Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/07/2025
9:00 am - 9:50 am

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• SBHSE Events

Hakan Ceylan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic

Date: Friday, March 7, 2025

Time: 9:00 – 9:50 a.m., SCOB 228

Faculty Host: Brent Vernon

Hakan Ceylan Seminar Flyer

Abstract: Miniature mobile robots, ranging in size from a penny (≈10 mm) to a single cell (≈10 µm), offer transformative potential for advancing minimally invasive procedures in surgically complex and sensitive areas of the human body. In this talk, I will present a holistic approach to designing micro- and millirobots aimed at addressing critical unmet medical needs with new, safer, and more effective solutions. First, I will describe the additive manufacturing of biocompatible and biodegradable robots constructed from a variety of extracellular biopolymers. Second, I will demonstrate their image-guided delivery and retrieval via standard catheters under physiological conditions. Third, I will demonstrate real- time navigation, localization, and tracking of these robots under fluoroscopic guidance, enhanced by virtual techniques, within physiological phantoms, ex-vivo live perfused tissues, and live small animal models. Finally, I will share preliminary findings on the interactions between these robots and live tissues. I will conclude by exploring how future operating rooms can seamlessly integrate miniature robot systems to accelerate and maximize their impact on healthcare.

Biosketch: Dr. Hakan Ceylan is a materials scientist and an expert in small-scale robotics. He is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Mayo Clinic, where he founded the Medical Microrobots Lab in 2022. Before that, he worked as a Senior Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany. Dr. Ceylan’s research has so far won several best paper, best talk, and science-as-art awards. His inventions have resulted in two granted and two pending patents and over thirty publications in leading multidisciplinary journals, including Science Robotics, Advanced Materials, Science Advances, and ACS Nano. He gives invited talks and lectures at universities, research institutes, and conferences worldwide. Dr. Ceylan is a recipient of the 2023 American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award and 2024 Career Development Award in Cardiovascular Disease Research Honoring Dr. Earl W. Wood.