I received the B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from Istanbul University in 2001. During my undergraduate study, I took the electronics courses such as Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Microprocessors, Probability and Random Process, Optimization Methods, Adaptive Filters, Analog and Digital Communication, Wireless Communication, Computer Networks, Microwave Techniques as well as Antennas and Propagation. In addition to these courses, I worked on the project of  RF Lesion Ablation and Finite Element Modeling at University of Wisconsin – Madison under the supervisor Prof. John G. Webster. I was admitted to the Master’s program in Biomedical Engineering at Bogazici University after graduating from Istanbul University in 2001.      

 

I improved myself the subjects of electronics engineering. Consequently, I did not restrict myself  to biomedical and electronics engineering so that I would get more information about the other engineering and biological sciences. Therefore I feel confident that I can develop my abilities in various areas. Let me briefly outline my internships to illustrate my areas of study in electronics engineering.

 

I did my internship at the University of Wisconsin – Madison with RF Ablation Research Group during the summer in 1999. My travel expenses to the United States provided by Can Dis Tic. Co, and my accommodation was covered by Ahmet & Ozge Gumen, as well as, an appointment as an Honorary Fellow was given at the UW – Madison. We worked on designing a new electrode for atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. I developed my own circuit to measure the differences of electrical resistivities of myocardium in order to calculate finite element modeling of heart tissues. I did my second year of internship at Koc Finance Company during the summer in 2000, working on computer networks and ATM structures. In these internship periods, I not only improved my academic knowledge but also learned about work life at the company.

 

In the senior year of my undergraduate study, I studied adaptive filter techniques to filter echocardiographic signals and wrote my graduation thesis on distinguishing cancerous and normal liver tissues by using electrical resistivity response according to different electrical phases. This project was supported by the student research fund of Istanbul University.

 

I published two international and two national papers titles of which  are given below. First three of them are published when I am an undergraduate students. Second of them is also journal paper, and others are conference papers.

 

1. Haemmerich, D., Ozkan, O.R., Tsai, J.-Z., Staelin, S., Tungjitkusolmun, S. and Webster,J.G., Electrical Resistivity of K12/TRb Tumors versus Normal Liver Tissue, Abstract accepted for World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, IEEE EMBS, Chicago,USA, July 2000.

 

2. Haemmerich, D., Ozkan, O.R., Tsai, J.-Z., Staelin, S., Tungjitkusolmun, S. and Webster, J.G., Changes of Electrical Resistivity of Swine Liver after Occlusion and Post - Mortem, IEE - Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Newcastle/UK, 48, 29 - 33, 2002.

 

3. Omer Ragip Ozkan ve Etkin Elver, Normal Karaciğer Dokuları ile Kanserli Karaciğer Dokularının Sinyal İşlemcili Bir Donanımla Sınıflandırılması, Sinyal İşleme ve İletişim Uygulama Kurultayı, Pamukkale, Turkiye, June 2002

 

4. Mehmet Engin, Erkan Zeki Engin ve Omer Ragip Ozkan, Bilgisayar ortaminda EKG ve EEG isaretlerinin elde edilmesi, BIYOMUT, Istanbul, Turkiye, May 2003

 

I can work well under pressure. I am friendly, organized and patient while working with my colleagues. In today’s competitive world there is opportunity merely for the most qualified and I am ready to work hard to achieve the require qualification. I firmly believe that I will become as asset to institutions in doing the research that I am anxious to do.

 

 

Sincerely,

Omer Ragip Ozkan

 

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