Faculty members of Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) achieved great success with the awards they won in the International Invention Competition held within the scope of the 5th Istanbul International Invention Fair (ISIF'20).

The inventions exhibited in the ISIF'20 “International Invention Competition”, in which the academicians participated through the OMU Technology Transfer Office, were evaluated by the International Jury Board, each of whom is experts in their field, and those awarded were announced with an online award ceremony. At the end of the competition, Asst. Prof. Murat Kapusuz, Prof. Dr. Hakan Özcan ve Assoc. Prof. Mevlüt Gürbüz, academic members of the Faculty of Engineering, were awarded the gold medal for the photocatalytic capsule to be used in the development of fuel properties.

Academic Member of the Faculty of Engineering Assoc. Prof. Sevim Alışır, and Engineering Faculty Student Kübra Ökmen received a silver medal for the production of a-Al203 from waste aluminum cans. Assoc. Prof. Abdülkadir Bakay, academic member of the Faculty of Medicine, was also awarded the silver medal for the production of nonconductive sheat that is transparent and used in surgical dissection. In addition, Assoc. Prof. Ertuğrul Can from the Faculty of Medicine took the bronze medal for the amniotic membrane transplantation system he produced, and the academic member of the Faculty of Engineering Assoc. Prof. Kemal Yıldızlı and Res. Asst. Erkan Öztürk took the bronze medal with the smart cutting tool module for CNC machines they designed.

More than 600 inventions from over 40 countries participated in ISIF'20 “International Invention Competition”.