Smart Materials Laboratory







 

Ugur Erturun

Ugur Erturun

Department of Mechanical Engineering

E-mail: erturunu@vcu.edu

Phone: (804) 827-3494

401 West Main Street, Room E3237

P.O. Box 843068

Richmond, Virginia 23284 
 

Education
         ·         Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008 - present
        ·         M.S., Machine Theory and Dynamics, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, 2008
        ·         B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, 2002

Research Interests
        ·         Renewable Energy Systems
        ·         Smart Materials
        ·         Energy Harvesting
        ·         Robotics, Automation and Control Systems
       

Membership
         ·         American Society Of Mechanical Engineers
        ·         Mechanical Engineers Chamber of Turkey

Publications

  • Characterization of a Pt-core PZT fiber/Al matrix composite, Richeson M., Erturun U., Waxman R., Mossi K., Kunikata,J. and Asanuma H., SPIE, 2010
  • Feasibility of using piezoelectric probes to measure viscosity in Newtonian fluids, Waxman R., Erturun U. and Mossi K., SMASIS, 2010
  • Energy scavenging combining piezoelectric and pyroelectric effects, Erturun U., Waxman R., Green C., Richeson M.L. and Mossi, K., SMASIS, 2010
 

Some pictures on this webpage are courtesy from NASA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Mechanical Engineering
Smart Materials Laboratory, 401 W. Main St., Room E3237, Richmond, Virginia, 23284-3015
804-827-5275, kmmossi@vcu.edu, 07/01/2008