Onur Ozcan email: onurozcan (AT) cmu.edu Ph. D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering M.S. in Mechanical Engineering - Carnegie Mellon University B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering Program - Sabanci University 2007 Research Interests: Biomimetic robotics, Micro/Nano robotics, Micro/Nano manipulation, Control at the nanoscale Research Projects Water Strider Robot Atomic Force Microscope based Nanomanipulation Tip-directed, Field-emission Assisted Nanofabrication Publications Journal Articles 1. O. Ozcan, H. Wang, J. D. Taylor, and M. Sitti, ''Surface Tension Driven Miniature Legged Robot Inspired by Water Strider Insects,'' Journal of Research of NIST, in press. 2. C. Onal, O. Ozcan, and M. Sitti, ''Automated 2-D Nanoparticle Manipulation using Atomic Force Microscopy,'' IEEE Trans. on Nanotechnology, DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2010.2047510 Conference Articles 1. O. Ozcan, H. Wang, J. D. Taylor, and M. Sitti, ''Surface Tension Driven Water Strider Robot Using Circular Footpads,'' IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, Alaska, 2010.Available Online C. D. Onal, O. Ozcan, and M. Sitti, ''Automated 2-D Nanoparticle Manipulation with an Atomic Force Microscope,'' IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Kobe, Japan, 2009. Available Online Book Chapters C. D. Onal, O. Ozcan, and M. Sitti, ''Automated Tip based 2-D Mechanical Assembly of Micro/Nanoparticles,'' Control from MEMS to Atoms, ed. by J. Gorman and B. Shapiro, 2011 (to appear). C. D. Onal, O. Ozcan, and M. Sitti, ''Atomic Force Microscopy based Nanomanipulation Systems,'' Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanomedicine and Nanorobotics, ed. by K. D. Sattler, 2010.