The winners of the Elginkan Foundation 2020 Turkish Culture, Research and Technology Awards have been announced. Three faculty members from METU were selected for the Technology Award Program, which has recognized outstanding technological efforts for the past 15 years.
The recipients of this prestigious award were Prof. Dr. Haluk Külah from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering for his work on microsystems (BioMEMS) for biomedical applications; Prof. Dr. Hüsnü Emrah Ünalan from the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering for his work on metal nano technology and its industrial applications, and Prof. Dr. Mayda Gürsel from the Department of Biological Sciences for her work on the immune system.
Awarded to a researcher/researcher group that makes a unique contribution to technology in terms of techniques, products and innovative technology-based production processes, the Elginkan Technology Award Program considers aspects such as the scientific and technological content of the work, the innovation dimension at a local and global scale and originality.
About the Elginkan Foundation Turkish Culture Research and Technology Awards
The Turkish Culture, Research and Technology Awards have been given since 2006 by the Elginkan Foundation to contribute to studies and research activities in the fields of science, culture and art in Turkey to support the development of these fields and to recognize the contributions made by the coordinators of such studies and research activities to the world of science and culture.
