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Principle Investigators
A Collaborative & Diverse Group
Our people are at the core of what makes the Piezodevices Research Group such a unique and fulfilling place to work. We’re proud of the diversity of our staff, with each member contributing their unique skills to the projects we’re working on. Together, we’ve planned and executed some of the most innovative and cutting edge experiments. Find out more about our principle investigators below.
Principle Investigator, Prof.
Dr. Sedat Alkoy received his B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering in 1992 and M.S. in Materials Science in 1994, both from the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering – Ceramic Science Option in 1999 from the Penn State University, USA. He joined the Gebze Technical University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering in 2000 as an Assist. Prof. He was a visiting scientist at the University of Manchester, UK in 2004 for 4 months. In 2004, he was awarded the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship, and from 2004 to 2006, he was a visiting scientist at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan. In 2006, he got his tenure and was promoted to Assoc. Prof. position at the Gebze Technical University. In 2012, he was promoted to full Professor at the same university. He is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of the spin-off, ENS Piezodevices Ltd. He has published over 60 SCI publications and he is holder of one US and one Turkish patent. He is currently co-supervisor of the Information Materials and Device Technologies Research Group, aka the Piezodevices Research Group.
Principle Investigator, Head of Department, Prof.
Ebru Menşur was born in Istanbul Turkey in 1977. She obtained B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Physics at the Kocaeli University, Turkey in 1994, 2002 and 2008, respectively. She also received D.Eng. degree in Materials Science from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan in 2006. She is currently a full Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Gebze Technical University, Turkey. She was awarded the Young Scientists Award (TUBA-GEBIP) of the Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2013. Her research interests include ferroelectric and antiferroelectric thin films, ferroelectric fatigue, lead-free piezoelectrics, piezoelectric fibers and piezocomposites, electrocaloric materials.
