Professor Hamdi Torun

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.

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• A tactile sensing capsule endoscope employing force sensing cantilevers for tumor diagnosis in the GI tract, Peker, F., Akcan, Ö., Atak, D., Ozata, I., Uymaz, D., Balik, E., Zeybel, M., Torun, H., Ferhanoğlu, O. 1 Mar 2026, In: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
• 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

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• 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

• 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

• Electrical and Electronic Engineering PhD January 04 2010
• Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining FIMMM 2022
• Fellow (HEA) 2019