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ITU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Technology Seminars

As part of ITU’s 250th anniversary celebrations, our esteemed professors and industry representatives delivered presentations on digital transformation, smart manufacturing, and sustainable engineering during the seminar series.

ITU Mechanical Engineering Team Receives Award at TUSAŞ LIFT UP Closing Conference

Within the scope of the Mechanical Engineering Design Project course at the ITU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Özge Dönmez and Taha Kandemir, under the academic supervision of our esteemed faculty member Prof. Dr. Bayram Şahin, received second place among 222 projects nationwide at the 2024-2025 LIFT UP Closing Conference Award Ceremony for their project, “Design of a High-Performance Heat Exchanger with Additive Manufacturing Methods,” supported by the TÜBİTAK 2209-B and TUSAŞ LIFT UP programs.

TUBITAK ARDEP Programme

Our esteemed faculty member, Prof. Dr. Mesut Kırca, has been awarded funding under the TÜBİTAK-ARDEB “Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program (1001)” for his project “Grid-Based Representation and Generative Artificial Intelligence Approach for Mechanical Design of Shell Structures”. We congratulate our faculty member and wish him continued success.

ITU Mechanical Engineering is on the list of the 2% Most Influential Scientists

Stanford's Top 2% Scientists list, which uses data from the Scopus database to analyze the impact of citations across multiple scientific fields and subfields, includes our faculty members Prof. Dr. Adnan Midilli and retired faculty members Prof. Dr. Metin Gürgöze, Prof. Dr. Celaletdin Ergun, and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Erdoğan. We congratulate them.

EU Coordination Support for the I-TEXGEO Project

The project titled “IoT Supported Electronic Geotextiles for Sustainable and Smart Precision Agriculture” (I-TEXGEO), led by Prof. Dr. Senem Kurşun and Prof. Dr. İlker Murat Koç, has been awarded European Union funding for a duration of 48 months with a total budget of €1,683,360.

Prof. Dr. Akife Nilüfer Eğrican receives ITU Service Award

Prof. Dr. Akife Nilüfer Eğrican, who served as Dean between 1996 and 2000, was honored with the ITU Service Award for her pioneering contributions in academia, industry, and the field of energy.

Two Names from ITU Mechanical Engineering Faculty on the List of the 2% Most Influential Scientists

Stanford's Top 2% Scientists list is based on an analysis of citation impact across multiple scientific fields and subfields using data from the Scopus database. Our retired faculty members, Prof. Dr. Metin Gürgöze and Prof. Dr. Celaletdin Ergun, were included on the list. We congratulate them.

2025 ITU Academic Performance Awards Announced

The Istanbul Technical University Academic Performance Awards ceremony was held on June 4, 2025, at the Süleyman Demirel Cultural Center. Members of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering also received awards at the event.

Industrial Collaborations

Our list of industrial collaborations for the period January–December 2025 is detailed below. Our faculty successfully continues its applied R&D and technology transfer efforts in joint projects with industrial organizations.

ITU Academic Research Projects

A list of our academic research projects for the period January–December 2025 is provided here. Our faculty members and research teams have made significant progress in their work across multidisciplinary fields.

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