Omer Oralkan
Dr. Oralkan joined the faculty at the North Carolina State University in January 2012. His research interests are at the interface of electrical engineering and the life sciences, particularly on using integrated circuits and underlying technologies to implement medical devices and supporting systems for diagnostics and therapy. More specifically, his current research focuses on developing devices and systems for ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic imaging, image-guided therapy, biological and chemical sensing, and ultrasound neural stimulation.
Prior to joining NC State, he was a Research Associateiate (2004-2007) and then a Senior Research Associateiate (2007-2011) in the E. L. Ginzton Laboratory at Stanford University, where he worked on capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers. He also served as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University, CA (2009-2011).
Education
2004 - Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, CA
1997 - M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Clemson University, SC
1995 - B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Awards & Honors
- 2013 - Young Faculty Award - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- 2011 - Research Award - The Society of Uroradiology
- 2010 - IEEE Senior Member
- 2002 - Outstanding Paper Award - IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society
- 1997 - Best Paper Award - IEEE International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits
Recent Publications
- Editors' Choice-Critical Review-A Critical Review of Solid State Gas Sensors (2020)
- Guest Editorial Special Issue on Selected Papers From the IEEE Sensors Conference 2018 (2020)
- A Low-Power Wireless Multichannel Gas Sensing System Based on a Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) Array (2019)
- An FPGA-Based Backend System for Intravascular Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging (2019)
- A CMUT - Based Electronic Nose for Real- Time Monitoring of Volatiles Emitted by Plants: Preliminary Results (2018)
- A Row-Column (RC) Addressed 2D Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) Array on a Glass Substrate: Preliminary Results (2018)
- A fast-switching (1.35-mu s) low-control-voltage (2.5-V) MEMS T/R switch monolithically integrated with a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (2018)
- Backward-Mode Photoacoustic Imaging Using Illumination Through a CMUT With Improved Transparency (2018)
- Design and Fabrication of High-Frequency Ultra-Wideband 1D CMUT Arrays for Acoustic Angiography Applications - Preliminary Results (2018)
- Design and Implementation of Wideband CMUTs for Airborne Applications - Preliminary Results (2018)