Publications

  1. H. O. Caldag, S. Yesilyurt, “Acoustic Radiation Forces on Magnetically Actuated Helical Swimmers,” Physics of Fluids , 32, 092012, 2020 (Selected as an Editor’s Pick). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0020930
  2. H. O. Caldag, S. Yesilyurt, “Steering Control of Magnetic Helical Swimmers in Swirling Flows due to Confinement,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA2020), Virtual Conference, 31 May-31 Aug. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9196521 
  3. H. O. Caldag, S. Yesilyurt, “A Simple Numerical Tool for the Evaluation of Acoustic Radiation Force on Helices”, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Sept. 8-11, 2020. (in press)
  4. H. O. Caldag, S. Yesilyurt, “Trajectories of magnetically-actuated helical swimmers in cylindrical channels at low Reynolds numbers,” J. Fluids & Structures , 90, 164-176, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2019.06.005
  5. E. Demir, S. Yesilyurt, “Rolling and sliding of spheres inside horizontal channels,” Int. Conf. on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS2018), Nagoya, Japan, July 4-8, 2018. (Nominated for the Best Student Paper Award) https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS.2018.8481219
  6. H. O. Caldag, S. Yesilyurt, “Dynamics of Artificial Helical Microswimmers Under Confinement,” Int. Conf. Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ASME, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 10-13, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICNMM2018-7632
  7. E. Demir, S. Yesilyurt, “Low Reynolds Number Swimming of Helical Structures in Circular Channels,” J. Fluids & Structures, 74, 234-246, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2017.07.005
  8. H. O. Caldag, A. Acemoglu, S. Yesilyurt, “Experimental characterization of helical swimming trajectories in circular channels,” Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, 21:136, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-017-1973-9
  9. Acemoglu, S. Yesilyurt, “Modeling and experiments on effects of Poiseuille flows on swimming of magnetic helical robots in circular channels,” Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, 19 (5), 1109-1122, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-015-1629-6
  10. F.Z. Temel, S. Yesilyurt, “Confined swimming of bio-inspired micro robots in rectangular channels,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 10, 016015, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/10/1/016015
  11. A.Acemoglu, F.Z. Temel, S. Yesilyurt, “Characterization and modeling of micro swimmers with helical tails and cylindrical heads inside circular channels,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, 136 (12), 121106-1-6, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027222
  12. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Computationally-validated surrogate models for optimal geometric design of bio-inspired swimming robots: Helical swimmers,” Computers & Fluids, 99, 190-198, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.04.033
  13. A.Acemoglu, S. Yesilyurt, “Effects of Geometric Parameters on Swimming of Micro Organisms with Single Helical Flagellum in Circular Channels,” Biophysical Journal, 106 (7), 1537-1547, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2014.01.047
  14. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Improved Kinematic Models for Two-Link Helical Micro/Nano-Swimmers,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 30 (1), 14-25, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2013.2281551
  15. F.Z. Temel, A.G. Erman, S. Yesilyurt , “Characterization and Modeling of Biomimetic Untethered Robots Swimming in Viscous Fluids Inside Circular Channels,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 19(5), 1562-1573, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2013.2288368
  16. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “In-Channel Experiments on Vertical Swimming with Bacteria-Like Robots,” IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots & Systems (IROS2013), Tokyo-Japan, Nov. 3-8, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6697017
  17. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Hydrodynamic surrogate models for bio-inspired micro-swimming robots,”  https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.3429v2
  18. F.Z. Temel, A.E. Bezer, S. Yesilyurt, “Navigation of mini swimmers in channel Networks with magnetic fields,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA 2013), Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-8, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631341
  19. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Experimental validation of a CFD-based resistive force coefficient set for rotating helical tails in cylindrical channels,” Seventh Subrata Chakrabarti Int. Conf. on Fluid Structure Interaction, Gran Canaria, Spain, April 10-12, 2013. doi.org/10.2495/FSI130181
  20. F.Z. Temel, S.Yesilyurt, “Simulation-based analysis of micro robots swimming at the center and near the wall of circular mini channels”, Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, 14, 1-2, 287-298, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-012-1047-y
  21. F.Z. Temel, O. Erin, A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Bio-inspired micro robots swimming in channels,” 13th Mechatronics Forum Int. Conf., Sept. 17-19, 2012, Linz, Austria.
  22. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Experiments on in-channel swimming of an untethered biomimetic robot with different helical tails,” Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Roma, Italy, June 24-27, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290834
  23. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Experiment-based kinematic validation of numerical modeling and simulated control of an untethered biomimetic microrobot in channel,” Proc. 12th Int. Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, March 25-27, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1109/AMC.2012.6197094
  24. A.F. Tabak, F.Z. Temel, S. Yesilyurt, “Comparison on experimental and numerical results for helical swimmers inside channels,” Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ 2011 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), San Fransisco, CA, USA, Sept. 25-30. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2011.6094620
  25. F.Z. Temel, S. Yesilyurt, “Magnetically actuated swimming of microrobots in mini channels,” Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Mechatronics (ICM2011), Istanbul, Turkey, 13-15 April, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMECH.2011.5971307
  26. A.G. Erman, S.Yesilyurt, “Swimming of onboard-powered autonomous robots in viscous fluid filled channels,” Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Mechatronics (ICM2011), Istanbul, Turkey, 13-15 April, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMECH.2011.5971308
  27. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Validated reduced order models for simulating trajectories of bio-inspired artificial micro-swimmers,” Proc. Third Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting and Eighth Int. Conf. on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels (FEDSM2010-ICNMM2010), 2010. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30857
  28. A.F. Tabak, S.Yesilyurt, “Modeling and simulations of the motion of bio-inspired micro swimming robots,” NEMB2010: Proc. of the ASME First Global Congress on Nanoengineering for Medicine and Biology-2010, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1115/NEMB2010-13268
  29. M. Koz, S. Yesilyurt, “Simulation-based analysis of the micropropulsion with rotating corkscrew motion of flagella,” ASME 2009 Fluids Engineering Div. Summer Mtg., (FEDSM09) Aug. 2-6, 2009, Vail, Colorado, USA, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2009-78526
  30. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Simulation-based analysis of flow due to traveling-plane-wave deformations on elastic thin-film actuators in micropumps”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol 4, no 6, pp 489-500, 2008.
  31. M. Koz, S. Yesilyurt, “Simulations of microflows induced by rotation of spirals in microchannels,” Proc. of SPIE, vol 6886, Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems VI, ed. Wang, Wanjun, Vauchier, Claude, Jan. 2008. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762331
  32. M. Koz, S. Yesilyurt, “Simulation-based analysis of a biologically-inspired micropump with a rotating spiral inside a microchannel,” 6th Int. Conf. on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Darmstadt, Germany, ASME, June 2008. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICNMM2008-62323
  33. A.F. Tabak, A. Solak, E. Y. Erdem, C. Akcan, S. Yesilyurt, “Simulation-based analysis of 3D flow inside a micropump with passive valves,” ASME Int. Mechanical Eng. Congress and Exhibition, Seattle, USA, ASME, November, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2007-42037
  34. F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Numerical analysis of planar wave propagation based micropropulsion system,” ASME Int. Mechanical Eng. Congress and Exhibition, Seattle, USA, ASME, November, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2007-41604
  35. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Numerical Analysis of the 3D Flow Induced by Propagationon of Plane-Wave Deformations on Thin MembraneS Inside Microchannels”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels & Minichannels, ICNMM2007, Puebla, Mexico, June 18-20, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICNMM2007-30135
  36. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Numerical simulations and analysis of a micropump actuated by traveling plane waves” SPIE-Photonics West, MOEMS-MEMS,San Jose, 20-25 Jan. 2007. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.702320
  37. A.F. Tabak, S. Yesilyurt, “Numerical Simulations of a Traveling Plane-Wave Actuator for Microfluidic Applications, Proceedings of the COMSOL Users Conference, Boston, October 22-24, 2006, ed. Jeri’Ann Hiller, ISBN 0-9766792-2-1.