13/10/2025
Prof. Dr. Ali Koşar was awarded the National Innovation Award in the "Special Awards" category of the YÖK (Council of Higher Education) Outstanding Achievement Awards. Prof. Dr. Koşar earned this prestigious award for his work on microscale cavitation technology and its medical applications.
Prof. Dr. Ali Koşar, a faculty member at Sabancı University's Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, was awarded the "National Innovation" award in the "Special Awards" category of the YÖK Outstanding Achievement Awards. Prof. Dr. Koşar earned this prestigious award for his work on microscale cavitation technology and its medical applications. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented Prof. Dr. Ali Koşar with the award at the 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Ceremony held at the Presidential Complex.
Given by YÖK, this award aims to reward efforts aimed at increasing Türkiye's international social and economic competitiveness, developing economic, social, and cultural innovation capacity, establishing an industrial infrastructure compatible with global developments, enabling international institutions and organizations to develop new technologies in Türkiye by structuring their R&D units, and promoting R&D and innovation culture, as well as enhancing communication and collaboration among stakeholders in the R&D and innovation ecosystem.
