Sinan Müftü, Ph.D. - College of Engineering - Northeastern University

AWARDS AND HONORS
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2007
Pi Tau Sigma, Outstanding Faculty Member, ME Department, NEU, 2007
Nominated, Society of Automotive Engineers, Ralph Teetor Educator Award, 2004
Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, 2003
Best Paper Award, ASME, Information Storage & Processing Systems Division, 1997
Teaching and research assistantships, University of Rochester, 1989-1994
Graduated in the Dean’s Honor List, Middle East Technical University 1987
Third place, Mathematics Competition, Scientific and Technical Research Council, Turkey,
1979
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Editorial Board, Biomedical Engineering, ISRN, 2013 – present.
Editorial Board, Advances in Biomechanics and Applications, starting 2013
Review Board, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants, 2011-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems and Manufacturing,
JSME International, 2006-present
PATENTS
S. Müftü and H. Hinteregger “Contact Sheet Recording with a Negative Air Bearing,” US
Patent 6,118,626, September 2000.
S. Müftü and H. Hinteregger “Helical Scan Recording with a Self-Acting Neg. Air Bearing,”
US Patent 6,151,191, November 2000.
THESES
S. Müftü, "The Transient Foil Bearing Problem in Magnetic Recording", Ph.D. Thesis
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, April 1994
Advisor: Professor Richard C. Benson
S. Müftü, "Investigation of Stress History in Extrusion by the Finite Element Method," M.S.
Thesis
Department of Mechanical Engineering, METU, Ankara, Turkey, December 1989
Advisor: Professor A. Erman Tekkaya
ENCYCLOPEDIA and BOOK CHAPTERS
S. Müftü, A. Müftü, “Biomechanics of Tooth and Jaw” Encyclopedia of Medical Devices
and Instrumentation. Editor: J.G. Webster, John Wiley & Sons, NY, pp. 411-428, 2006.
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