Berat Can Cengiz

Berat Can Cengiz (PhD)

Office: MM Building - 9th Floor (MM 906)
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Department of Engineering Science, Middle East Technical University (METU)
Üniversiteler Mah. Dumlupınar Bulvarı No:1, 06800 Ankara, Türkiye

Education

PhD - Biomechanics, Engineering Sciences, METU, Türkiye, 2023 (Advisor: Senih Gürses)
M.S. - Biomechanics, Engineering Sciences, METU, Türkiye, 2017 (Advisor: Senih Gürses)
B.S. - Physics, METU, Türkiye, 2011
Lycee - Samsun Fen Lisesi, Türkiye, 2005

Postdoctoral Research

Oct' 2025 - Development Of New Neurorehabilitation Methods For Patients With Balance Disorders: Cross-Spinal Afferent Stimulation To Improve Postural Stability (Principal Investigator) (granted by TÜBİTAK 2219)
RRD Movement Lab, Biomedical Signal and Systems, EEMCS, University of Twente, Netherlands

PhD Thesis

Oct' 2023 - The Effects of Eye Movements on Postural Sway in The Absence of Retinal Information
Motion Capture Laboratory, MODSIMMER, METU, Ankara, Turkey

MS Thesis

Sep' 2017 – Effect of the Vestibular System on Search and Fall Behaviour of Human Postural Sway
(In collaboration with Department of Otorhinolaryngology) Posturography Laboratory, Gülhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

Research Interests

• Human Upright Posture Control
• Sensorimotor Integration
• Extraocular Muscle Proprioception
• Cross Spinal Afferent Stimulation

Journal Publications

Conference Proceedings

Oral Presentations in Congress

Research Projects

2018' Agu - Relationship between Multiple Skelerosis and Long-Loop Responses of Stretch Reflex
Researcher - (coop. with Dep. of Neurology) Posturography Laboratory, Gülhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
Keywords: EMG, Postural Reflexes Long Loop Stretch Reflexes, Balance

Courses

ES 202 – Mathematics for Engineers
ES 223 – Statics and Strength of Materials
ES 225 – Engineering Mechanics
ES 361 – Computing Methods in Engineering