Nurcan Gecer Ulu

I am a research scientist at Palo Alto Research Center (Xerox, PARC). I got my PhD in Spring 2018 from Carnegie Mellon University working with Levent Burak Kara in Visual Design and Engineering Lab and Graphics Lab.

I am interested in digital fabrication and computational design from the perspectives of computer graphics, structural analysis, human computer interaction and machine learning.

If you are interested in doing a research internship at PARC and/or collaborating on a project with me, feel free to reach out.

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PUBLICATIONS


Sliding Basis Optimization for Heterogeneous Material Design
Nurcan Gecer Ulu, Svyatoslav Korneec, Erva Ulu, Saigopal Nelaturi
Computer Aided Design / SPM (2020)
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Manufacturability Oriented Model Correction and Build Direction Optimization for Additive Manufacturing
Erva Ulu, Nurcan Gecer Ulu, Walter Hsiao, Saigopal Nelaturi
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (2020)
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Wisdom of Micro-Crowds in Evaluating Solutions to Esoteric Engineering Problems
Nurcan Gecer Ulu, Michael Messersmith, Kosa Goucher-Lambert, Jonathan Cagan, Levent Burak Kara
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (2019)
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High Degree of Freedom Hand Pose Tracking Using Limited Strain Sensing and Optical Training
Wentai Zhang, Jonelle Z. Yu, Fangcheng Zhu, Yifang Zhu, Zhangsihao Yang, Nurcan Gecer Ulu, Batuhan Arisoy, Levent Burak Kara
ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (2019)
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4DMesh: 4D Printing Morphing Non-Developable Mesh Surfaces
Guanyun Wang, Humphrey Yang, Zeyu Yan, Nurcan Gecer Ulu, Ye Tao, Jianzhe Gu, Levent Burak Kara, Lining Yao
31th ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST 2018)
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Computational Design and Evaluation Methods for Empowering Non-Experts in Digital Fabrication
Nurcan Gecer Ulu
PhD Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (2018)
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Designing Coupling Behaviors Using Compliant Shape Optimization
Nurcan Gecer Ulu, Stelian Coros, Levent Burak Kara
Computer Aided Design (2018)
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High Degree of Freedom Hand Pose Tracking Using Limited Strain Sensing and Optical Training
Wentai Zhang, Jonelle Z. Yu, Fangcheng Zhu, Yifang Zhu, Zhangsihao Yang, Nurcan Gecer Ulu, Batuhan Arisoy, Levent Burak Kara
ASME IDETC (2018)
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A Data-Driven Approach to Predict Hand Positions for Two-Hand Grasps of Industrial Objects
Erhan Batuhan Arisoy, Guannan Ren, Erva Ulu, Nurcan Gecer Ulu and Suraj Musuvathy
ASME IDETC (2016)
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Generative Interface Structure Design for Supporting Existing Objects
Nurcan Gecer Ulu and Levent Burak Kara
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (2015)
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Generative Interface Structure Design for Supporting Existing Objects
Nurcan Gecer Ulu and Levent Burak Kara
International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing (VLC) (2015)
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Design and Analysis of a Modular Learning Based Cross-Coupled Control Algorithm for Multi-Axis Precision Positioning Systems
Nurcan Gecer Ulu, Erva Ulu and Melih Cakmakci
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (2016)
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Development and Validation of an Adaptive Method to Generate High-Resolution Quadrature Encoder Signals
Erva Ulu, Nurcan Gecer Ulu and Melih Cakmakci
Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control (2014)
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Learning Based Cross-Coupled Control for Multi-Axis High Precision Positioning Systems
Nurcan Gecer Ulu, Erva Ulu and Melih Cakmakci
ASME DSCC (2012)
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Adaptive Correction and Look-Up Table Based Interpolation of Quadrature Encoder Signals
Erva Ulu, Nurcan Gecer Ulu and Melih Cakmakci
ASME DSCC (2012)
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Development of a Modular Control Algorithm for High Precision Positioning Systems
Nurcan Gecer Ulu
MSc Thesis, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey (2012)
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