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Dr. Alper Erturk is the Carl Ring Family Chair and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering. His research focuses on acoustics, dynamics, and smart structures, with emphasis on energy harvesting, metamaterials, nonlinear dynamics, and biomedical applications. He leads the Smart Structures and Dynamical Systems Laboratory (SSDSL), exploring topics like piezoelectric energy harvesting, programmable metastructures, and transcranial ultrasound delivery.
Education: Ph.D. (Virginia Tech, 2009), M.S. (METU, 2006), B.S. (METU, 2004). His work is funded by NSF, NIST, and AFOSR. Awards include the Philip E. Doak Award (2021), Fellow of SPIE (2020), and Woodruff Professorship (2019–2024).
Research interests span vibration energy harvesting, piezoelectric robotics, elastic wave control, and biomedical systems. Recent projects include wireless acoustic power transfer, skull-brain vibration studies, and metamaterials for broadband attenuation. His lab integrates theoretical and experimental methods, offering students interdisciplinary training in structural dynamics and smart materials.
Awards and recognitions include over 20 honors, including teaching fellowships and editorships in journals like Smart Materials and Structures. Collaborations include institutions like KAIST and Politecnico di Milano.
