Bursa Uludag University (BUU) left its mark on the finals of TEKNOFEST, which has become one of Turkey's biggest science events, held in Adana. BUU, which took part in the finals with a total of 15 teams, managed to win awards in 5 categories.

The TEKNOFEST festival, which was held in Antalya and Adana this year, again attracted the attention of hundreds of thousands of citizens. In Adana, where the final stage of the event was held, the award-winning teams were also announced. Five teams formed by BUU students were awarded. The FUSION Team, advised by Prof. Dr. Şehime Gülsün Temel, received the first prize in the Biotechnology Innovation Rare Diseases Category. The Connect IT Team, advised by Assoc. Prof. Dr Murtaza Cicioğlu, Ertuğrul Gacal and Özcan Işık, also won first prize in the Smart Wifi Category. The İdeaBioTek Team, advised by Prof. Dr. Elif Demirkan and İrem Yıldırım, won the Commercialisation Potential award in the Biology and Innovation Category. Merih Space Team advised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şekip Esat Hayser in the Model Satellite Category and Mergen-AI Team advised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murtaza Cicioğlu in the Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Category were also deemed worthy of the Best Team Spirit award.

‘WE ARE HAPPY AND PROUD’

BUU Rector Prof. Dr. Ferudun Yılmaz, who hosted the award-winning teams and their consultant academicians, said that the degrees obtained made them proud. Pointing out that they participate in TEKNOFEST, which they are among the stakeholders, with an increasing number of teams every year, Prof. Dr. Ferudun Yılmaz said; ‘We have been participating in the organisation with a constantly increasing momentum in the last 5 years. This year, we took part in the events after a serious preparation process. 15 of our teams made it to the finals and we ended the process with 5 awards. We are happy and proud of the success achieved. We will continue to work for much better. We will support our students more in their project preparation processes and we will do our best to provide the best workshop environments. I sincerely congratulate all our students who participated in the races and of course the young people who received awards. I would also like to thank our professors who advised our students despite their intensity. We will work together for the better and hopefully we will continue to embargo TEKNOFEST awards.’

The students and counsellor academicians who ranked in the races did not neglect to give the ‘Teknofest Pose’ with Rector Yılmaz with the awards they received.