“European and International Migration Law,” edited by Asst. Prof. Gülüm Özçelik (LAW) and PhD student Elçin Aktan (LAW), has been published by Yetkin Publishing. The book, which Dr. Özçelik worked on between 2019 and 2022, is an outcome of her Jean Monnet Module on European and International Migration Law. It[Read More…]
Bilkent University has ranked first in the “Most Successful Turkish Research Institutions” list, based on the amount of funding it has received from Horizon Europe projects. As of today, Bilkent University has signed contracts with ten Horizon Europe projects with a budget of 7.45 million EUR. Bilkent coordinates eight of[Read More…]
Prof. Emrah Özensoy, chair of the Department of Chemistry, has won the 2022 Sedat Simavi Foundation Science Award for his work “Unraveling Molecular Fingerprints of Catalytic Sulfur Poisoning at the Nanometer Scale with Near-Field Infrared Spectroscopy.” The study was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the leading[Read More…]
PhD student Mohammed Alkhaled and MSc student Batuhan Emre Kaynak from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Hanay Research Group have received the best poster award in their field at MNE-ES 2022. MNE-ES is one of the most important conferences in the field of micro/nano fabrication. This year’s conference was[Read More…]
Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) Faculty Member Asst. Prof. Urartu Şeker and his team published an article entitled “A Genetically Engineered Biofilm Material for SARS-CoV-2 Capturing and Isolation.” The study was conducted with a focus on infection detection strategies, especially for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Accordingly,[Read More…]
Prof. Sandrine Bergès of the Department of Philosophy recently published a new book, “Liberty in Their Names: The Women Philosophers of the French Revolution” by Bloomsbury Publishing. The book is out as an ebook and available through the publishers’ website and the Bilkent Library. The paperback and hardback versions will[Read More…]
Dr. Onur Erdem (EE – BS ’13, MSc ’15, PhD ‘20), a former graduate student researcher at UNAM, and his doctoral supervisor Professor Hilmi Volkan Demir have published a booklet entitled “Oriented Self-Assembly of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanoplatelets on Liquid Interfaces.” In their booklet, Dr. Erdem and Prof. Demir give a[Read More…]
Bilkent faculty members are among the scientists that have received this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist Awards from the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). The Bilkent awardees are Asst. Prof. Yunus Emre Türkmen (Chemistry) and Asst. Prof. Hamdi Dibeklioğlu (Computer Engineering). TÜBA introduced the program to Award Young Scientists (GEBİP) in[Read More…]
BY YARA EMAD ABUNEMEH (COMD/IV)Earlier last week, a team at Bilkent’s National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) designed a bacteria that could repair damage caused to the teeth or bones. The bacteria, which are modified to produce a protein that comes from algae, could change the way we look at bone[Read More…]
Bilkent University National Nanotechnology and Research Center (UNAM) has developed next-generation technology in the form of shoes with fiber sensors. The sensors have the potential to diagnose many health problems, from gait disorders to Parkinson’s. Dr. Mustafa Ordu, who pioneered the development of this technology in his laboratory at UNAM,[Read More…]
