Mahmut Selman Sakar

   Ph.D. Student

   The Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering

   University of Pennsylvania

   Grasp Lab


Contact Information

Address:

Levine Hall L402
University of Pennsylvania
3330 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
USA

Phone:

267-694-6752

Email:

sakarmah(at)grasp(dot)upenn(dot)edu

Web:

http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~sakarmah


Research Interests

bacterial actuation systems, microrobotics, application of control theory and dynamical systems in biology, stochastic models in systems biology, bioMEMS.


Education

Sept. 2005 – Current

PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania

Advisor: Prof. George J. Pappas

Co-Advisor: Prof. Vijay Kumar

Sept. 2005 – May. 2007

MS in Electrical Engineering , University of Pennsylvania

Advisor: Prof. George J. Pappas

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Sept. 2001 – June 2005

BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (high honors), Bogazici University, Turkey


Teaching

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


Publications

Journal Publication

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.

Conference Proceedings

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.

Conference Poster and Abstract

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.