METU News

EuroCC, a project supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework, has started with participation of 33 countries and METU as one of its Turkish partners.

METU/BILTIR-UTEST Product Usability Unit is investigating the effects of remote work conditions caused by COVID-19 pandemic on User Experience (UX) practice, which is an emerging field in Turkey.

The proposal "BRIDGE-BS" submitted as coordinator to the "H2020-BG-2018-2020" call under the lead of Prof. Dr. Barış Salihoğlu and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yücel has been accepted for funding.

Assoc. Mecit H. Öztop's FunTomP project will be supported within the scope of Horizon 2020.

The METU Alumni Office has commissioned a "60thAnniversary Commemorative Medallion" to honor and extend our deepest gratitude to the first alumni.

Organized by The Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM) of our University, the2nd International Conference on Photovoltaic Science and Technologies is held online between November 30 and December 2, 2020, within the scope of coronavirus restrictions.

Prof. Meryem Beklioğlu from the Biological Sciences Department and her team including Prof. Zuhal Akyürek from the Civil Engineering Department and Asst. Prof.Antoine Dolcerocca from the Sociology Department of the Middle East Technical University are part of a consortium running a new Horizon 2020 project, 'PONDERFUL', led by the University of Vic (Spain).

Berkay Özbek, a graduate of the Electrical-Electronics Engineering undergraduate program of our university, a graduate student under the supervision of Prof. Haluk Külah and research assistant at the same department, will be supported within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 1512 Techno-Entrepreneurship Capital Support Program with his project.

Study of Assoc. Prof. Ulaş Yaman and Prof. Melik Dölen entitled as “Generation of Patterned Indentations for Additive Manufacturing Technologies” has been selected as the Best Design and Manufacturing Application paper by the journal of IISE Transactions.

Since our university's 2019-2020 Academic Year Diploma Ceremony was in the pandemic period, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Verşan Kök, the President, congratulated our top-ranked graduates for their outstanding success by contacting them.