Sabri Cetinkunt is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received the B.S. degree from the Technical University of Istanbul in 1982, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984 and 1987, respectively. His research interests include mechatronics, motion control, servo control systems, high speed automated machine design, robotics, nano positioners, precision systems, electro-hydraulic control and applications in earth moving equipment technology, expert systems, neural networks, real time systems.