RESEARCH PROJECTS

Prof. Dr. Tayfun AKIN

LIST OF RESEACH SUBJECTS

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

METU-MEMS

Sponsored by EU FP7 as REGPOT Project

 

Industrial Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Sponsored by State Planning Organization (DPT)

 

Advanced MEMS For RF and Millimeter Wave Communications (AMICOM)

Sponsored by EU FP6 as a European “Network of Excellence”

 

Innovative Antennas for Emerging Terrestrial and Space-based Applications

Sponsored by COST 284, (PI: Assoc. Prof. Ozlem Aydin Çivi)

 

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Development of Uncooled Infrared Detectors Arrays, Gyroscopes, and Accelerometers using the MEMS Technology

Sponsored by Ministry of National Defense, METU Project No: 04.03.01.2.00.07

 

Development of Uncooled Infrared Detectors and Silicon Micromachined Gyroscopes using MEMS Technology

Sponsored by Ministry of National Defense, METU Project No: 99-03-01-54

 

A Silicon Micromachined Gyroscope

Sponsored by TÜBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey), TÜBITAK Project No: 100E020

 

Uncooled Infrared Detector Development using MEMS and CMOS Techonologies

TÜBITAK-BILTEN Project No: 79-93-001, Sponsored by ASELSAN Inc.

 

Integrated Microsensors and Sensor Systems for Industrial Applications

(TU-MICROSYSTEMS)

NATO Science for Stability Programme

 

U.S-Turkey Cooperative Research: Solid-State Sensors and Interface Circuits

National Science Foundation, in collaboration with The University of Michigan

REF: INT-9602182

 

Design and Production of Novel Multi-Function Reconfigurable Antenna/Antenna Arrays by Micromachining Technology

Sponsored by State Planning Organization (DPT), (PI: Assoc. Prof. Ozlem Aydin Çivi)

 

Development of RF Components with MEMS Technology (RF MEMS)

Sponsored by TÜBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey), TÜBITAK Project No: 101E023

(PI: Assoc. Prof. Sencer Koç)

 

            A Silicon Micromachined Temperature and Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor Cluster for Household Appliances

Sponsored by Arçelik Inc., METU Project No:00-0301-2-00-32

 

 

Feasibility Study on the Use of Semiconductor Microsensors in Household Appliances

Sponsored by Arçelik Inc., METU Project No:99-03-01-24 

 

Design, Production, and Development of Mini/Microrobot Colony

Sponsored by TÜBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey), TÜBITAK Project No: MISAG-209

(PI: Prof. Abdülkadir Erden, Mechanical Engineering Department)

 


Other Projects

Recycle Project at METU (in Turkish)

Sponsored by METU President's Office