GE100 Orientation Welcomes New Bilkenters to Campus
This year’s GE100 Orientation, a course designed to welcome and acclimatize incoming students to the university’s academic and social environment, was held September 11-13. During GE100, students collected the points necessary to receive credit
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Yıldıray Yıldız Elevated to IEEE Senior Member
Asst. Prof. Yıldıray Yıldız of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was recently named a Senior Member of IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE is described as the world’s largest technical professional
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Bilkent Joins Eduroam
Bilkent has joined eduroam, a consortium that allows students, researchers and staff from member institutions to obtain internet connectivity when visiting the campuses of other participating institutions by simply connecting their mobile devices to
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Bilkent Researchers’ Photonic Crystal Fibers Usher In a New Era of Fiber Optics in Turkey
The photonic crystal structure opens new doors for the fiber laser community by enabling tailoring of the parameters of standard fibers. Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) are challenging to produce since they require advanced fabrication
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Academic Administrative Changes
Prof. Ayhan Altıntaş has been appointed acting chair of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, effective September 1, 2017. Prof. Altıntaş took over the position from the previous acting chair, Assoc. Prof.
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Ayşegül Başol, founding director of the International Students and Exchange Programs Office and assistant registrar at the university, retired from work as of June 30, 2017. Zeynep Ekmekçioğlu has been appointed acting director of
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5G Valley Open Testbed Cooperation Protocol Signed
A protocol for the 5G Valley Open Testbed Cooperation Project was signed on August 15 by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey (ICTA), Hacettepe University, Bilkent University, Middle East Technical University and
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Polat Göktaş Receives IEEE AP-S Doctoral Research Grant
Polat Göktaş, a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Ayhan Altıntaş, has been awarded an IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) doctoral research grant for
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