Alptekin Aksan

Alptekin Aksan
Professor, Mechanical EngineeringContact
Mechanical Engineering Room 241 111 Church Street SEMinneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliations
Education
Ph.D. 2002, Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University
M.S. 1995, Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
B.S. 1992, Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Professional Background
Professor, University of Minnesota, Mechanical Engineering, 2017-present
Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Mechanical Engineering, 2011-2017
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Mechanical Engineering, 2005-2011
Scientific & Professional Societies
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Biography
Alptekin Aksan is interested in combining the unique capabilities of biologicals with synthetic materials to make new reactive materials with novel properties. He enjoys teaching thermodynamics and mechanical engineering modeling, the courses that are designed to teach how to think, conduct analyses, and solve problems as an engineer.
Lab
BioGelLabs - ME 2124/3124
ME Research Areas
Bioengineering
Advanced Materials
ME Impact Areas
Environment and Sustainability
Human Health
- Biostabilization
- Bioencapsulation
- Biotransport
- Biomechanics
Honors and Awards
- 2007 NSF CAREER Award
- 2008 U of MN McKnight Land Grant Professor
- 2011 JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Fellow
- 2011 Outstanding Professor Award
Selected Publications
- K. G. Aukema, M. Wang, B. de Souza, S. O'Keane, M. Clipsham, L. P. Wackett, A. Aksan, 2022 "Core-shell encapsulation formulations to stabilize desiccated Bradyrhizobium against high environmental temperature and humidity" Microbial Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14078
- S-Y. Kang, A. Pokhrel, S. Bratsch, J.J. Benson, S-O, Seo, M.B. Quin, A. Aksan, C. Schmidt-Dannert, 2021 "Engineering Bacillus subtilis for the formation of a durable living biocomposite material" Nature Communications, 12, 7133.
- J. Preciado, T. Lam, S.M. Azarin, E. Lou, A. Aksan, 2021 “Induction of dormancy by confinement: An agarose‐silica biomaterial for isolating and analyzing dormant cancer cells” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research B Applied Biomaterials, 109, 2117.
- T. Lam, J.A. Aguirre-Ghiso, M.A. Geller, A. Aksan, S. Azarin, 2020 “Immobilization rapidly selects for chemoresistant ovarian cancer cells with enhanced ability to enter dormancy” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 117, 3066.
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B.J. Jones, A. Mahajan, A. Aksan, 2019 “Dextranol: An Inert Xeroprotectant” PlosONE, 14, 9, e0222006.