Biography

                        

Dr. Onur Tigli is an innovative product oriented technologist with a focus on cutting-edge research, patented technology development, project and people management. He has 23 years experience at variety of positions in Academia, Government and Industry on Semiconductors, CMOS, MEMS, Nanotechnology, Mixed-Signal ASICs, SoCs, FPGAs, Sensors and Actuators for Communications, Computing, Healthcare, Automotive and Defense sectors. In these sectors, use cases for his technologies include energy harvesters, cancer diagnosis, biosensors, chemical sensors, neuroscience, implantable medical devices, personalized medicine, cryptography, cybersecurity, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, autonomous systems, AI/ML hardware, IoT, and robotics

Dr. Tigli is currently a tenured Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a faculty member of Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute of University of Miami (BioNIUM). He also held a secondary appointment at the Department of Pathology, Miller School of Medicine. He received his M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in computer engineering from The George Washington University (GWU), Washington DC, in 2002 and 2008 respectively. During his graduate studies, Dr. Tigli worked for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Semiconductor Electronics Division, Naval Research Lab (NRL) Materials Science and Technology Division, and completed projects on areas of system-on-a-chip, ASIC/FPGA design, biochemical sensors, and micro/nano electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS). He completed his post-doc work at GWU with a special grant by the office of university research for his work on biosensors for cancer biomarker detection - a joint effort with GWU Medical School and School of Engineering and Applied Science. After completion of his post-doc studies he worked as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Washington State University (WSU) Vancouver where he led the development and accreditation of a brand new ECE department 

Dr. Tigli is a member of IEEE as well as HKN (Eta Kappa Nu), EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology) Societies and Sensors, Nanotechnology Councils. He served as a reviewer, SME, speaker, panelist on a variety of leading conferences, journals, as well as government, academic and industrial panels. Dr. Tigli is the recipient of numerous accolades including National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, Eliahu I. Jury Early Career Research Award, Provost's Research Award, Interdisciplinary Research Development Initiative (IRDI) Award, Phillip Amsterdam Excellence in Teaching Award

Education

D.Sc., Computer Engineering, 2008
The George Washington University, Washington DC

Dissertation: Novel SAW Devices in CMOS for Biosensor Applications: Design, Modeling, Fabrication and Characterization

M.S., Computer Engineering, 2002
The George Washington University, Washington DC

Fields of Focus: MEMS, ASIC, VLSI 

B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2000
The Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey

Fields of Focus: Microelectronics, Telecommunications

Experience

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2016-present
College of Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute (BioNIUM)

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2010-16
College of Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Department of Pathology, Miller School of Medicine University of Miami, Miami, FL
Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute (BioNIUM)

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering | 2009-10
School of Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
 
Post-doc Fellow/Professorial Lecturer | 2008-09
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,
MEMS-VLSI Institute, George Washington University (GWU), Washington DC
School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University (GWU), Washington DC

Graduate Research Assistant | 2002-08
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,
MEMS-VLSI Institute, George Washington University (GWU), Washington DC

Graduate Teaching Assistant | 2002-08
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, George Washington University (GWU), Washington DC

Research Contractor | 2003-05
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division, Washington DC
Trident Systems, Inc., Fairfax, VA

Guest Researcher | 2000-02 
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Semiconductor Electronics Division, Gaithersburg, MD

Awards

  • Tenure Award at the rank of Associate Professor | University of Miami Board of Trustees, 2016
  • Provost's Research Award (PRAs) | UM, 2015
  • Eliahu I. Jury Early Career Research Award | UM, 2014
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award | UM, 2013
  • Post-doc Fellowship on Biosensor for Cancer Biomarker Detection, Office of Research | GWU, 2008
  • Nominee for the CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award | GWU, 2008
  • P. Amsterdam University-Wide Graduate Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching | GWU, 2006
  • Research Grant, Semiconductor Electronics Division, System-on-a-Chip Project | NIST, 2000-02
  • Graduate Fellowship, Award of School of Engineering and Applied Science | GWU, 2000-07
  • Full time tuition scholarship, Award of School of Engineering and Applied Science | GWU, 2002-07
  • Best Design for ASIC implementation of International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA) | GMU 2003
  • Certificate of Achievement for Low Cost Design and Professionalism | METU 2000
  • Certificate of Japanese Language Proficiency Level 4 | 2000

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