Burak Kurkcu

Burak Kurkcu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University's School of Engineering. He previously served as an Assistant Professor at Hacettepe University and as a Senior Control System Design Engineer at Aselsan Inc.

• Education:
  • Ph.D., TOBB University of Economics and Technology (2019)
  • M.S., TOBB University of Economics and Technology (2015)
  • B.S., Istanbul Technical University (2010)

Research Interests: Dr. Kurkcu specializes in robust control systems, soft robotics, switched neural networks, and autonomous systems. His work focuses on disturbance estimation, simultaneous learning algorithms, and control of nonlinear systems.

Recent Publication Trends: His research includes soft pneumatic actuator modeling, disturbance observer-based control methods, and evolutionary optimization for state-space models. Key themes involve soft robotics, autonomous control, and computational intelligence applications.

Scientific Awards:

• IEEE Turkey Ph.D. Thesis Award (2020)

Editorial Roles: Associate Editor for TIMC, Measurement and Control, and Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Principal Investigator for defense-related control system projects.