At TEKNOFEST—an event that enables young people to turn their innovative ideas into technology in line with Turkey’s national technology goals—students from Tarsus University were awarded three prizes for the projects they developed.

At TEKNOFEST Southeast, organized under the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Turkey Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation), Tarsus University students achieved significant rankings in the High-Altitude Category of the Rocket Competition and in the Food and Agriculture category.

The Troposphere Rocket Team, advised by Dr. İbrahim Halil Cihan, an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and Serhat Özdemir, secured second place in Turkey in the High-Altitude Category of the Rocket Competition and also won the Best Original Design Award. The team, consisting of captain Cihanay Kelkoca along with Berat Ağırbaşlı, Havin Özdöl, Oğulcan Doğan, Rümeysa Atıcı, Sevgi Papu, and Tayyip Deniz Baştürk, competed in the contest with the rocket they developed.

Another success for Tarsus University at TEKNOFEST Southeast came in the Food and Agriculture category. Tülay Yılmaz, a student in the Chemical Technology Program, won with her project titled “Removal of Heavy Metals from Water Using Fish Bones Modified with Graphitic Carbon Nitride,” was awarded first place in Turkey in the Food and Agriculture category of the TÜBİTAK 2242 University Student Research Project Competition.

During TEKNOFEST Southeast, held at the Şanlıurfa GAP Airport from September 30 to October 4, the students met with Rector Prof. Dr. Ali Özen and received their awards at a ceremony attended by a large crowd.

​News: Information and Communication Office