Bukle U. Kamel / Educator · Researcher

Making
learning
come alive.

I connect learning science, educational design, and hands-on experiences. Because the best ideas deserve a life beyond the page.

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Bukle Unaldi Kamel
Curiosity is where it starts.
FIELD NOTES / 01

Understand people.
Design possibilities.

Ideas into action
Hands-on Labs ↗
Education across disciplines and bordersFollow the connections

01 / Thinking like a teacher

It always starts
with the learner.

A good question leads somewhere. Follow a thread to see how education connects my work.

01 / AskHow do we learn?Learning science 02 / DesignWhat if we tried…?Curriculum & experiences 03 / MakeCan we make it real?Hands-on Labs 04 / ReflectWhat did we notice?Research & communication 05 / ConnectWho else can join in?Teaching across borders

Learning science / Research

Understand the person behind the learning.

My work connects cognition, behavior, and education. Our 2022 review in Education Sciences explores challenges in higher education and possible ways forward.

Start with a question, not an answer.

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Curriculum / Program design

Turn a big idea into a learning experience.

From journalism and art entrepreneurship to comparative politics and robotics, I design curricula that give learners something to think about, discuss, and do.

What will the learner get to try?

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Hands-on Labs / Co-founder

Let the idea meet the real world.

Hands-on Labs connects students to physical robotics equipment online: a place to experiment and observe what happens.

Try it. Watch closely. Try again.

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Research / Science communication

Make room for a second look.

My work on neuroscience reporting explores how scientific ideas reach readers, and how educational resources can help journalists communicate them accurately.

What does the evidence really tell us?

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Education / Across borders

A classroom can reach beyond its walls.

My teaching and curriculum work spans schools and universities, connecting subjects, perspectives, and learning communities.

There is always another perspective.

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02 / Selected work

Beyond the screen.
Into the real world.

Hands-on Labs
Education technology · Co-founder

Hands-on Labs / How it connectsIllustrated demo
From a learner's idea to a real experimentA learner sends instructions through an online connection to a physical robotic arm. Observations return to the learner, completing a cycle of trying, observing, and learning. A curious learner TRY AN IDEAOBSERVE & LEARN A physical experiment

A visual explanation of remote control; this illustration is not connected to hardware.

Code an idea. See what happens. Try again.

Microsoft Imagine Cup
Education category winner · 2021

Learning by doing,
from a distance.

Hands-on Labs connects students to real robotics equipment online. As co-founder, I worked on marketing and business development, helping bring the idea of accessible laboratory learning to life.

Explore the case study ↗Visit Hands-on Labs ↗

03 / More ways to make a difference

01 / Research

The future of
higher education.

Explore the questions shaping how we learn.

02 / Educational design

Ideas worth
learning through.

Curriculum that connects knowledge and experience.

A little about me

Curiosity, with a purpose.

My work connects cognition, communication, and education. I develop curricula, collaborate on research, and help turn ideas into learning experiences.

Meet Bukle →
2021Imagine Cup Education winner
2022Education Sciences publication

04 / A little play, a little about me

Some things
are worth remembering.

I love memory games. So here is a little piece of me, in the form of one.

Find six pairs. Each match reveals a chapter of my story. No timer. Take your time.

Shall we play? — Bukle
Prefer to read? Explore all six stories
  • Education: MSIM studies at the University of Washington, September 2026–September 2027; in progress.
  • Imagine Cup: Hands-on Labs won the Education category of the 2021 Microsoft Imagine Cup.
  • Research: Co-author of a peer-reviewed review on higher education, published in Education Sciences in 2022.
  • Hands-on Labs: Co-founder of Hands-on Labs, connecting students with a remotely operated robotics laboratory.
  • Teaching: Curriculum work includes journalism, art entrepreneurship, comparative politics, and robotics.
  • Writing: Author of Türkiye’de Genç Olmak (Being Young in Turkey), published in 2016.

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Portfolio reviewed September 2026.

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