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Awards

Dr. Alper Erturk is an Associate Professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow in
the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute
of Technology. His research program is centered on the intersection of
smart structures and dynamical systems for various interdisciplinary
problems ranging from energy harvesting and bio-inspired locomotion to
electroelastic metamaterials and vibration attenuation. He has published
more than 170 articles in archival journals and conference proceedings, 4
book chapters, and 2 books. His publications have received more than
7500 citations (h-index: 41) according to Google Scholar. Dr. Erturk is a
recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER Award (2013) in Dynamical
Systems, ASME Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award (2015) of the
ASME Aerospace Division for his early impact in the field of adaptive
structures and material systems, and ASME C.D. Mote Jr. Early Career
Award (2017) by the ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound
under the Design Engineering Division for demonstrated research
excellence in the field of vibration and acoustics. He was also a recipient
of the 2015 (inaugural) ASME Energy Harvesting Best Paper Award. Dr.
Erturk is an Associate Editor for Smart Materials & Structures (IOP), Journal
of Intelligent Material Systems & Structures (SAGE), Journal of Vibration &
Acoustics (ASME), and Journal of Energy Engineering (ASCE). He was an
Elected Member of the ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and
Sound and is currently an Elected Member of the ASME Adaptive
Structures and Material Systems Branch. He was also the Founding Chair
of the ASME Energy Harvesting Technical Committee. Dr. Erturk received
his B.S. (2004) and M.S. (2006) in Mechanical Engineering from METU
(Ankara, Turkey), and Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics (2009) from Virginia
Tech. He is a Fellow of the ASME.

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