Engineering
I lead the Data Systems and Intelligence at Ecovative. This section includes a selection of hardware, software and engineering projects from 2007-2024.
Selected Publications:
Telhan, Orkan. Bioreactors as Additive Manufacturing Environments. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2024.0023
Telhan, Orkan, and Karen Hogan. Portable bioreactors and portable bioreactor systems for analyzing biofilm formation and degradation. U.S. Patent Application No. 17/284,415.
Hogan, Michael, Orkan M. Telhan, and Karen Hogan. System, method, and device for high-throughput, automated culturing of genetically modified organisms. U.S. Patent No. 10,954,483. 23 Mar. 2021.
Biodesign
I am the president of the Biodesign Challenge and actively promote ways to work with biology creatively and critically across design disciplines.
Selected Publications:
Telhan, Orkan. Interrogative Design with More-than-Humans. Ian Wojtowicz (ed), Interrogative Design. MIT Press, 2024.
Volpe, John P., et al. Bionovelty and ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology (2024): e14152. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14152
Telhan, Orkan. What Biodesign Means to Me. Biodesigned: Issue 1, 6 May, 2020. Accessed [October, 13, 2024].
Kafai, Y., Hogan, K., Telhan, O., & Walker, J. (2023). Learn.Design.Bio.K12: A workshop report on connecting computing and biodesign in K-12 education. Cambridge Open Engage. doi:10.33774/coe-2023-xztxw
Art
My artistic work investigates critical issues in cultural, environmental and social responsibility.
Selected Exhibitions
Still Remains at Reina Sofia (25 October – 4 December 2023)
Yenikapi’s Museums at the 17th Istanbul Biennial (September 17 – November 20, 2022.)
Breakfast Before Extinction at Designs for Different Futures, Philadelphia Museum of Art (October 22, 2019 –March 8, 2020)