The "Applications of Engineering" seminar series organized by the Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences together with Harvard-MIT continues in the 2021-2022 Spring term.

In the "Applications of Engineering" seminar series organized by Prof. Mehmet Toner, Prof. Basak Uygun, Prof. Erkay Savaş and Prof Selmiye Alkan Gürsel, the most innovative and effective applications of engineering in the fields of biology, medicine, energy, materials science, computer science and climate will be discussed by leading scientists in their research fields.

“Applications of Engineering” seminar series 2021-2022 Spring Program is as below: 

March 2, 2022 – METE CİVELEK – Systems Genetics of Vascular Smooth Muscle Gene Expression and Function

March 16, 2022 – JASON BUTLER – Microfluidic Processing of DNA using Flow and Electric Fields

March 30, 2022 – MEHMET MERCANGÖZ – Unmanned and Autonomous Systems: Future of Automation in Process and Energy Industries

April 27, 2022 – MATTHEW PANZER – Designing Polymeric Scaffolds for Nonaqueous Ionogel Electrolytes

May 11, 2022 – AYŞE ASATEKİN – Next Generation Membranes through Polymer Self-Assembly

May 25, 2022 – BERRİN YANIKOĞLU – Progress in Computer Vision & Deep Learning

June 8, 2022 – MİHRİMAH ÖZKAN – Climate Actions: Electric Vehicles and Direct Air Capture Technologies

Seminars are open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Please visit this link to join.  

Nursima Ünver, our graduate student, has been awarded the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Travel Fellowship granted by the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Carrying out research on the effects of divided attention on long-term memory retrieval in the Memory, Attention, and Cognitive Control (MACC) laboratory led by Eren Günseli, Nursima Ünver, a graduate student in Sabancı University Psychology program, has become one of the 4 people found deserving of the award, worth 3000-USD, given by the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Bestowed by the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, one of the most prominent academic journals in its field, this award aims to support students and post-doctoral researchers from around the world in participating in the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference.  

Nursima shared her feelings about the award with gazeteSU:  "I applied to the conference to deliver the poster presentation of the project I carried out together with Eren Günseli in the framework of my graduate thesis. It is really a source of pride for me to win the award. In addition, I am very excited about the conference since it will create an opportunity for me to meet prominent researchers from different countries, get updates in my field, and share my own project with other researchers."

Deep Down 3D animation created by FASS & FENS (Sabancı University) students is showcased at nukhu.com, the contemporary digital media art platform.

Supervised by Yoong Wah Alex Wong, faculty member of FASS, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design (VAVCD) Program, and created by FASS & FENS students in the 3D Animation course (2021-2022 Spring semester). Deep Down 3D animation is showcased at nukhu.com, which is an internationally contemporary digital media art platform. Students who contributed to creating the animation are Abad Shams, Alp Dinçer, Berna Yıldıran, Ece Naz Erülker, Ilgın Harput, İdil Kapıkıran, Lolwa AlMohannadi, Şevval Tufan, Yeraz Arslan and Zeynep Erkman.

Pointing out that the 3D Animation course makes considerable contributions to students, Alex Wong said the following: “In this course, students (VAVCD and CS) gather together to brainstorm, visualize the animation narrative and direction, exchange views, divide tasks among themselves, learn and sharpen their 3D knowledge and skills”.

Deep Down Animation link:

https://nukhu.com/nuvee/1700

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvm9UACq_3M

Emrah Eroğlu, member of Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, has been found deserving of the Leopold Flohé Redox Pioneer Young Investigator Award given by the Society for Free Radical Research - Europe. The award is granted to a scientist younger than 45 years with outstanding novel findings in the field of biological redox processes, working already independently, and leading an own group of young scientists having published high quality papers.

The award is sponsored by the Society for Free Radical Research - Europe (SFRR-E) and Jarrow Formula, who also select the nominees. The award ceremony will take place in the Redox Biology Congress in Ghent, Belgium on August 23, 2022. Emrah Eroğlu will receive his award following his presentation during the Redox Biology Congress. 

Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM) researcher Assoc. Dr. Mustafa Kemal Bayazıt has been awarded the "Best Research Paper in Chemistry 2021" award given by the COMSTECH the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of  Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

The assessment was done by an international panel of experts. The awards will be presented to the winners by the President of Pakistan and COMSTECH Chairman H.E. Dr. Arif Alvi during the next General Assembly Meeting. We congratulate our esteemed researcher and wish him success in his future endeavours. 

COMSTECH Awards are conferred biennially in ‘Basic Sciences’ and in ‘Excellence in Science and Technology’ to recognize the outstanding research work carried out by scientists who are citizens of, and working in, OIC member states. 

The 9^th Women Directors in Turkey Conference organized by Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum will be held online at 16:00 on February 22, 2022.

Odile Renaud-Basso, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will be the keynote speaker, and Wiebke Schloemer, IFC Director for Turkey and Central Asia, will deliver the opening speech in the conference. The main theme of this year’s conference is “Transformative Power of Data and Reporting”.

Sabancı University

Graduate School of Social Sciences

Economics Graduate Programs

2022-2023 Fall Semester Early Applications

EARLY APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 1, 2022

Sabancı University Graduate School of Social Sciences is accepting early applications to Economics (MA/PhD) program for the Fall semester of 2022–2023 academic year.

How can I apply?

Candidates must submit an online application at the website below.

http://admission.sabanciuniv.edu

What are the rules and required documents for application?

Please click here for the rules and required documents for master programs application.

Please click here for the rules and required documents for doctorate programs application.

What are the scholarship opportunities?

Candidates may be given various kinds of scholarships based on merit. Please click here to view the scholarship opportunities for graduate programs at Sabancı University.

Application dates

• The early application deadline for Economics MA and PhD program is April 1, 2022.

What happens after I complete my application?

• Candidates shortlisted by the admissions jury of their respective program may be called in for the interview. Candidates will be notified of their interview times by email or telephone. Based on the conditions, interviews can be in-person or online on (TBA).

How can I get more information?

You may contact the following faculty member for academic issues and questions. You may contact Sabancı University Student Resources for more information regarding application and admission procedures.

• Student Resources
  • Telephone: (216) 483 93 61
  • Email: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

• Economics (MA/PhD)
  • Asst. Prof. Remzi Kaygusuz, (216) 483 92 44, remzi.kaygusuz@sabanciuniv.edu

Beste İrem Köse, graduate student in Cultural Studies, has become the winner of the “Resistances to Gender Equality” competition in the EU GEARING Roles project, in which Sabancı University is the only participant from Turkey.

Winners of two prizes, namely the Essay Prize and the Research Prize, were selected.

Our student Beste İrem Köse was found deserving of first place among graduate students for her essay in which she focuses on movements in Eastern Europe and Turkey organized against gender equality and the ideologies underlying these movements. As an award winner, she is entitled to an all-expenses paid trip to Estonia to attend the GEARING Roles Conference on March 30, 2022.  

Beste İrem Köse shared her feelings about the award: “In an email sent by GazeteSU in October, I came across an announcement about the Resistances Essay Competition organized by the GEARING Roles. The announcement included an invitation to write an essay of a maximum of 1000 words about resistances to gender equality. On February 7, I received an email from the competition’s representative informing me that I had been chosen as the winner among graduate students. I was so happy and glad to learn about it. I am truly excited to attend the conference in Estonia”.

Beste İrem Köse currently continues to work on her thesis on HIV/AIDS activism with Ayşecan Terzioğlu, member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, her advisor. 

We congratulate Beste İrem and wish her continued success.

Sabancı University provided training entitled “Transformative Technologies, Risks Shaping the Future, and Accessing the Right Information in Digital World” in the Creative Technologies Atelier in Küçükköy. Teachers and students from various schools in Ayvalık attended the training, which was organized during the semester break with the support of the Ayvalık District Directorate of National Education.

Sabancı University’s Küçükköy Creative Technologies Atelier in Ayvalık hosted an important event during the semester break. From January 31 to February 5, 2022, 25 students from Ayvalık Anatolian High School and Ayvalık Atatürk Anatolian High School, 25 students from Halis Komili Primary School, and 21 teachers from various schools in Ayvalık received training in the Creative Technologies Atelier in Küçükköy.

Emre Erol, Foundations Development Director, who coordinates the common courses that constitute the special education model of Sabancı University, Emine Süphan Bakkal, Duygu Karaoğlan Altop, faculty members from the Foundations Development Program, İlkem Kayıcan, instructor from the School of Languages, and Nihal Öztolan Erol, Researcher from Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, delivered the training sessions which were realized with the support  of Carrefoursa, Enerjisa Energy, and Teknosa, the technology sponsor of Küçükköy. Students and teachers also had the opportunity to attend the training sessions online.

The main subjects covered in the training sessions included scientific accumulation behind the global warming and the climate change and risks for the future, basics of transformative technologies such as gene regulation and algorithms, potential risks and opportunities, and case verification in the intensive digital information environment of the day. In this framework, topics such as water stress, climate migration, and the impact of digital world on politics and identities were covered in the training sessions held with students and teachers. In addition, information was provided to students and teachers about soilless farming with demonstrations.

Established in 2019, the Küçükköy Creative Technologies Atelier of Sabancı University organizes technology-focused courses for the benefit of society observing children’s right to education and equality. The Creative Technologies Atelier hosts various projects to ensure that young people and women assume leading roles in education and in the future. Training activities in the Creative Technologies Atelier are carried out by faculty members and students of Sabancı University. Children in the 8-15 age group and women are prioritized for training.

Professor Yannis F. Missirlis from Biomechanics Lab. and Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics Dept. of Patras University will be the guest of SUNUM with a seminar titled "Spatiotemporal aspects of intra and inter cellular communications". 

The seminar will be held in hybrid form on February 9 at 14:00 by İstanbul time and is open to all researchers.

For online participation http://otolab.sabanciuniv.edu/SUNUMActivityRegistrationForm