Gökhan Kiper

Prof. Dr. Gökhan Kiper is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey. His research focuses on Mechanism Science, Machine Design, and Deployable Structures, with particular emphasis on Polyhedral Geometry applications.

• Teaches courses: ME332 (Mechanisms), ME402 (Machine Design), ME577 (Advanced Mechanism Design)
• Active in IFToMM (International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science), including roles in the Technical Committee for Computational Kinematics and the Turkey Branch (MakTeD)
• Co-organized the IFToMM Summer School on Mechanism Design for Medical Applications (2018)

Research interests span kinematic synthesis of mechanisms, deployable architectural structures, and medical robotics. Key projects include a rollable ramp for temporary use, finger exoskeletons for rehabilitation, and remote-center-of-motion manipulators for minimally invasive surgery. His work integrates theoretical analysis with practical prototyping, reflected in publications across robotics, structural mechanics, and geometric design.

Affiliates with the Rasim Alizade Mechatronics Laboratory (RAML) and the IzTech Kinetic Designs in Architecture Group. Presented at international conferences like International Symposium of Mechanism and Machine Science (ISMMS-2017) in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he chaired sessions on mechanism kinematics.