Our Achievements

A selection of achievements by GTU academics and students is found below: 

2023

• TÜBA Outstanding Young Scientists Award Program (GEBİP) 2023: 
  Prof. Dr. Bünyemin Çoşut from GTU Faculty of Basic Sciences, Department of Chemistry in the field of Inorganic Chemistry and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sadiye Velioğlu from GTU Nanotechnology Institute in the field of Nanotechnology.
   

2018

• TÜBA - The Young Scientists Award Programme (GEBIP) 2018:
  Assoc. Prof. Rezan Demir-Çakan (PhD), Faculty Member, Department of Chemical Engineering
• METU Prof. Mustafa N. PARLAR Education and Research Foundation - Research Incentive Award 2018: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Melikoğlu (PhD), Faculty Member, Department of Chemical Engineering
• TÜBİTAK Project Performance Award: 
  Prof. Gönül Yenilmez Çiftçi (PhD), Faculty Member, Department of Chemical Engineering 
• 13th Technology Awards Competition (TÜBİTAK, TTG, TÜSİAD), University-Industry Collaboration Award: Assoc. Prof. Murat Doğru (PhD), Faculty Member, Department of Environmental Engineering, with his project titled "Conversion of Forest Waste into Electrical Energy through Gasification Process" (TEYDEB Project conducted jointly with Kastamonu Entegre Inc.)
   

2017

• METU Prof. Mustafa N. PARLAR Education and Research Foundation - Research Incentive Award 2017: Assoc. Prof. Tunahan Çakır (PhD), Faculty Member, Department of Bioengineering
• L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award:  Asst. Prof. Ayşe Koca Çaydaşı (PhD), Faculty Member, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics 
• Turkish Society of Hematology - Young Scientist Award 2017: Zihni Onur Çalışkaner, Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
• DNA Mimarlık Nail Atasoy 25th Year - "Most Creative Student with Project Bringing Future to Now" 2016-2017 Fall Semester: Mustafa Özdemir, Undergrad Student, Department of Architecture 
• SEDAŞ Project Idea Competition - Honorable Mention Award:
  1- GTU student Abdullah Gürsel and Jeshar Peposhi, Formation of a Load Demand Model in Distribution Networks 
  2- GTU student Ferhat Güzelsu, Buse Eryiğit and Nur Özcan, Renewable Energy Storage Unit for Next-Generation Houses
   

2016

• Prof. Leopold B. Felsen Foundation - Excellence in Electromagnetics Award:
  Prof. Serkan Aksoy (PhD), Faculty Member, Department of Electronics Engineering & Mehmet Burak Özakın (PhD), Research Assistant, Department of Electronics Engineering
• L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award: Assoc. Prof. Rezan Demir-Çakan (PhD), Faculty Member, Department of Chemical Engineering 
• METU Prof. Mustafa N. PARLAR Education and Research Foundation - Research Incentive Award 2016: Asst. Prof. Fabienne Dumoulin (PhD), Faculty Member, Department of Chemistry
• TÜBİTAK International UAV Competition - Honorable Mention Award
• Association for Architectural Education [ArchED] 
  Ezgi Avcı, Student, Department of Architecture
• Association of Electric-Electronic and Services Export (TET) - "Spring of R&D Projects Competition", İTÜ Çekirdek Incubation Center Special Award: Murat Şahin, Student, Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Project Assistant, Department of Chemistry
• ImageCLEF 2016 - International Content-Based Video Access 2nd Prize:
  Assoc. Prof. Erchan Aptoula (PhD), Institute of Information Technologies
   

2015

• Asst. Prof. Rezan Demir-Çakan, PhD (The Science Academy-BAGEP2015)
• TÜBA-GEBİP Award: Assoc. Prof. Nuri Öztürk (PhD) - Asst. Prof. Fabienne Dumoulin (PhD) - Asst. Prof. Tunahan Çakır (PhD)
• Prof. Mahmut Durmuş, PhD (Project Park Award 2015)
• Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Melikoğlu, PhD (TCE-Highlighted Article)
• Prof. Yasin Fahjan, PhD (UDAP 2014)
   

2014

• IPA International Play Association 2014 - Children Playground Design Student Projects Competition 
  Gizem Aslan and Furkan Koçoğulları, Students from the Department of Architecture 
• Aluminum in Cities and Constructions 2014 - Honorable Mention Award:
  Yasemin Kılıç, Student, Department of Architecture
• Serhat Özyar Honorary Award 2014:
  Asst. Prof. Önder Şuvak (PhD), Department of Electronics Engineering, by virtue of his thesis titled "Phase Models and Calculations for Oscillators"
   

2012

• 2012 TÜBİTAK Incentive Award: Prof. Ali Ekber Akgün (PhD) - by virtue of his studies of itnernational superior quality in "socio-cognitive topics for product development teams in the field of technology and innovation"