Şahin Yildirim
Dr. Yildirim received the M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering in 1990 from Erciyes University, He [...]
Dr. Yildirim received the M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering in 1990 from Erciyes University, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1998 from the System Engineering Department, Cardiff University, UK. His research topic was position and trajectory control of walking two-legged robot using neural networks. He established the Mechatronic Engineering Department in 2005, Kayseri, Turkey. He has been the head of the Mechatronic Engineering Department and the head of the Foreign Relations Office of Erciyes University since 2005. He lectures on control theory, robotics, principles of mechatronic systems, neural network applications in engineering, industrial automation, control system design and applications, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, vehicle dynamics, and material handling at Erciyes University, Turkey. He has supervised some national and international projects such as mobile nurse robot design and control, active vehicle system design and control, and two-legged walking robot control. He has reviewed more than 300 papers. He is also the author of more than 250 journal and conference papers and book chapters. He is currently supervising more than 30 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students and has edited four journals. His research area consists of neural networks, mechatronic systems, control theory and applications, mobile and industrial robots, and vehicle dynamics and control. He has also reviewed more than 30 papers of MDPI journals.
