TÜBİTAK 3501 Project Results

by Suzan Özdemir | Nov 11, 2021
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alper Gürarslan's "Porous Alginate Fiber and Active Wound Dressing Development" project was entitled to be supported.

The TÜBİTAK 3501 project named "Porous Alginate Fiber and Active Wound Dressing Development", led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alper Gürarslan, was entitled to be supported.

In the project, a wound dressing will be developed that will play an active role in the healing process of wounds and shorten the wound healing process. Within the scope of the study, which is at the intersection of fiber, polymer, textile, material and physiology disciplines, it is aimed to produce a new fiber first and then to produce anti-bacterial wound dressings and to examine the physical properties of the developed wound dressings.

The study, which will progress under the consultancy of Prof. Dr. Serap Kuruca from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, is expected to perform in-vitro and in-vivo experiments as well as physical tests in order to determine the role of antibacterial wound dressings in the wound healing process. 2 graduate student scholarship holders will take part in the project, which will last for 3 years.


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İTÜ Faculty of Textile Technologies and Design

Textile Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) is the first and the single one offering textile engineering education in Istanbul, and also comes first among the top textile engineering schools in Turkey. Its history could be traced back to 1955; the year in which the textile division was established in the body of Mechanical Engineering. The school gained its current name and independent status in 1983. Therefore, it is obvious that the Textile Engineering Department is fairly new compared to the history of İTÜ stretching back to 240 years.

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ITU Textile Engineering Undergraduate Program is an accredited program by ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC), www.abet.org, (Criteria: General Criteria Only (EAC)). For further information on accrediation of ITU Textile Engineering Undergraduate Program, please visit the following link: https://tekstil.itu.edu.tr/en/education/accreditation/abet