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 lecture-speaker-ulkuhan-guler-ece-department-wpi
SUMMARY:ECE Graduate Seminar Lecture, Speaker: Ulkuhan Guler, ECE Departmen
 t, WPI
DESCRIPTION:Title:\nEnabling Next-Generation Wearables: Noninvasive Blood G
 as Sensing via Transcutaneous CO2\n\nAbstract:\nThe need for reliable, con
 tinuous monitoring of vital signs has become a key driver in advancing mod
 ern digital healthcare technologies. Among these, monitoring oxygenation a
 nd ventilation is essential for assessing both respiratory and metabolic h
 ealth. Noninvasive monitoring of blood oxygen and carbon dioxide pressures
 , in particular, offers an alternative to the invasive "gold standard" met
 hods traditionally used in clinical settings. While recent developments in
  wearable medical technology have enabled the monitoring of vital respirat
 ion parameters such as respiration rate and blood oxygen saturation, these
  represent only a subset of the critical measures required for comprehensi
 ve respiratory and metabolic health care.\nBlood oxygen and carbon dioxide
  partial pressures, key indicators of ventilation efficiency and metabolic
  function, are of great clinical significance and hold the potential to be
  monitored noninvasively. Noninvasive, wearable monitors for these paramet
 ers could revolutionize patient care, reducing dependence on invasive proc
 edures and enabling more freedom for patients outside hospital settings.\n
 This talk focuses on recent progress in developing, noninvasive, wearable 
 CO₂ monitoring systems. The presentation will discuss emerging sensing pri
 nciples, particularly luminescence-based and transcutaneous techniques, de
 signed to achieve reliable, real-time measurement of the partial pressure 
 of CO₂, as well as the engineering and physiological challenges that arise
  in translating these technologies to compact, patient-friendly wearable d
 evices.\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n\n\n\nSpeaker:\nUlkuhan Guler\nAssociate 
 Professor, ECE Department, Director of the Integrated Circuits and Systems
  (ICAS) Laboratory, WPI\nBio:\nUlkuhan Guler is an associate professor of 
 Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Integrated Circuit
 s and Systems (ICAS) Laboratory at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), 
 MA, USA. She completed her sabbatical at the Massachusetts Institute of Te
 chnology (MIT) during the 2024–2025 academic year and continues to serve a
 s a visiting scientist at MIT. Before joining WPI in 2018, Dr. Guler was a
  postdoctoral researcher at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA, USA. She received
  her B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Is
 tanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey; her M.E. degree in Electron
 ics Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and her Ph.D. 
 degree from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. She leads a research la
 b at WPI focused on developing innovative technologies for miniaturized bi
 omedical devices that bridge engineering and medicine to advance continuou
 s health monitoring and personalized medicine. Her research spans low-powe
 r circuit design for wearable and implantable medical devices, including n
 eural interfaces, noninvasive transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide mon
 itoring. She specializes in analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, w
 ith expertise in sensing interfaces, energy harvesting, and wireless power
  transmission for biomedical and IoT applications, as well as security sol
 utions for healthcare systems. She is the recipient of the 2022 NSF CAREER
  award and the 2020 Interstellar Initiative Young Investigator award. She 
 is among the cohort of 2026 Health Innovators named by Boston Business Jou
 rnal. She is a senior member of IEEE. She serves as an associate editor fo
 r several IEEE journals, including IEEE SSC-L, IEEE TBioCAS, and IEEE TCAS
 : II. Dr. Guler has co-authored three book chapters. She also serves as th
 e technical program committee chair for CICC 2026, a steering committee me
 mber for the IEEE CICC, and a TPC member for the IEEE BioCAS conferences. 
 In addition, she is a member of several IEEE societies, including Solid-St
 ate Circuits (SSCS), Circuits and Systems (CAS), Biomedical Engineering (E
 MBS), and the Women in Circuits Committee.\nFor more information:www.icasl
 ab.org.\nHost: Professor John McNeill\n
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