Dr. Aksak is currently an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and the Director of Bioinspired Mechanics and Systems (BIOMS) Lab at TTU. Dr. Aksak earned his bachelor’s degree in 2003 in Mechanical Engineering at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. He received his masters and doctorate degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He is a cofounder of two companies, a CMU spin-off nanoGriptech Inc. founded in 2009, and a TTU spin-off Flow Raider LLC founded in 2018. He has over thirty journal and conference publications. He is also an inventor on six issued, four pending, and one provisional patents. His research has been funded by agencies such as National Science Foundation , Department of Defense, and Air Force Office of Scientific Research.