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A compilation of project news about us featured on the Selçuk University and Faculty of Technology websites, via Ajans Press, and in various local and national media outlets.

In Konya, a mobile application and glove were designed by Selçuk University student Burak Yılmaz as part of the “Let’s Overcome Obstacles Project” to strengthen the daily communication of individuals with visual, hearing, and speech impairments and increase their employment opportunities.

Within the Undergraduate Student Project Competition organized by the TÜBİTAK Scientific Research Support Programs Presidency, the “Let’s Overcome Obstacles” project developed by fourth‑year Computer Engineering student Burak Yılmaz of Selçuk University Faculty of Technology, under the supervision of Dr. Murat Köklü, a faculty member of the Computer Engineering Department, won first place.

Inspired by a disabled citizen who could not complete his banking transactionsProject architect Burak Yılmaz explained that the motivation for the project was seeing a person with a disability unable to finish transactions at a bank.

The glove converts sign language into textYılmaz, describing the glove he developed, stated that he designed a glove that uses five flex sensors to detect the open/closed state of the fingers, communicates with a phone, and translates sign language into written text.

The project also reached the finals for the “Social Entrepreneurship Awards” organized by the Turkey Youth Summit.

In Konya, the incubator designed by Yasin Doğanşah will enable home monitoring of phototherapy treatment for jaundice in newborn babies.

The incubator produced by Yasin Doğanşah, a student of Selçuk University (SÜ) Faculty of Technology, based on the difficulties he experienced during his child's jaundice disease, will eliminate the need for babies to stay in the hospital during treatment.

Displayed in the final at TEKNOFEST Istanbul, the incubator won the 3rd‑place award in TÜBİTAK’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition in the Tech Entrepreneurship category and was manufactured entirely with domestic resources; it will move to serial production if approved by the Ministry of Health.

Doğanşah said that he started the project under the guidance of Dr. Murat Köklü, a faculty member of the Computer Engineering Department.

Doğanşah explained that he worked to enable treatment of newborn jaundice at home without the need for hospitalization, stating, “Phototherapy is applied in hospitals for the treatment of jaundice in newborn babies. This procedure increases hospital costs and requires the baby to stay in the hospital for a period.”

The baby's health parameters can be monitored in real time

Thanks to the screen to be placed on the incubator, you can monitor and record the baby's pulse, blood oxygen level, and sweating in real time. This feature allows us to track the baby's health condition. If there is a change in the baby's health during treatment, the device can automatically shut itself off. The baby does not separate from its mother and does not become distressed.