Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Research and Application Center (SU-IMC) Integrated Manufacturing Webinar Series continues with Prof. Dr. Suresh G. Advani's "Emerging Role of Process Models and Simulations in Composites Manufacturing" seminar.

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Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Research and Application Center (SU-IMC) organizes series of thematic seminars/webinars at different levels of academia and industry to understand and prioritize the recent institutional, organizational and technical developments for the Composite Structures. 

SU-IMC Thematic Webinar Series program

Sabancı University and Sharif University of Technology (SUT) joint workshop will be held on 12 December 2020 Saturday between 08:30-17:40. 

The workshop will start with opening speeches by presidents of SU and SUT, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Leblebici and Prof. Dr. Mahmud Fotuhi Firuzabad, respectively. 

There will be 13 presentations mainly on various subjects of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Other information about the workshop such as speakers and presentation titles can be found in the LINK.

You are welcome to attend the SUT-SU joint workshop using the link. (Please login as "guest".) 

Collaboration Space workshops continue online in December 2020.

Collaboration Space December Online Workshops

Introduction to Circuit Elements With Tinkercad (Simulation)

16 November  2020 at 13.00

It is an online training to examine circuit elements with the help of Tinckercad program via web browser and simulate small circuits. 

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Introduction to 3D Modeling Training (Fusion 360)

12 December  2020 at 19:00
26 December  2020 at 19:00

In the training modelling will be trained using Fusion 360 software. 

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Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Research and Application Center (SU-IMC) Integrated Manufacturing Webinar Series continues with Prof. Dr. Masahito Ueda's "3D Printing of Continuous Fiber Composites" seminar.

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Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Research and Application Center (SU-IMC) organizes series of thematic seminars/webinars at different levels of academia and industry to understand and prioritize the recent institutional, organizational and technical developments for the Composite Structures. 

SU-IMC Thematic Webinar Series program

A PIONEER REPORT TURKEY ENERGY OUTLOOK, PREPARED BY SABANCI UNIVERSITY-IICEC, IS LAUNCHED BY IICEC.

TURKEY ENERGY OUTLOOK WILL SERVE AS A ‘POLAR-STAR’ TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 

Turkey Energy Outlook report prepared by Sabancı University Istanbul International Energy and Climate Center (IICEC), was introduced to the public with the participation of Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez, Sabancı University Board of Trustees Founding Chairperson Güler Sabancı, International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Dr. Fatih Birol and IICEC Director of Research Bora Şekip Güray. This report, a first of a kind in Turkey and an exemplary study for developing countries reveals the future prospects of the energy sector.

The launch of the Turkey Energy Outlook (TEO) report, prepared by Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC), has been launched by an e-conference. The TEO Special Launch took place with the participation of the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, Sabancı University Board of Trustees Founding Chairperson Güler Sabancı, International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Dr. Fatih Birol and IICEC Director of Research Bora Şekip Güray. 

IICEC’s Turkey Energy Outlook, completed with a detailed and comprehensive modeling and scenario analysis approach that is developed by IICEC, not only serves as a pioneering study in Turkey and an exemplary approach for developing energy economies but also represents the future perspective of the Turkish energy sector. This important report, with its comprehensive scope and content, offers ten concrete energy policy recommendations, which provide guidance for policy makers, investors, the business world and academic studies within the Public-Industry-Academy success triangle. 

Sabancı University Board of Trustees Founding Chairperson Güler Sabanci in her opening speech at the Turkey Energy Outlook: Turkey Energy Summit Special Launch said that “The pandemic has created an environment of uncertainty, but with the power of science, the light at the end of the tunnel is in sight, and that today everyone had gathered for an important report prepared in the light of science.” Güler Sabancı stated that Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC) has continued to grow under University’s umbrella since its establishment in 2010, and stated that, the “Turkey Energy Outlook project is highly meaningful in the twentieth year of our university and the tenth year of IICEC”. 

Güler Sabancı: "THIS REPORT IS AN INDEPENDENT AND OBJECTIVE UNIVERSITY PRODUCT AND A FIRST AND A PIONEER IN TURKEY.” 

Güler Sabancı continued her speech as follows: “We have completed the pioneering and exemplary work that I dreamed of 10 years ago when we were first establishing the IICEC. The governance model we created at the IICEC is also a first and an exemplary model. The key to success in developed countries are governance models that highlight participation and synergy, bring all serious stakeholders together and enable them to towards common goals and a better future together while independent, qualified research institutions create a solid basis for this. I define this as the ‘Success Triangle’. IICEC is a solid example of this Success Triangle in Turkey, that serves as a melting-pot for Public-Industry-Academy;  encompassing the policy-making and regulating the function of the public, the private sector as the investor and market actor in the industry, and academia with its research abilities all working, producing and creating value together. 

Emphasizing that they came together on this day  for the Turkey Energy Outlook study developed within this success triangle, Güler Sabancı continued as follows:  

“I know that IICEC carried out this work through a cooperative process via meetings and exchanges with important stakeholders from both the public and private sectors and industry. Therefore this project stands out not only with its academic quality but also serves as a guide book for the sector. This work, as you know, is a first of its kind in Turkey, a pioneer. It will be an example for developing country economies with both its methodology and quality. It was Dr. Fatih Birol who first proposed this idea and has followed the project thoroughly from its initiation; I thank him. We have 5 main goals: A more secure, efficient, competitive, technology-oriented and more sustainable future for energy. I think that this independent and objective University study, will be read and followed with interest in the sector and will be an important guide with its long-term perspective. 

The energy sector of Turkey has been an example to other sectors for many years in attracting foreign investment. I believe that this report will function as a very useful reference resource in enhancing the investment attraction of our energy sector and attracting modern, innovative energy and technology investments to our country”. 

FATIH BIROL: TEO IS A PIONEER STUDY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 

International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Dr. Fatih Birol thanked everyone involved in the preparation of the report and said that “Similar studies have  been carried out in various countries, and I thought it would be very beneficial to conduct such a study in Turkey as well. IICEC was able to bring this idea to life. This study presents the perspective of the period until 2040 with a holistic approach covering all energy sectors, energy sources and technologies. I believe that the study addresses opportunities in the energy sector for a more secure, more efficient, competitive, technology-focused and sustainable future and is also a pioneering work for developing countries. 

Stating that as the IEA, they examine all the data in the world every day, Dr. Fatih Birol said that the global energy sector has gone through an unprecedented year and has experienced its biggest shock ever. Dr. Birol also stated that during this process they were also happily surprised with two developments from Turkey. "First of all, electricity consumption in Turkey has come to pre-pandemic levels of 2019 and even surpassed this. The second is the latest natural gas discovery” he said. 

10 POLICIES RECOMMENDED BY TURKEY ENERGY OUTLOOK 

Bora Şekip Güray, IICEC Director of Research, stated that they have evaluated all energy sectors, resources and technologies in detail and with a long-term perspective in this study and they carried out with a comprehensive and holistic energy model and scenario analysis. As a concrete output, the study presented 10 suggestions that both support the energy policy goals, and at the same time promote new initiatives, which will result in a more secure, efficient, competitive’ technology-focused and sustainable energy future. Güray stated that this study, which is a pioneer in developing countries in terms of its content and methodology, is a guiding study for the stakeholders of the sector, which also sheds light on current developments such as the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the latest natural gas discovery. 

Bora Şekip Güray, summarized the 10 suggestions in the report within the framework of the TEO findings, as follows: 

1. An attractive investment framework to mobilize investments for meeting the increasing demand for modern energy services while achieving a more secure, efficient and sustainable energy future.
2. Faster progress towards competitive power and natural gas markets and wider private sector participation with cost-reflective energy prices while addressing the social dimension.
3. Increased renewable and nuclear power with more flexibility in the power grid including demand-side services.
4. Increased energy and fuel efficiency across all sectors supported by fuel shifts towards further electrification and larger use of renewable energy.
5. Strong policy initiatives, market-based and innovative financing and business models to exploit the energy efficiency potential in buildings and industries.
6. Faster uptake of electric vehicles and Turkey’s recharging infrastructure and faster retirement of older, inefficient and polluting transportation vehicles.
7. Increased modal shifts from energy and oil intensive road to rail and marine as well as a data-driven urban transportation planning structure to ensure effective public transit capital investments and measures to discourage private automobile travel.
8. Sustained exploration and production (E&P) efforts and investments to discover and produce more domestic oil and gas.
9. Increased uptake of digitalization and advanced data analytics along the energy supply and demand chain.
10. Increased innovation, R&D and manufacturing of advanced energy technologies. 

MINISTER OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES FATİH DÖNMEZ: "THIS PIONEER REPORT IS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE THAT WE CAN USE TO SHAPE OUR IDEAS" 

The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, who attended the Turkey Energy Outlook launch meeting, said that: “After the pandemic, the world economies will be accelerating more to compensate for their losses. This situation will revive the falling energy demand, especially in Europe and the USA. This will provide new windows of opportunity for energy investments. But from this point onwards, the world cannot travel down a new road with traditional ways. As the report indicates, a future with renewable energy and energy efficiency at the center awaits us”.  Dönmez, emphasizing the role of energy technology also stated that Turkey wants to be an influential player in the region and that domestic technology should play a major role in this regard. 

The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, said: “Up until now, we had hoped that others would also carry out energy studies and we would also benefit from them. Sabancı University-IICEC has fulfilled our wish. This report, a first of its kind in Turkey, prepared by the Sabancı University-IICEC is a highly significant resource in shaping our ideas. We benefit not only from our intellect but also from the intellect of universities and research centers. I extend my thanks to all who contributed to this study".

 https://iicec.sabanciuniv.edu/teo

2020-2021 Spring Term Applications to the Institute of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Graduate Programs

Graduate students will be accepted for the 2020-2021 Spring Semester leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in the following programs. 

Detailed information on research areas including basic sciences can be obtained at http://fens.sabanciuniv.edu.

Academic inquiries should only be posted to contact names for each program given below; for administrative or procedure related questions please contact to Student Resources Office.

Phone: +90 (216) 483 9093, E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering
The program emphasizes the latest developments and technological innovations in this globally emerging field. Areas of specialization include molecular and cellular biology, bioinformatics, and plant biotechnology.

Academic Contact: Christopher Mayack
Phone: +90 (216) 568 7038 
E-mail:  christopher.mayack@sabanciuniv.edu

Computer Science and Engineering
Research areas; natural language processing, pattern recognition, formal methods, software engineering, cryptography and information security, network security, computer architectures, distributed systems, database systems, data mining, computer graphics and virtual reality, embedded systems, knowledge representation and reasoning.

Academic Contact: Reyyan Yeniterzi
Phone: +90 (216) 568 7041
E-mail: reyyan.yeniterzi@sabanciuniv.edu

Cyber Security
Research areas; computer network security, cryptography, blockchains, biometric systems, cryptographic engineering, wireless system security, data security, software security. 

Academic Contact: Erdinç Öztürk
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9514

E-mail: erdinc.ozturk@sabanciuniv.edu 

Data Science

Research areas; cloud computing, data mining, data privacy and security, data visualization, high performance computing, machine learning, optimization and decision making, statistics.

 Academic Contact: Öznur Taştan Okan

Phone: +90 (216) 483 9883
E-mail: oznur.tastan@sabanciuniv.edu

 Electronics Engineering 

Research areas; wireless communication, wireless networks, sensor networks, signal, speech and image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, data networks, RF, microwaves, antennas and propagation, RF MEMS and RF Circuit design, photonics and fiber optic telecommunication, high-speed electronic devices, microsensors and microelectromechanical systems, medical and industrial ultrasonic imaging, medical instrumentation, analog and digital VLSI design, ASIC and FPGA design, computer-aided design and testing.

Academic Contact: Murat Kaya Yapıcı
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9553
E-mail: mkyapici@sabanciuniv.edu

Energy Technologies and Management Master Program (With Thesis)

 An interdisciplinary program with focus on the following research areas: renewable energy systems; energy systems modeling; vehicle electrification; green transportation; economic, environmental and policy implications in energy systems; technology design, analysis and optimization. 

 Academic Contact: Tuğçe Yüksel

Phone: +90 (216) 483 9987
E-mail: tyuksel@sabanciuniv.edu

Industrial Engineering 
The program focuses on production and service systems, integrated manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics, joint inventory-pricing decisions, product development process, modeling and analysis of manufacturing processes and equipment, manufacturing and technology strategies, fuzzy systems, combinatorial optimization and operations research approaches to telecommunication and energy systems. Emphasis is given to close collaboration with the industry.

Academic Contact: Burak Kocuk

Phone: +90 (216) 568 7039
E-mail: burakkocuk@sabanciuniv.edu

Manufacturing Engineering

The Manufacturing Engineering program focuses on advanced manufacturing technologies. The research areas include manufacturing processes and equipment, computer-aided design and manufacturing, integrated manufacturing systems, additive manufacturing (3D printing), biomanufacturing, nano-micro manufacturing, composite and polymer manufacturing, and manufacturing and technology strategies with special emphasis on industrial applications. 

Academic Contact: L.Taner Tunç
Phone: +90 (216) 300 1305
E-mail: taner.tunc@sabanciuniv.edu

Materials Science and Nano Engineering  
The program focuses on the interrelationships between structure, properties, and processing of materials for advanced technological applications.  Areas of ongoing research include semiconductors, synthetic and biological polymers, ceramics and composites at the nanometer scale, with particular emphasis on applications in nano-technology.

 Academic Contact: Emre Erdem

Phone: +90 (216) ) 483 9881
E-mail: emre.erdem@sabanciuniv.edu

Mathematics  
The program emphasizes the interaction between pure mathematics and its applications, including those leading to interdisciplinary work. The main areas of concentration are number theory and algebra with applications in coding theory and cryptography, analysis and applications.

Academic Contact: Nihat Gökhan Göğüş
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9615
E-mail: gokhan.gogus@sabanciuniv.edu

 Mechatronics Engineering

Research areas;  smart product design, multi-disciplinary design optimization, topology design optimization, metamaterials, microsystems, intelligent control systems, robotics, machine vision, haptics, computer aided engineering, renewable energy systems, embedded systems, process control, hydro-turbines, advanced seals, turbine blade reverse engineering. Two-phase flow, Boiling heat transfer, MEMS, Boiling instabilities in microsystems, Convective heat transfer, Critical Heat Flux, Microchannels, Cavitation, Micro- and Nanofluidics, Micro pin-fins, Cross flow, Electronics cooling, Miniaturization of heat sinks. Vibration analysis and control of engineering systems, vibration modeling of continuous systems, experimental modal analysis methods, dynamics of micromachining, design and fabrication of miniature medical devices.

Academic Contact: Kemalettin Erbatur
Telefon: +90 (216) 483 9585
E-posta: kemalettin.erbatur@sabanciuniv.edu

Physics
In condensed matter physics the main research areas are experimental and theoretical semiconductor physics, mesoscopic and nanoscopic physics, and superconductivity. In high energy astrophysics, X-, gamma ray and optical obervations of compact objects (neutron stars and black holes) and their environments are the main areas of interest. Other research fields are quantum information and high energy physics.

Academic Contact: Emrah Kalemci
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9614
E-posta: ekalemci@sabanciuniv.edu

For Admisson :
Admission Requirements and the Necessary Documents for Graduate School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Applicants must have completed their previous degree programs by February 02, 2021.

Financial Support:
Financial support is available in the form of a monthly stipend and/or tuition waiver. Decisions on scholarship will be made by the Admissions Committee .

Deadline:
Applications must be submitted by December, 4th 2020. After initial screening, interviews will be scheduled for potential candidates during 14 – 21 December,  2020. Applicants will be informed by e-mail. It is highly recommended to check e-mails for candidates.

Applications:

For the Applications to Graduate Programs of Engineering and Natural Sciences, please click here.

Please contact studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu if you have any questions regarding your graduate application.

Applications should be submitted via online application system only. Applications sent via e-mail cannot be evaluated.

We would like to remind you that if you get admitted, originals of all official documents required to be submitted during university registrations.

Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Research and Application Center (SU-IMC) Integrated Manufacturing Webinar Series continues with Prof. Dr. Yung Shin's "Prediction of Mechanical Properties and Damage of Metal Matrix Composites" seminar.

Please click to register webinar. 

Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Research and Application Center (SU-IMC) organizes series of thematic seminars/webinars at different levels of academia and industry to understand and prioritize the recent institutional, organizational and technical developments for the Composite Structures. 

SU-IMC Thematic Webinar Series program

The Internship and Career Office supported 638 Sabancı University students in completing their compulsory internship this summer. Among them, 439 students completed their internships online.

The Online Internship Program helped Sabancı University students acclimatize successfully to the new working environment.

We spoke with Alumni Relations and Career Development Manager Şule Yalçın on the innovative “Online Internship Program” as an alternative during the pandemic, and its results. The interview with Yalçın is below.

Şule Yalçın / Alumni Relations and Career Development Manager 

The interview with Yalçın is below.

Sabancı University made a quick transition to online (remote) learning during the pandemic, and the 2019-2020 spring and summer semesters were a success. You as the Internship and Career Office continued to work through this process. What was the experience like?

Ş.Y.: In the beginning of the pandemic, we as a team planned what we could do without interrupting our existing internship and career services while also taking the dynamics of the new circumstances in consideration. 

Our key concern was that our 638 students, who were required to complete an internship, including 78 prospective graduates, complete their internships without major issues.

When the pandemic hit, some companies cancelled their internship programs while others started to postpone theirs. This became a major issue for students who needed to apply to summer internships.

As the way of doing business evolved, we revised our own processes and decided to add the "Online Internship Program" to the successful internship program already implemented by the Internship Office. We had a series of meetings with Faculties as well as Student Resources to determine collaboration opportunities and design the workflow processes of the new program in the most effective way.  Finally, we designed the "Online Internship Program" that would enable our students to become involved in professional life without going to physical workplace. 

The “Online Internship Program” was new to everyone, and was designed and launched in a pinch. How did you promote it to students and companies?

Ş.Y.: As you say, online internship was not a widespread practice in Turkey in the early days of the pandemic. That is why our priority was to introduce the details, workings and benefits of the Online Internship Program to companies quickly, and to share our expectations with them.

We held online introduction meetings attended by faculty members. We explained the benefits of Online Internship to the student and the institution to company representatives. In early May, when Online Internship was not yet a thing, we introduced the Sabancı University Online Internship Program to 150 prospective hosts and invited them to take part.

We also reached out to alumni living in Turkey and around the world to call on them to create internship opportunities within their organizations.

Many companies decided to take our offer after our information sessions. Among the 638 students who had internship as a requirement, 439 completed their requirement within the Online Internship Program. Looking back, we can say that 68% of students registered to the compulsory internship course have found online internship placement within companies.

As the Career Development and Internship Office, we stood by our students, directed them to physical and online internship postings, helped them prepare for online interviews, prepare their resumes, as well supporting them other job/internship search processes. We held 9 Online Internship / Compulsory Internship information sessions in the Spring semester alone, and 510 students attended. 

You said you reached out to our alumni in this process. Can you share some details?

Ş.Y.: It was not surprising that our alumni were our greatest supporters and stakeholders in this process. We reached out to alumni who were working in different fields abroad, and asked for their help in creating internship opportunities. As a result, 50 alumni provided internships to 150 students, building bridges between generations in the Sabancı community. Although the pandemic prevented physical internships abroad, 62 students found online internship positions with companies abroad, gaining international work experience while sitting in front of their computers at home.

For example, we contacted an alumnus who had their own lab in the University of Manchester, and matched them with a Computer Science and Engineering student who was working on Robotics Technology.

How about the evaluation of the Online Internship Program?

Ş.Y.: The Sabancı University Internship Office sends "Internship Evaluation" surveys to all students who complete compulsory internships, and their host institutions. This is standard practice every year. We did likewise for this year. We were anxious about this year's responses. We knew what to expect about online internship in theory, but seeing actual successful results motivated us. 

We want to hear about those results too. Can you share them?

Ş.Y.:  We analyzed the results of the “Online Internship Program” last week.
276 companies and 412 students who completed online internships responded to the survey.

Among students, 86% were satisfied with online internship in general, and 97% of the host institutions were satisfied with our students. We were delighted and encouraged that we achieved such high results in a program that was a first for all of us.

Some numbers by program are given below.

Looking at the table of programs and compulsory internships above, we can reach a few conclusions.

• In the two programs with low compulsory internship requirements, 100% of internships were completed online.
• In the Computer Science and Engineering program, where compulsory internship requirements are higher, 90% of internships were online.
• Six programs have between 60 to 70% in online internships.
• In the rest of the programs, the ratio of online internships varies between 47% to 56%.

In general, online internship has a large share in overall internships regardless of program. (68%)

Which sectors and fields offered the most opportunities to our students?

Ş.Y.:  I will admit that I was expecting sectors to be quite limited for the Online Internship Program when we first began. However, I saw that opportunities could be created in any sector depending on the positions companies need filled.

Our students did online internships in 25 sectors and 23 different fields. The key sectors as seen in the table below were software technologies, information technology, education, consultancy and internet/e-commerce/social media.

Internship fields included software engineering, business development, finance, digital communication, consultancy, graphic design, risk management, international commerce, human resources, and market research.

Some host institutions were Akbank, Farplas, Altınay Havacılık, Brisa, Arçelik, Bayer, Maersk, Yapı Kredi, Denizbank, EnerjiSA, Dışişleri Bakanlığı AB Başkanlığı, Procter&Gable, Sanlab Simulation, Coyotiv UG, Manchester University, Oxford University, Novartis and Tübitak Bilgem. 

What advantages did the Online Internship Program have for our students?

Ş.Y.:  We had an intense series of one-on-one interviews with our students and host companies, which revealed that the online internship program had great benefits to students in terms of flexibility, time spent in commute and comfort, while allowing them to work on projects free of time and creativity constraints. The time they spent away from the lab helped them focus on the marketing aspect of their jobs, see into different dimensions, and develop their planning and task completion competencies.

On the other hand, the lack of an office environment where employers and employees can collaborate, difficulty in maintaining motivation, and fewer chances to build a professional network were the leading issues we identified.

Students who wanted hands-on experience in manufacturing, engineering or research and development were inclined towards conventional, or on-site, internships. 

Online Internship Program testimonials from students and companies are below.

Messages from Students

Bahar Can – Industrial Engineering

I am highly satisfied with this experience.  Working online gives me more time to focus on the task at hand. Coupled with the flexibility the company provides, this method of working boosts my efficiency. Working on projects without constraints on time or creativity had great benefits to me, which I can see even now. 

Arda Tuğal – Computer Science and Engineering

The best part of online internship is that you get to choose your hours. Instead of starting early and ending at 5 or 6pm, you can start later and work at night. You can take a break when you want, so stress is lower.

Gamze Böncü - Economics

The greatest advantage of the online system is that it allows us to achieve a much better work-life balance. Although the internship is intense, there is no travel time and I can have some time for myself. Normally I would have commuted to the workplace for 2 hours every day, but now I can use that time to study for my summer school course.

Zeynep Durmaz - Materials Science and Nano Engineering

I had always wanted to do my compulsory internship in the university, and thanks to this program, I was able to join an academic research project environment remotely. Besides, I learned a computer software, which helped me understand which stage simulation and modeling are used in materials science, and how a material can readily answer many questions even before the manufacturing stage. If my project were not online, there would not have been anything for me to understand. The greatest contribution of this internship was that I discovered that I want to work on material development in the field of energy thanks to the seminars I attended and the topic of my project.

Messages from Companies

Dr. Ahu Gumrah Dumanli - Parry-BP-ICAM Kathleen Lonsdale Research Fellow - BioFUM group leader University of Manchester | Materials Department

Mert worked on an interesting interdisciplinary project where he applied his knowledge and skills in computer science and engineering to a materials science project on color identification using smartphones. He learned the Java and reactnet programming languages to develop an application for using telephone cameras as detectors. The application is 80% complete and Mert will be a part of our group in the further development of this new tool.

Mert made an interesting choice while working in our group. We are an experimental materials science group and we need to develop a user interface within a specific application template. Mert is a highly talented student who displayed excellent performance in developing applications on javascript, learning languages and extension packs. We were in contact with the Computer Science department in Manchester, and this department's project will evolve into a graduate project involving Mert in the future. I was delighted by Mert's attitude and his enthusiasm to take part in such a challenging project.

Okan Ataman - R&D Manager / KordSA Teknik Tekstil A.Ş
Doğukan worked on one of the most complicated issues of the Kordsa Composite business unit. He analyzed the quantities and costs of all production and shipments we made from 2019 to the present. The analysis showed how much of each shipment was product and empty space. He also recommended a type of box to be used in -18 C transport to help overcome this issue.

Hakan Şener – Product Manager / Tarentum Yazılım ve Danışmanlık A.Ş.

The application process was straightforward. The number and quality of applications received from the Internship Office was above my expectations, which shows that you managed this process well. Kaya's comments are also in support of this. "We have a career page where a large number of ads were shared by the university, and that is how I applied to Tarentum. It was great that they picked the most useful ads from the best companies at a time when finding internships was difficult due to the pandemic."

Thank you for this great interview. Is there anything you would like to add?

Ş.Y.:  As the "new normal" gains currency, students, companies and we had the great fortune to experience this new normal.

Conventional internships enable students to learn by doing, which is always important to us. On the other hand, we also believe it is critical that we seize the opportunity yielded by changing ways of doing business around the world to offer a complete range of services to our students. We always see that experiencing different opportunities helps students acquire new competencies.

Sabancı University and Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Ceramics Institute (SICCAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement aims to support cooperation between Sabancı University Faculty Members and Shanghai Ceramic Institute (SICCAS) researchers in the field of materials sciences. Researchers will develop projects for joint calls to be opened by TÜBİTAK and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021.

In this context, Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences faculty members Prof. Dr. Bahattin Koç, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Erdem and Prof. Dr. Selmiye Alkan Gürsel continues their research to develop joint projects with researchers from Shanghai Ceramic Institute. Under the coordination of Ayça Arığ from Sabancı University Ankara Project Office, our researchers started collaborations. Prof. Dr. Koç and Prof. Dr. Wu on "Bioprinting for tendon-cartilage tissue interface", Prof. Dr. Gürsel and Prof. Dr. Li on “Electrodes for lithium ion & sodium ion batteries and electrolytes for solid state batteries” and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Erdem and Prof. Dr. Li has decided to collaborate on “Metal ion doped metal oxide applications on all-solid batteries and supercapacitators”. All three projects are expected to be funded through joint calls by TÜBİTAK and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to be announced in 2021.

About Shanghai Ceramics Institute

Shanghai Ceramics Institute (SIC), is among the best and prestigious institutes of China with its patents and awards. SIC operates within the body of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which was established in 1946 and is the world's largest research institution with more than 60,000 researchers. Shanghai Ceramics Institute, known for research on inorganic and non-metal materials, conducts worldwide collaborative studies with universities and industry partners.

Sabancı University MBA program is a full-time program welcoming students without prior work experience and hands on training program offering Company Action Projects in top multinational and local companies in Turkey during their education.

Program offers an international environment in our class and exchange programs abroad during summer term. 

Details about the program will shared on 3 December 2020, Thursday at 19:00 pm (GMT+3) in the online information session.

A brief presentation on the MBA Admissions process and scholarship opportunities will be available to students from all around the world.