24 Yeditepe University Technology Transfer Office (YUTTO) With its R&D and technology development efforts, YUTTO has a sustainable structure where advanced technologies are brought into the national industry and where new products and technologies are transformed into economical value. Our aim is to support the formation and growth of companies that use or produce advanced technology by bringing the university – industry cooperation to the maximum possible level in fields such as health, biomedical science, advanced materials, engineering and software, to transform the knowledge and research produced within the university into economic values and to provide synergy between national/ international companies and universities. YUTTO provides services to academics, students, industrial corporations and public institutions conducting research at our university, seeking funding support for their research, wishing to become an entrepreneur and establishing / developing a university – industry cooperation. YUTTO enables technology transfers by carrying the university’s intellectual property pool outside of university and provides guidance Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Turan Director of the Technology Transfer Office for the establishment of startup and spinoff companies throughout the world. The office aims to support the commercialization of national / international project outputs, of which over 350 have been accepted out of our university’s total of more than 1000; as well as providing the scientific infrastructure of our university to the use of industry. Research Database Within the scope of university – industry collaboration efforts, YUTTO established a Research Database in order to support academics to match them with the correct funding mechanisms, projects, intellectual property management, copyrights and corporations. In this regard, in-person interviews are conducted with academics and, by personalized efforts, areas of interests and necessities are determined, matching the academics through the updated Research Database with the information gathered. YUTTO, with its R&D and technology development activities, creates a sustainable structure where advanced technologies are brought to the country’s industry and new products and technologies are transformed into economic value. Our aim is to support the formation and growth of companies that use and / or produce advanced technology by maximising university - industry cooperation in many areas that require advanced technology such as health, biomedical, advanced materials and software, to provide an environment and support to companies that will operate in innovative technology fields, to transform the knowledge and applied research results produced at the university into economic value, to establish mechanisms that enable national and international companies to create synergy with universities.
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