معرفی
Rifat Sipahi is a Professor and Associate Chair for Research Affairs in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University. He holds a BS from Istanbul Technical University (2000), and MS/PhD from the University of Connecticut (2002/2005). After a postdoc at Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France), he joined Northeastern in 2006. His research focuses on control systems, time delay dynamics, and mechatronics, with applications to robotics, human-machine systems, and biomedical devices.
Education:
- PhD, 2005: Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut
- MS, 2002: Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut
- BS, 2000: Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
Research Interests: Stability analysis of time delay systems, network dynamics, human-robot collaboration, and engineering education innovation. His lab has developed novel methods for stability charts and delay-tolerant graph design.
Recent Work: Includes studies on firearm acquisition patterns, spinal cord growth modeling, and low-cost Braille devices for the blind. He has authored 79 journal articles and 98 conference papers, with an h-index of 37 (Google Scholar).
Awards: 2015 ASME Young Investigator Award, 2011 DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2022 Outstanding Faculty Service Award, and ASME Fellow since 2014.
Grants: Funded by NSF, DARPA, DEVCOM, and NIH. Projects include cognitive distributed sensing, graph-based control design, and systems biology collaborations.
