ALL COUNTRIES MUST ACT IN CONCERT TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO CARBON EMISSION BY 2050

Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC) held a webinar titled “A New Era in Global Energy and Climate Policies: What is Next with the New US Administration?”. Introductory remarks were made by Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı, followed by International Energy Agency Director Dr. Fatih Birol, who shared the “Global Perspective” on energy and climate relations. The guest of honor of the event was Prof. Ernest J. Moniz, who served as the 13th Secretary of Energy under the Obama Administration.

 Saying that the new US administration would implement an extensive policy in climate change and clean energy technologies, Prof. Moniz stated, “This fight is decisive for reaching the net zero emission target. It is a crucial action. Everyone in the Biden Administration has joined forces to make this a reality."

Also speaking in the webinar, International Energy Agency (IEA) Director Dr. Fatih Birol stated the importance of innovation and clean energy solutions as a global approach to fighting climate change, saying "One of two vehicles sold worldwide must be electric if we are to achieve zero emissions.”

Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC) held a webinar titled “A New Era in Global Energy and Climate Policies: What is Next with the New US Administration” on Tuesday, February 23. In her introductory remarks to the webinar, Sabancı University Board of Trustees Founding Chair Güler Sabancı expressed her delight that IICEC held this special webinar with distinguished speakers to take the lead in the discussion of energy and climate issues at just the right time. Güler Sabancı continued:

“I owe personal thanks to Secretary Moniz, who is with us here today, for inviting me to the forward-looking MIT Energy Initiative founded under his distinguished academic leadership. His tenure as US Secretary of Energy in the Obama Administration was illustrious: has had extraordinary success in propagating clean energy, science, innovation and technology, while also earning strategic wins. I would like to thank Secretary Moniz for his support in Sabancı University and IICEC, and for joining us from the United States at a very early time for him to avail us of his extraordinary wisdom and observations on a critical subject that is high on the agenda of the new US administration.”

Güler Sabancı thanked Dr. Fatih Birol and all speakers joining the webinar, emphasizing the leading role that the IEA has been playing under the Directorship of Dr. Birol in the transformation to clean energy across the world, continuing, “Just recently, Dr. Birol announced the first comprehensive roadmap that the International Energy Agency would prepare for the global energy industry to show the path to achieving net zero emission by 2050. Above all, this special IICEC webinar is doubly important because it comes right after Dr. Fatih Birol’s address to the US Energy and Natural Resources Commission.” 

NEW IICEC PROJECT: TURKEY ELECTRIC VEHICLES OUTLOOK 

Güler Sabancı said that energy and climate were among special and priority interests of Sabancı University, which was why IICEC was established 10 years ago to act as a common platform for policymakers, the industry and academia to take consistent steps towards a better future. Reminding IICEC’s work in a "Triangle of Success" with policymakers, the industry and academics to issue the Turkey Energy Outlook report, Güler Sabancı said, “This report met a crucial need in the Turkish energy sector and became a work of reference for all stakeholders. I am delighted to see IICEC grow and gain influence. Another ambitious project by IICEC this year will be the Turkey Electric Vehicles Outlook. The report will provide a comprehensive analytical perspective into electric vehicles and the e-mobility ecosystem and growth potential in Turkey. The report is due for this fall."

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE

Former US Secretary of Energy Prof. Ernest J. Moniz noted that the US was rejoining the Paris Agreement under the Biden Administration, continuing, “We must fulfill our international commitment. We have April 22 Earth Day just ahead of us. We will take joint action to achieve the target of net zero carbon before COP26 Glasgow.” Prof. Moniz said that the new US administration would implement an extensive policy in climate change and clean energy technologies, and set national commitments to fight climate change. Prof. Moniz stated, “This fight is decisive for reaching the net zero emission target. It is a crucial action. Everyone in the Biden Administration has joined forces to make this a reality. Great steps will be taken institutionally. Technology and innovation will receive ample support."

Saying that the path to the Glasgow COP26 climate conference in November will be an exciting one and emphasizing that net negative emissions must be achieved within the century, Prof. Moniz emphasized the rapid growth of electric vehicles in the US, remarking "This growth is not only because we have an administration that encourages electric vehicles. The industry is leaping in bounds as well. So buckle up, because the electric vehicle revolution is about to take a turn into the fast lane."

ZERO EMISSIONS REQUIRES THAT ONE OF TWO VEHICLES SOLD IS ELECTRIC

In his keynote titled "Global Perspective," International Energy Agency (IEA) Director Dr. Fatih Birol spoke about the leading dynamics, opportunities and necessary steps in energy and climate worldwide. Dr. Fatih Birol noted that energy and climate change were closely related, continuing, “We cannot solve the climate problem before addressing issues in the energy industry. The energy industry is responsible for 80% of the emissions that cause climate change." Emphasizing that the destructive impact of climate change would be several times worse than COVID-19, Dr. Fatih Birol said, “There are promising developments such as renewable energy. Many countries including Turkey have advanced greatly in this area. A lot of countries put special incentives for clean energy in their economic packages. However, countries doing a good job is not enough to solve the problem. We need to come up with a global solution." 

Saying that a number of governments have made commitments to achieve zero emissions by 2050 and intend to reach an agreement in the COP26 summit to be held in November to lead the world on the right path, Dr. Birol pointed out that the IEA would reveal the first-ever global roadmap for net zero emission in May, and that everyone would benefit from the world achieving net zero by 2050, continuing:

“The magic word in the relationship between energy and climate is innovation. We need extensive, comprehensive innovation to bring all the required technologies to the market. It is impossible for this tidal wave not to hit Turkey. The industry needs to take lessons from developments around the world. We need to read the game in real time, and prepare our economy and energy industry accordingly."

Placing special emphasis on electric vehicles as a means to reduce worldwide emissions to zero, Dr. Birol said, “One of two vehicles sold must be electric if we are to achieve zero emissions. Right now, only three out of 100 vehicles sold are electric at best. Some countries have already banned the sale of conventional vehicles; others may soon follow suit. Electric vehicles are garnering attention in Turkey, but it is not there yet. Turkey took important steps with TOGG, but the Turkish automotive industry needs to think about what more it can do about the electric vehicle revolution.” 

BUSINESS PANEL

The event continued with a panel on business moderated by Sabancı University Vice President Professor Dr. Fuat Keyman. Panelists were Borusan Holding CEO Erkan Kafadar, Shell Turkey Country President Ahmet Erdem and TÜSİAD Energy Working Group Chair Kıvanç Zaimler.

Borusan Holding CEO Erkan Kafadar noted that automotive was Turkey's number one export, saying: “We all need to work together to transform the internal combustion engine industry. It is crucial that we create a shared definition of transformation in the industry, government and university. The transformation must be supported with a network of charging stations and electricity distribution. There will be a general need for financing to undertake transformation in energy. We have to have access to low-interest, long-term eco funding programs offered by Europe. Eco funding is what will support technology and innovation.”

Shell Turkey Country President Ahmet Erdem said that Shell’s approach to energy transformation was clear, and that they had drawn the roadmap to reach the zero emission target in the Paris Agreement. Stating that they intended to supply more clean energy to the world, Ahmet Erdem continued, “The energy system will transform one way or another - the question is when. All industries, all countries will progress at their own pace, but we must act quickly. All countries must do this. All companies and institutions must envision shared roadmaps that will lead to zero emission. We need predictable policies in areas that require long-term investment. Key stakeholders must act in unison to achieve net zero emission.”

TÜSİAD Energy Working Group Chair Kıvanç Zaimler stated their objective at the TÜSİAD Energy Working Group was to develop competitive, innovative, environmentally compatible, specific and actionable recommendations to support sustainable growth in energy, continuing: “The transformation and development of the energy sector in Turkey and the world goes on at a rapid pace. The energy ecosystem is growing all the time. As the transformation occurs, we need to consider all aspects of it together: the consumer, innovation, and environment. As megatrends quicken the pace of transformation with climate and technology, the notion of sustainability rises to the foreground. Climate and technology are at the core of energy transformation, which started with three Ds: decarbonization, digitalization, and distributed energy. In the TÜSİAD working group, we support this transformation under four subjects that we communicate with focus on sustainability. First is market-focused efficient growth. Second is renewable transformation. Third is technology, and fourth is consumer. We strive to support a safe and sound transformation by discussing and sharing these issues with public authorities and the general population."

Record of the “A New Era in Global Energy and Climate Policies: What is Next with the New U.S. Administration?” webinar can be watched below. 

4, 3, 2, 1, 0

ZERO. COUNTDOWN TO THE FUTURE

EXHIBITION NOW ONLINE

Today with the future being re-written all over again, Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) is launching online the exhibition ZERO. Countdown To The Future. The exhibition had originally been realized September 2 of 2015- January 10 of 2016, in joint effort with Akbank Sanat, attracting a wide attention at its time.

Born in the aftermath of World War II, ZERO received its name from the countdown until the launch of a rocket, and soon became one of the major avant-garde movements of the mid-20^th century. Drawing upon digitalSSM’s sources, the online version of the exhibition provides the viewers with a thematic framework and presents ZERO artworks through an arrangement based on the elements of fire, color, vibration and light-shadow-sky. 

SSM Director Dr. Nazan Ölçer observed on this occasion that “the ZERO movement was born after the World War II, thanks to the efforts of a handful young artists with the aim of bringing hope into the world, and offering the world a bright future. This is exactly what we need today, in the times we are passing through: namely hope and freedom from anxiety... Throughout history, art always proved to be an important means in coping with issues like war and epidemics, all problems affecting the world on a global scale. During such times a great many artworks were created to express the suffering of humankind, to express the wish that similar experience may never repeat itself again. The yearning for going back to point zero, and start afresh, will be with us also in the future, as it was in the past. Doubtlessly the impact of the COVID-19 epidemics, bringing the whole world to a standstill, will be observed in many areas in the future. The ZERO movement made it possible for art to keep abreast with all the bewildering developments of the time, like the emergence of brand-new technologies, like the space-race at its full speed, and like reaching the moon or even the stars, which is no longer a mere dream. The ZERO artists laid the ground for all the new technologies to be found on the contemporary art’s agenda.  Way back in 2015 when we prepared the exhibition and made an evaluation of the ZERO movement’s short-lived life of 10 years, we could not but admire the zest of the ZERO artists, their hope, their optimism and their enthusiasm. And today we humbly bow down before the artists who at the heels of World War II strived to propagate the idea of abolishing borders in both art and geography, and we remember them in joyous gratitude”.

ZERO movement took its start in Germany, where World War II had left the deepest scars, while plunging the whole of Europe into misery. German artists Otto Piene and Heinz Mack came forward with the proposal of “abandoning pessimism and starting from zero.”  Another German artist Günther Uecker joined them. So together with names like Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana and Piero Manzoni, who were forerunners of the movement, many artists from all over Europe, and even from faraway places like Japan could find a corner for themselves around the ZERO-idea. When founder Heinz Mack announced the end of ZERO at the last exhibition in 1967, the ZERO concept had long since stamped its mark on a period of 20^th century contemporary art, despite its lifespan of just 10 years.

In our online-exhibition ZER0. Countdown To The Future we display artworks by Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Günther Uecker as well as artwork in different techniques by notable artists Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni and Lucio Fontana, pioneers of the movement. Excerpts from the exhibition catalog, with a focus on the avant-garde position of  the ZERO movement in the art and political history of the 20^thcentury, are also offered online. 

Art historian and curator Norman Rosenthal contributed to the catalog with his article on ZERO’s history, and also texts written by artists Otto Piene, Heinz Mack, Günther Uecker, Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni were translated into Turkish for the first time to be published in this catalog. There you can find also the interviews conducted by Hans Ulrich Obrist with the founders of the ZERO movement: Mack, Piene and Uecker, translated into Turkish for the exhibition purposes. 

The online exhibition includes children’s art exercises, as well. Inspired by the experiments with light, as conducted by the artists themselves and the materials used by them, these exercises are meant to introduce the kids to the ZERO movement.

Also a special pamphlet, the Dynamo gazette, prepared in reference to the magazine published by the artists between 1958-1961, and distributed during the exhibition, is now offered online. The gazette was edited by Cem Erciyes, with contributions of Beral Madra, Necmi Sönmez, Elif Key, Ayşegül Sönmez and Fisun Yalçınkaya. In the gazette you can also find an interview made by Cem Erciyes with the writer Ferit Edgü, who at the time of the first ZERO exhibitions had personally been in Europe. Last but not least, the story of our own exhibition, as narrated by Dr.Nazan Ölçer, is also in the gazette. 

The gazette can be viewed  via the online exhibition, and it also can be downloaded for free via Turkcell Dergilik application. 

You can reach the online version of the exhibition ZERO. Countdown To The Future via  Sakıp Sabancı Museum web-site.

The Corporate Governance Forum presented the Business Against Domestic Violence Project in the “Where Are We on The Fight Against Gender-Based Violence?” conference organized on November 24 by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Turkey and the special webinar organized by Sakarya Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. 

Sevda Alkan, the Director of Women Empowerment Projects at the Corporate Governance Forum of Sabancı University, shared the outcomes of the study conducted as part of the Business Against Domestic Violence Project supported by the United Nations Population Fund and the Sabancı Foundation.

Alkan noted that 17 percent of the participants of the impact study answered the question “Where should women apply if they are subjected to violence” with “They should resolve it themselves” in 2014 and this number dropped to 2 percent in 2019. 

According to the information shared by Alkan, a higher number of participants chose reasons related to men’s psychology and the patriarchal structure of society in the 2019 survey than in the 2014 survey. The most commonly recommended bodies to apply in 2019 appear to be social workers/women's organizations and violence hotlines. In addition, there seems to be increase in the rate of those who state that women who are subjected to violence should receive support from their “friends at work” or “HR department of the company where they work”.

Alkan said, “These results show that the participants of the 2019 survey have become more aware about their understanding of gender and associate the patriarchy with domestic violence”, stating that gender equality training increased the awareness of employees on issues such as discriminatory words and sharing domestic roles.

Noting that the results of the study indicate that Turkish business need to assume an active part in the sturggle against domestic violence, Alkan stated that they developed the “Workplace Policy Development and Implementation Guide on Domestic Violence Against Women” to be implemented in companies and aim to create mechanisms for the development of a work culture that does not tolerate violence against women in order to ensure gender equality in workplaces. 

Alkan continued her statement as follows:

"By implementing this guide, more than 70 companies have developed policies and established support mechanisms to address the violence that their employees are subjected to at home.

These support mechanisms essentially include:

• Additional paid leave
• Psychological and legal support services
• Personalized performance evaluation that will also take into account exceptional personal situations
• Training to raise awareness regarding gender-based violence in the company 
• Ongoing internal and external communication on the value of gender equality
• Accepting gender equality and, in particular, close partner violence as a workplace issue and the involvement of top management in communication processes related to these issues.

As a result of all these studies and work we have done so far, companies have been able to go beyond just developing policies and implemented them. The companies involved in the project treated combating domestic violence as a workplace procedure, not as corporate social responsibility. 

The business world can play an important role by developing workplace policies and support mechanisms for women who are subjected to violence in order to ensure the full inclusion of women in business life, to build stronger economies for the private sector, and to achieve international goals regarding human rights and sustainability.”

The “Books Change Our Future” project initiated by Sabancı University for high school students who will take the Higher Education Institutions Exam (YKS) in the coming period continues.

The project initiated with the idea of Lütfi Emir Baysal, a student of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, provides university exam preparation books for high school students who need them.  

preparation books sent to the Information Center on the Sabancı University Campus are distributed to different high schools, primarily those in Tuzla and the surrounding area. 

As part of the project which began at the end of September, close to 700 preparation books have been sent to Darüşşafaka Educational Institutions so far. 

The process of collecting and distributing books within the scope of the project continues. Sabancı University students can bring the university exam preparation books that they do not use anymore to The Information Center in person or send them by mail to the address below. Students from other universities can also participate in the campaign by sending their books by mail.

Shipping address for books:

Sabancı Üniversitesi Bilgi Merkezi

Orta Mahalle, Üniversite Caddesi No:27 Tuzla, 34956 İstanbul

0216 483 90 00

The results of the TÜBİTAK 1001 Program were announced. A total of thirteen projects in which faculty members and researchers from Sabancı University are coordinators, researchers, or consultants were found eligible for support, which makes Sabancı University one of the universities that received the most support from within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 1001 Program.

The TÜBİTAK 1001 Support Program for Scientific and Technological Research Projects aims to support projects in compliance with the scientific rules to produce new knowledge, make scientific comments, or provide solutions to technological problems.

Our projects supported under TÜBİTAK 1001 in the first period of the year include the following:

Projects in which we are coordinators:

The project of Abdolali Khalili Sadaghiani, a researcher at SUNUM, titled “3D architectural carbon-based hybrid structure for interfacial photothermal vaporization: water purification and desalination applications.”

The project of Bekir Bediz, a faculty member at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), titled “Multi-purpose Optimization of Producible Composite Plate Design with Variable Hardness Using the Spectral Modeling Approach Based on The Lamination/Layer Parameter Interpolation Method.”

The project of Can Çalışkan, a researcher at FENS, titled “SiGe BiCMOS Transmitter/Receiver Module Core Chip for Wide-band Low-Noise X- and -K bands.”

The project of Hayriye Ünal, a researcher at SUNUM, titled “Development of environmentally-friendly pesticide nanoformulations with controlled release properties depending on sunlight.”

The project of İbrahim Kürşat Şendur, a faculty member at FENS, titled “Surface Topology Design for Radiative Heat Transfer Applications That Diffuse/Reflect in Broadband”.

The project of Mehmet Kuru, a faculty member at the Foundations Development Program, titled “A Global-Microhistory Study on the Ottoman and Mediterranean World in the 17th Century: Customs Official Hasan Aga and His Brother Gonfaloniere Anton Bogos Çelebi of Tuscany.”

The project of Mustafa Oğuz Afacan, a faculty member at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), titled “Optimal Mechanism Design in Object Allocation Problems with Second Stage Transfers”.

The project of Yaşar Gürbuz, a faculty member at FENS, titled “Low-phase Noise SiGe BiCMOS Frequency Synthesizer for 5G Communication Systems”.

Projects in which we are researchers:

The project of Cenk Yanık, Eda Goldenberg, Meral Yüce, Mustafa Kemal Bayazıt, and Yılmaz Şimşek, researchers at SUNUM, titled “Refractory Group 4 Metal Nitride Nanostructures and Plasmonic Applications”.

The project of Emre Erdem, a faculty member at FENS, titled “Demonstration of Quantum Entanglement Interaction between Diamond-NV Centers Using Spin Currents.”

The project of Lütfi Taner Tunç, a faculty member at FENS, titled “Development of A Method for The Analysis and Improvement of The Interaction Between Additive Manufacturing and Machining Processes in Hybrid Production (HyMan)”.

Projects in which we are consultants:

The project of Emre Erdem, a faculty member at FENS, titled “Production, Characterization, and Applications of Boron Carbide (B4C) Nano-fibers by Non-catalytic Sol-Gel Method.”

The project of Öznur Taştan, a faculty member at FENS, titled “Investigation of the potential of genes regulated by mediator complex sub-unit MED15 in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer.” 

The Purple Certificate Program carried out by the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Center for Excellence (SU Gender) for 13 years with the support of the Sabancı Foundation held online basic training on gender equality to teachers and prospective teachers with notebook computers provided to participants by Sabancı Holding.

At the Purple Certificate Online Basic Training which took place between 17-20 November 2020, 60 teachers and prospective teachers selected from 708 applications came together. The training given by Nevgül Bilsel Safkan, the Vice Chairperson of the Haci Ömer Sabancı Foundation and a member of the SU Gender Advisory Board, raised awareness regarding gender equality in many different fields from literature to science and from law to health. At the end of four days of training, teachers and prospective teachers received a certificate of participation.  

As part of the Online Basic Training, Sabancı Holding aimed to eliminate inequalities in the online and distance education process with a notebook computer delivered to all participants, and also granted participating teachers and prospective teachers with the right to give out these computers to their colleagues or students.

The next Online Training within the scope of the Purple Certificate Program will be held in February 2021. 

The Creative Technologies Atelier, implemented by Sabancı University in cooperation with Ayvalık District Governorship, Ayvalık Municipality, and Ayvalık District Directorate of National Education, continues its remote (online) education programs organized for middle and high school students.

Sabancı University provided 224 computers to 23 schools in Ayvalık for science and technology education programs to be held as part of the Creative Technologies Atelier.

With the supplementary protocol signed with Ayvalık District Governorship, Ayvalık Municipality, and Ayvalık District Directorate of National Education on 20 November 2020, Sabancı University Creative Technologies Atelier added new programs to its series of programs with the purpose of raising individuals who are aware of the world's problems, have the desire and ability to find solutions to the problems, and who are capable of achieving sustainable development.  

Gökhan Görgülüarslan, Ayvalık District Governor, Özge Toygar, Ayvalık Deputy Mayor, Güner Bahadır, Ayvalık District Director of National Education, and Cenk Bayırlı, Sabancı University Business Development Director attended the protocol signing ceremony together with the principals of 23 schools that will benefit from the education programs. In his speech at the protocol signing ceremony, Gökhan Görgülüarslan, Ayvalık District Governor, said: "We want our children to get familiar with science and technology and be equipped with skills required by our time. This is the purpose of the Turkish Educational System. To this end, Sabancı University has been giving us very significant support since last year. They bring our teachers and students together through technology."

Science and Technology Education Programs by Faculty Members of Sabancı University

In Sabancı University Creative Technologies Atelier, which organizes science and technology-oriented education programs by observing the right of children to education and equality in order to benefit society, middle and high school students will learn the most basic information about the technologies of the future.

Students will learn from faculty members of Sabancı University in the year-long programs that will start on November 23rd. Middle and high school students will be given classes of Global Warming and Climate Change, one of the biggest problems of the 21st century, will receive training in Gene Editing and the CRISPR technology, Algorithms, and Social media by Sabancı University Foundations Development Directorate as well as a long-term English class by the School of Languages of Sabancı University. In addition to the programming language Python, 3-D printers, and 3-D modeling courses to be provided by Collaboration Space, the fabriation laboratory of Sabancı University, students will also participate in training on Social Sensitivity Projects. Students will also participate in Cybersecurity, Design-oriented Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, etc. courses planned in collaboration with the Heroes of Science Association and IBM and will be guided by voluntary scholarship students of Defne Muhtar Kent Education Foundation throughout the programs.

As a member of the SAHA aggregation, Sabancı University participated in SAHA Expo Virtual Fair, which can be visited between 9 November 2020 and 9 April 2021 free of charge, to showcase its existing applications and infrastructure in the defense and aerospace industries, to introduce its R&D activities to stakeholders in the eco-system, and to establish new partnerships. 

Aiming to form a bridge between the academia and the industry with the latest technologies and solutions that it offers and to establish partnerships with actors in the aerospace, defense, automotive, rail system, and maritime in particular, Sabancı University is at SAHA EXPO Virtual Fair with its Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM) and Integrated Manufacturing Center (SU IMC).

At the virtual fair, participants visited the stands of Sabancı University’s centers and had the opportunity to learn about Sabancı University’s publications, patents, technologies in thematic fields, and research centers and to experience its research infrastructure through 3D videos. Recent developments in the field of robotic composite material production technologies and digital additive manufacturing technologies were showcased to visitors. Visitors learned about the online sales channel “SUNUM E-Store” which offers solutions based on customer demands in addition to standard products and the “Co-Sunum Platform” which exhibits the richness of nanotechnology ecosystem and offers infrastructure, competence, products, technologies, and services on an open source platform at national and international level. In addition, meetings were held with several domestic and international companies of the industry and ideas were exchanged on potential collaborations. 

About SUNUM

Founded with USD 35 Million by the contributions of the State Planning Organization and the Sabancı Foundation in 2010, Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM) was awarded a 5-year qualification in 2017 as a “National Development Infrastructure” by the Research Infrastructures Board of the Ministry of Development within the scope of the Law No. 6550. Having adopted provision of internal and external services with open laboratories working 24/7 as its main approach, the fundamental capabilities of SUNUM as a National Research Infrastructure include research, service, collaboration, added value creation, and training. Its main research subjects include nanomaterials, life sciences, food-agriculture-water, energy, and defense industry.

https://sunum.sabanciuniv.edu/ 

About SU IMC 

Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Center (SU IMC) is an industrial-scale research and technology development center which aims to support all industries in relation to composite materials and manufacturing technologies and provides an environment for part design, fabrication, assembly, and prototyping processes with capabilities of basic and applied research, product development, graduate programs, and lifelong learning programs. It also serves as a center providing commercialization opportunities for integrated advanced manufacturing technologies. It is an industrial-scale research, technology development, and application center offering design, analysis, prototyping, manufacturing and process prototyping services in relation to composite materials, additive manufacturing, and robotic manufacturing with AS9100 certification and ISO 17025 test accreditation, which are the production standards in the field of aerospace.

https://suimc.sabanciuniv.edu/tr

Sabancı University Mechatronics Engineering Undergraduate Program students Ahmet Erkoç, Deniz Ece Susuz and Sema Burçe Pazarlı’s Vestel White Good Company’s Industry Focused Project (SOP) has been granted by TUBITAK 2209-B Grant for Industry Oriented Research Project Support Programme for Undergraduate Students. Students have conducting to their ENS 491 graduation project by under the supervision of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences faculty members Prof. Dr. Ali Kosar and Dr. Abdolali.

From left to right: Abdolali Sadaghiani, Ahmet Erkoç, Ali Koşar,  Deniz Ece Susuz, Sema Burçe Pazarlı

The Project aims to develop an innovative, environmentally and user friendly product by using phase change material in Home Appliances.

A short summary of the recent activities of The Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and interfaces for Nano Diagnostics (EFSUN) in 2020 is now available.

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