Our faculty members from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem ORAL (Louisiana State University-USA), Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Res. Asst. Dr. Sıddıka MERTDİNÇ ÜLKÜSEVEN (Cambridge University - England), and Department of Food Engineering, Dr. Kadriye Nur KASAPOĞLU (Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV - Germany), have been awarded research scholarships to conduct joint research studies within the scope of the 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program conducted by the TÜBİTAK Scientist Support Programs Directorate. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Oral will conduct research on her scientific project titled "Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ in Electrolytic Cells Designed for Hydrocarbon Production" at Louisiana State University, United States. Dr. Kadriye Nur Kasapoğlu will carry out R&D studies to make cocoa fruit waste usable by the food industry and to apply it in different products at the Fraunhofer IVV Institute Food Process Engineering Department,. Res. Asst. Dr. Mertdinç Ülküseven will conduct scientific activities at Cambridge University within the scope of her study titled “Operando Studies on the Reactivity of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide and Oxy-Sulfur/Selenide Films”.

We congratulate our faculty members and wish them continued success.