“Fundamentals for Repurposing Nature’s Building Blocks in Advanced Materials Applications” Networking Event

“Fundamentals for Repurposing Nature’s Building Blocks in Advanced Materials Applications” Networking Event

Sabancı University will be hosting “Fundamentals for Repurposing Nature’s Building Blocks in Advanced Materials Applications” virtual networking event on September 2nd, 2020 under the sponsorship of Biophysical Society.

 

Moderated by Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty Member Ali Rana Atılgan, the event will host two main speakers Ahu Gumrah Dumanli-Perry from Manchester University and Melik Cumhur Demirel from Pennsylvania State University.

Applications will be collected via Google Forms at this link. Event schedule and details are at https://www.biophysics.org/upcoming-networking-events/fundamentals-for-repurposing-natures-building-blocks-in-advanced-materials-applications.

Sabancı University is the ‘greenest’ university

Sabancı University is the ‘greenest’ university

Sabancı University is the ‘greenest’ university, according to the Higher Education Council’s “Foundation Higher Education Institutions 2020” report. 

In the Higher Education Council’s “Foundation Higher Education Institutions 2020" report, Sabancı University was declared the foundation university with the largest amount of open space. Of its total total area of 1.163.697 m², Sabancı University’s open/green areas are noted as 83% (976.173 m2)

The importance of social distance during the pandemic has also increased the need for use of open green areas. According to the Higher Education Council’s "Foundation Higher Education Institutions 2020" report, Sabancı University has 234 square meters of green space per student and offers academics, staff and students a green campus. 

The amount of enclosed space per student also retains its importance during the course of the pandemic. Sabancı University campus offers students spacious enclosed study areas. According to the Higher Education Council’s "Foundation Higher Education Institutions 2020" report, Sabancı University has 45 square meters of indoor space per student

GREEN CAMPUS 

Since 2000, with the participation of students from primary schools in the Tuzla region, "Tree Planting Days" have been held and now at Sabancı University campus there are over 170,000 plants from more than 350 subspecies with more than 100 local species and over 150 imported species. In addition, Sabancı University campus features the richest Sakura tree collection in Turkey with over 1.000 Sakura trees.


Transfer Application Results For 2020-2021 Fall Term

Transfer Application Results For 2020-2021 Fall Term

The candidates' names whose transfer applications for 2020-2021 fall term were results are on the list below:

 

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND NATURAL SCIENCES-ENGINEERING AND NATURAL SCIENCES

Name

Last Name

Application Type

Previous University

GPA

Class

Decision

Emir

Erdoğdu

Transfer student-within Turkey

Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi

3,07

3

ACCEPTED

Ecenur

Özak

Transfer student-within Turkey

Kadir Has Üniversitesi

2,78

2

ACCEPTED

Maviş Busenur

Balcı

Transfer student-within Turkey

Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi

3,11

2

ACCEPTED

Yiğit

Yarkın

Transfer student-within Turkey

Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi

2,34

2

ACCEPTED

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND NATURAL SCIENCES-ENGINEERING AND NATURAL SCIENCES

Name

Last Name

Application Type

Previous University

Ranking

Class

Decision

Ramazan Mert

Genç

Transfer student-International

Queen Mary University of London

Times-130 QS-119  ARWU-151-200

1

ACCEPTED

Aksel

Akmercan

Transfer student-International

Technische Universität München

Times-44   QS-61  ARWU

1

ACCEPTED

Dila

Aksoy

Transfer student-International

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Times-159   QS-106 ARWU-201-300

1

ACCEPTED

Gülesin

Tunalı

Transfer student-International

University of California Los Angeles

Times-17  QS-61  ARWU-32

2

ACCEPTED

Ahmet Emin

Kaya

Transfer student-International

The George Washington University

Times-181 QS-345  ARWU-201-300

2

ACCEPTED

Barış Utku

Mutan

Transfer student-International

University of Victoria

Times-301-350  QS-346 ARWU-301-400

2

ACCEPTED

Ege

Narter

Transfer student-International

Technische Universität München

Times-34   QS-64  ARWU-48

2

ACCEPTED

Oğuz

Dağaşan

Transfer student-International

Ludwıg Maxımıllıans Unıversıty-Munıch

Times-32   QS-62 

2

RESERVIST

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND NATURAL SCIENCES-INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERİNG

Name

Last Name

Application Type

Previous University

GPA

Class

Decision

 

Mert

Aktaş

Transfer student-within Turkey

İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi

2,75

3

ACCEPTED

Onat

Mumyakmaz

Transfer student-within Turkey

İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi

2,88

3

ACCEPTED

Ömer Faruk

Kavurmacı

Transfer student-within Turkey

İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi

2,9

3

ACCEPTED

Ünal

Topçu

Transfer student-within Turkey

Yeditepe Üniversitesi

2,42

3

REJECTED

 

 

 

 

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES- ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Name

Last Name

Application Type

Previous University

GPA

Class

Decision

Buse

Kutulu

Transfer student-within Turkey

Bilkent Üniversitesi

3,03

2

ACCEPTED

Hacer Bike

Davutoğlu

Transfer student-within Turkey

Şehir Üniversitesi

3,04

2

ACCEPTED

Oğul Cenk

Bıçakçı

Transfer student-within Turkey

MEF Üniversitesi

2,58

3

REJECTED

 

 

 

 

 

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES- ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Name

Last Name

Application Type

Previous University

Ranking

Class

Decision

Nur

Eraslan

Transfer student-International

University of Manchester

Times-57   QS-29 ARWU-33

1

ACCEPTED

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Name

Last Name

Application Type

Previous University

GPA

Class

Decision

Baran Özkan

Sürücü

Transfer student-within Turkey

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi

2,68

3

ACCEPTED

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Name

Last Name

Application Type

Previous University

Ranking

SAT

ÖSS SCORE

Class

Decision

 

Emin

Hidayat-zada

Transfer student-International

Heriot-Watt University Dubai

 

1600 üzerinden 1310

 

2

ACCEPTED

 

Emre

Dark

Transfer student-International

Bocconi University

 

 

2018 EA 279,55650

2

ACCEPTED

 

Mert

Ergüven

Transfer student-International

University of Kent

Times-351-400  QS-355  ARWU-501-600

 

 

2

ACCEPTED

 

Sabanci University and TWI partner on new Innovation Centre

Sabanci University and TWI partner on new Innovation Centre

Sabancı University and international research and technology organisation TWI have extended their longstanding relationship to launch the Digital Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (DMIC). 

Sabancı University, whose philosophy includes generating leading-edge knowledge, and forming educational and research networks, to create competitive competencies within an international context, will host the new virtual Centre within its Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center (SU-IMC) on its site in Turkey. 

A Europe-centric approach is central to the joint venture which aims to engage with the wider innovation community to develop a research portfolio, comprising new collaborative projects that will deepen digital manufacturing technologies and result in the delivery of novel products, systems and services. 

Research and development (R&D) will focus on expanding European excellence in advanced composites and related materials, as well as in additive manufacturing of metals and composites, from prototypes through to certified, fully functional parts.  Work will be in areas of increasing importance to society, the environment and the economy such as green manufacturing; the sustainability of materials and their re-purposing; hydrogen economy; and smart applications in digitalising processes and products.  In doing this, DMIC will be well placed to work closely with TWI’s other Innovation centres and its operations in Athens, Greece, TWI Hellas, which can bring R&D expertise in areas such as data science, artificial intelligence (AI) and systems integration to the new Centre. 

Cem Selcuk, Head of Business Development for the TWI Innovation Network said “DMIC will provide a platform for co-developing competitively won, funded projects that serve to facilitate ongoing collaboration between the partners, their innovation networks, SME companies across Europe and TWI’s Industrial Members.” 

Tat-Hean Gan, Director of Innovation and Skills, TWI explained further “Both parties are bringing years of experience in technology innovation management to the Centre and this will enable the identification of novel techniques which can enhance production technologies used in digital integrated manufacturing, leading to industrial scale up for successful and sustainable deployment. 

Bahattin Koç, Director of SU-IMC, Sabancı University stated “This new Innovation Centre will open up new directions in data-driven digital manufacturing of fully functional metal and composite parts by combing the strengths of the two partners.” 

Prof. Mehmet Yildiz, Vice President for Research and Development at Sabancı University further expressed that “By combing their expertise, our two organisations will unify their capabilities in advanced and digital manufacturing to progress state-of-the-art in composite and additive manufacturing technologies, leading to the future training of graduate students and highly skilled personnel through collaborative, multidisciplinary projects.”

President Yusuf Leblebici Receives University of Illinois Distinguished Alumni Award

President Yusuf Leblebici Receives University of Illinois Distinguished Alumni Award

Our president Yusuf Leblebici has received the Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

The Distinguished Alumni Award of UIUC is one of the most prestigious distinctions of the Electrical and Computer Engineering program, recognizing alumni with significant professional and technical contributions to the field. Previous recipients of the award include Nick Holonyak, inventor of LED light sources; Prith Banerjee, former Vice president of Hewlett-Packard and Schneider Electric; and Jack Kilby, inventor of integrated circuits and Nobel Laureate in Physics in 2000.

In response to the news, Yusuf Leblebici has said that he is “very proud and honoured of having been selected for such a prestigious award”. He received his PhD degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990. He worked as a faculty member at UIUC for 3 years, and has maintained his strong ties to the university for many years.

The award will be presented to Yusuf Leblebici at a ceremony to be held at UIUC on 2nd October 2020.

An easy way to identify GMO foods at home and in the field

An easy way to identify GMO foods at home and in the field

Sabancı University students Doğukan Kaygusuz and Sümeyra Vural, under the guidance of Sabancı University Faculty Member Meltem Elitaş, developed a biosensor that enables consumers to conduct DNA-based tests such as GMO analysis and identification at home.

Sümeyra Vural, Meltem Elitaş, Doğukan Kaygusuz

Sümeyra Vural, Meltem Elitaş, Doğukan Kaygusuz

The sensor allows the quick identification of GMO-foods in homes, fields and manufacturing facilities. 

The pocket-sized biosensor designed at Sabancı University for low cost and domestic use can perform many DNA-based tests such as GMO analysis, identification, and disease diagnosis and treatment.

Identifies GMO DNA in 30 minutes

The Sabancı University graduate students involved in the project say that the key purpose of the project is GMO identification and that the device is able to identify DNA in almost all sampes provided to the system. DNA diagnosis, which takes at least 160 minutes in the laboratory environment, can be completed in just 30 minutes with the new biosensor. The Sabancı University graduate students who developed the device said the following: “This device may be used for GMO detection as well as DNA diagnostics such as blood diseases, infections and patient identification. Soy and maize are the most common GMO crops in the world. This sensor is useful for a diverse group of potential users from consumers who wish to know whether a food containing soy or maize has GMO to a nurse who needs to diagnose a bacterial infection. We plan to take part in a EU project with this device in the near future.”

biyosensör prototipi

A patent application has been made for the biosensor developed by Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences graduate students, and a paper has been published in a high-impact journal.

A patent application has been filed for the biosensor used to detect GMOs in soy and maize products. During the application process, it was discovered that the biosensor has no equivalent in Turkey, and is one of the lowest-cost and easiest-to-use biosensors worldwide. The prototype will be further developed into a final product following international manufacturing norms and marketed as soon as possible.

The team behind the TÜBİTAK-supported project: The team is composed of Sabancı University Mechatronic Engineering master's student Doğukan Kaygusuz, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering master's student Sümeyra Vural and Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Member Meltem Elitaş in addition to Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center researcher Stuart Lucas and Yeditepe University faculty member Ali Özhan Aytekin. A paper has been published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics, which has an article impact value of 9,518. The paper is available here.

The project was made possible with the extensive support of Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Dean Professor Canan Atılgan and Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center Director Professor Fazilet Vardar, who have had confidence in the Biomechatronics Researcg Group since the beginning. The project is also a perfect illustration of the Sabancı University philosophy to "create and develop together."

Our Alumni Rabia Yazıcıgil’s work featured in Nature Symposium and 2020 IEEE ISSCC

Our Alumni Rabia Yazıcıgil’s work featured in Nature Symposium and 2020 IEEE ISSCC

Sabancı University Electronic Engineering Program 2009 alumni and University of Boston professor Rabia Tuğçe Yazıcıgil’s studies in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were featured in Nature Symposium and IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference - ISSCC 2020.  

Rabia Yazicigil

Yazıcıgil delivered the opening remarks of Nature Symposium held by Springer and Nature on February 6, 2020 in Madrid.  Yazıcıgil's joint efforts with MIT were featured in the conference titled "Biomimetic Sensors: Use and potential in the medical industry” and published in the Spanish press (Innovaspainen24elcomerciohoy).

Rabia Yazıcıgil

Graduate Yazıcıgil’s latest work with MIT on the cryptographic "tag of everything" was published in  MIT News and IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference - ISSCC 2020, one of the most prestigious integrated circuit conferences worldwide. To combat supply chain counterfeiting, which can cost companies billions of dollars annually, Yazıcıgil and MIT researchers have invented a cryptographic ID tag that’s small enough to fit on virtually any product and verify its authenticity.  

Sabancı University wins TÜBİTAK BİGG+ support

Sabancı University wins TÜBİTAK BİGG+ support

Presented and implemented by the Sabancı University Research and Graduate Policy Directorate (RGP) Industry Cooperation and Technology Licensing Office (ILO) team, the 21-month AToMIC project having a budget of TL 750,000 is to receive support under the Mentor Interface (BİGG+) call.

 

The BİGG+ call was opened to develop and implement a mentorship mechanism for small and medium businesses supported under TÜBİTAK TEYDEB Programs, aimed at assisting them in commercializing their products and services, entering new markets, and improving export capacity by ensuring effective use of public resources devoted by TÜBİTAK to research and innovation.

The project involves the creation and implementation of mentorship mechanisms to improve the business development and innovation capabilities of 25 SMBs and startups that will be selected from the provinces of Istanbul and Kocaeli according to certain criteria.

SMBs that receive mentorship support from the project are expected to improve:
·      Revenue
·      Market share
·      Presence in new markets
·      Foreign sales figures  

Three Sabancı University projects win BiGGinner support within the BiGG Program

Three Sabancı University projects win BiGGinner support within the BiGG Program

The results of the 2019/1 call period of the TÜBİTAK Individual Young Entrepreneur Program (BiGG), which provides grants up to TL 200,000 to entrepreneurs with technology-based business ideas, were announced. The first stage of the TÜBİTAK BiGG program is being implemented by 30 implementers across Turkey, and Sabancı University Inovent became the most successful implementer of 2019 with 70% success rate in the 2019/1 call.

Seven out of 10 entrepreneurs chosen by Sabancı Üniversitesi Inovent among 289 submissions to receive mentorship, pre-incubation, training and market development support for 3 months, will be eligible for  grants up to TL 200,000 within the TÜBİTAK BiGG program. Of the 7 entrepreneurs, one is a post-doctoral researcher at Sabancı University, and two are Sabancı University graduates.

Implementer institutions received submissions from 4194 entrepreneurs for the 2019/1 call period of the BiGG Program. Among them, 1589 advanced to the first stage of business plan writing support, and 395 of the first stage participants were chosen by TÜBİTAK for the second stage panels. Following the assessment of jury panels composed of academics, industrialists and investors, 155 entrepreneurs were chosen for TL 200,000 in tech-based venture capital support for the 1st call of 2019. The overall support rate for the 2019/1 call was 39% while Sabancı University Inovent had the highest success rate among implementers with 70%.

Inovent General Manager Bülent Bankacı said: “İnovent A.Ş. has been carrying out venture acceleration, technology commercialization and licensing, and national or global business development activities since 2006, and we are delighted to share the experience we have acquired with entrepreneurs, primarily Sabancı University students, faculty, researchers and graduates, who have technology-based business ideas through the BiGGinner program. This adds value to Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem, and enables us to render active support to entrepreneurs for access to funding and commercialization of technologies developed at Sabancı University. Our success rate of 70% is a testament to our wealth of knowledge. Our objective is long-term cooperation with entrepreneurs whom we have met through the BiGGinner program, and help them in their endeavors to access global markets.”

Support for Sabancı University researchers and graduates

Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Postdoctoral Researcher Merve Senem AVAZ, Mechatronic Engineering Program 2016 graduate Volga Ozansoy and Energy Technologies and Management 2018 graduate Tümay Solak will receive BiGGinner support.

Sabancı University Inovent is one of the official implementers of “BiGGinner”, or TÜBİTAK’s 1512 Individual Young Entrepreneur Support (BiGG) Program, which is aimed at entrepreneurs who have technology-based business ideas, and includes collection, writing support and pre-assessment, followed by pre-incubation and mentorship for ventures that pass pre-assessment. 

Through BiGGinner, Sabancı University aims to "support entrepreneurs with innovation-focused technological ideas through mechanisms based on lean enterprise and market development methodologies, and accompany the entrepreneur on the journey to commercialization with a business plan prepared after technical and market-worthiness of the business idea is confirmed."

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