Sabanci University, Mechatronics Engineering Program

Ali Kosar received the B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul, in 2001. He pursued his graduate study in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute between 2001 and 2006. He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He continued with his post doctoral study the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute between 2006 and 2007 and joined the Department of Mechatronics Engineering at Sabanci University, Istanbul in Fall 2007.

Short Bio

Ali Kosar is one of the pioneers in the design and development of new generation micro heat sinks with functional surfaces and microfluidic devices including cavitation on chip devices. His research interests constitute a wide spectrum covering heat and fluid flow in micro/nano scale, condensation, boiling heat transfer, microfluidic systems, and cavitation. He is aiming at contributing to the literature by offering new knowledge and understanding about micro/nano scale heat transfer and fluid flow and providing experimental data and design guidelines for futuristic cooling and microfluidic system technologies. He has broad experience and knowledge on various types of experiments on heat and fluid flow and phase change phenomena in micro/nano scale. The results of his research have already generated more than 175 published journal research articles (received more than 4000 citations according to Web of Science, h-index: 33) which have been published in prestigious journals like Physics of Fluids, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Moreover, he also has more than 70 conference papers in prestigious and well attended international conferences. He gave over 70 seminars and invited lectures/talks at various institutions and conferences. He has 8 granted (3 of them triadic) and 10 pending patent applications. He is currently leading a large research group consisting of members from various disciplines, graduate students and engineers and could build bridges between different disciplines (Energy, Nanotechnology, Applied Physics, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Mechanical Engineering) to enable interdisciplinary pioneering research approach on energy and healthcare applications. He received many awards such as µFIP Prominent Researcher Award" in the 2021 micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena (µFIP) Conference, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) ICNMM (International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels) Outstanding Early Career Award, Japan, Sapporo (2013). In addition, during the last five years, he has been successful to secure substantial funding from a wide variety of resources. He also serves as a reviewer in many prestigious journals (reviewing more than 100 manuscripts per year) and is a Subject Editor in the Applied Thermal Engineering journal. He is the Co-director of Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Nano diagnostics (EFSUN) and a Distinguished Researcher of Nanotechnology and Application Center at Sabanci University. Within a short time, EFSUN became a 'Research Powerhouse' at Sabanci University with exhaustive and collaborative efforts of the members. Significant large-scale grants were also obtained from both national and international resources. He is a Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA).


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Ali Kosar
Distinguished Research Professor

Sabanci University
Co-Director of Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces
Associate Editor, Applied Thermal Engineering
Senior Researcher in Sabanci University Nanotechnology and Applications Center (SUNUM)
Faculty Member in Mechatronics Engineering Program
Microfluidics and Microthermal Systems Laboratory
Affiliated Faculty Member in Materials Science and Nanoengineering and Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering Programs
Sabanci University
Istanbul, 34956
Tel: +90-216-4839621
http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/~kosara/
http://efsun.sabanciuniv.edu/
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/applied-thermal-engineering
E-mail: kosara@sabanciuniv.edu