Evren Samur

Title:

Assistant Professor

Room / Office:

M4355

Phone Number:

+90 212 359 7294

Fax Number:

+90 212 287 2456

evren.samur@boun.edu.tr

Personal Webpage

Degrees:

Ph.D. 2010. Robotic Systems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
M.S. 2005. Mechanical Engineering, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
B.S. 2003. Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Experience:

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bogazici University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, USA, 2011-2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, Robotic Systems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, 2010-2011
Visiting Scholar, Laboratory of Intelligent Mechanical Systems, Northwestern University, USA, 2008

Courses Taught:

ME 242 Dynamics
ME 304 Experimental Eng.
ME 331 Mechatronics
ME 426 Mechanisms
ME 530 Advanced Dynamics
ME 634 Robotics
ME 636 System Modeling & Identification
AUTO 532 Mechatronics in AE

Research Interests:

Haptics, Haptic Interfaces, Biomedical Simulations, Human-Machine Interaction
Surgical Robotics, Medical Devices & Instrumentation, Rehabilitation Robotics
Modeling & Analysis of Mechatronic Systems, Experimental Evaluation and Control

Awards & Honors:

2011 – 2012 Prospective Researcher Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
2010 Best PhD Thesis Award, EuroHaptics Society
2003 - 2005 Full scholarship, Mechanical Engineering Department, Koc University

Publications:

Book

E. Samur. Performance Metrics for Haptic Interfaces. Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4471-4224-9

Journal

E. Samur, F. Lionel, and H. Bleuler. Design and Evaluation of a Novel Haptic Interface for Endoscopic Simulation. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, PP(99), 2011. Pre-print (10.1109/TOH.2011.70)
L. Santos-Carreras, K. Leuenberger, E. Samur, R. Gassert, and H. Bleuler. Tactile Feedback Improves Performance in a Palpation Task: Results in a VR based testbed. PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 2012. In print
R. Beira, L. Santos-Carreras, A. Sengul, E. Samur, R. Clavel and H. Bleuler. An External Positioning Mechanism for Robotic Surgery. JSME Technical Journal, 5(5): 1094-1105, 2011.
E. Samur, M. Sedef, C. Basdogan, L. Avtan, and O. Duzgun. A Robotic Indenter for Minimally Invasive Measurement and Characterization of Soft Tissue Response. Medical Image Analysis, 11: 361-373, 2007.
M. Sedef, E. Samur, and C. Basdogan. Real-Time Finite Element Simulation of Linear Viscoelastic Tissue Behavior Based on Experimental Data. IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, Special Issue on Virtual and Augmented Reality Supported Medical Simulators, 26(6): 58-68, 2006.
Peer-reviewed Conference
E. Samur, F. Lionel, and H. Bleuler. Experimental Evaluation of a Haptic Interface for Endoscopic Simulation. In Proc. of IEEE World Haptics Conference, June 21-24, 2011.
C. Emery, E. Samur, O. Lambercy, H. Bleuler, and R. Gassert. Haptic/VR Clinical Assessment Tool for Fine Motor Control. In Proc. of EuroHaptics, July 8-10, 2010.
E. Samur, J. Edward Colgate, and Michael A. Peshkin. Psychophysical evaluation of a variable friction tactile interface. In Proc. SPIE Vol. 7240, February 10, 2009.
E. Samur, F. Lionel, U. Spaelter, H. Bleuler, D. Hellier, and S. Ourselin. A Haptic Interface with Motor/Brake System for Colonoscopy Simulation. In Proc. of IEEE Haptics Symposium, March 8-12, 2008.
E. Samur, F. Wang, U. Spaelter, and H. Bleuler. Generic and Systematic Evaluation of Haptic Interfaces Based on Testbeds. In Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'07), 2007.
P. Maillard, L. Flaction, E. Samur, D. Hellier, J. Passenger, and H. Bleuler. Instrumentation of a Clinical Colonoscope for Surgical Simulation. In Proc. of the 30th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, pages 70-73, 2008.
D. Hellier, E. Samur, J. Passenger, Spaelter Ulrich, Frimmel Hans, Appleyard Mark, Bleuler Hannes, and S. Ourselin. A modular simulation framework for colonoscopy using a new haptic device. In Proc. of the 16th Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference (MMVR), Stud Health Technol Inform, Amsterdam, 2008.
E. Samur, U. Spaelter, L. Flaction, P. Maillard, R. Wuthrich, and H. Bleuler. Control of a Haptic Interface and a Micromachining Setup with an Open Source Real-Time System. In Proc. of 3rd ASME/IEEE Int. Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, September 4-7, 2007.
F. Wang, L. Duratti, E. Samur, U. Spaelter, and H. Bleuler. A Computer-Based Real-Time Simulation of Interventional Radiology. In Proc. of 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBS), 2007.
L. Duratti, F. Wang, E. Samur, and H. Bleuler. A Real-Time Simulator for Interventional Radiology. In Proc. of the 15th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, 2008
U. Spaelter, E. Samur, and H. Bleuler. A 2-DOF Friction Drive for Haptic Surgery Simulation of Hysteroscopy. In Proc. of the IFAC Symposium on Robot Control SYROCO, 2006.
M. Sedef, E. Samur, C. Basdogan. Visual and Haptic Simulation of Linear Viscoelastic Tissue Behavior Based on Experimental Data. In Proc. of IEEE 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, March 25-26, 2006.
E. Samur, M. Sedef, C. Basdogan, L. Avtan, O. Duzgun. A Robotic Indenter for Minimally Invasive Characterization of Soft Tissues. In Proc. of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) Conference, Vol. 1281C, pp 713-718, 2005.
Reports
E. Samur, L. Santos-Carreras, A. Sengul, G. Rognini, S. Marchesotti, and H. Bleuler. Role of Haptics in Surgical Robotics: Report on a Workshop. Editorial News of IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2011.