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Biochip." The following year, Gurkan began working with Hemex Health on developing a portable diagnostic platform to test sickle cell disease. At the same time, Gurkan and colleague Glenn Wera received the inaugural Advanced Platform Technology Center Steven Garverick Innovation Incentive award for their collaborative research, "Synovial Fluid Biochip for Monitoring Joint and Prosthesis Health." The aim of this project was to develop micro/nano-scale technologies for biomanufacturing complex multiscale biological systems and microengineered methods for rare cell isolation and manipulation. He was later recognized on the
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Belcher-Weir Family Pediatric Innovation Award for his project "Functional Complete Blood Count for Children with Sickle Cell Disease via
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Gazelle Diagnostic platform that uses artificial intelligence and microchip technology to make a quick diagnosis. In February 2022, Gurkan's work was recognized with an election to the
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Research Award which recognizes significant achievements of early career researchers and educators. Later that year, Gurkan was nominated by scientific officers at the
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Biomedical Engineering Society. Following this, he developed SMART (Sickle and Malaria Accurate
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degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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BSc, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering,
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