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Cenk Cavusoglu

Professor
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Develops next-generation medical robotic systems for surgery and image-guided interventions.

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

Robotics, Signals, Systems, Control, and Computer Graphics

Research Information

Research Interests

Robotics, Human-Machine Interfaces, and Systems/Control Theory, with emphasis on:

  • Medical Robotics
  • Haptics
  • Virtual Environments
  • Surgical Simulation
  • Modeling and Simulation of Biological Systems

Awards and Honors

Nord Professor of Engineering
2018
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ / Case School of Engineering
Elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Class of 2017
2017
AIMBE

Publications

  • Ozguner, O., Shkurti, T., Huang, S., Hao, R., Jackson, R., Newman, W. S., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2020). Camera-Robot Calibration for the Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 17 (4), 2154-2161.
  • Ozguner, O., Shkurti, T., Huang, S., Zhao, B., Jackson, R., Newman, W. S., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2020). Camera-Robot Calibration for the da Vinci Robotic Surgery System. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
  • Greigarn, T., Lombard Poirot, N., Xu, X., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2019). Jacobian-Based Task-Space Motion Planning for MRI-Actuated Continuum Robots. Robotics and Automation Letters.
  • Greigarn, T., Branicky, M., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2019). Task-Oriented Active Sensing via Action Entropy Minimization. IEEE Access.
  • Renfrew, M., Griswold, M., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2018). Active Localization and Tracking of Needle and Target in Robotic Image-Guided Intervention Systems. Autonomous Robots.
  • Guo, Q., Deng, W., Bebek, O., Cavusoglu, M. C., Mastrangelo, C. C., & Young, D. C. (2018). Personal Inertial Navigation System Assisted by MEMS Ground Reaction Sensor Array and Interface ASIC for GPS-Denied Environment. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits.
  • Jackson, R., Yuan, R., Chow, D., Newman, W. S., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2018). Real-Time Visual Tracking of Dynamic Surgical Suture Threads. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
  • Jackson, R., Yuan, R., Chow, D., Newman, W. S., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2017). Real-Time Visual Tracking of Dynamic Surgical Suture Threads. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
  • Cavusoglu, M. C. (2017). Design of an MRI-Guided Magnetically-Actuated Steerable Catheter. ASME Journal of Medical Devices.
  • Liu, T., Jackson, R., Franson, D., Lombard Poirot, N., Criss, R., Seiberlich, N. E., Griswold, M. E., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2017). Iterative Jacobian-Based Inverse Kinematics and Open-Loop Control of an MRI-Guided Magnetically-Actuated Steerable Catheter System. Mechatronics, IEEE-ASME Transactions on.
  • Cavusoglu, M. C. (2016). Needle Grasp and Entry Port Selection for Automatic Execution of Suturing Tasks in Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery. .
  • Liu, T., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2016). Needle Grasp and Entry Port Selection for Automatic Execution of Suturing Tasks in Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering [15455955], 13 (2), 552-563.
  • Liu, T., Lombard Poirot, N., Franson, D., Seiberlich, N. E., Griswold, M. E., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2015). Modeling and Validation of the Three Dimensional Deflection of an MRI-Compatible Magnetically-Actuated Steerable Catheter.. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering.
  • Cavusoglu, M. C. (2014). Identification and Active Exploration of Deformable Object Boundary Constraints through Robotic Manipulation. .
  • Cavusoglu, M. C. (2014). Towards Active Tracking of Beating Heart Motion in the Presence of Arrhythmia for Robotic Assisted Beating Heart Surgery. .
  • Fu, M. J., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2012). Human-arm-and-hand-dynamic model with variability analyses for a stylus-based haptic interface.. IEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, 42 (6), 1633-44.
  • Fu, M. J., Hershberger, A. J., Sano, K. J., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2012). Effect of Visuo-Motor Co-location on 3D Fitts' Task Performance in Physical and Virtual Environments.. Presence (Cambridge, Mass.), 21 (3), 305-320.
  • Fu, M. J., Hershberger, A. J., Sano, K. J., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2011). Effect of Visuo-Haptic Co-location on 3D Fitts' Task Performance.. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011 , 3460-3467.
  • Fu, M. J., Daly, J. J., & Cavusoglu, M. C. (2006). A detection scheme for frontalis and temporalis muscle EMG contamination of EEG data.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, 1 , 4514-8.

Education

PhD
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
2000
MS
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
1997
BS
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Middle East Technical University
1995