Asst. Prof. Serkan Belkaya of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics was awarded the TÜSEB (Health Institutes of Türkiye) Incentive Award based on his work in the fields of human genetics, rare diseases and molecular medicine. The TÜSEB awards were presented by the Minister of Health, Dr. Fahrettin Koca,[Read More…]
Research
Prof. M. Selim Aktürk Named 2023 INFORMS Fellow
Prof. M. Selim Aktürk has been named a 2023 fellow of INFORMS, the largest association for decision and data sciences. As one of the most prestigious honors in the operations research (OR) profession, INFORMS annually recognizes fellows for their outstanding lifetime accomplishments and contributions to operations research and analytics. The[Read More…]
New Publication by Özgür Özdamar
“Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa, How Ideology Shapes Foreign Policy” is a new book coauthored by Assoc. Prof. Özgür Özdamar, chair of the Department of International Relations, and Dr. Sercan Canbolat, Department of International Relations 2014 MA graduate. Published by Cambridge University Press, the book explores the[Read More…]
Recent Publication by Serdar Güner
Assoc. Prof. Serdar Güner of the Department of International Relations recently published “Art and IR Theory: Visual Semiotic Games” with Springer Press, Mathematics in Mind Series. The book presents a game theoretic analysis of communication among IR theorists. It uses visual semiotics and structural abstract paintings of Mark Rothko and[Read More…]
Recent Publication by Daniel P. Johnson
Asst. Prof. Daniel Johnson, chair of the Department of American Culture and Literature, recently published “Making the Early Modern Metropolis: Culture and Power in Pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia” with the University of Virginia Press. The book is a social and cultural history of colonial Philadelphia, the most dynamic city in the early[Read More…]
UNAM’s Cutting-Edge Domestic Optical Fiber Solutions Empower Turkish Defense Industry
Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) is shaping the future of technology through cutting-edge R&D and product development efforts by UNAM’s innovation team, focusing on the advancement of next-generation active and passive fibers, along with innovative combiners. Bilkent University UNAM, which possesses the sole optical fiber preform production infrastructure[Read More…]
Erdinç Tatar Awarded European Research Council Starting Grant
Asst. Prof. Erdinç Tatar of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and UNAM has been awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant (ERC). Dr. Tatar will receive €1,650,000 over the next five years for his project, “Towards no-drift sensors with on-chip self-calibration (0-drift).” Dr. Tatar aims to achieve a[Read More…]
Prof. Hilmi Volkan Demir’s Textbook Translated into Chinese
The book “Applied Nanophotonics” coauthored by Prof. Hilmi Volkan Demir, Director of the National Nanotechnology Research Center and Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology and his colleague Prof. Sergey Gaponenko—was originally published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. After its initial release by Cambridge University Press, the world’s oldest and[Read More…]
Ninth NanoDay Held at UNAM
The NanoDay, organized by the Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), has once again brought together renowned figures from the global scientific community. This year NanoDay took place on June 2. The event created the opportunity to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange between its over 250 participants, who included[Read More…]
NanoDay 2023: June 2
NanoDay, organized by the Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), brings together scientists, researchers, students and industry representatives from Turkey and around the world. The event, which will take place June 2, serves as a platform for prominent figures in the international scientific community. UNAM organizes NanoDay each year[Read More…]