Members
Principle Investigator
Mehmet Ünlü
Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ph. D., Middle East Technical University
E-mail: munlu(at)etu.edu.tr
Office: 141, Phone: + 90 312 292 4323
Mehmet Ünlü received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey in 2001, 2003, and 2009, respectively. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at METU-MEMS Center in 2009. He served as a research scientist at Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility (CNF), Ithaca, NY between 2009 and 2011, while he was working for Utah State University, Logan, UT. He joined the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI in 2011 as a postdoctoral research fellow. Between 2012 and 2018, he served as a faculty member at the Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University. He is currently serving as a faculty member at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey. His major research interests are terahertz components, plasmonics, optoelectronics, NEMS, and reconfigurable circuits and antennas for microwave and millimeter-wave applications.
Prof. Ünlü received the “The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Ph.D. Scholarship” between 2003 and 2009, the “Prof. Mustafa N. Parlar Education and Research Foundation-METU Thesis of the Year Award” in 2009 for his Ph.D. dissertation, “Best Student Paper Award (2nd place) in IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation” and “Best Student Paper Award (3rd place) in IEEE International Microwave Symposium” in 2013, “Prof. Mustafa N. Parlar Education and Research Foundation Research Encouragement Award” in 2013, “International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award” in 2014, and “Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award” in 2015. Prof. Ünlü is a senior member of IEEE.
Graduate Students
Şekip Dalgaç
(PhD candidate, full-time)
B.Sc. Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Gaziantep University
M.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Iskenderun Technical University
E-mail: sdalgac(at)sivas.edu.tr
Research Area: 60-94 GHz thin film packaging
(Co-advised by Prof. Kholoud Elmabruk, SBTU)
Ahmet Oğuz Sakın
(MSc student, full-time)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
E-mail: asakin(at)etu.edu.tr
Research Area: Integrated optical waveguides for THz PCA arrays
Ahmet Canberk Sonğur
(MSc student, full-time)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
E-mail: asongur(at)etu.edu.tr
Research Area: THz time-domain antenna arrays
Beyza Akçay
(MSc student, full-time)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
E-mail: bakcay(at)etu.edu.tr
Research Area: Integrated grating couplers for THz PCA arrays
Osman Bera Akkaya
(MSc student, full-time)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
E-mail: -
Research Area: Quantum technology
(Advised/Co-advised by Prof. Ali Bozbey)
Mustafa Nuri Akarsubaşı
(MSc student, full-time)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
E-mail: -
Research Area: Quantum technology
(Advised/Co-advised by Prof. Ali Bozbey)
Undergraduate Students
Abdullah Emre Akman
(BSc student, part-time)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
E-mail: -
Research Area: Photonic integrated circuits
Feride Reyyan Kaya
(BSc student, part-time)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
E-mail: -
Research Area: Photonic integrated circuits
Alumni
Dr. Muhammed Abdullah Unutmaz
(PhD, currently working for NIST, CO, USA)
Received "IEEE Türkiye Section Thesis of the Year" award
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Hacettepe University
M.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
Ph.D.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
Research Area: Reconfigurable Terahertz Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguides and Components
Dr. Kazım Demir
(PhD, currently working for
TUBITAK BILGEM)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Gaziantep University
M.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
Ph.D.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
Research Area: Terahertz Reconfigurable Photoconductive Antennas and Photomixers
Utku Uluer
(MSc)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Turkish Aeronautical Association University (Graduated with Summa Cum Laude)
M.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Research Area: Terahertz CMOS integrated circuits
(Co-advised by Prof. Ertan Zencir, THKU)
Hasan Alper Güneş
(MSc, currently working as a quantum/RF engineer for TOBB ETU)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
M.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Research Area: Vertical optical couplers for terahertz-on-fiber applications
(Advised by Prof. Hamza Kurt, KAIST, S. Korea)
Mesut Demircioğlu
(MSc, currently working as for ASELSAN)
B.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
M.Sc.: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Research Area: Surface plasmon polariton waveguide circuits beyond 1 THz
Postdoctoral Scholars
Dr. Kadir Üstün (served as a postdoctoral researcher in 2018-19, currently working for ASELSAN Research Center)
Dr. Arman Alizadeh (served as a postdoctoral researcher in 2021-22, currently working as a postdoctoral scholar in VTT, Finland)
PhD Students
Dr. Orçun Kiriş (received his PhD in 2019, currently working as a postdoc at the Colorado School of Mines, CO, USA)
Dr. Kholoud Elmabruk (received her PhD in 2019, currently an assistant professor at the Sivas University of Science and Technology)
Dr. Muhammed Abdullah Unutmaz (received his PhD in 2021, currently working for NIST, CO, USA)
Dr. Kazım Demir (received his PhD in 2022, currently working for TUBITAK BILGEM-BTE)
Dr. Alper Cemil (received his PhD in 2022, currently working for Hensoldt, Germany)
MSc Students
Adem Yılmaz (received his MSc in 2015, currently a PhD candidate at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University)
Kazım Demir (received his MSc in 2016, currently a PhD candidate in TeraNano RG and working for TUBITAK BILGEM-BTE)
Muhammed Abdullah Unutmaz (received his MSc in 2017, currently a postdoctoral researcher in TeraNano RG and working as a teaching assistant at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University)
Imran Ahmed (received his MSc in 2018) (Advised by Prof. Hüsnü Dal)
Muammer Serkan Açıkgöz (received his MSc in 2019)
Gülay Özşahin (received her MSc in 2019, currently working for TUBITAK BILGEM-ILTAREN)
Tuğba Kemiksiz (received her MSc in 2019, currently working for TUBITAK BILGEM-BTE)
Utku Uluer (received his MSc in 2022) (Co-advised by Dr. Ertan Zencir, THKU)
Hasan Alper Güneş (received his MSc in 2023) (Advised by Prof. Dr. Hamza Kurt, KAIST, currently working as a quantum/RF engineer for TOBB ETU)
Mesut Demircioğlu (received his MSc in 2023, currently working for ASELSAN)
Other Graduate Students
Süleyman Burak Çelik (worked during his PhD, currently working for the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB))
Long Term Interns
Salih Serdar Yıldırım (2019-20 spring)
Mehmet Enes Uysak (2019-20 spring)
Ceyda Elçin Kaya (2019-20 spring)
Beyza Akçay (2019-20 summer)
Ahmet Gökhan Göze (2019-20 summer)
Furkan Kahraman (2019-20 summer)
Ahmet Oğuz Sakın (2019-20 summer)
Ahmet Canberk Sonğur (2019-20 summer)
Berk Can Turan (2019-20 summer)
Serra Uluğ (2019-20 summer)
Mesut Demircioğlu (2020-21 fall)
Yılmaz Çınar (2020-21 fall)
Beyza Akçay (2020-21 spring)
Ahmet Oğuz Sakın (2020-21 spring)
Ahmet Canberk Sonğur (2020-21 spring)
Batuhan Çeken (2020-21 summer)
Alperen Dilmen (2021-22 fall)
Yusuf Çolak (2021-22 spring)
Hasan Tan (2021-22 summer)
Osman Bera Akkaya (2021-22 summer)
Mustafa Nuri Akarsubaşı (2021-22 summer)
Dijan Doğan (2021-22 summer) (Advised by Prof. Dr. Ali Bozbey)
Yusuf Çolak (2022-23 fall)
Hasan Tan (2022-23 spring)
Osman Bera Akkaya (2022-23 summer)
Mustafa Nuri Akarsubaşı (2022-23 summer)
Abdullah Emre Akman (2022-23 summer)
Abdullah Emre Akman (2023-24 spring)