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Levent Burak Kara

George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor Associate Head for Academic Planning

Carnegie Mellon University

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College of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Levent Burak Kara is currently serving as a College Of Engineering George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor Associate Head for Academic Planning at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Carnegie Mellon University

George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor Associate Head for Academic Planning

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design computer science engineering mechanical engineering machine learning computer-aided design computer vision sketch-based modeling geometric modeling computer graphics deep learning mechanics manufacturing pattern recognition additive manufacturing 3d printing 3d modeling machine vision human-computer interaction engineering optimization manufacturing technology information visualization topology optimization structural optimization image representation shape modeling neural networks mechanical science object recognition character recognition geometric learning manufacturing engineering engineering drawings sketch-based interfaces 3d computer vision diagrammatic reasoning long-term performance evaluation general calibration model sketch-based interface computational optimization computer-aided engineering student learning mechanical modeling advanced design computational visualization graph processing shape optimization data augmentation peptide engineering structural performance stress field prediction hand-drawn sketches hierarchical parsing freeform surfaces concurrent structure geometric abstraction precision engineering structural safety convolutional neural networks human-machine interfaces text recognition visual computing drug targeting rational drug design graph drawing shape collections unstructured point sets planar kinematic mechanisms data-driven component segmentation engineering structures applied physiology strain localization stressstrain analysis constitutive modeling performance assessment generative models digital twins advanced manufacturing technology computational engineering artificial intelligence advanced manufacturing technologies

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A Data-Driven Approach for Real-Time Soft Tissue Deformation Prediction Using Nonlinear Presurgical Simulations. PLoS ONE (2025)

medical image computingbiostatisticsdeformation reconstructiontissue (biology)deformationmechanical sciencenonlinear presurgical simulationsbiomedical engineeringsoft tissue surgerymechanobiologybiomedical modelingdata-driven approachmechanicsbiomechanics

Airborne Acoustic Emission Enables Sub-Scanline Keyhole Porosity Quantification and Effective Process Characterization for Metallic Laser Powder Bed Fusion. (2025)

fusion sciencemanufacturingpowder metallurgyfusion engineeringmanufacturing scienceengineeringfusionlasersmechanical engineeringlaser-induced breakdowneffective process characterizationairborne acoustic emissionadvanced laser processinglaser processing technologymetallic laser powdermaterials science

Snf-Rom: Projection-Based Nonlinear Reduced Order Modeling With Smooth Neural Fields. Journal of Computational Physics (2025)

nonlinear phenomenaneural computationnonlinear systemsnonlinear analysisnonlinear sciencenonlinear processpde-constrained optimizationnonlinear dynamicsneural network (machine learning)projection-based nonlinearcomputational neuroscienceapplied mathematicsreduced order modeling

Topmt-Gan: A 3D Topology-Driven Generative Model for Efficient and Diverse Structure-Based Ligand Design. Chemical Science (2025)

Shen WangXiaolin ChengTong LinTianyi PengEnming XingSijie ChenLevent Burak Kara

chemical sciencestopology-driven generative modelchemical engineeringmolecular designmolecular modelling

VIRL: Volume-Informed Representation Learning Towards Few-Shot Manufacturability Estimation. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (2025)

artificial intelligencecomputer sciencegeometric learningdata-driven predictionvolume-informed representation learningdeep learningfew-shot learningmachine learning researchcomputational intelligencedata sciencemachine learning

Work in Progress: Delivering Flexible, Relevant, and Demonstrably Effective Online Education to Working Professionals. (2025)

educational strategieseducationworking professionalsexperiential learningprofessional developmentonline educationdistance educationperformance studiesonline learningeducational technology

A Simplified Liver Perfusion Model, With Applications to Organ Preservation. Research Square (Research Square) (2024)

Daniel EmersonYoed RabinLevent Burak Kara

organ physiologyliver physiologyorgan preservationdisease progressionvascular biologyorgan transplantationrenal functionhaematopoiesisdigestive diseasesbiochemistryurologyliver transplantationbiostatisticsregenerative medicineliver diseasehepatologyliver perfusion modelclinical researchvascular surgery

Design of Target Specific Peptide Inhibitors Using Generative Deep Learning and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Nature Communications (2024)

Sijie ChenTong LinRuchira BasuJeremy RitcheyShen WangYichuan LuoXingcan LiDehua PeiLevent Burak KaraXiaolin Cheng

peptide engineeringdrug targetingimmunologymedicinal chemistryrational drug designpharmacologydesigndrug discoverygenerative deep learningmolecular dynamics simulations

Evaluation of Information Content in 2D and 3D Microstructural Characterization of Brush Particle-Based Hybrid Materials. Electronic Imaging (2024)

Ayesha AbdullahKevin FergusonLawrence DrummyLevent Burak KaraMichael R. Bockstaller

microstructural characterizationsurface sciencesurface modificationnanotechnologymechanical engineeringelectronic imagingmicrostructuresurface characterizationinformation contentmaterials science

Generative Manufacturing: A Requirements and Resource-Driven Approach to Part Making. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Chen, HongruiJoglekar, AdityaRubinstein, ZackSchmerl, BradleyFedder, Garyde Nijs, JanGarlan, DavidSmith, StephenKara, Levent Burak

manufacturingtechnologymanufacturing technologygenerative manufacturingmanufacturing engineering

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Levent Burak Kara

George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor Associate Head for Academic Planning

Carnegie Mellon University

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Levent Burak Kara is currently serving as a College Of Engineering George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor Associate Head for Academic Planning at Carnegie Mellon University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Levent Burak Kara

Carnegie Mellon University

George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor Associate Head for Academic Planning

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Data-Driven Approach for Real-Time Soft Tissue Deformation Prediction Using Nonlinear Presurgical Simulations. PLoS ONE (2025)

Airborne Acoustic Emission Enables Sub-Scanline Keyhole Porosity Quantification and Effective Process Characterization for Metallic Laser Powder Bed Fusion. (2025)

Snf-Rom: Projection-Based Nonlinear Reduced Order Modeling With Smooth Neural Fields. Journal of Computational Physics (2025)

Topmt-Gan: A 3D Topology-Driven Generative Model for Efficient and Diverse Structure-Based Ligand Design. Chemical Science (2025)

Shen WangXiaolin ChengTong LinTianyi PengEnming XingSijie ChenLevent Burak Kara

chemical sciencestopology-driven generative modelchemical engineeringmolecular designmolecular modelling

VIRL: Volume-Informed Representation Learning Towards Few-Shot Manufacturability Estimation. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (2025)

Work in Progress: Delivering Flexible, Relevant, and Demonstrably Effective Online Education to Working Professionals. (2025)

educational strategieseducationworking professionalsexperiential learningprofessional developmentonline educationdistance educationperformance studiesonline learningeducational technology

A Simplified Liver Perfusion Model, With Applications to Organ Preservation. Research Square (Research Square) (2024)

Daniel EmersonYoed RabinLevent Burak Kara

Design of Target Specific Peptide Inhibitors Using Generative Deep Learning and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Nature Communications (2024)

Sijie ChenTong LinRuchira BasuJeremy RitcheyShen WangYichuan LuoXingcan LiDehua PeiLevent Burak KaraXiaolin Cheng

peptide engineeringdrug targetingimmunologymedicinal chemistryrational drug designpharmacologydesigndrug discoverygenerative deep learningmolecular dynamics simulations

Evaluation of Information Content in 2D and 3D Microstructural Characterization of Brush Particle-Based Hybrid Materials. Electronic Imaging (2024)

Ayesha AbdullahKevin FergusonLawrence DrummyLevent Burak KaraMichael R. Bockstaller

microstructural characterizationsurface sciencesurface modificationnanotechnologymechanical engineeringelectronic imagingmicrostructuresurface characterizationinformation contentmaterials science

Generative Manufacturing: A Requirements and Resource-Driven Approach to Part Making. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Chen, HongruiJoglekar, AdityaRubinstein, ZackSchmerl, BradleyFedder, Garyde Nijs, JanGarlan, DavidSmith, StephenKara, Levent Burak

manufacturingtechnologymanufacturing technologygenerative manufacturingmanufacturing engineering

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