Assoc. Dr. Alper Uzun has received 2019 TÜBİTAK Incentive Award. We congratulate Dr. Uzun for this extremely well-deserved recognition and wishing him continued success!

Ipek Simay Gökulu, who has graduated from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Chemical & Biological Engineering, received a Blavatnik Presidential Fellowship as a PhD student at Columbia University. We sincerely congratulate İpek Simay and wishing her continued success.

Fourth-year Chemical and Biological Engineering students participated in the Third Chemical Engineering Design Event (KIMMTE 3) at Yıldız Technical University. After receiving several awards including First Prize in the first two KIMMTE events, our CHBI students continued KU’s fine track record at this year’s event. One group was awarded Second Prize among 27 pre-selected projects from 6 universities. The names of the students and their project are given below. Students: Emre Usman, Özce Durak, Özge Dereci, Umut Metin Project title: Commercial scale production of succinic acid from A. succinogenes by using bio-waste corn stov Congratulations to our students, and we wish them continued success in their future endeavors.