Condolences on the Passing of Prof. İnan
Prof. Faik Yüksel İnan, former faculty member in the Department of International Relations, in the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, passed away on June 22, 2015. We wish to extend our condolences
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Bilkent Honorary Doctorate Conferred Upon Daron Acemoğlu
On Friday, July 3, Bilkent University conferred an honorary doctorate upon Daron Acemoğlu, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The conferral ceremony, which took place in Mithat Çoruh Auditorium, opened
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EE Professor Wins FABED Eser Tümen Outstanding Young Scientist Award
Asst. Prof. Ali Kemal Okyay of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has won the 2015 FABED (Feyzi Akkaya Scientific Activities Support Fund) Eser Tümen Outstanding Young Scientist Award for his research accomplishments
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ME Students Take Top Honors at International Conferences
Alican Özkan, a second-year Department of Mechanical Engineering graduate student in Dr. Yegân Erdem’s group, received the Outstanding Poster Award in the “Emerging Technologies” category at the InterPACK/ICNMM 2015 Conference held July 6-10 in
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EEE Faculty Member Developing Techniques to Evaluate Brain Function
Asst. Prof. Tolga Çukur of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering is one of the recipients of this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist Awards (TÜBA-GEBİP), given by the Turkish Academy of Sciences. Dr. Çukur
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Research on “Wonder Material” Published as Cover
Bilkent researchers’ AFM/STM asymmetry work on graphene has been highlighted on the cover of the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B. Graphene—a two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb pattern—has received
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BELS Student Wins Silver Medal in World Philosophy Olympiad
BELS (Bilkent Erzurum Laboratory School) student Öznur Hancı earned a silver medal in the World Philosophy Olympiad, held in Estonia May 15–17. Öznur, who graduated this year, saw off competition from 83 other young
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Bilkent Researchers Working to Develop a Portable Genetic Diagnostics Kit
Bilkent University faculty members Asst. Prof. Yegân Erdem (ME), Asst. Prof. Barbaros Çetin (ME) and Asst. Prof. Coşkun Kocabaş (PHYS) are undertaking the development of portable diagnostic chips that will enable the detection of
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