BAU Respect for Science Awards Presented

Bahçeşehir University (BAU) held a "Respect for Science Award Ceremony" to reward its academics who contribute to science and technology through their scientific research and international publications. Members of the BAU family were awarded at the ceremony, held for the second time this year.

The program, held at BAU Beşiktaş Campus, was attended by BAU Chairman of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel, BAU President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın and the university's academic and administrative staff. All employees who completed their 10th and 15th years at the institution, were promoted in their academic titles, and contributed to science and the institution were awarded by the university.

Having aimed to produce solutions to social problems since its foundation, the university, guided by this vision, presented awards from the Office of the President to projects and the faculty members conducting them: the BAU Social Benefit Award, the BAU Contribution to Science Award and the BAU Honor Award . First, the BAU Social Benefit Award, for her contributions and work in the field of education in Türkiye, went to Dean of the BAU Faculty of Educational Sciences Prof. Dr. Şirin Karadeniz, who conducts projects and studies in areas such as computational thinking, digital citizenship, technology integration in education and design thinking, and gives workshops and seminars to teachers, students and parents in these fields. The award was presented by Enver Yücel to Karadeniz, who also served on the commission for updating the curricula of the Ministry of National Education's 2016-2017 secondary school Computer Science course and middle school IT and Software course.

The BAU Contribution to Science Award, given every year to faculty members who have achieved success in areas such as scientific work, number of scientific articles, number of citations and representation in national and international scientific institutions, went to the faculty member of Cardiovascular Surgery and Vice Dean of the BAU Faculty of Medicine, who succeeded in producing the first domestic artificial heart pump, Prof. Dr. Deniz Süha Küçükaksu . Having completed the production of "Istanbul Heart," Türkiye's first and only artificial heart, on which he had been working since 2006, Küçükaksu successfully used the artificial heart pump in animals on 17 November 2017. The award was presented to Küçükaksu by Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın.

Finally, the BAU Honor Award went to Prof. Dr. Feridun Yenisey , who has dedicated his life to science and, through his publications, books and scientific work, has shaped social life and education and made great contributions to the promotion and recognition of our country in the world. The award was presented by Enver Yücel to Yenisey, who continues to serve as Chair and faculty member of the Division of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law at the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law.

Speaking at the ceremony, President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın said: "For 20 years, we have worked together with ever-increasing momentum. We want to achieve the momentum we gained in the past in the fields of research, development and projects as well, and we aim to experience the pride of having achieved success in these fields by the 100th anniversary of our Republic, which Atatürk entrusted to us and whose value we feel more every day when we look at the events taking place around us."

At the award ceremony, gowns were also presented to 35 academics who joined the BAU family this year, scarves and certificates to 49 academics promoted in their academic titles, and letters of appreciation and plaques to 23 academics completing their 10th year and 15 academics completing their 15th year at the university.