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		Metin Sitti Professor, RI/Mech E Email: Office: SH 307 Phone: (412) 268-3632 Fax: 412-268-3348   Mailing address: Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Department 320 Scaife Hall 5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Affiliated Center(s):  Center for the Foundations of Robotics (CFR)

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		Sitti Featured in BBC Report on Gecko Adhesion November 13, 2012. The BBC recently reported on the science of geckos and the secret behind their uncanny climbing ability. Metin Sitti, professor of robotics and mechanical engineering, said creating synthetic materials that provide the same sort of adhesion as a gecko's footpad could lead to new kinds of closure technologies.
		Carnegie Mellon's Metin Sitti Wins Prestigious Nano-engineering Award May 25, 2011. Carnegie Mellon University's Metin Sitti received the 2011 Nano-engineering Award from SPIE - the international society for optics and photonics for his work on devices that can manipulate objects on a molecular level.