dr. S.U. Yavuz (Utku)

Assistant Professor
EEMCS-EE-BSS
Horst - Zuidhorst
s.u.yavuz@utwente.nl
+31534898158
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Utku S. Yavuz is a physics engineer with M. Sc. and PhD degrees in biophysics. His main research focuses on decoding the neural control of human movement and specifically on the role of sensory-motor interaction in this control system. To this end, he uses the computational biomedical signal processing and analyzing tools. Throughout his research career, he worked in several European projects and led the Electromyography and Motor Control Laboratory at the Institute of Neurorehabilitation Systems, University Medical Center Göttingen in Germany. He is now assistant professor at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Department of Biomedical Signals and Systems.

Expertise

  • Neuroscience

    • Motor Unit
    • Motor Neuron
    • In Vivo
    • Peristimulus Time Histogram
    • Stretch Reflex
    • Electromyography
    • Reflex

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    • Muscle

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Publications

2025

The association of physical activity, heart rate and sleep from an activity tracker with weight loss during a 6-month personalized combined lifestyle intervention: a retrospective analysis (2025)BMC digital health, 3(1). Article 8. Braem, C. I. R., Pasman, W. J., van den Broek, T. J., Caspers, M. P. M., Jagers, F. L. P. W., Yavuz, U. S., Hermens, H. J., Veltink, P. H. & Wopereis, S.https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00145-1

2024

Towards Real-Time Decoding of Motor Unit Firing Events and Resulting Muscle Activation During Human Locomotion and High-Force Contractions (2024)In 2024 10th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2024 (pp. 1434-1439) (Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics). IEEE. Gogeascoechea, A., Mohamed Refai, M. I., Yavuz, U. S. & Sartori, M.https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob60516.2024.10719929Joint angle and torque estimation using multi-frequency electrical impedance myography and surface electromyography (2024)IEEE sensors journal, 24(20), 32651 - 32659. Article 10670024. Schouten, M., Baars, E. C., Yavuz, U. S. & Krijnen, G.https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2024.3449286Consequences of Data Loss on Clinical Decision-Making in Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Retrospective Cohort Study (2024)Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 13. Article e50849. den Braber, N., Braem, C. I. R., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R., Hermens, H. J., Urgert, T., Yavuz, U. S., Veltink, P. H. & Laverman, G. D.https://doi.org/10.2196/50849Alpha to Tau: Mapping the Neuromechanical Continuum from α-Motor Neuron Firing Behavior to Joint Torque (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Gogeascoechea, A.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036561853

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Horst - Zuidhorst (building no. 28)
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
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