Mustafa Yavuz

Mustafa Yavuz

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Professor, Director, Graduate Nanotechnology Program

Biography

Dr. Yavuz is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering with cross-appointments to Electrical and Computer Engineering and Systems Design Engineering. Dr. Yavuz is the Director of the Nano- and Micro- Systems Lab at the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology (WIN) and Director of Collaborative Graduate Nanotechnology Program.

Dr. Yavuz’s research area is micro and nanoscale materials and device design, fabrication, functionalization and characterization, in four key applications areas: a. high-temperature-superconductor (HTSC) accelerators for “driven subcritical fission” superconducting magnets (thorium-recycle nuclear reactors); b. HTSC-Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) for bio-sensing and Qubits for quantum information storage; c. Nano- and micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (O-N/MEMS) devices for sensing, actuation and energy harvesting, and d. O-N/MEMS packaging, and reliability.

Research

Research Interests

  • Nano- and Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (N\/MEMS)
  • Nano/micro-joining and Electronic Packaging
  • Nanoplasmonic Sensors
  • Field-Effect-Transistors (FET) Biosensors
  • Quantum-tunneling Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) Diodes
  • Photo-electro-chemical Oxygen Demand (PECOD) Sensors
  • Nano-FET-resonators
  • Nanomaterials and Thin Films
  • Quantum Electronic Solids: Superconductors and Graphene/Graphene-like Materials
  • Autonomous or AI Embedded Sensors (Fit and Forget) and Sensor Nodes

Application Areas

  • Cancer
  • Diabetes
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pathogen Detection
  • Wearables Devices

Technology Areas

  • Actuators
  • Biomarkers
  • Biomaterials
  • Diagnostics
  • Imaging
  • Machine Learning/AI
  • Medical Devices
  • Micro Fabrication
  • Microfluids
  • Polymer
  • Robotics
  • Sensors
  • Surface Coating
  • Therapeutics

Discipline Areas

  • Biochemisty
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Bionanotechnology
  • Biophysics
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
  • Nanotechnology
  • Physics
  • Robotics
Contact Information
519-888-4567 x32093
Location: E5 3011
Groups
3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing, Actuators, Biomarkers, Biomaterials, Cancer, Computational Modeling, Diabetes, Diagnostics, Imaging, Infectious Diseases, Machine Learning/AI, Medical Devices, Microfluids, Microfabrication, Pathogen Detection, Polymer, Robotics, Sensors, Surface Coating, Therapeutics, Wearable Devices, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Bionanotechnology, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Nanotechnology, Physics, Faculty
Links
Link to profile: Mustafa Yavuz
Link to personal webpage: Nano and Micro Systems Lab