STAR 2018 Tentative Timeline:
28 March 2018 – Application deadline
15 June 2018 – Initial progress surveys due
October 2018 – Half-time surveys due
February 2019 – Reports due
March 2019 – Poster presentations and award ceremony
STAR 2018 Committee: Figen S. Oktem, Serdar Kocaman, Elif Uysal Bıyıkoğlu (chair: Prof.Tolga Ciloglu)
Special thanks to Utku Civelek for his kind help with various organizational matters.
STAR 2018 Projects:
| Advisor Name | Project Title |
| Afsar Saranli | (Info Session: Fri, Mar 23, 17:00 – 18:00 Room: E-108)
IMU based feedback control of Industrial Crane (Control Lab) |
| Dual-Camera based 3D Object Localization in large spaces (Control Lab) | |
| 6DOF Robot Arm + Lidar based 3D Scanner (RoLab) | |
| IOT Distributed Temperature Measurement and Control (Control Lab) | |
| Scene analysis and Segmentation using Depth Sensor (RoLab) | |
| Remote virtual presence using 6DOF Robot arm and Stereo Camera | |
| Reaction wheel based control of inverted pendulum (RoLab) | |
| Servo driven Robot Gripper Design and Implementation (RoLab) | |
| ROS-Pixhawk based Quad-Rotor UAV Control (RoLab) | |
| Aydin Alatan | Segmentation of man-made objects from LIDAR |
| Hyperspectral Image Analysis | |
| Cognitive Camera | |
| High Dynamic Range Imaging | |
| Cengiz Besikci | Novel Quantum Structured Infrared Detectors for Thermal Imaging |
| Elif Uysal Biyikoglu | Implementation of Age-aware application layer sampling on UDP connections |
| AoI-aware transmission using Statistical and machine learning methods | |
| Implementation of a novel age-aware MAC layer on software-defined radios | |
| Implementation of novel IoT sensor platforms | |
| Emre Ozkan | Tracking and Learning 3D Objects for Autonomous Vehicles |
| Fatih Kamisli | Applications of Machine Learning Algorithms to Image/Video Compression/Processing |
| Software/Hardware Implementation of Image/Video Compression Algorithms | |
| Figen S. Oktem | Compressive Spectral Imaging: Signal Recovery Algorithms and Optical Implementation (scholarship available) |
| Optimization of Sparse MIMO Array Designs for Microwave Imaging | |
| Gonul Turhan Sayan | Mine Detection with Ground Penetrating Radar: Simulation and Testing |
| Electromagnetic Detection of Objects Hidden Inside or Behind Walls: Simulation and Testing | |
| Metamaterial Design at Radio Frequencies, Terahertz and Infrared Frequencies. | |
| Distributed Fiber Optical Sensors | |
| Gozde Bozdagi Akar | Noise and texture sharpness measurement for digital camera quality test |
| Deep learning for medical image processing | |
| Detection of scratches on specular metal surfaces | |
| High-Performance Branch Predictor Design | |
| Klaus Werner Schmidt | Controller Design for an Autonomous Lane Keeping System |
| Control of Vehicle Platoons | |
| Planning Vehicle Maneuvers in Dense Traffic | |
| Murat Gol | Detection of distribution system elements from camera image |
| Solar generation forecasting with cloud monitoring | |
| Mustafa Mert Ankarali | Design, Analysis, and Control of Locomotion in Robotic and Biological Systems |
| Selcuk Yerci | Optical simulation of solar cells (open to students at any grade) |
| Electrical simulation of solar cells (sophomore and above, having a good understanding of topics in EE212 is preferred) | |
| 1D and 2D tranmission line measurement method: simulation and experiment studies (sophomore level and above) | |
| Fabrication of a solar cell that looks like a painting (assigned) | |
| Development of solar cells having organic – inorganic mixed layers (sophomore level and above) | |
| Fabrication of upconversion layers using Sol-Gel method (juniour level and above) | |
| Serdar Kocaman | Numerical Simulations for Performance Improvements of Infrared Photodetectors |
| Tunable Birefringent Filters and Modulators for Photonic Integrated Circuits | |
| Applications of Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics in Photonic Crystal Structures (double major in Physics is required) |