Mehmet Öztürk
He/Him/His
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Biography
Dr. Ozturk's research interests center around new materials, processes and device structures for nanoelectronics. He has worked on applications of low temperature epitaxy of Si and SiGe for source/drain and channel engineering and low-resistivity contacts to Si and SiGe. His current research interests center around energy harvesting, particularly flexible thermoelectric devices for body energy harvesting.
Education
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Ph.D.
1988
Electrical Engineering
North Carolina State University, Raleigh -
Master's
1983
Electrical Engineering
Michigan Technological University, Houghton -
Bachelor's
1980
Electrical Engineering
Bogazici University, Istanbul
Research Focus
Recent Publications
- A comprehensive analytical model for thermoelectric body heat harvesting incorporating the impact of human metabolism and physical activity (2022)
- Microporous vertically aligned CNT nanocomposites with tunable properties for use in flexible heat sinks (2022)
- Aerosol Spray Deposition of Liquid Metal and Elastomer Coatings for Rapid Processing of Stretchable Electronics (2021)
- Energy Harvesting and Storage with Soft and Stretchable Materials (2021)
- Flexible thermoelectric generator with liquid metal interconnects and low thermal conductivity silicone filler (2021)
- IEEE ACCESS SPECIAL SECTION EDITORIAL: ENERGY HARVESTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR WEARABLE AND IMPLANTABLE DEVICES (2021)
- Flexible thermoelectric generators for body heat harvesting - Enhanced device performance using high thermal conductivity elastomer encapsulation on liquid metal interconnects (2020)
- Review of wearable thermoelectric energy harvesting: From body temperature to electronic systems (2020)
- Thermoelectric generators for wearable body heat harvesting: Material and device concurrent optimization (2020)
- High Thermal Conductivity Silicone Elastomer Doped with Graphene Nanoplatelets and Eutectic GaIn Liquid Metal Alloy (2019)
Highlighted Awards
Awards & Honors
- 2009 - IEEE Fellow, Contributions to Silicon and Silicon-Germanium Epitaxy in Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Integrated Circuits
- 2006 - IEEE Undergraduate ECE Teacher of the Year Award (NC State)
- 2005 - IEEE Senior Member
- 1995 - Presidential Faculty Fellow Award
Recent News
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Aysu and Ozturk Recipients of ECE Faculty Awards
Posted on October 20, 2020 | Filed Under: Awards
ECE is proud to announce that Aydin Aysu and Mehmet Ozturk are the 2020 recipients of the Departmental Faculty Awards — the Bennet Faculty Fellow Award and the William F. Lane Outstanding Teaching Award.
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Check-Up
Posted on May 20, 2020 | Filed Under: Research
Platforms developed in the Center for Advanced Self- Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) allow for a wide range of health applications
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Wearable Health Tech Gets Efficiency Upgrade
Posted on January 30, 2020 | Filed Under: Research
NC State engineers led by Mehmet Ozturk have demonstrated a flexible device that harvests the heat energy from the human body to monitor health.
Media Mentions
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Soon, wearable devices can be charged with body heat
June 27, 2017
We wanted to design a flexible thermoelectric harvester that does not compromise on the material quality of rigid devices yet provides similar or better efficiency, said Mehmet Ozturk, a professor at North Carolina State University in the US. Using rigid devices is not the best option when you consider a number of different factors. Superior contact resistance – or skin contact – with flexible devices, as well as the ergonomic and comfort considerations to the device wearer, researchers said.