BULUŞ Team Places at TEKNOFEST 2023

BULUŞ Team Placed at TEKNOFEST 2023 The BULUŞ Team, consisting of Erdi BULUŞ, Teaching Staff at the Civil Aviation Cabin Services Department of our University's Vocational School and Research Expert at the Polymer Technologies and Composite Application and Research Center (ArelPOTKAM), and Gülseren SAKARYA BULUŞ, Specialist and Head of Research & Development Projects Unit at the Provincial Health Directorate, won third place in Turkey in the Health and First Aid Category at university level and above with their "Nanotechnological Wound Dressing" project at TEKNOFEST 2023 Technology for Humanity Competition held on 27 April–1 May. The BULUŞ Team produced an advanced technology wound care product in their "Nanotechnological Wound Dressing" project that exhibits superior performance in acute, chronic and infected wounds. The product is breathable, absorbs exudate, reduces scarring, stops bleeding, prevents bacterial passage, is transparent, exhibits hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties according to wound depth, and serves as secondary skin. The team obtained a 20-year valid Examined Patent registration from the TURKISH PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE for their project product, and demonstrated that the Research Report for two different formulations of wound care products is original and unique in the world. A total of 15 different patent and utility model studies have been filed and will be filed with the TURKISH PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE to provide innovative solutions in the health sector. The awarded "Nanotechnological Wound Dressing" project was realized using the Domestic Production Electric, Air, Melting System Fiber and Particle Device, which is a utility model application by the BULUŞ team. With the device for which a Utility Model application was filed, the team achieved fifth place in Turkey at university level and above in the Health and First Aid Category of the TEKNOFEST 2021 Technology for Humanity Competition. Additionally, the team, while closely following current developments daily, developed the "Portable Wound Healing Gun" project to support the injured from the 6 February earthquake at 4:17 and to improve how wound dressings made for use by AFAD and Health Teams could be made more practical. During the TEKNOFEST 2023 competition process, they made presentations to jury members and all visiting participants. Their stands, which attracted considerable interest, drew intense attention to their portable systems. The team, which domestically produces a portable system sold abroad for TRY 40,000 and above, transformed it into a system offering innovative solutions at a cost of around TRY 1,500–1,700 and acquired a distinctive interface differentiated from the external market. In the "Portable Wound Healing Gun" project, Ramazan Yasin KAYA and Yavuzhan BİRİNCİ, who are rights holders in both the utility model application and Health Spin initiative, were part of the portable system's production process. Teaching Staff Erdi BULUŞ, serving as Team Captain, Team Advisor and Team Member at TEKNOFEST 2023, won third place in Turkey with one of the five projects in the final competition, while completing the other four competitions with good placements. The projects and categories in the final competition are as follows: The BULUŞ team achieved third place in Turkey at university level and above in the Health and First Aid Category of the TEKNOFEST 2023 Technology for Humanity Competition with their "Nanotechnological Wound Dressing" project. The BULUŞ team completed the TEKNOFEST 2023 Technology for Humanity Competition with their "Ear Production for Microtia Disease" project in the Health and First Aid Category at university level and above with a good placement. The BULUŞ team completed the Agriculture Technology Competition with their "WATERLESS AGRICULTURE" project at university level and above with a good placement. The WATERLESS AGRICULTURE project was among the most striking projects in the competition. While promoting soilless agriculture in the project, the team highlighted how wastefully we as a country and society spend our water. In this project, the team obtained water moisture and nitrogen support from the air, and by using nanotechnological membranes, created ideal atmospheric conditions for seeds, emphasizing the need for attention to the organic farming field. Growing strawberries and lettuce, the team demonstrated the project's feasibility with their production. They filed a patent application for the project. In the KÖKCELL team, with the "Mucoadhesive Film" project at the Biotechnology Innovation Competition in the Project Category, Istanbul Arel University ArelPOTKAM Center Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yeşim Müge ŞAHİN and Teaching Staff Erdi BULUŞ participated. Under the leadership of Teaching Staff Erdi BULUŞ, advisor to the Any Problem D.A.İ. team, the "Meniscus Disc and Artificial Ligament Production for Meniscus Tear" project competed at primary/secondary school level in the Health and First Aid Category of the TEKNOFEST 2023 Technology for Humanity Competition and was noted as a project that attracted attention and was appreciated by jurors and participants.

BULUŞ Team Captain Teaching Staff Erdi BULUŞ and Team Member Specialist Gülseren SAKARYA BULUŞ

With the "DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ELECTROSPINNING DEVICE" project, they achieved third place in Turkey at university level and above in the Health and First Aid Category of the TEKNOFEST 2020 Technology for Humanity Competition, The project was realized using the Domestic Production Electric, Air, Melting System Fiber and Particle Device. With the device for which a Utility Model application was filed, they achieved fifth place in Turkey at university level and above in the Health and First Aid Category of the TEKNOFEST 2021 Technology for Humanity Competition, "Development of New Generation and Sustainable Plant Breeding Materials with Innovative Non-woven Surfaces" – achieved third place in Turkey at university level and above in the TEKNOFEST 2022 Agriculture Technology Competition. The team, which provides innovative solutions in healthcare sector applications, produces and develops domestic production systems that reduce external dependence. In addition to the healthcare sector, they develop value-added products for sectors such as cosmetics, food, agriculture, filtration, defense and textiles. With its advanced infrastructure, our University's ArelPOTKAM, a YÖK-approved Research & Development center providing innovative solutions to academia and the private sector, houses advanced technology infrastructure with rich resources and expert staff for analyses as well as production and rapid prototyping applications. As ArelPOTKAM, projects, analyses, productions and scientific studies (articles, patents, papers, project markets, book chapters, etc.) are carried out at national and international levels. As the BULUŞ team, during the TEKNOFEST process, they expressed their gratitude for endless support to Istanbul Arel University Board of Trustees Chairman Özgür GÖZÜKARA, Istanbul Arel University Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ercan GEGEZ, Provincial Health Director Prof. Dr. Kemal MEMİŞOĞLU, Serdar AĞALAR, Istanbul Arel University Vocational School Director Prof. Dr. Bahtişen KAVAK, Vocational School Deputy Directors Teaching Staff Nesrin ONUR and Teaching Staff Özlem ÖZTÜRK TEMUR, Transportation Services Department Head Civil Aviation Cabin Services Program and Civil Air Transport Management Program department instructors, ArelPOTKAM Center Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yeşim Müge ŞAHİN, Deputy Director Dr. Alper TEZCAN, Specialist Salih ASKER, Specialist Kibar ARAS, their families for material and moral support throughout all processes, and especially to their mothers, who always made sacrifices, Lütfiye SAKARYA, for caring for the BULUŞ team's youngest member, their beloved son Eymen Uras BULUŞ, and for providing the opportunity to work on, write and conduct the project.