Abdullah Ozer

• Dynamical modelling and simulation of mechanical systems.
• Vibration and control.
• Chatter and control in robotic machining.

 JOURNAL PAPERS & BOOK CHAPTER

[1] Ozer, A. and Sekiguchi, A. “Numerical Evaluations for Robotic Turning with a Scheduled Modulatory Gain-Based Chatter Controller”, IFAC-PapersOnLine, Elsevier, 56 (2), pp.11111-11116, 2023.
[2] Hatori, S., Sekiguchi, A., Ozer, A., “Conceptual Design of a Multipurpose Forming Machine and Experiments on Force-controlled Shear Spinning of Truncated Cone”, Procedia Manufacturing, Elsevier, 15 (2018) 1255–1262, 2018.
[3] Ghodsi, M., Hosseinzadeh, N., Ozer, A., Dizaj, H. R., Hojjat, Y., Garjasi, N., Sheykholeslami, M. R., Talebian, S., Ghodsi, M. H., Al-Yahmadi, A., "Development of Gasoline Direct Injector Using Giant Magnetostrictive Materials", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE,  53 (1), pp. 521-529, 2017.
[4] Ozer, A., Ghodsi, M., Sekiguchi, A., Saleem, A., Al-Sabari, M.N., "Design and Experimental Implementation of a Beam-type Twin Dynamic Vibration Absorber for a cantilevered flexible structure carrying an unbalanced rotor: Numerical and Experimental observations", Shock&Vibration, Hindawi, Volume 2015.
[5] Ghodsi, M., Mirzamohamadi, S., Talebian, S., Hojjat, Y., Sheikhi, M., Al-Yahmadi, A., Ozer, A., "Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Investigation of a Giant Magnetostrictive (GM) Force Sensor", Sensor Review, Emerald, Vol. 35 Issue: 4, 2015.
[6] Ozer, A., Semercigil, S.E., Kumar P and Yowat, P., "Delaying Tool Chatter in Turning with a Two-Link Robotic Arm", Elsevier, Journal of Sound & Vibration, Elsevier, 332 (6), pp. 1405-1417, 2013.
[7] Ozer, A., Sekiguchi, A. and Arai, H., "Experimental Implementation and Analysis of Robotic Metal Spinning with Enhanced Trajectory Tracking Algorithms”, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Elsevier, Vol 28, No 4, pp. 539–550, 2012.
[8] Ozer, A. and Semercigil, S.E., "Effective Vibration Suppression of a Maneuvering Two - Link Flexible Arm via an Event-Based Stiffness  Controller", International Journal of Robotics & Automation, ACTA press, 26, No. 2, pp. 171-184,  2011.  
[9] Kumar P., Ozer, A., Yoon, J., Kim, G., “A Novel Dynamic Walker with Heel, Ankle, and Toe Rocker Motions”, Robotica, Cambridge University Press, 29, No.6, pp. 883-893, 2011.
[10] Yoon, J., Kumar P., and Ozer, A., “An Adaptive Foot Device for Increased Gait and Postural Stability in Lower Limb Orthoses and Prostheses”, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, Springer, 9(3), pp. 515-524, 2011.
[11] Yoon, J., Kim, G., Handharu, N. and Ozer, A., “A Bio-Robotic Toe & Foot& Heel Model of A Biped Robot For More Natural Walking: Foot Mechanism & Gait Pattern”, Biped Robots (Book Chapter) InTech, 237-260, 2011.
[12] Ozer, A. and Arai, H., "Robotic Metal Spinning - Numerical Investigations for Vibration Suppression and Experimental Implementation using an Industrial Robot", IFAC Proceedings Volumes, Elsevier, 42(16), pp. 227-232, 2009.
[13] Ozer, A. and Semercigil, S.E., "An Event-based Vibration Control for a Two-Link Flexible Robotic Arm: Numerical and Experimental Observations", Journal of Sound & Vibration, Elsevier, 313 (3-5), pp. 375-394, 2008.
[14] Park, K., Choi, D., Ozer, A., Kim, S., Lee, Y. and Joo, D., "A Voice Coil Actuator Driven Active Vibration Isolation System with the Consideration of Flexible Modes", Review of Scientific Instruments, American Institute of Physics (AIP), 79(5), 065106-1, 2008.
[15] Gurgoze, M. and Ozer, A., "Sensitivität der Eigenwerte eines gedämpften Euler-Bernoulli-Balkens in Bezug auf Dämfergroßen", ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics/Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Wiley, 77(3), pp. 235-237, 1997.
[16] Gurgoze, M. and Ozer, A., "On the Slightly Damped Vibrations of n-mass Oscillator", Computers & Structures, Elsevier, 59, No.5, pp797-803, 1996.
[17] Gurgoze, M. and  Ozer, A.,  "Forced  response  of n-mass  Oscillators  and  Interesting Series",  Journal of Sound & Vibration, Elsevier, 173(2), pp. 283-288, 1994.

CONFERENCE PAPERS
[18] Ozer, A. and Sekiguchi, A. “Numerical Evaluations for Robotic Turning with a Scheduled Modulatory Gain-Based Chatter Controller”, The 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Yokohama, JAPAN, 9 July – 14 July 2023.
[19] Narisawa, T., Sekiguchi, A., Ozer, A., "Development of Multipurpose Incremental Sheet Forming Machine, International Workshop on Effective Engineering Education (IWEEE)”, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan, 10-11 October 2018.
[20] Hatori, S., Sekiguchi, A., Ozer, A., “Conceptual Design of a Multipurpose Forming Machine and Experiments on Force-controlled Shear Spinning of Truncated Cone”, 17th International Conference on Metal Forming, Metal Forming 2018, Toyohashi, Japan, 16-19 September 2018.
[21] Hatori, S., Sekiguchi, A., Ozer, A., "Development of Multipurpose Incremental Sheet Forming Machine, International Workshop on Effective Engineering Education (IWEEE)”, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan, 6-7 December 2017.
[22] Hatori, S., Toriumi, A., Sekiguchi, A., Ozer, A., " Prototype of Multi-Purpose Incremental Forming Machine", Proceedings of the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fukushima, Japan, 10-13 May 2017.
[23] Saleem, A., Ghodsi, M., Ozer, A., Mesba, M., " Model identification of galfenol magnetostrictive actuators for precise positioning control", SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference 20 - 24 March 2016, Nevada, USA.
[24] Ghodsi, M., Saleem, A., Alam, K., Ozer, A., Al-Yahmadi, A., Ghodsi, M.H., Hoshyarmanesh, H., Sheykholeslami, M.R., "Elimination of thermal instability in precise positioning of Galfenol actuators ", SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference 20 - 24 March 2016, Nevada, USA.
[25] Ozer, A., Ghodsi, M., Sekiguchi, A., Saleem, A., Al-Sabari, M.N., " Finite Element and Experimental Evaluation of a Beam-type Twin Dynamic Vibration Absorber", Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering and Natural Science, ICENS, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, July 22-24, 2015.
[26] Ghodsi, M., Ozer, A., Al-Yahmadi, Hosseinzadeh, N.A. and Zadega M.N., "Design, Sensitivity Analysis and Fabrication of DC Linear Direct-Drive Motor (LDDM)", Proceedings of International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA2014, Milwaukee, USA, 19-22 October 2014.
[27] Ghodsi, M.,  Ozer, A., Al-Yahmadi, A., Rajabzadeh, H., Hosseinzadeh, N. and Varzeghani N.G., "Development of Gasoline Direct Injector Using Giant Magnetostrictive Materials", Proceedings of International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA2014,  Milwaukee, USA, 19-22 October 2014.
[28] Ozer, A., Ghodsi, M., Bahadur, I.M., Al-Sabari, M.N, "Preliminary Design and Implementation of a Test Bed for Vibration Control Experiments with a Dynamic Vibration Absorber", International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science (ICEAS), Hokkaido, Japan, July 22-24, 2014.
[29] Ozer, A., Al-Hatmi, S., Al-Jadidi A.K., Al-Harrasi, F.M., Al-Sabari, M.N., Al-Mahrizi, M.S., "Development of a Test Bed for Energy Harvesting from Structural Vibration of a Cantilevered Beam",  Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Materials, Energy and Environments (ICMEE), August 08-09, 2013, Yokohama, Japan.
[30] Ozer, A. and Semercigil, S.E., " Tool Chatter in Turning with a Two-Link Robotic Arm ", Proceedings of the IMAC-XXIX, International Modal Analysis Conference, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 161-168, February, 2011.
[31] Ozer, A. and Yoon, J., “Development of a Multi-channel Active Vibration Isolation Model with Decentralized Velocity Feedback Controller”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Manufacturing Process Technology, Jinju, Korea, 2011.
[32] Sang-Hun, P., Ozer, A. and Yoon, J., "A Novel Design for Lower Extremity Gait Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Inspired by Biomechanics", Proceedings of the International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS2010), Gyeonggi-do, Korea., pp. 1806-1811, October, 2010.
[33] Ozer, A. and Semercigil, S.E., "Effective Vibration Suppression of a Maneuvering Two-link Flexible Arm With an Event-based Controller", Proceedings of the IMAC – XXVIII, International Modal Analysis Conference, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 323-330, February, 2010.
[34] Ozer, A. and Arai, H., "Robotic Metal Spinning-Experiments with Cascaded Position-Velocity Control with an add-on Vibration Suppressor for Enhanced Trajectory Tracking", Proceedings of the ICROS - SICE International Joint Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 2621-2626, 2009.
[35] Ozer, A. and Arai, H., "Robotic Metal Spinning - Numerical Investigations for Vibration Suppression and Experimental Implementation using an Industrial Robot", Proceedings of the 9th International IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO 09), Gifu, Japan, pp. 343-348, 2009.
[36] Ozer, A. and Arai, H., "Robotic Metal Spinning - Experimental Implementation Using an Industrial Robot Arm", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 09), Kobe, Japan, pp. 140-145, 2009.
[37] Ozer, A., Yowat, P. and Semercigil, S.E., "Simulation of Turning with a two-link Robotic Arm and Control of Tool Chatter", Proceedings of the International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, AMSE, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 411-416, 2002.
[38] Ozer, A. and Semercigil, S.E., "Vibration Control of Multi-Link Robot Manipulators", Part I With Rigid Linkages, Proceedings of the IMAC XIX, International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 50-56, 2001.
[39] Ozer, A. and Semercigil, S.E., "Vibration Control of Multi-link Robot Manipulators, Part II With Flexible Linkages", Proceedings of the IMAC XIX, International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 310-316, 2001.

THESIS
[40] Ozer, A. (Supervisor Dr. S.E. Semercigil), "Vibration Control of Flexible Robot Manipulators", Ph.D. Dissertation, Victoria University, Faculty of Engineering & Science, Melbourne, Australia, 2006.
[41] Ozer, A. (Supervisor Dr. M. Gurgoze), "Kinematic and Dynamic Modelling of a Flexible Robot Arm sliding through a Prismatic Joint", M.Sc. Thesis, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul, Türkiye, 1993.

Professional Experience

2020- current
VISITING ASSISTANT AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Manhattan College
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2020- 2020
VISITING FACULTY
Texas A&M University
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
2017- 2020
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Central Connecticut State University,
Department of Engineering
2011- 2017
ASSISTANT AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering,
College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
2009- 2011
SENIOR RESEARCHER
Gyeongsang National University
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Korea.
2007 –2009
JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE (JSPS) POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan.
2006 - 2007
BK 21 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OF S. KOREA
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST),
Department of Mechatronics, Korea.
1999 - 2006
VUT SCHOLARSHIP HOLDER & RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANT
Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
1996 - 1997
DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
Ford – Otosan Motor Co., Istanbul, Türkiye.
1992 - 1996
RESEARCH AND TEACHING FELLOW
Istanbul Technical University,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Memberships

International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).

Institution of Engineers, Australia.

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Türkiye.

Honors, Awards and Grants

[1] Manhattan College Summer Research Grant, 2023. Title: “Chatter Control in Robotic Machining Processes”. Investigators: Dr. Abdullah Ozer, Fund Value: $4000.

[2] SQU Internal grant by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), 2017. Title: " Structural Vibration Control Using Magnetostrictive Actuators " Investigators: Dr. Abdullah Ozer, Dr. Mojtaba Ghodsi,  Ashraf Saleem, Fund Value: $19000.

[3] SQU-UAEU joint research Fund 2016, Title: " Energy harvesting from structural vibrations" SQU Investigators: Dr. Mojtaba Ghodsi, Dr. Abdullah Ozer, Fund Value: $52000.

[4] Journal Publication Award from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) to support quality international journal publications, 2014, Award Value: $1300.

[5] Internal grant by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), 2015. Title: "Modeling and Control of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Actuator in Ultrasonically Assisted Machining" Investigators: Dr. Ashraf Saleem, Dr. Faical Mnif, Dr. Abdullah Ozer, Dr. Kamel Al-Khaled, and Dr. Khurshid Alam, Fund Value: $26000.

[6] Internal grant by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), 2015. Title: "Design and Fabrication of Self-Sensing Magnetostrictive Transducer for Non-Destructive Evaluation" Investigators: Dr. Mojtaba Ghodsi, Dr. Amur Al Yahmedi, Dr. Abdullah Ozer , Dr. Riadh Zaier, Fund Value: $22000.

[7] JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program (Long term, nominated by Australian Research Council (ARC) & Australian Academy of Science), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology (AIST), 2007-2009, Value: $146400.

[8] Grant in aid for attending conferences, publishing and for purchasing experimental hardware as part of my JSPS fellowship program, Japan, 2007.

[9] BK 21 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of S. Korea, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST):2006; and Gyeongsang National University (GNU): 2009.

[10] Grant in aid for setting up of an experimental flexible robot prototype for my PhD research, Victoria University of Technology, Australia, 2000.

[11] Victoria University of Technology, PhD Research Scholarship, 1999.

[12] Australian Postgraduate Awards from several universities to study PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 1999.

[13] Award from Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council to support quality international publications, 1996.

[14] Overseas Ph.D scholarship from Turkish Ministry of Education, 1993.