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R&D Lead · Systems & Instrumentation
Precision test, measurement and automation systems — from idea to the field
I run end-to-end product development — system architecture, control electronics, optomechanics and real-time software — building cryogenic probe stations, maskless photolithography, automated liquid handling and diagnostic devices as local alternatives to imported equipment.
Özkur Kuran, Ph.D.
Founder, Mikrofab · Denizli / İzmir
11
Publicly funded R&D projects
7
Led as Principal Investigator
92 granted
Patent applications
$500K+
Total R&D funding secured
10+ yrs
Instrumentation, since 2010
About
Expertise at the intersection of mechanics, electronics and measurement
A PhD-level R&D specialist and company founder with over a decade in advanced instrumentation, precision test/measurement systems and electromechanical device development, with a background in semiconductor and superconductor physics. My core expertise is not a single discipline but their intersection: taking an R&D idea and uniting mechanical design, control electronics, embedded and desktop software, optomechanics and measurement methodology into one working device architecture.
I began in 2010 with superconductivity and thin-film research at Ege University's Quantum Device Laboratory, and founded Mikrofab in 2016 to turn that expertise into products. The systems I have developed are in active field use at universities and R&D centres as local, cost-effective alternatives to imported equipment.
What holds this broad range together is a recurring skill set: precision motion control, low-noise signal acquisition and real-time measurement automation.
Core capabilities
Six capabilities that recur in every system I build
Precision motion, low-noise acquisition and real-time automation — applied from cryogenic physics benches to clinical devices.
Precision mechatronics
1 µm repeatability
Sub-micron repeatable positioning, mechanism design and multi-axis motorized systems.
Sensors, DAQ & electronics
10 fA → 1 A
Sensor integration, buffered data acquisition, embedded control electronics and instrumentation architecture.
Software & test automation
LabVIEW · PySide6
SCPI/TSP instrument control, real-time test automation and no-code laboratory workflows.
Optics & optomechanics
200 – 1100 nm
Optical setup design, image processing, microscope fabrication and optoelectronic design.
Biomedical & lab devices
EMG · nL dosing
Translational prototyping, precision liquid handling, diagnostic devices and commercialization.
Thin film & characterization
−196 → +350 °C
RF/DC magnetron sputtering, microfabrication and electrical/optical/magnetic characterization.
Projects
Twelve systems, from concept to validated device
TÜBİTAK and TÜSEB funded R&D, commercial instruments and software platforms — filter by domain.
From idea to product
Six stages I run myself, from concept to field use
Mechanics, electronics, optics and software planned under one architecture from the outset — the difference between a lab demo and a device someone else can service.
Measurement & characterization
A decade of electrical, magnetic and optical characterization
Carried out end to end — both with systems I designed and with commercial instruments — often all three classes on one temperature-controlled platform.
Electrical
I–V · C–V · R–T · impedanceKeithley 2400 / 2450 / 2612A · SCPI / TSP
van der Pauw & HallResistivity · carrier density · mobility
Low-signal & superconductingTc · Josephson junction · SQUID
Magnetic
Helmholtz coils up to 200 mTControlled field generation & measurement under field
Magnetization & susceptibilityAs a function of temperature
YBCO-SQUID sensitivityXY-scanning magnetic mapping
Optical
200 – 1100 nm spectroscopyTransmittance · absorbance · reflectance
Optical band gapThin films & transparent conductive oxides
Microscopy & image processingMetallurgical · stereo · automatic alignment
Biopotential signal processing. The chain built for a semiconductor — electrode interface, low-noise pre-amplification, digital filtering, high-resolution acquisition — is the chain an EMG, ECG or EEG signal needs. Two projects took it into clinical work, with a granted patent.
See the recordPublications & patents
Four peer-reviewed papers, nine patent applications
Publications
2025Thin-Film Biosensors in Public Health: Review for E. coli DetectionGazi University Journal of Science · 10.35378/gujs.1550992
2024Antibiotics: environmental impact and degradation techniquesJ. Innovative Engineering and Natural Science 4(2) · 10.61112/jiens.1473203
2016Fabrication of Superconducting YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋ₓ Thin Films on Si-Wafer via YSZ/CeO₂ Buffer LayersJ. Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism · 10.1007/s10948-016-3846-y
2016Performance Analysis of Direct Gold Wire-Bonding on Superconducting YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋ₓ Thin Films and DevicesIEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity · 10.1109/TASC.2015.2427355
Patents · 2 granted, 7 under examination
Granted
Machine-Learning and Optical-Myography System for Detecting Intramuscular Injection Sites
Ege University
Granted
A Wound Tracking System for Space Travel
Ankara University
Under examination
Discrete Flow-Path, Gravimetrically Verified Automated Microbiology System
Özkur Kuran
Under examination
Continuous-Flow, Spin-Induced Thin-Film-Forming, Thermally Controlled Extraction Device
Özkur Kuran
+ 5 further applications with Ankara University and OSTİM Technical University.
Technical stack
The tools behind the instruments
Software / control
LabVIEWPython · PySide6SCPI / TSPModbusDAQTest automation
Design / simulation
SolidWorksFusion 360AutoCADEagleL-Edit · T-SpiceSilvaco
Fabrication
CNC machiningSheet-metal bendingFDM / SLAPCB millingDFM
Thin film & microfabrication
RF/DC sputteringThermal evaporationSpin coatingPhotolithographyIon-beam etching · lift-off
Characterization
I–V · R–T · C–Vvan der Pauw · HallTransmittance / band gapMagnetic susceptibilityEMG
Thermal / fluidic & optomechanical
Closed-loop thermal controlPrecision liquid handlingIncubationOptical setupMicroscope fabrication
Contact
Need a system built?
Open to collaboration and consultancy for test, measurement, automation and biomedical-device projects.
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