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Savas Dilibal

Istanbul Gedik University

Turkey

Biography

Savas Dilibal is an internationally recognized expert in shape memory alloys (SMAs), additive manufacturing, and soft robotic technologies, with over two decades of academic and industrial experience spanning Turkey, the United States, and Europe. He earned his B.Sc. in System Engineering in 1995, followed by a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), where he designed the SMA-actuated ITU Robot Hand using NiTi-based smart materials. He completed his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering at Yildiz Technical University in 2005, focusing on VIM/VAR-based advanced manufacturing and thermo-mechanical training of NiTi SMA components, and later conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, USA) on digital image correlation (DIC) and micro/meso-scale mechanical characterization of SMAs. From 2012 to 2014, he held adjunct faculty positions at the University of Akron (Ohio, USA), where he contributed to a NASA Glenn Research Center-funded project (NNX11AI57A) under the Subsonic Fixed Wing Program, focusing on modeling and experimentation of SMA-based actuators. 
Since 2015, he has been serving as the Head of the Mechatronics Engineering Department and Director of the Robot Technology Research and Application Center at Istanbul Gedik University. His teaching and research interests span Additive Manufacturing, Robotics Welding, Smart Materials, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, and Mechatronics System Design. His research leadership has resulted in 80+ peer-reviewed publications, 7 patents, and the supervision of 2 Ph.D. and 19 M.Sc. students. His current projects focus on electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) of NiTi SMA components, pneumatically actuated soft robotics, and robotic wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) systems. His projects are funded by major agencies such as TUBITAK, NASA, NSF, and ASELSAN. He holds an International Welding Engineer diploma from IIW and EWF and serves on editorial boards for Scientific Reports and Extrica-Advanced Manufacturing Research. He is an active member of ASME, IEEE Robotics Automation Society, and Turkish Additive Manufacturing Association (TAMA). He also serve on the advisory board of the Mechatronics Engineers Association and the International Congress on 3D Printing Technologies and Digital Industry. Further details on his work can be found at www.adaptronics.tech.
 

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