{"id":8087,"date":"2025-01-29T14:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=8087"},"modified":"2025-01-31T17:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:40:57","slug":"bilkent-faculty-members-receive-2024-parlar-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=8087","title":{"rendered":"Bilkent Faculty Members Receive 2024 Parlar Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every year the Middle East Technical University (METU) Parlar Foundation recognizes the achievements of scientists and scholars from a variety of fields for their exceptional research productivity in honor of the late professor Mustafa Parlar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This year five Bilkent faculty members are recipients of the Mustafa Parlar Foundation Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ekmel_ozbay1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8090\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ekmel_ozbay1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ekmel_ozbay1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ekmel \u00d6zbay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Prof. Ekmel \u00d6zbay, director of NANOTAM and a member of the Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics, has received the Parlar Foundation Science Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Four Bilkent faculty members are recipients of Parlar Foundation Research Incentive Awards: UNAM Assoc. Prof. Seymur Jahangirov (National Nanotechnology Research Center and Materials Science and Nanotechnology), Assoc. Prof. \u00c7a\u011f\u0131n Ararat (Department of Industrial Engineering), Asst. Prof. Emre Ozan Polat (Department of Physics) and Asst. Prof. Naci Sald\u0131 (Department of Mathematics).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Mustafa Parlar Science Award is given to individuals who have made a significant contribution to science on an international level through their scientific work and research or who have provided a significant benefit to the country\u2019s development through their scientific findings. It is only given to living scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Research Incentive Award is given to young researchers (who have not yet reached the age of 40 on the first day of the year in which the award is given) who have contributed to the development of a field of science with their research or have assisted in solving national issues in that field. This award can be given for a specific research project or in consideration of a researcher or a research group\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cagin_ararat1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8092\" width=\"156\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cagin_ararat1-1.jpg 611w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cagin_ararat1-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00c7a\u011f\u0131n Ararat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jahangirov_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8131\" width=\"156\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jahangirov_1.jpg 617w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jahangirov_1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seymur Jahangirov<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EmreOzan_Polat_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8133\" width=\"156\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EmreOzan_Polat_01.jpg 622w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EmreOzan_Polat_01-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emre Ozan Polat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/naci_saldi1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8136\" width=\"156\" height=\"232\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Naci Sald\u0131<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year the Middle East Technical University (METU) Parlar Foundation recognizes the achievements of scientists and scholars from a variety of fields for their exceptional research productivity in honor of the late professor Mustafa Parlar. This year five Bilkent faculty members are recipients of the Mustafa Parlar Foundation Awards. 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