2011 Leopold B. Felsen Award for Excellence in Electromagnetics

Dr. Rohat Melik, who has recently completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilmi Volkan Demir (EEE, PHYS, and UNAM) in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bilkent University, received the 2010 Award for Excellence in Electromagnetics. The award was presented by the Leopold B. Felsen Fund at Boston University and Doğuş University. The fund, honoring the late Professor Felsen, recognizes students and researchers for outstanding research in the field of electromagnetics with special consideration for publications resulting from scientific research conducted in Turkey. Dr. Melik worked on "Novel Wireless RF-bioMEMS Implant Sensors of Metamaterials" in his Ph.D. study. In the Demir Group, he has developed and demonstrated a new class of bio-implant metamaterial-inspired wireless strain sensors that make use of their unique structural advantages in medical sensing, opening up important directions for the applications of metamaterials. His thesis work paves the way for "smart" orthopaedic trauma implants enabling further possible innovations for future healthcare. Dr. Melik will continue his studies as a postdoctoral researcher at MIT in the USA.