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ENTREPRENEURIAL WORKS
Prominent Projects
CATCEPTION GAME
An Indie AR/VR Game Start-Up
GAME DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
- Co-Founder of Catception Game
- Augmented Reality + Virtual Reality Based Puzzle Adventure Game Design
- Overall Business Strategy & Design Direction
INCUBATION & ACCELERATION
Catception ( former name ARAF) was chosen as
One of the Most Promising Indie Game Start-Ups in Turkey (2021)
and was accelerated by Google Developers + Game Factory
CURRENT STATUS & LANDING PAGE
MVP of the game was released on the AppStore for IOS Devices
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Experiments with Different Mediums & Materials
MY HOME-MADE 3D PRINTERS
Printing Thermo-Plastics
Prusa i3 Type Printer for Fused Filament Fabrication PLA/ABS (Used at Home)
Printing Ceramics/Porcelain
Delta Type Ceramics/Porcelain Printer (Used at a local Porcelain Workshop)
Printing Hydrogel/Synthetic Tissue
Hacked Velleman K8200 Printer for printing Hydrogel (Used at the Biomedical Engineering Labs of Bogazici University)
oxidation experiments with a bronze print
from a scanned model of the Medici Riccardi Horse statue
(Fused Filament Fabrication)
recreational paleontology:
scaled print from a scanned velociraptor fossil
(Fused Filament Fabrication)
FUSED FILAMENT FABRICATION
printing thermoplastics
home made
Prusa i3 type printer for
fused filament fabrication / fused deposition modelling
CLAY EXTRUSION PRINTING
printing ceramic & porcelain bodies
home made delta type ceramics printer
& tubing mechanism
industrial delta type ceramics printer
Delta Wasp 3MT
fired
multi-color porcelain body
(clay extrusion - Delta Wasp 3MT)
fired mono-color porcelain body
(clay extrusion - Delta Wasp 3MT)
HYDROGEL PRINTER
printing alginate / synthetic tissue matrixes
experiments on printing alginate scaffolds in a liquid solution were conducted at the Biomedical Engineering Laboratories of Bogazici University
experiments were conducted to offer a substitute solution to the FRESH (freeform reversible embedding of suspended hydrogels*) method without the need for heat treatment after printing.
hacked Velleman K8200 cartesian type printer
for hydrogel printing
first & failed attempt
on free form alginate printing
MASTERS THESIS
creation of a biogenic material
re-gaining an industrial waste as a sustainable material through the extracellular enzyme activity of a prokaryote
THEORIC + IN-LAB BIOTECH R&D EXPERIENCE
This research aims to create a potential solution towards the waste generation problem of the global natural stone industry through the treatment of such wastes with biologically induced mineralization for creating a sustainable & biogenic material.
One of the most widely studied branches of biologically induced mineralization (BIM) processes called microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICCP) also known as microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is used as a method for the reinterpretation of waste natural stone particles into a sustainable material.
By overcoming the need for synthetic adhesives or energy consuming firing or sintering procedures for regaining such wastes, a natural and sustainable solution is proposed through certain biological treatment processes.
this research was conducted at the
Molecular Biology Biotechnology & Genetics Research Center
and the Consturction Materials Laboratories
of Istanbul Technical University
Within the scope of the research, collected natural stone wastes in various particle size ranges have been biologically treated to offer a potentially sustainable solution to the referred problem.
process diagram and order of conducted experimentations
cultivation and optimization of the culture on liquid media and agar
Experimentations have been conducted starting from small scales for understanding vital parameters affecting the biocementation process. After optimizations are made the scale of the experiments have been increased, resulting in the design and production of in vitro biomineralization chamber and a controlled bio-cementation system.
Magnetic Stirrer
solution flask
Tubing
Silicon Tubes
In-vitro Biocementation Chamber
Peristaltic Pump
controlled flow
Collection Cup
Controlled Bio-Cementation System consisting of;
an in-vitro biomineralization chamber and collection cup (left), peristaltic pump and tubing (middle), magnetic stirrer and flask containing the required solutions (right)
The samples obtained from biomineralization experiments have been put to various analyses to understand the physical and chemical characteristics of the materials.
a successful sample obtained from the biomineralization experiments
Spherical Vaterite Crystals
formation observed around immobilized cells
scanning electron microscope image of a successful sample obtained from biomineralization experiments
showing spherical calcium carbonate crystal formations in the form of vaterite
as a result of the extracellular enzyme activity of the immobilized bacteria on the reaction sites
Science Article
PUBLISHED
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