Focus Areas: Robotics, systems and control
M. Cenk Cavusoglu received the B.S. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1995, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1997 and 2000, respectively. He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University, with secondary appointments in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering departments. Dr. Cavusoglu’s research involves applications of robotics and control engineering to biomedical and biologically-inspired engineered systems. Specifically, his research interests include robotics, systems and control theory, and human-machine interfaces, with emphasis on Medical Robotics, Haptics, Virtual Environments, Surgical Simulation, and Bio-System Modeling and Simulation. Dr. Cavusoglu has participated in 13 federally funded research projects, and has been PI on 6 such projects. Dr. Cavusoglu is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He has served as an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2005-2009, 20012-2014) and as a technical editor for IEEE/AMSE Transactions on Mechatronics (2012-2013). In his career, Dr. Cavusoglu has written more than 83 peer-reviewed publications and four book chapters, and has given more than 48 national and international invited presentations.