Publications:
Raman, R. Pedagogy in bioengineering: pipettes, practice and patience.
Nat Rev Bioeng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-024-00248-4
Published 17 September 2024
Research Resiliency through Lean Labs
DagdevirenC., Durak T., and Sadat D. (2020). Research Resiliency through Lean Labs. Advanced Intelligent Systems –Open Access Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aisy.202000074
A conformable sensory face mask for decoding biological and environmental signals (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-022-00851-6); Nature Electronics
Strengthening Academic Makerspace Safety –Creating a System Model for Hazard Analysis
Wong L., Lamere E., Durak T., GalanekM., and Leveson N. (2020). Strengthening Academic Makerspace Safety –Creating a System Model for Hazard Analysis. Retrieved from IJAMM(International Journal of Academic Makerspaces and Making).
Challenges for Health and Safety in Higher Education and Research Organisations
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry
- CHAPTER 13:Health and Safety Considerations in Design of Teaching and Research Laboratories by Louis DiBerardinis
- CHAPTER 14: Innovation Spaces: The New Campus Risk Paradigm by Tolga Durak
Disposable N95 Masks Pass Qualitative Fit-Test But Have Decreased Filtration Efficiency after Cobalt-60 Gamma Irradiation
Cramer A., GalanekM., Gupta R., LamereE., Li J., Short M., Tian E. and Yu S. (2020). Disposable N95 Masks Pass Qualitative Fit-Test But Have Decreased Filtration Efficiency after Cobalt-60 Gamma Irradiation. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.28.20043471
A conformable sensory face mask for decoding biological and environmental signals
Kim, J., Marcus, C., Ono, R., Sadat, D., Mirzazadeh, A., Jens, M., Fernandez, S. V., Zheng, S., Durak, T. Dagdeviren, C. (2022). Conformable Multimodal Sensory Facemask for Decoding Biological and Environmental Signals. Nature Electronics, 5, 794-807
MIT News & EHS Articles
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (2020, May 14). “Lean lab” approach enables quick research ramp-down. MIT News. https://news.mit.edu/2020/lean-lab-research-0514
How MIT built its own Covid-19 testing trailer: https://news.mit.edu/2020/covid-19-testing-trailer-0813
MIT’s Environment, Health & Safety Office is offering resources, training, and support for Remote Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic: https://ehs.mit.edu/article-ehs-remote-work-resources/
MIT begins testing wastewater to help detect Covid-19 on campus: https://news.mit.edu/2020/testing-wastewater-covid-19-1002
MIT labs win top recognition for sustainable practices in cold storage management: https://news.mit.edu/2020/mit-labs-win-top-recognition-competition-sustainable-practices-cold-storage-management-1208
MIT Sloan students learn about civil rights history with a tour of the Deep South: https://news.mit.edu/2022/mit-sloan-students-learn-civil-rights-history-with-deep-south-tour-0517
MIT engineers develop sensors for face masks that help gauge fit (https://news.mit.edu/2022/sensors-face-masks-fit-1020); MIT News
Recycling plastics from research labs (https://news.mit.edu/2023/recycling-plastics-research-labs-0418); MIT News
Patents:
Durak, T., Fernandes Barros, L., Galanek, M. S., Lamere, E. A., Short, M. P & Wainwright, H. M.
Multi-sample 252Cf-based neutron irradiator for neutron activation analysis (U.S. Patent Application No. 63/662,317). United States Patent and Trademark Office.