Address:
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Levine Hall L402
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Phone:
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267-694-6752
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Email:
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sakarmah(at)grasp(dot)upenn(dot)edu
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Web:
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http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~sakarmah
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bacterial actuation systems, microrobotics, application of control theory and dynamical systems in biology, stochastic models in systems biology, bioMEMS.
Sept.
2005 – Current
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PhD Student, |
Sept.
2005 – May. 2007
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MS in Electrical Engineering ,
Advisor:
Prof. George J. Pappas
GPA:
4.0/4.0
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Sept.
2001 – June 2005
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BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (high honors),
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Spring 2009: TA for BE 210 - Bioengineering Lab II
Fall 2008: TA for CBE 540 - Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering
Fall 2007: TA for ESE 250 - Logistics, Manufacturing and Transportation
Fall 2006: TA for ENM 503 - Introduction to Probability
Fall 2004: TA for EE 353 - Control Systems and Design
3. E. Steager, M.S. Sakar, V. Kumar, G.J. Pappas, and M.J. Kim, "Hybrid Control of Microbiorobots", in preperation.
2. M.S. Sakar, C. Lee, and P.E. Arratia, "Flagellar Dynamics in Viscous Fluids ", accepted to Physics of Fluids, 2009.
1. A.A. Julius, A. Halasz, M.S. Sakar, H. Rubin, V. Kumar, and G.J. Pappas, "Stochastic modeling and control of biological systems: the lactose regulation system of Escherichia coli ", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 53(1):51-65, January 2008.
4. A.A. Julius, M.S. Sakar, E. Steager, M.J. Kim, V. Kumar, and G.J. Pappas, "Harnessing bacterial power for micro scale manipulation and locomotion", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Kobe, Japan, May 2009.
3. E. Steager, M.S. Sakar, U.K. Cheang, V. Kumar, G.J. Pappas, and M.J. Kim, "Galvanotactic Control of Self-Powered Microstructures", ASME IMECE, Boston, IMECE2008-66647, 2008.
2. E. Steager, U. K. Cheang, M. S. Sakar, A. A. Julius, V. Kumar, G. J. Pappas, and M.J. Kim, "Bacterial surface morphology for self-powered bacterial transporters", The US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, San Diego, CA, USA, 2008
1. A.A. Julius, M.S. Sakar, A. Bemporad, and G.J. Pappas, "Hybrid model predictive control of induction of Escherichia coli", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007.
2. M.S. Sakar, C. Lee, and P.E. Arratia, "Flagellar Dynamics in Viscous Fluids ", 2008 APS-DFD Meeting, won BEST POSTER AWARD
1. M.S. Sakar, E. Steager, A.A. Julius, V. Kumar, M.J. Kim, G.J. Pappas, "Microfabricated structures powered by flagellated bacteria",8th International Conference on Systems Biology, Long Beach, USA, 2007.