2010-2011 Executive Board Elections

Ertan Agar is a first year Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey in 2007 and 2010 respectively.  He is currently working as a research assistant in the Electrochemical Energy Systems Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Emin Caglan Kumbur. His research interests are redox flow batteries, diagnostics of proton exchange membrane fuel cells and characterization for electrochemical energy systems.

Utku Kürşat Ercan is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University since 2009. He got his B.Sc. degree of Bioengineering from Ege University in 2006. His research interests are Non-thermal plasma physics and Non-thermal plasma medicine. He is currently working on the sterilization and disinfection effect of plasma treated liquids in A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute & Department of Surgery-Infection control lab under the supervision of Dr. Greg Fridman with the collaboration of Dr. Ari Brooks and Dr. Suresh Joshi. He is currently serving as the vice-president of Drexel Turkish Student Association.

Mehmet attained his B.Sc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nigde University, in 2006. In the 2006 Fall Term, he started his studies toward M.Sc degree in Electronic Engineering in Erciyes University. Because he got a scholarship from Turkish Government for M.Sc and Ph.D degrees in the USA, he was unable to finish his studies in Erciyes University and restarted his studies toward M.Sc degree in Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University in 2008. He has just started his Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University, in 2010. He has been working with Dr. Shih in the field of biosensors.

Reyhan Taspinar is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics department at Drexel University. She got her B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Middle East Technical University in 2009. Her research project is Aerodynamics and Flight Control of Coleopteran Insects. She is currently working in Biological Actuation, Sensing and Transport Laboratory supervised by Dr. MinJun Kim.