities. She is currently a registered graduate student at Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, financed by the TÜBİTAK 2232 “New Generation Implants for Everyone” project. His master thesis is on “Investigation of Hip Joint Kinematics for Activities of Daily Living”. His areas of interest are kinematic and dynamic analysis and mechanisms, and robotic systems, biomechanics, motion capture systems simulations. His areas of interest are kinematic and dynamic analysis and mechanisms, and robotic systems, biomechanics, motion capture systems simulations.
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Öznur Ilgın Karaağaç is a 3rd year mechanical engineering student at Izmir Institute of Technology and is working as a research intern in “New Generation Implants for All” project in the scope of TUBITAK STAR Project (2247-C). Her research fields are motion analysis and simulations and biomechanics.
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Mert Mutlu is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student at Izmir Institute of Technology. Currently, he works as an intern researcher for the “Next Generation Implants for Everyone” project within the TUBITAK STAR program (2247-C). His research interest are on musculoskeletal simulation, motion analysis and finite element analysis (FEA).
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Kayra Bolcal is a 4th year Mechanical Engineering student at Izmir Institute of Technology. Currently, he works as an intern researcher in the “Next Generation Implants for Everyone” project with the TUBITAK STAR program (2247-C). Previously, he spent a semester at Tallinn University of Technology as an Erasmus exchange student and took courses in computer aided engineering (CAE), mechatronics and virtual reality fields. During this period, he worked on the static structural analysis of a hip implant design using ANSYS, based on the load data of the hip joint during walking. During his ME400 compulsory internship, he worked on linear static and modal analysis with MSC Apex. His areas of interest are computational mechanics and biomechanics.
