Mustafa Yavuz

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.

• 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

• 1996, Doctorate Materials Engineering, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

• 1995, Doctorate Applied Physics, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

• 1991, Master's Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• 1989, Bachelor's Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey

• 1997 British Council Partnerships for Excellence Post-doc International Award

• 1999 Honorary Member ISEM, University of Wollongong

• 2003 US Pi-Tau-Sigma, National Mechanical Engineering Teaching Award

• 2007 Japanese Society for the Promotion and Science (JSPS) Fellowship

• 2017 International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics-Tsukuba-Japan, Principal Investigator Fellowship

• 2018 University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering Research Excellence Award

• 2019 MINATEC- Grenoble Institute of Technology (France) Fellowship

• BME 282 - Materials Science for Biomedical Engineers
  • Taught in 2020
• ME 340 - Manufacturing Processes
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• ME 596 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• ME 738 - Special Topics in Materials
  • Taught in 2020, 2024, 2025

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• R. Saritas*, M. Al-Ghamdi, T. M. Das*, O. Rasheed, S. Kocer*, A. Gulsaran*, A. A. Khan, M. M. Rana, M. Khater*, M. Kayaharman*, D. Ban, M. Yavuz and E. Abdel-Rahman “Nano Groove and Prism-Structured Triboelectric Nanogenerators”, Micromachines (MDPI, IF=3.523), https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14091707, 2023

• A. Gulsaran*, B.B. Azer*, D. Ozyigit*, R. Saritas*, S. Kocer*, E. M. Abdel-Rahman and M. Yavuz “Built-In Packaging for Two-Terminal Devices”, doi.org/10.3390/mi14071473, Micromachines (MDPI, IF= 3.523), 2023

• O. Atan, J. M. Pina, D. H, Parmar, Pan Xia, Y. Zhang, A. Gulsaran*, E. D. Jung, D. Choi, M. Imran, S. Hoogland, M. Yavuz, E. H. Sargent “Control Over Charge Carrier Mobility in the Hole Transport Layer Enables Fast Colloidal Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors”, ACS-Nano Letters (IF=12.262, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00491, 2023

• B. A, Bastug*, A. Gulsaran*, J. R. Pennings*, R. Karimi, A.A. Belgabad, A.H. Xu*, L. Zaidan*, S. Kocer*, J. Sanderson, M. Bajcsy, M. Pope, M. Yavuz “Core-Shell, Defective TiO2 Nanoparticles by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance” Materials Advances (IF=5.96), DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00019B, 2023

• A. Gulsaran*, B.B. Azer*, S. Kocer*, S. Rahmanian, R. Saritas*, E. M. Abdel-Rahman and M. Yavuz “Built-in Packaging for Single Terminal Devices”, doi.org/10.3390/s22145264, Sensors (MDPI, IF= 3.847), 2022

• B.B. Azer*, A. Gulsaran*, J. R. Pennings*; R. Saritas*, S. Kocer*, J. L. Bennet†, Y. D. Abhang§, M. A. Pope, E. A.-Rahman, M. Yavuz “A Review: TiO2 Based Photoelectrocatalytic Chemical Oxygen Demand Sensors and Their Usage in Industrial Applications”, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry (Elsevier, IF= 4.6), doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116466, 2022

• K. Mistry*, V. H. Nguyen, M. Arabi*, K. H. Ibrahim*, H. Asgarimoghaddam, M. Yavuz, D. Muñoz-Rojas, E. M. Abdel-Rahman, K. P. Musselman “A highly sensitive self-actuated zinc oxide resonant microcantilever gas sensor for humidity detection”, Nano Letters (ACS, IF=12.262), doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04378, 2022

• I. Novodchuk*, M. Kayaharman*, I. Prassas, A. Soosaipillai, R. Karimi, I.A. Goldthorpe, E. Abdel-Rahman, J. Sanderson, E.P. Diamandis, M. Bajcsy, and M. Yavuz “Electronic detection of SARS-CoV-2 N-protein before the onset of symptoms”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics (Elsevier, IF=12.54), http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4005281, 2022

• A. H Alshehri*, A. Shahin, K. Mistry, K. H. Ibrahim, M. Yavuz, K. P. Musselman “Metal-Insulator-Insulator-Metal Diodes with Responsivities Greater Than 30 A/W Based on Nitrogen-Doped TiOx and AlOx Insulator Layers”, Advanced Electronic Materials (Wiley, IF=7.295), https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202100467, 2021

• A. Alshehri*, J. Loke, V. Nguyen, A. Jones, H. Asgarimoghaddam, A. Shahin, K. Ibrahim, K. Mistry, D. Munoz-Rojas, M. Yavuz, K. P. Musselman “Nanoscale film thickness gradients printed in open air by spatially varying chemical vapor deposition”, Advanced Functional Materials (Wiley, IF= 19.924), https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202103271, 2021

• I. Novodchuk, M. Kayaharman, I.R. Ausri, R. Karimi, X.S. Tang, I.A. Goldthorpe, E. Abdel-Rahman, J. Sanderson, M. Bajcsy, M. Yavuz “An ultrasensitive heart-failure BNP biosensor using B/N co-doped graphene oxide gel FET”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics (Elsevier, IF= 10.61), DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113114, 2021

• I. Novodchuk*, M. Bajcsy, M. Yavuz “Graphene-Based Field Effect Transistor Biosensors for Breast Cancer Detection: A Review on Biosensing Strategies”, Carbon (Elsevier, IF= 9.594), vol. 172, pp. 431-453, 2021

• D. Alsaedi*, M. Irannejad, K. H. Ibrahim, A. Almutairi, A. Ramadhan, K. P. Musselman, J. Sanderson, M. Yavuz, O. Ramahi “High Operation Stability and Different Sensing Mechanisms in Graphene Oxide Gel Photodetectors Utilizing Thin Polymeric Layer”, Applied Electronic Materials (American Ceramic Society, IF=8), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.9b00817, 2020

• I. Novodchuk*, M. Kayaharman, S. Al-Tuairqi, K. Ibrahim; M. Irannejad, E. Abdel-Rahman, J. Sanderson, M. Bajcsy, M. Yavuz “B/N co-doped graphene oxide gel with extremely-high mobility and ION/IOFF for large-area field effect transistors” Carbon (Elsevier, IF= 9.594), Volume 158, Pages 624-630, March 2020

• K. Ibrahim, I. Novodchuk, K. Mistry, M. Singh, C. Ling, J. Sanderson, M. Bajcsy, M. Yavuz, and K. P. Musselman “Laser-Directed Assembly of Nanorods of 2D Materials”, Small (Wiley, IF=15.5), doi: 10.1002/smll.201904415, 2019

• A. H. Alshehri, K. Mistry, V. H. Nguyen, K. H. Ibrahim, D. Muñoz-Rojas, M. Yavuz and K. P. Musselman “Quantum-tunneling metal-insulator-metal diodes made by rapid atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition”, Advanced Functional Materials (Wiley-VCH, IF= 19.92), https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201805533, 2018

• K.H. Ibrahim, M. Irannejad, B Wales, J Sanderson, M Yavuz, KP Musselman “Simultaneous Fabrication and Functionalization of Nanoparticles of 2D Materials with Hybrid Optical Properties”, Advanced Optical Materials (Wiley, IF= 9.926), DOI: 10.1002/adom.201701365, 2018

• D. Alsaedi, M. Irannejad, K. H. Ibrahim, A. Almutairi, K. Musselman, O. Ramahi, M. Yavuz “High-Responsivity Reduced Graphene Oxide Gel Photodetector for Visible-Light Detection with Large Detection Area and End-Contact Interface”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C (IF= 8.067), DOI: 10.1039/C6TC04784J, 2017

• S. Park, M. Khater, D. Effa, E.M. Abdel-Rahman, M. Yavuz, “Detection of Cyclic-Fold Bifurcation in Electrostatic Transducers by Motion-Induced Current,” J. Micromechanics and Microengineering (IoP, IF=2.82), Vol. 27, no. 8, 2017

• K. H. Ibrahim, M. Irannejad, M. Hajialamdari, A. Ramadhan, K. P. Musselman, J. Sanderson, M. Yavuz “A novel femtosecond laser-assisted method for the synthesis of reduced graphene oxide gel and thin films with tunable properties”, Advanced Materials Interfaces (IF=6.338), DOI: 10.1002/admi.201500864, 2016

• Profs receive new funding for transformative quantum sensors