Every year, the Middle East Technical University Parlar Foundation recognizes the achievements of scientists and scholars from a variety of fields for their exceptional research productivity, in honor of the late METU professor Mustafa Parlar.This year, two Bilkent faculty members are recipients of METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation Research Incentive Awards. They are: Res. Asst. Prof. Hulusi Kafalıgönül (UNAM and UMRAM) and Asst. Prof. Türker Özsarı (Department of Mathematics).
Also among the 2021 award recipients are two Bilkent alumni: Asst. Prof. Sedat Nizamoğlu (BS EE ’05; MS PHYS ’07; PhD EE ’11) and Barış Çakmak (BS PHYS ’08).