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Evren Samur, PhD

Evren Samur, PhD

Room #: RIC 1427
Phone: 312-238-1570
Email:e-samur@northwestern.edu

 

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Prosthesis Design & Control Laboratory
Center for Bionic Medicine
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 

 

Research Interests

Dr. Samur’s primary research focus at RIC is sensory feedback for improved prosthesis control. He seeks physiologically appropriate and clinically adoptable solutions. His research interests include haptics, human-machine interaction, and medical robotics.

 

Education

  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 2003
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Koc University, Istanbul, 2005
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2008
  • Ph.D. in Robotics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, 2010

 

Professional Associations and Activities

  • Technical Committee on Haptics (TCH), Vice Chair for Public Relations
  • IEEE, Member
  • EuroHaptics Society, Member
  • International Consortium on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Member