Sabancı University and Siro Clean Energy are jointly launching a “Battery Science and Engineering” minor program on clean energy storage. Students will be able to choose this minor program starting from the 2024-2025 academic year.
Sabancı University has launched the “Battery Science and Engineering” minor program developed together with Siro. This is a program which all students who wish to specialize in clean energy storage technologies for a sustainable world can choose. Applications for the program can be made in the 2024-2025 academic year. The Battery Science and Engineering minor program will open the way for specialization in subjects such as battery chemistry and components, battery cell and package production and modeling, and battery management systems.
Sabancı University and Siro Silk Road Temiz Enerji Depolama Teknolojileri A.Ş., which was established to develop and produce clean energy storage solutions, signed a letter of intent last year and took steps to design programs in the field of batteries and energy storage for the first time in Turkey. As detailed in the letter, the main priorities of the Battery Science and Engineering minor will be designing programs for electric mobility, storage of energy obtained from renewable energy sources, and specialization in battery technologies and engineering.
“We produce innovative technologies”
Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Dean Prof. Dr. Erkay Savaş made the following statement on the subject: “At Sabancı University, we conduct research on innovative technologies and offer our students programs that will allow them to specialize in innovative technologies. We are a university with an interdisciplinary education approach. Battery technologies, one of the most critical elements of clean energy, are also of great importance. With this program, we will contribute to the training of expert human resources that our country needs.”
The program integrates theoretical knowledge with experience
The Battery Science and Engineering Program, implemented in collaboration with Sabancı University and Siro, was first introduced to prospective students and their parents during the 2024 Info Days. This collaboration aims to fill the gap between academia, industry, and the private sector by enabling students to get to know the latest industry applications and technologies. The program offers a versatile education that integrates theoretical knowledge with practical experience in the field of battery science and engineering.
“Siro engineers will share their knowledge and experience”
Siro Commercial General Manager Naci Özgür Özel stated that human resources in the field of battery technologies and energy storage are extremely limited all over the world saying: “We are coming together with our important stakeholders to establish a regional battery ecosystem for a sustainable world, new generations, and a clean future. We are happy to offer students the Battery Science and Engineering Minor Program that we developed together within the scope of our cooperation with Sabancı University, one of the most valuable universities in our country. In addition to the theoretical courses we designed together with Sabancı University academics, students will have the opportunity to gain practical experience with our expert team in Siro’s laboratories. With all our resources from our facilities to our expertise, we will be with this newly developing sector and all young people who want to study in this field.”
Setting out with the aim of becoming one of the leading energy players in the region and establishing the regional battery ecosystem, Siro has played an active role in the preparation of course content in line with both academic and industry needs in this collaboration with Sabancı University.
“A First in Turkey”
Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty Member and Battery Science and Engineering Minor Program Coordinator Prof. Dr. Selmiye Alkan Gürsel emphasized that they have achieved a first as a university stating: “In recent years, the demand for clean energy production and storage technologies and scientific and technological advances in these areas have gained great importance. As one of the leading universities in our country in research in these areas, Sabancı University is making a first in Turkey with this new minor program. The Battery Science and Engineering Minor Program will play an important role in the training of qualified human resources and future engineers by creating an environment and opportunities for the development of practical skills through both theoretical and applied laboratory studies in battery science and technologies.”
One of the most important engineering fields of the future
Battery Science stands out as an interdisciplinary research and study field of today and the future, based on mining, materials, metallurgy, mechatronics, electronics, and software knowledge. Batteries are at the heart of modern technology, supplying power to electrical devices and vehicles as an energy storage system.
About Siro Silk Road Clean Energy Technologies Company
Siro was founded on September 27, 2021 as a partnership between Togg and Farasis Energy to develop energy storage solutions for automotive and non-automotive use in Turkey and surrounding markets. Siro began mass production of the battery modules and packages in 2023. In 2026, Siro will begin production of the battery cells it started developing in 2023. The company will become a major energy storage player in the region with a production capacity projected at 20 GWh. Siro will offer its developed energy storage solutions to global markets and will provide services in the fields of renewable energy, electricity grid, industrial applications, marine applications, charging stations, and energy storage solutions that will support automotive, electricity grid, industrial applications, marine applications, charging stations, and residential solutions, as well as directly covering 120 countries in the region, including Turkey.