Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) students have won a total of 11 prizes with 4 first, 5 second, and 2 third prizes at the regional series of the University Students Research Projects Competition organized by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Scientist Funding Programs Directorate (BİDEB).

Awarded projects will compete in the national finals

The regional competitions were held at Adana, Kayseri, and Samsun and a total of 42 universities have applied for the competition. OMU students were invited to the regional series held at Kayseri in where a total of 100 projects competed. OMU students and their counselors who have been awarded in the competition will represent OMU in the national final which is going to be organized on 17-22 September 2019 in İstanbul TEKNOFEST.

The awarded Ondokuz Mayıs University students and their supervisors are as follows:

- Information and Communication Technology category; Batuhan Artan supervised by Prof. Dr. Erdal Kılıç; Hasan Tok, Nur Sena Batur and Halil İbrahim Yıldırım (first prize) supervised by Dr. Lecturer Sercan Demirci

- Education category; Elif Karacakoyun (first prize) supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ergun

- Machine Manufacturing and Automotive category; Caner Çelik (first prize) supervised by Research Assistant Suna Avcıoğlu

- Information and Communication Technology category; Hüseyin Arda Saydam (second prize) supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sedat Akleylek

- Energy and Environment category; Gözde Genç and Şura Akoğlu (second prize)

- Machine Manufacturing and Automotive category; Berk Günaydın and Gülsüm Güler (second prize) supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevim Alışır

- Health category; Beyza Kumaş, Deniz Emine Öztürk and Enes Bilazer (second prize)

- Defense, Aeronautics and Space category; Bulut Çınar Atak, Mustafa Özçelik and Erdem Murathan (second prize) supervised by Dr. Lecturer Cengiz Tepe

- Education category; Yasin Kaan Yıldız, Bahar Güven and Hilal Özen (third prize) supervised by Dr. Lecturer Cengiz Tepe

- Defense, Aeronautics and Space category; Mustafa Erol Keskin and Selin Seda Akbulut (third prize) supervised by Dr. Lecturer Cengiz Tepe