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Dr. M. N. Sahinkaya

 

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Research

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Research Expertise:

  • Simulation and Control of Non-Linear Systems
  • Robotics and high speed machinery
  • Parallel manipulators
  • Inverse Dynamics
  • Input Shaping, trajectory optimisation
  • Vibration Control and modelling of rotor-bearing/magnetic bearing systems
  • Contact Dynamics
  • Identification of oil-film bearing characteristics
  • Control of Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVTs) for passenger vehicles
  • Causal tracking controllers for Hardware-in-the loop (HIL) systems

Current PhD Supervisions:

Name   Start Date Title
Dian Liu *   Oct 2012 Efficient in-wheel motors for electric cars
Samuel Jimenez   Oct 2012 Active rotors
Muhao Wang   Oct 2010 Advanced control of flexible rotor/magnetic bearing systems
Peichao Li   Oct 2009 Control of active retainer bearings
Jawaad Bhatti *   Oct 2009 Running quadrupedal robots
Zhengyu (Jeffrey) Du *   Oct 2009 Co-operative control of robot manipulators using disturbance rejection
Faisal N.M. AlFadhel   Oct 2008 Development of sensors in surgical robotic systems
Fawaz Saket   Oct 2006 Active retainer bearings to escape from trapped modes in magnetic bearing systems
* Acting as the lead supervisor

Successful PhD Completions:

Name
Completion
Title
Kagan Koray Ayten * 2013 Optimum trajectory planning for redundant manipulators through inverse dynamics
Jody Muelaner 2012 Design for large volume metrology enabled automation: Assembly and fabrication in an Aerospace context
Peter G. Dowell 2012 Real-time modelling of IC engines for HIL testing
Robert Rayner *
2010
The optimisation of high speed servo mechanisms (Molins ITCM Project)
Pengfei Wang *
2010
Causal tracking control of a non-minimum phase HIL transmission test system
Yanzhi Li *
2007
Dynamics and control of high performance parallel manipulators.
Abdul-Hadi G. Abulrub *
2006
Modelling and control of contact in magnetic bearing/flexible rotor systems.
Iain S. Cade
2006
A wavelet based approach to the transient control of rotor/active magnetic bearing systems.
Ahu Ece Hartavi *
2005
Fuzzy supervisory control and basic optimisation of rotor/AMB systems.
* Acted as the lead supervisor
  CAREER BREAK
Ibrahim Tasaltin
1992
Active vibration control strategies for a flexible rotor-bearing system.
M.A. Baseer
1990
Control of vibration in a flexible rotor-bearing system.
George Passalidis
1989
Active vibration control of helicopter fuselage.
Noy Can Kucuk
1987
Modelling and identification of dynamic characteristics of a squeeze-film bearing.
Lim Tau Meng
1987
The development of a simple magnetic bearing for vibration control.
Shaun Clements
1987
On-line vibration control of a flexible rotor/bearing system.
Man-Lee Tong
1986
On-line estimation of oil-film bearing parameters.
Irvin Redmond
1985
Vibration reduction of flexible rotors.
     

Prizes/Awards:

2009 PE Publishing Prize awarded by the Editor and Editorial Board of the Journal of Power and Energy (IMechE)
2006 IMechE Thomas Bernard Hall Prize
2006 Best Technical Paper Award, ASME International Gas Turbine Institute
2006 Best Paper Award at the 7th International Conference on Rotor Dynamics in Vienna, Austria
1990 IMechE William Sweet Smith Prize
2006 and 2007 Nominated for the University of Bath Mary Tasker award for excellence in teaching

Grants Awarded:

Oct 12 £123,879 BHF (PG/12/29448) Design and preclinical feasibility assessment of an active Fontan assist device
Jan 12 £10,604 EPSRC (EP/J003034/1) Nano-Precision Motion Control of Complex Multi Degree of Freedom Systems
Nov 11 £14,800 Industrial Mathematics sKTP with Airbus UK (1000680)
July 10 £186,000 KTP with Spirax-Sarco Ltd (KTP006966).
Jun 09 £700 The Royal Academy of Engineering International Travel Grant (ITG 09-287), Visit to USA
Oct 08 £30,000 Royal Academy of Engineering, Extension of Visiting Professorship in Integrated System Design (315/106)
Oct 07 £177,000 University of Bath, Establishing New Joint Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IMEE) Laboratory
Sep 07 £700 The Royal Academy of Engineering International Travel Grant (ITG F7-621), Visit to USA
Nov 06 £600 The Royal Academy of Engineering International Travel Grant (ITG 06-855), Visit to USA
Oct 06 £125,000 EPSRC (EP/E500498/1) Academic Fellowship
Mar 06 £314,144 EPSRC (EP/D031389/1), Controlled Escape from Trapped Contact Modes in Magnetic Bearing Systems (with P.S. Keogh (PI) and C.R.Burrows)
Oct 05 £60,000 Royal Academy of Engineering, Visiting Professorship in Integrated System Design (315/106)
Oct 05 £79,467 EPSRC Industrial Case Studentship (Company: Molins ITCM), High Speed Servo Actuated Mechanisms
Oct 05 £57,370 EPSRC (EP/C548043/1), Network: Hybrid Numerical-Experimental Testing for Complex Engineering Systems (with Dr. Wagg (PI) and 5 others in Universities of Bath, Bristol and Oxford).
Sep 05 £800 The Royal Academy of Engineering International Travel Grant (ITG 05-580), Visit to USA
Aug 04 £1,000 The Royal Academy of Engineering International Travel Grant (ITG 04-389), Visit to USA
Jul 04 £27,995 EPSRC (GR/T17786/01), Postgraduate Workshop and Student Participation in Control 2004 (with KA Edge)
Jan 04 £434,426 EPSRC (GR/S64448), Platform Grant, CPTMC (with CR Burrows (PI) et al.)
May 03 £250,000 Wolfson Foundation (with CR Burrows (PI) and PS Keogh)
Jun 02 £1,000 The Royal Academy of Engineering International Travel Grant (ITG 02-318), Visit to Japan
Oct 01
£230,200
EPSRC (GR/R45277), Wavelets for the active control of transient rotor vibrations (with P S Keogh (PI) and C R Burrows)
Sep 01
£800
The Royal Academy of Engineering International Travel Grant (ITG 01-385), Visit to USA
 
  CAREER BREAK
Nov 87
£80,982
MOD, Dynamic Analysis of Autonomous Weapon Platform (with C R Burrows)
87   RAE, Multidirectional controlled isolation of helicopter structures
Aug 86
£58,000
BTG, Development of a CVT Controller (with C R Burrows)
Mar 86
£12,980
SERC (GR/D/45956), CAD of Non-linear three-dimensional mechanisms (with C R Burrows)
Dec 85
£3,000
United Nations, TOKTEN Assignment to Turkey
Mar 85
£1,510
SERC (GR/D/38873), Study Visit to Japan
Oct 84
£17,865
SERC (GR/C/85948), Use of Kalman filtering to estimate oil-film bearing parameters from operational data (with C R Burrows)
1983-86
various
Carnegie Trust, Visit to instutions during conference attendance in USA and Japan
Nov 83
£116,000
MOD, Multi-directional controlled isolation of helicopter structures (with C R Burrows)
Oct 83
£68,000
SERC, Adaptive Control of Vibrations in rotating machinery (with C R Burrows)
Sep 83
£10,215
BTG, Development of a controller for the Perbury Transmission (with C R Burrows)
May 83
£27,000
BTG, Development of the Perbury Transmission (with C R Burrows)
     

International Visits:

2001-Present

Jun 12 USA Various academic and industrial research laboratories. Study visit on Nano-Precision Motion Systems (supported by EPSRC)
Apr 12 Switzerland Zurich, ISO/TC108/SC2/WG7 Committee meeting
Aug 11 USA Washington DC, ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC)
Jun 11 Canada Vancouver, (a) ASME Turbo Expo 2011 Gas Turbine Technical Congress & Exposition, and (b) ISO/TC108/SC2/WG7 Committee meeting
Jun 10 Scotland Glasgow, ASME Turbo Expo 2010 Gas Turbine Technical Congress & Exposition
Oct 09 USA Hollywood CA, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2009), and visit to UCLA (Prof. Tsu-Chin Tsao)
Jun 09 USA Orlando FL, ASME Turbo Expo 2009 Gas Turbine Technical Congress & Exposition
Oct 08 USA Ann Arbor-Michigan, 2008 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2008), and visit to University of Michigan (Prof. A.Galip Ulsoy)
Sep 08 Germany Munich, The 9th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control (MOVIC 2008)
May 08 Portugal Funchal, Madeira, 5th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation & Robotics (ICINCO 2008)
Nov 07 France Vernon, (a) S2M, (b) ISO/TC108/SC2/WG7 Committee meeting
Sep 07 USA Las Vegas, Nevada, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE)
Jun 07 Italy Udine, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Nov 06 USA Chicago, 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
Aug 06 Switzerland Martigny, (a) ISO/TC108/SC2/WG7 Committee meeting,
(b) The Tenth International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings (ISMB-10)
Sep 05 USA Long Beach CA, ASME 2005-IDETC&CIE Conference
Aug 05 Canada Toronto, Canadian Standards Association for the ISO/TC108/SC2/WG7-Active magnetic Bearing Meeting
Jul 05 Germany Munich, IUTAM Symposium on Vibration Control of Nonlinear Mechanisms and Structures
Aug 04 USA Lexington, The 9th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings (ISMB-9), and
St. Louis, The Seventh International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control (MOvIC'04)
Nov 03 Austria Linz, Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz
Nov 02 Japan Nara, 5th JFPS International Symposium on Fluid Power; Tokyo, Various Universities and Research Institutions
Sep 02 Australia Sydney, IFTOMM Sixth International Conference on Rotor Dynamics; Adelaide, University of Adelaide
Aug 02 Japan Mito, The 8th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings (ISMB-8)
May 02 Germany Hamburg, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg
Feb 02 Germany Hannover, University of Braunsweig
Nov 01 France Lyon, INSA de Lyon
Aug 01 USA South Lake Tahoe, Bently Rotor Dynamics Research; The 1st International Symposium on Stability Control of Rotating Machinery

Pre-1990

Oct 87 USA San Antonia, Texas. ASLE-ASME Tribology Conference
Sep 87 USA Boston, ASME Vibration Conference
Sep 86 Japan Tokyo, Int. Conference on Rotordynamics
Jun 86 USA Texas, NASA Workshop on Rotordynamic Instability Problems in High Perfonce Turbomachinery
Dec 85 Turkey Istanbul Technical University, United Nations Development programme (TOKTEN)
Oct 85 USA Atlanta, ASLE-ASME Tribology Conference
Sep 85 USA Cincinnati, ASME Design Engineering Conference
Mar 85 Japan Tokyo, Tsukuba, Kyoto and Nagoya, Visits to various universities and research centres
Nov 83 USA Boston, ASME Winter Annual Meeting
Sep 82 Italy Rome, IFTOMM Conference on Rotordynamic Problems in Power Plants
Oct 81 USA New Orleans, ASLE-ASME Joint Lubrication Conference
Nov 80 USA Chicago, ASME Winter Annual Meeting
Jun 80 France Becanson, Euromech 131
     
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