NS-FUTURE Joint Seminar by Bahattin Koç

3D Organ Printing 

Bahattin Koc, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Manufacturing Engineering/Industrial Engineering Program,

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Sabancı University 

Abstract

Can we print an organ/tissue? Can we copy an organ digitally? What is bio-printing? What are the challenges to manufacture fully functional organs?

The total loss or functional failure of a tissue or an organ is one of the most devastating, important and costly problem in human healthcare. There is an overwhelming need for substitutes to replace or repair tissues or organs because of disease, trauma, or congenital problems. This seminar will talk about 3D bio-printing of tissues/organs. Bio-printing process such as how to digitally copy and design organs, how to prepare bio-inks, bio-printing instructions and how to print live cells will be explained.  The presentation will also discuss the exciting possibilities of bio-printing: from drug testing, organ replacements to bionics and also discuss the challenges in organ printing.

Biography: 

Bahattin Koç received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Industrial (Manufacturing) Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2001 and 1997 respectively and his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1993. He was an Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) before joining to Sabancı University in 2010. His research interests include 3D Bioprinting, Additive Manufacturing, Computational geometry for design and manufacturing, Nano/micro manufacturing, CAD/CAM integration.