Ertugrul Varlik

Ertugrul Varlik has started his academic life by obtaining his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree from the University of Karabuk, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, in 2017. After his graduation as a student of honor, he had continued his education as a Master of Science (M.Sc.) student in the same department at the University of Marmara. Due to his high interest in Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, he completed his master’s thesis at the University of Brescia in Italy with the project titled ” Indirect Metal Complex Part Production Using Binder Jetting Technology: A Preliminary Research”. Ertugrul has been awarded with many private merit scholarships on account of his strong effort during the education years. Currently, he has been continuing his career as a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) student at the Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass (FunGlass) in Trencin, Slovakia.

Dissertation topic: Advanced Manufacturıng of 3d Scaffolds Usıng Bıoactıve Glass for Bone Tıssue Engıneerıng Applıcatıons

Supervisor: Ing. Martin Michálek, PhD. 

Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Aldo R. Boccaccini

Department: Department of Biomaterials

Beginning of study: November / 2021

Date of dissertation exam: TBA

  • Varlik E, Drotárová L, Ourgessa A, Vitázková M, Nawaz Q, Chen S, et al. Low-temperature sintered boron-doped S53P4 bioactive glass scaffolds fabricated by robocasting. J Am Ceram Soc. 2025;e70292. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.70292 (Citation: 0) Paper accepted
  • Varlik, E., Viviant, L., Kurtuldu, F., Nawaz, Q., Chen, S., Kraxner, J., Galusek, D., Michálek, M., & Boccaccini, A. R. (2026). Bioactive glass (BG) particle shape affects the mechanical and biological properties of PLA/BG scaffolds for bone regeneration. Materials Letters, 403, 139383. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATLET.2025.139383 (Citation: 0)
  • Nawaz, Q., Varlik, E., Mutlu, N. et al. Germanium-containing mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles (MBGNs) as a new member of the MBGNs family: Synthesis and preliminary characterization. MRS Commun. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-025-00791-0 (Citation: 0)
  • Giorleo, L., Varlik, E., Montesano, L. et al. Burnout treatment on plaster mould produced with binder jetting technology: effect of process parameters and geometrical complexity. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 124, 2769–2780 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-022-10700-7 (Citation: 3)
  • E.Varlik, S. Aktaş, L. Giorleo, Indirect Metal Complex Part Production Using Binder Jetting Technolory: A Preliminary Research, 3rd International Congress on Engineering and Technology Management 2020, April 16-17,2020, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Tezel, F.M., Varlık, E., Engin, B., Bulut, B., Özbay, O. (2017) “Influence of Heat Treatment on Thermal, Mechanical and Microstructural Characterization of Al based Mg-Al-Sb Eutectic Alloy”, International Conference on Engineering Technology and Innovation (ICETI)’2017 , (pp. 18), Sarajevo, (April, 2017)
  • Tezel, F.M., Kariper, İ.A., Korkmaz, S., Varlık, E. (2017) “Optical and Structural Properties of ZnSe Thin Films with Chemical Bath Deposition”, International Conference on Engineering Technology and Innovation (ICETI)’2017 , (pp. 19), Sarajevo, (April, 2017)

Conference contributions

  • Ertugrul Varlik, Lenka Drotárová, Si Chen, Edgar B. Montufar, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Dušan Galusek, Martin Michálek, Robocasted Boron-doped S53P4 bioactive scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration, 14th International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Systems, [ 18/08/2024 – 22/08/2024 ] Budapest, Hungary
  • Ertugrul Varlik, Qaisar Nawaz, Martin Michálek, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Fused deposited multi-targeted co-BG/PLA composite bone scaffolds for enhanced tissue regeneration activity, The Young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing Forum (yCAM), [ 06/05/2024 – 08/05/2024 ] Tampere, Finland
  • E. Varlik, S. Narayanasamy, F. Clemens, A. Hadian, D. Komissarenko, N.S. Yüzbasi, F. Kurtuldu, S. Chen, D. Galusek, A.R. Boccaccini, G. Blugan, and M. Michálek, Boron and Cobalt co-doped silicate-based bioactive glass scaffolds fabrication via Digital Light Processing (DLP): Optimization of the printing parameters, The XVIIIth Conference of the European Ceramic Society, [ 02/07/2023 – 06/07/2023 ] Lyon, France
  • E. Varlik, F. Kurtuldu, S. Chen, and M. Michálek, Advanced Manufacturing of Co-doped Bioactive Scaffolds, Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glasses, [ 28/09/2022 – 30/09/2022 ] Mojmírovce, Slovakia

Participation in projects:

Inorganic technologies and materials I and Inorganic technologies and materials II

Modules:

Biomaterials: Introduction, Biomaterials: Preparation, characterization and use, Sintering

Academic year 2024/25

Inorganic technologies and materials I

Inorganic technologies and materials II

Ertugrul Varlik
Ertugrul Varlik
PhD student

E-mail: ertugrul.varlik@tnuni.sk
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