Winning 9 awards at the "Istanbul International Inventions Fair (ISIF'17)", which is one of the most important invention fairs in the world, Yeditepe University, the leading university among foundation universities in university-industry collaborative scientific studies, won the highest number of awards among universities at the fair.

Yeditepe University won 9 awards at the Istanbul International Invention Fair which was hosted by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Organization under the support of the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology and the International Federation of Invention Organizations (IFIA).

The Istanbul International Invention Exhibition (ISIF) was organized with the participation of many organizations whose inventions and R & D and innovation activities were brought together and commercialized with the national and international public, industrialist, investors and individual inventors.

After the fair was over, the inventions were awarded by an international jury at a ceremony. Yeditepe University participated in the competition with 9 patents and received 5 Bronze, 2 Silver, 1 Gold medal and the Turkish Patent Institute’s (TPE) Best National Patent Award.

At the ceremony, Director of Technology Transfer Office Assoc. Dr. Serkan Topaloğlu received his own and the other awards from the Minister of Science and Industry and Technology Faruk Ozlu and the President of the Turkish Patent Institute Dr. Hasip Asan.

Projects and Invention Owners

Production Method of Boron Nitride Nanotubes.

• Faculty of Engineering Genetics and Bioengineering Department Head Dr. Mustafa Çulha

Smart Box for Cold Chain Products. 

• Academic Member at the Faculty of Engineering Electrical and Electronics Department and Technology Transfer Office Manager Assoc. Dr. Serkan Topaloğlu

Hair Loss Prevention Product. 

• Faculty of Engineering Genetics and Bioengineering Department Head Dr. Fikrettin Sahin

• Department of Genetics and Bioengineering Ph.D. student Özge Sezin Somuncu

• Genetics and Bioengineering Department Post-Doctoral Researcher Neslihan Taşlı

• Agricultural Engineer Technical Expert Okan Demir

​Method to obtain Antimicrobial Textile Products. 

• Faculty of Engineering Genetics and Bioengineering Department Head Dr. Fikrettin Sahin

• Dr. Selami Demirci,

• Assist. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Ustaoğlu,

• Agricultural Engineer Technical Expert Okan Demir

Antiviral Gel. 

• Faculty of Engineering Genetics and Bioengineering Department Head Dr. Fikrettin Sahin

• Dr. Selami Demirci

• Dr. Ayşegül Doğan

• Technical Expert Ayla Burçin Asutay

Biological Fertilizer and Obtaining Method. 

• Faculty of Engineering Genetics and Bioengineering Department Head Dr. Fikrettin Sahin

• Academic Member at the Faculty of Engineering Genetics and Bioengineering Department Prof. Dr. Metin Turan

• Faculty of Pharmacy Assist. Prof. Dr. Gülengül Duman,

• Bursa Technical University Assist Prof. Dr. Müge Yazıcı

Erzurum Atatürk University Prof. Dr. Medina Güllüce

Polymer Based Hydrogel.

• Faculty of Engineering Genetics and Bioengineering Department Head Dr. Fikrettin Sahin

• Dr. Selami Demirci

• Dr. Ayşegül Doğan

Lyophilized Biopesticide Effervescent Granule and Production Method.

• Faculty of Engineering Genetics and Bioengineering Department Head Dr. Fikrettin Sahin

• Academic member at the Faculty of Pharmacy Assoc. Prof. Gulengul Duman

• Assist. Prof. Dr. Müge Yazıcı

Spinal Surgery Table.

• Academic member at the Department of Brain and Nerve Surgery Prof. Dr. Başar Atalay

• Academic member at the Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Engineering Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Namık Çıplak

• Mechanical Engineering Department Graduate Bilge Can Okumuş

• Mechanical Engineering Department Ph.D. Student Cem Tutcu