Professor Hamdi Torun

Professor

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

Hamdi Torun is a professor in electrical engineering at Northumbria University. Before joining the university in 2017, he was an associate professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and affiliated with the Center for Life Sciences and Technologies at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. He is a co-founder and a board member of GlakoLens, a biomedical spinoff company. His research interests are in micro/nanotechnology especially for sensing technologies.

He received his B.S. degree from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2003, his M.S. degree from Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2005, and his Ph.D. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA in 2009, all in electrical engineering. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology during 2009-2010.

He received the Medical Design Award of Create the Future Design Contest in 2024; Technology Award from Elginkan Foundation, Turkey in 2016; Young Scientist Award from The Science Academy, Turkey in 2016; Innovator Under 35 Award from MIT Tech Review in 2014 and Marie Curie Fellowship (MC-IRG Grant) in 2011.

Campus Address

Ellison Building
Room E404

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Micro/Nanoengineering in development of sensors, actuators and systems integrated with microelectronic circuits and optical systems in application areas including biomolecular sensors, probe microscopy and detectors.

Electromagnetic metamaterials covering microwave and terahertz frequencies with applications in sensing and imaging.

Acoustofluidics with applications in sensors and lab-on-chip devices.

Key Publications

A Tactile-Based Capsule Endoscope for Detecting Tissue Stiffness, Akcan, Ö., Peker, F., Atak, D., Zeybel, M., Torun, H., Ferhanoğlu, O. 15 Jul 2025, 2025 17th Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON), IEEE
Flexible surface acoustic wave technology for enhancing transdermal drug delivery, Zhang, J., Bahar, D., Ong, H., Arnold, P., Zhang, M., Jiang, Y., Tao, R., Haworth, L., Yang, X., Brain, C., Rahmati, M., Torun, H., Wu, Q., Luo, J., Fu, Y. 1 Apr 2025, In: Drug Delivery and Translational Research
Integrated strategy for icing/fogging mitigation with electromagnetic metamaterials and thin film surface acoustic waves, Zhang, C., Ong, H., Torun, H., Zhang, J., Haworth, L., Theodorou, N., Agrawal, P., Xuan, W., Chen, J., Cheng, D., Luo, J., Fu, Y. 1 Jun 2025, In: Applied Physics Reviews
LED-pumped room-temperature solid-state maser, Long, S., Lopez, L., Ford, B., Balembois, F., Montis, R., Ng, W., Arroo, D., Alford, N., Torun, H., Sathian, J. 9 Jul 2025, In: Communications Engineering
Supramolecular Zwitterionic Hydrogels for Information Encryption, Soft Electronics and Energy Storage at Icy Temperature, Wang, G., Ni, H., Li, Y., Torun, H., Chen, S., Shahzad, M., Zhang, X., Zheng, S., Xu, B., Yang, J. 28 Aug 2025, In: Advanced Functional Materials
Acoustofluidic Patterning in Glass Capillaries Using Travelling Acoustic waves based on Thin Film Flexible Platform, Wang, Q., Maramizonouz, S., Stringer Martin, M., Zhang, J., Ong, H., Liu, Q., Yang, X., Rahmati, M., Torun, H., Ng, W., Wu, Q., Binns, R., Fu, Y. 1 Jan 2024, In: Ultrasonics
A first-in-human pilot study of a novel electrically-passive metamaterial-inspired resonator-based ocular sensor embedded contact lens monitoring intraocular pressure fluctuations  , Kaya, O., Ersoy, M., Teymoori, M., Erden, O., Sadeghzadeh, S., Dedeoglu, U., Demir, S., Muhikanci, O., Sahin, A., Torun, H., Dundar, G., Yalcinkaya, A. 1 Apr 2024, In: Contact Lens and Anterior Eye
A nanonewton force sensor using a U-shape tapered microfiber interferometer, Chen, L., Liu, B., Markwell, C., Liu, J., He, X., Ghassemlooy, Z., Torun, H., Fu, Y., Yuan, J., Liu, Q., Farrell, G., Wu, Q. 31 May 2024, In: Science advances
Capillary wave tweezer, Orme, B., Torun, H., Unthank, M., Fu, Y., Ford, B., Agrawal, P. 30 May 2024, In: Scientific Reports
Conformable, Wearable Embroidered Temperature Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring in Extreme Environments, Amers, E., Orme, B., Torun, H., Wood, D., Shi, Y., Nettleton-Parker, J., Dodd, L. 11 Jan 2024, In: Engineering Proceedings

Current and Recent Projects

Advanced Thin Film Sputtering Fabrication Facility (TF-FAB), Zoppi, G. (Principal Investigator), Torun, H. (Co Investigator), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 01/04/23 - 31/03/26, £971,033.00

PGR Supervision

Nada Omran Functionalising Fibres for Energy Harvesting Applications Start Date: 16/05/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Nicholas Theodorou Tunable Metasurface Absorbers Start Date: 01/10/2023
Nada Omran Functionalising Fibres for Energy Harvesting Applications Start Date: 16/05/2025
Nicholas Theodorou Tunable Metasurface Absorbers Start Date: 01/10/2023 End Date: 17/10/2025