A Great Honor for Our University: 10 International Awards for Our Academics
Our faculty members Prof. Dr. Ahmet Can ALTUNIŞIK and Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatih Yesevi OKUR achieved remarkable success at the Innovation Week IWA 2025, held online from September 8–12, 2025. Their invention, titled “Deep Learning Based Anomaly Detection System for Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring,” earned them 8 Gold Medals, 1 Scientific Grand Prize, and the prestigious title of “Master of Innovation.”
Outstanding International Achievement
Organized by OFEED (Organization for the Promotion of Innovation and Invention Development), Innovation Week IWA 2025 is a prestigious event attracting hundreds of innovative projects from around the world. Our academics’ project stood out in the field of structural health monitoring by integrating artificial intelligence and deep learning into an innovative system, following a multi-stage evaluation by the international jury.
Award Categories
Our academics were awarded Gold Medals in the following categories:
They were also recognized by the international jury with the “Master of Innovation” title and Scientific Grand Prize certificate.
Previous Gold Medal in China
Earlier, from August 22–24, 2025, the same project won a Gold Medal at the 11th International Exhibition of Inventions held in Guangzhou, China, demonstrating its continued international success.
11 November 2025
On April 21-22, 2026, hosted by our University, DOKKAF'26 held for the 6th time this year.
21 April 2026
Black Sea Technology and Innovation Day Investor Meetings-II, organized by the coordination of our university's Technology Transfer Application and Research Center.
20 April 2026
The team earned the top "Grand Prize" distinction and became the most successful team in Europe in the Computing category.
16 April 2026
The project is implemented under the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme, in which our university takes part as a project partner.
08 April 2026
At the TUA Astro Hackathon held in Trabzon, the 2N3904 Team, composed of students from our University, won first place.
31 March 2026
The "Blue Economy Summit", organized between March 27?29, 2026, under the hosting and partnership of our University, was held with strong participation.
27 April 2026
Our University Achieves Major Success in the 6th Term of ÜNİDES: 20 Projects Entitled to Receive Support
16 March 2026
9 of Our Teams Accepted into the "National Technology Clubs Union"
16 March 2026
The Department of Mining Engineering achieved a remarkable success by ranking 16th in the world, according to the 2025 data released by the ScholarGPS.
09 December 2025
Our University has achieved another significant milestone in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings.
08 December 2025
At the "Disaster Awareness: A Century of Experience" Symposium hosted at our university, 10 different themes related to disaster management were addressed.
05 December 2025
The conference was held at the Prof. Dr. Osman Turan Culture and Congress Center with the honored participation of TRNC Speaker of the Assembly Dr. Ziya ÖZTÜRKLER.
04 December 2025
A panel titled "Shared Responsibility from Academia to Society in Combating Violence Against Women" was held at the Prof. Dr. Osman Turan Cultural and Congress Center.
26 November 2025
Our University has achieved remarkable progress in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) 2026 Sustainability Rankings.
20 November 2025
