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MUSTAFA ÜNEL Professor Faculty of Engineering and
Natural Sciences Orhanlı Tuzla 34956 İstanbul TURKEY E-mail: munel@sabanciuniv.edu Phone: +90-216-483 9549 Fax: +90-216-483 9550 |
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Mustafa Ünel received his B.S. in EE and M.S. in
Systems and Control, both from Bogazici University in 1994 and 1996. He
received a second M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and his Ph.D. in
Electrical Sciences and Computer Engineering from Brown University in 1998
and 1999, respectively. After his PhD, he held postdoctoral positions at
Brown and Yale Universities from 1999 to 2001. He then returned to Turkey and
joined the Department of Computer Engineering at Gebze Institute of
Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2001. During 2001-2004, he taught
several undergraduate and graduate courses in mathematics, vision, control,
robotics and graphics at several state and private universities including
Bogazici, Sabanci and Yeditepe Universities. In September 2004, he joined the
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Sabanci University as a
full-time faculty member, and he was affiliated with the Mechatronics
Engineering. Dr. Unel became an Associate Professor in 2005 and a Full
Professor in 2011. Dr.
Ünel's primary research interests are in computational vision, control and
robotics. In vision area, he is interested in 2D/3D shape representation,
algebraic and geometric methods for object recognition, motion and structure
estimation, camera calibration, visual tracking, multiple view geometry and
event identification. In control and robotics areas, he is interested in
vision based control of robots, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), visual and
force feedback strategies in microsystems, bilateral teleoperation, and group
behavior of multiple mobile robots. Education
Work Experience
o Professor, 2011- o Associate Professor, 2005 - 2011 o Assistant Professor, 2004 - 2005
o Assistant Professor, 2001 - 2004
o Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Computational Vision and Control, New Haven, CT, USA, 1999 - 2001
o Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory for Engineering Man-Machine Systems, Providence, RI, USA, 1999 - 2001 Research Interests My research has focused on the theory and applications of
algebraic, geometric and probabilistic techniques to the broad range of
problems in vision, control and robotics. Vision and control are the two
recurrent themes in my investigations, and I am very much interested in the
unification of these disciplines in the interdisciplinary field of robotics.
Some particulars of my research are highlighted below.
Projects 1.
National Wind Energy Systems Project: Design, Development
and Prototype Testing of Novel Turbine Systems, Agency: Energy Ministry of Turkey
and TUBITAK, Project No. 110G010, 2011-2013, Role: Leader of the System
Modeling Group 2.
Design, Development, Prototyping and Testing of Ultra High
Temperature Actuators for Gas Turbine and Aircraft Engine Active Clearance
Control, Agency: ATARD Defense & Aerospace Research and Development
Inc., Project No. EACF10-729, 2010-2012, Role: Co-PI 3.
Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application
Center (SU-NAC), Agency: DPT (State Planning Organization) and Sabanci
Foundation, 2009-2013, Role: Researcher 4.
Mechanical Design, Prototyping and
Flight Control of an Unmanned Autonomous Aerial Vehicle, Agency:
TUBITAK-107M179, 01.10.2007-30.09.2010, Role: PI 5.
Bilateral Control Systems with Time Delay Compensation, Agency:
TUBITAK/NSF International Project-106M533, 15.08.2008-15.08.2010, Role: PI 6.
Novel Approaches in Audio-Visual Speech Recognition,
Agency: TUBITAK-107E015, 01.10.2007-30.09.2010, Role: Researcher 7.
Integrated Visual Servoing and Force Approach to Micro-Object
Manipulation, Sabanci University Internal Grant- IACF06-00417,
01.10.2006-30.09.2008, Role: PI 8.
Design, Construction and Control of Biped Humanoid Robot,
Agency: TUBITAK-106E040, 01.07.2007-30.06.2009, Role: Researcher 9.
Open Structure Microassembly Workstation, Agency:
DPT/GYTE-EACF05-00268, 01.01.2005-31.12.2007, Role: Researcher 10. Reverse
Engineering and Modeling of Superalloy Gas Turbine Blades, Agency:
TUBITAK-MAM (TUBITAK Marmara Research Center), EACF04-00269, 01.11.2004-30.04.2006,
Role: Co-PI. 11. Automatic
Recognition of Hand Written Texts and Signatures, Gebze Institute of
Technology Internal Grant: BAP-2003A23, 2003-2004, Role: PI 12. Coordinated
Motion of Natural and Man-Made Groups, Agency: NSF, Grant No. 9980058,
1999-2001, Yale University, Role: Postdoctoral Researcher 13. Reactive
Switching Strategies for the Control of Uninhabited Air Vehicles, Agency:
DARPA-SEC project, 1999-2001, Yale University, Role: Postdoctoral Researcher 14. New
Algebraic Methods for Simplifying the Design and Measurement of Sculptured
Shapes, Agency: NSF, Grant No. 9820804, 1999-2001, Brown University, Role:
Postdoctoral Researcher 15. A New
Implicit Polynomial Technology for Advanced Manufacturing, Agency: NSF
International Grant, Grant No. 9731598, 1998-2001, Brown University, Role:
Researcher Teaching Interests Teaching has always been a very important part of my academic responsibilities. Limited number of courses devoted to mechanics, electronics and control within the undergraduate Mechatronics curriculum requires careful design of the course contents to equip students with necessary background to compete and excel in the real-world. My primary goal in teaching has been to organize and deliver my lectures in a manner that attracts the interest of all of my students, regardless of their aptitudes and backgrounds. Having had a diverse education in a variety
of interrelated disciplines, I am qualified to teach both fundamental and
advanced topic courses in several different areas, including Systems Modeling
and Control, Signals and Systems,
Control Systems Design, Robotics, Image Processing, Computer Vision, Linear
System Theory, Digital Control, Nonlinear Control, System Identification, 3D
Vision, Vision Based Control and Geometric Modeling. In order to link the
theory with applications, I enjoy combining classroom recitations with
laboratory sessions. For course projects, I place primary emphasis on
collaboration, planning and design. Students must learn to organize their
ideas, combine their experiences, and work in teams. In addition to class
projects, I also supervise several freshman, summer internship and graduation
projects. I
believe my desire to excel as an educator has been instrumental in creating
an environment where students of all abilities and backgrounds have been able
to learn new concepts in a timely and satisfactory manner. This observation
has been strengthened by the fact that I almost always have received
excellent evaluations from my students. Courses Taught Undergraduate Courses ENS206: Systems Modeling and Control - Modeling of mechanical,
electrical, electromechanical, thermal and fluid systems using differential
equations, Laplace transform techniques and state-space representations,
Frequency domain analysis, Open-loop versus closed-loop control, simple PID
controllers. My primary challenge in ENS206 was to teach a class of approximately 100 students with diverse backgrounds. By assigning carefully selected problems for recitation hours and giving additional homework, I believe I was able to satisfy all of my students, regardless of their academic level. Timely office hours also helped significantly to encourage students to learn must-know topics. ME303: Control Systems Design - Dynamic models, Dynamic response, Feedback, Sensitivity functions, Controller design using root-locus, frequency response and state-space methods, Digital implementation of analog controllers, PID controllers, Lead-lag compensators, Linear state variable feedback control, Observers. In ME303, I conveyed the
message that control system design along with all its trade-offs is
interesting, relevant, and fun. I believe I achieved this goal and convinced
students of the importance and the significance of the subject. ME403: Introduction to Robotics - Spatial descriptions, Forward
and inverse kinematics, Robot Jacobians, Robot dynamics using recursive
Newton-Euler and Lagrange methods, Trajectory generation, Independent joint
control, Inverse dynamics control, Force control, Visual control In ME403, I have been covering fundamental problems in robot modeling and control at the level of J. Craigs classic text. This senior undergrad course provides a fairly strong background in the interdisciplinary field of robotics. I am also qualified to teach several other undergrad courses, including Circuit Theory, Signals and Systems, Image Processing and Computer Vision. At Sabanci University these courses are in the curriculum of the EE Program and they are mainly taught by EE faculty members. Graduate Courses At the graduate level, I developed several new courses, namely EE571: Linear Systems, EE529: Vision Based Control, EE569: 3D Vision, EE629: Geometric Modeling and EE672: System Identification. In addition to these courses, I also taught EE524: Digital Control and EE528: Nonlinear Control Systems. EE524: Digital Control Models for sampled-data systems; sampling, digitization and reconstruction; the z-transform and discrete transfer functions; design using discrete equivalents (emulation); design of digital control systems using transform methods; state-space analysis and design of digital control systems. EE528: Nonlinear Control Systems Nonlinear phenomena, Second order systems, Phase plane analysis, Higher order systems, Lyapunov stability theory for autonomous and non-autonomous systems, Backstepping, Input-output stability, Input-to-state stability, Passivity, Feedback linearization, Nonlinear observers EE529: Vision Based Control Visual servoing, Camera configurations, Camera and end-effector kinematic screw, Visual features, Interaction matrix, Image based visual servoing, Position based visual servoing, Hybrid methods. This graduate course integrates vision and control in the multidisciplinary field of robotics. It covers design of efficient real-time vision based control systems. EE569: 3D Vision Image formation, Camera models, Image primitives and correspondence, Optical flow, Tracking, Camera calibration, Stereo, Epipolar geometry, Essential and Fundamental matrices, 8-point algorithm, 3D reconstruction This graduate course provides a solid background on how to recover 3-D structure and motion from a collection of 2-D images-using techniques mainly from linear algebra and matrix theory. It proved to be extremely useful for Mechatronics, EE and CS students. EE571: Linear Systems Vector spaces, Linear transformations,
Spectrum of Linear Operators, Jordan Canonical Forms, Cayley-Hamilton
Theorem, Functions of matrices, LTI and LTV systems, Stability,
Controllability, Observability, Realizations, State feedback and Observers This graduate course on Linear Systems proved to be quite useful not only for Mechatronics but also for other programs including EE and CS. EE629: Geometric Modeling Parametric and implicit curves and surfaces, curvature and torsion, Hermite interpolation curves, Bezier curves and surface patches, B-spline curves and surface patches, Fourier descriptors, algebraic curves and surfaces This course on geometric
modeling develops theory of curves and surfaces needed in tackling problems
arising in several disciplines such as geometric modeling, computer vision,
computer graphics and robotics. EE672: System Identification The mathematical foundations of system identification, Non-parametric techniques, Parameterizations and model structures, Parameter estimation, Asymptotic statistical theory, User choices, Experimental design, Choice of model structure. This course aims to provide the fundamental theory of identification of dynamical systems, i.e. how to use measured input-output data to build mathematical models, typically in terms of differential or difference equations. In addition to class projects, I have supervised several
freshman projects (PROJ102), summer internship projects (PROJ302) and
graduation projects (ENS491/2). Additionally, I supervised several thesis
courses (EE590: EECS M.Sc. Thesis course, ME590: Mechatronics M.Sc. Thesis
course, ME592: Leaders for Industry (LFI) M.Sc. Thesis course and ME 790:
Mechatronics Ph.D. Thesis course). Administrative Duties
Graduate
Students
Thesis Supervision 1. Nonlinear Control of a Quad Tilt-Wing UAV Serhat Dikyar, MS Thesis, Sabanci University, August 2011 2. An Observer Based Approach to Force Reflecting Bilateral Teleoperation Duruhan Özçelik, MS Thesis, Sabanci University, August 2011
3. Development of an Automated Sanding System Fatih Mutluel, MS Thesis (LFI Program), Sabanci University, February 2011 4. Design, Construction and Flight Control of a Quad Tilt-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Ertuğrul Çetinsoy, PhD Thesis, Sabancı University, August 2010 5. Composite Prototyping and Vision Based Hierarchical Control of a Quad Tilt-Wing UAV Efe Sırımoğlu, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, August 2010 6. Delay Compensation in Bilateral Teleoperation Using Predictor Observers Tuğba Leblebici, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, August 2010 7. GPS Based Position Control and Waypoint Navigation of a Quad Tilt-Wing UAV Cevdet Hançer, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, August 2010 8. Modeling and Control of a New Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SUAVI) with Tilt-Wing Mechanism Kaan Taha Öner, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2009 9. Motion Estimation of Planar Curves and Their Alignment Using Visual Servoing Ahmet Yasin Yazıcıoğlu, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2009 10. Statistical Facial Feature Extraction and Lip Segmentation Mustafa Berkay Yılmaz, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2009 (Co-Supervisor) 11. Novel Estimation and Control Techniques in Micromanipulation Using Vision and Force Feedback Hakan Bilen, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2008 12. 3D Reconstruction, Classification and Mechanical Characterization of Microstructures Muhammet Ali Hocaoğlu, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2008 13. Formation Control of Multiple Mobile Robots Using Parametric and Implicit Representations Yeşim Hümay Esin, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2008 14. Visually Aided Force Control with Fuzzy Parameter Tuning Berk Çallı, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2008 (Co-Supervisor) 15. Model Free Visual Servoing in Macro and Micro Domain Robotic Applications Erol Özgür, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2007 16. Automation of Relaxation-Retraction
Measurement Zeynel Abidin Fincan, MS Thesis (LFI Program), Sabanci University, 2007 17. Design and Implementation of a Vision System for Microassembly Workstation Eray Doğan, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2006 18. Modeling and Control of the Coordinated Motion of a Group of Autonomous Mobile Robots Nusrettin Güleç, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2005 19. A Sliding Mode Approach to Visual Motion
Estimation Burak Yılmaz, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2005 (Co-Supervisor) 20. Different Approaches on the Implementation of Implicit Polynomials in Visual Tracking Burak Kemal Yöndem, MS Thesis, Sabancı University, 2005 (Co-Supervisor) 21. Affine Invariant Normalization and Modeling of 2D/3D Objects Using EFD Based Implicit Polynomials Sait Şener, MS Thesis, Gebze Institute of Technology, 2004 22. Character Recognition Using Closed-Bounded Algebraic Curves Sema Candemir, MS Thesis, Gebze Institute of Technology, 2004 23. Decomposition of Implicit Polynomial Equations for Object Recognition and Comparison Ömer Kayaaltı, MS Thesis, Gebze Institute of Technology, 2003 24. Determination of Affine Invariants of 2D Objects and Application to Object Recognition Osman Kurt, MS Thesis, Gebze Institute of Technology, 2003 Graduation Project Supervision 1. Design and Prototyping of a Small Sized Quadrotor, C. Karahasonoğlu, O. Gözek, C. Özenel, Sabancı University, June 2011. 2. Hierarchical Control of a Quadrotors Using GPS and Vision, O. Y. Çokay, Sabancı University, June 2011. 3. Time Delay Compensation in Bilateral Teleoperation, E. Çalışgan, Sabancı University, June 2010. 4. Design and Prototyping of a Quadrotor, A. Şahinöz, M. Gülhan, Sabancı University, June 2010. 5. Mechanical Design of a Tilt-Wing UAV, O. Aydoğdu, Sabancı University, June 2010. 6. Sensor and Actuator Integration of a UAV for Autonomous Flight Control, Y. Tüzel, E. Tanrıverdi, Sabancı University, June 2010. 7. Actuator Tests for the Control of a Quadrotor, Ö. R. Kemaloğlu, A. Cezzar, D. H. Aktaş, Sabancı University, June 2010. 8. Autonomous Mobile Robots with Vision Sensing, S. Dikyar, F. Mutluel and C. Çakır, Sabancı University, June 2009. 9. Modeling and Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with Tilt-Wing Mechanism, T. Ayken, Sabancı University, June 2009. 10. Maze Solving Robot, O. O. Eroğlu and İ. H. Altuntaş, Sabancı University, June 2009. 11. Wave Based Control of a Toothed Belt System, E. C. Arslan, Sabancı University, January 2009. 12. Multi-camera Tracking of Fish in Aquarium, S. Satır, Sabancı University, June 2008. 13. Design and Construction of an Experimental Facility for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, C. Hançer, E. Çalıkoğlu, E. Duman, E. Baran, Sabancı University, June 2008. 14. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition, H. Şirin, Sabancı University, June 2007. 15. Visual Control of a Direct Drive Robot, F. M. Özkeskin, E. Arslanturk, O. Kurugöl and G. Berkan, Sabancı University, June 2006. 16. Ball Cathing Direct Drive SCARA Robot, H. A. Varol, A. F. Tabak, M. Fidanoğlu and U. Tümerdem, Sabancı University, June 2005. 17. A Modular Snake Robot with Pneumatic Pistons, M. Degirmenci, G. T. Kursun, İ. K. Gunes, Sabanci University, June 2005. 18. A Modular Snake Robot with Pneumatic Cylinders, M. Yilmaz, Y. Kulak, S. Dundar, Sabanci University, June 2005. 19. Turbine Blade Reverse Engineering, A. M. Vuruşkan and N. D. Bozgeyik, Sabancı University, June 2005. 20. Visual Servoing of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots, C. Şahin, A. M. Oymagil, Sabancı University, June 2005. Alumni
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