Our traditional Academic Awards Ceremony, 'YuniYEAR' was held for the eleventh time.
In her opening speech, Our Rector Prof. Dr. Canan AYKUT BİNGÖL said: 'Amid the challenges of the year 2023, the Yeditepe University family, as always, strived to achieve our goals with great solidarity, understanding, and collective wisdom. Let us not forget that what provided us this was our unity effort. The unity and solidarity will once again be what propels us into the future. While grappling with the difficulties of the past year, we worked to improve the quality of education. We incorporated new teaching methods into our education system. We worked hard to add new accreditations to our university and indeed added them. New laboratories were established, and our research continued to grow. Our publications and funds increased. With projects we conducted with our students, we received many national and international awards. In addition, our university hosted significant meetings. We hosted leading scientists in our field nationally and
internationally. Through speeches at international conferences, we saw that we effectively represented our university not only within our country but also internationally.
We have a beautiful memory from 2023: Our Founding President, Mr. Bedrettin Dalan, received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Istanbul Technical University. We were very proud of him and stood by his side.'Our Rector's New Year message was also meaningful: 'Let's enter the new year with an aim, unity and an unwavering belief in the transformative power of knowledge. I wish for a year full of discovery, success, and hope for each of us'
In the year 2023, 25 of our academicians earned the title of Professor. The academicians received their gowns and certificates from our Founder and Honorary President, Mr. Bedrettin DALAN, and Our Rector, Prof. Dr. Canan AYKUT BİNGÖL.
Plaques were presented to students and professors who were deemed deserving of awards due to their activities throughout the year.
At this award ceremony, successful individuals, including our graduates, received their awards.
Our graduate recipients of the success award are:
Res. Asst. Fevzi Can Acar - Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Bachelor's '22, Business Administration Master's
Şamil Aybey Dönmez - Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Bachelor's'21, Nutrition and Dietetics Bachelor's'23
Betül Oral - Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Bachelor's'21, Nutrition and Dietetics Bachelor's'23
In the 11th edition of Ülker's bizz@campus competition, where new product and marketing ideas are developed, their project named 'Çokotoop' won the second prize among 1897 projects in 2022.
Our graduates Korhan Gülsoy and Ömer Bozyap, who graduated from the Gastronomy and Culinary Arts program in '13 and '11, respectively, were included in the 2022 Michelin Guide Selection. The
Michelin Guide Selection, the world's most prestigious restaurant rating system, listed some restaurants in Istanbul for the first time. As a result of evaluations, 53 restaurants from Istanbul made it to the Michelin list, with 38 of them earning a spot in the Michelin Guide Selection.
Fatemah Khosravi - Textile and Fashion Design'23
Won the 2nd prize in the 15th ITHIB International Fabric Design Competition.
Ege Ediger - Architecture Bachelor's'11
Received an honorable mention for the Young Architect Award 2022.
Aylin Kobaneri - Biotechnology Master's '20 and Biotechnology PhD student
Received support for participation in the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies (Venice-Padua) from Vehbi Koç Foundation.
Title of the work: Molecular Identification of Plant Seeds from Anaia Archaeological Site (oral presentation)
Mehmet Alperen Pekdaş Silver - Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Bachelor's'17, Sports Physiotherapy Master's'20, and Molecular Medicine PhD student
Received Silver Sponsorship (free participation and cash award) for the congress held in Barcelona with his presentation selected by the European Respiratory Society scientific jury.
Title of the work: The effect of COVID-19 infection on respiratory muscle strength and trunk muscle
endurance in healthy individuals
Serdar Yaylalı - English Language and Literature Bachelor's '04 and International Trade and Logistics Management PhD student
His work titled 'Pilot Location Selection for Cargomatics: Contactless Parcel Pick-up Points' was selected as The Best Student Paper at the International Conference on Intelligence and Fuzzy Systems (INFUS 2022).
Res. Asst. Ecesu Sezen - Faculty of Pharmacy Bachelor's'23 and Pharmacognosy PhD student
Received the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 25th International Symposium for High Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC 2022).
Dr. Gizem Ozan - Food Engineering Bachelor's'13, Biotechnology Master's'16, and Biotechnology PhD'22
Our Vice Rector, Prof. Dr. Fatma Yeşim Ekinci, together with her team, received the third prize for the poster presentation titled 'Europaion cranberrybush (Viburnum Opulus L.) fruit extracts as a functional ingredient, which selectively inhibits the growth of foodborne photogenic pathogens but not Probiotic lactic acid bacteria.'
Elif Develi - Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Bachelor's'13, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Master's'16, and Biotechnology PhD'20 achieved the following successes:
- Silver sponsorship (free participation and €300 grant) at the European Respiratory Society
International Congress'22 in Barcelona, Spain. Title of the work: 'The effects of Covid-19 infection on respiratory muscle strength and trunk muscle endurance in healthy individuals.'
- 1st prize in the 'TEBAR'SP Accessible Platform' project within the scope of the 'Accessible Cities Ideathon' organized by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Award. Title of the work: "How does obesity affect bioenergetics in human respiratory muscles? (2021) Journal of Human Nutrition and Metabolism, 26'
Dr. Assistant Professor Elif Tuğçe Çil Sertöz - Graduated from the Department of Physiotherapy and
Rehabilitation in 2016, completed the Master's in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in 2018, and obtained a PhD in Biotechnology in 2022 - received the 1st prize in the 'TEBAR'SP Accessible Platform' project within the scope of the 'Accessible Cities Ideathon' organized by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
Teaching Assistant Selman Çelik - Graduated from the Nursing program in 2015 and completed the Master's in Nursing in 2018 - earned the European Respiratory Society International Congress participation scholarship and cash prize eligibility. The title of the work is "An implantable rutin incorporated PCL / Collagen electrospun nanofibers for effective growth inhibition of lung cancer cells: possible application in the prevention of cancer local recurrence."
