MORE THAN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE!
AOSB AWARDS FOR R&D AND INNOVATION
AOSB BOARD CHAIRMAN SÜTCÜ:
"THE BEST INVESTMENT IS AN INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE"
The winners of the 3rd National Industry-Oriented R&D and Innovation Project Competition of Adana Hacı Sabancı Organized Industrial Zone (AOSB), which supports change and continuous renewal, encourages R&D and innovation for a livable environment, sustainable economic development and contribution to Turkey's competitive power, were awarded at a ceremony.
The award ceremony of the national competition organized by AOSB, which supports innovation, is not content with providing smooth and uninterrupted production opportunities to its participants who strengthen the economy with their production, export and employment, and brings knowledge to production with university-industry cooperation, was held.
Bekir Sütcü, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AOSB, started his speech at the opening of the ceremony, where 500 thousand TL prize money was distributed, by talking about the aims of the project.
Sütcü emphasized the importance of the competition, which they organized in order to benefit the Turkish industry, to bring projects with high added value to the national economy, to spread the R&D and Innovation culture, to strengthen university-industry cooperation, to initiate new partnerships in R&D and Innovation studies and to provide a platform where ideas on this subject can be presented and implemented.
President Sütcü said, "As an industrialist, investing, opening businesses, creating employment and producing value-added products are among our main goals. These can only be realized with the integration of financial and human resources, entrepreneurial desire, the suitability of the economic conjuncture, experience and opportunities. When these conditions come together, you can reach your desired goal and contribute to the development of the country's economy. However, no investment, no factory is more valuable than developing the entrepreneurship culture of our people, encouraging them, supporting scientific studies, strengthening our universities, and emphasizing R&D activities."
Stating that the best investment is the investment made in human beings based on the saying "Let the People Live so that the State can Live", AOSB Chairman Sütcü said the following:
"This is such an investment that, rather than getting results in the short term, it requires dealing with project owners one-on-one, taking the time to mentor them, being patient, and weaving them like a carpet. In short, it requires creating a culture."
"THESE OPPORTUNITIES DID NOT EXIST WHEN WE STARTED OUR INDUSTRIALIZATION"
Sütcü reminded that there were no platforms or guides that they could reach in this way when they embarked on their industrial journey, and continued as follows:
"We have tried to create a production environment by focusing only on the products we can trade, whereas today there are many platforms trying to guide investors and entrepreneurs. If this ecosystem is utilized, it is possible to create a more qualified production environment and increase the level of welfare. For this reason, we advise our young people, academics and students to make an effort to benefit from these platforms at the point of developing their entrepreneurship under any circumstances, and to insist on developing their projects to achieve their dreams. As a matter of fact, we think that the need of our country is fundamentally dependent on the development of entrepreneurship."
Drawing attention to the global competition conditions, Sütcü said, "In order to survive in the global market, to achieve a successful export performance and competitive advantage and to ensure efficiency, we have to give more importance to R&D and Innovation activities than ever before."
President Sütcü congratulated all participants of the competition as well as the ranking projects and concluded his words by saying, "I believe that the valuable ideas that emerged through this competition will find application in the industry, and I would like to thank everyone who participated and contributed to our competition."
After the speech of AOSB President Sütcü, AOSB Regional Director Ersin Akpınar and the President of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Association, Founder of the Digital Incubation Center, Journalist Esra Özden introduced the projects of the participants who ranked in the competition and gave their awards.
191 PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THE COMPETITION
AOSB Regional Director Akpınar said, "Adana Hacı Sabancı Organized Industrial Zone, which has adopted the idea of University-Industry Cooperation, R&D and Green OIZ; which aims to support science and industrialists, stated that this year there were 191 applications in the Academician / Graduate category, Undergraduate Graduate / Graduate Student Category and Undergraduate Student categories.
230 ACADEMICIANS EVALUATED THE PROJECTS
Akpınar reminded the words of the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, "The truest guide in life is knowledge" and said, "We would like to thank our referees, a total of 230 Academicians (Science Board) from different universities and departments, for their support in raising our young people, who are the future of this country, in the best way and evaluating the projects impartially and objectively within the scope of the competition."
Turgay Uzun, Rector of Osmaniye Korkut Ata University Prof. Dr. Alptekin Yasım, Rector of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Prof. Dr. Alptekin Yasım, Adana Provincial Director of Science, Industry and Technology Remzi Özdoğan Provincial Director of KOSGEB Mehmet Eren, Adana Provincial Director of Youth and Sports Muzaffer Çintimar, TSE Environmental Surveillance and Verification Manager Mehmet Ergün, industrialists, competitors and other guests.
The award-winning projects, whose prizes were presented by the guests attending the ceremony, are as follows:
ACADEMICIAN/GRADUATE CATEGORY
1st: From the Thematic Area of Computer Science, from TOBB University of Economics and Technology with his project titled "Comprehensive Performance Analysis Platform for Artificial Intelligence Models". Prof. Dr. Mücahid Kutlu.
ACADEMICIAN/GRADUATE CATEGORY
2nd: Dr. Lecturer Mutlu Kurban from Çukurova University AOSB Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Textile Technology with his project titled "Textile Based Green Building Elements" from Textile Thematic area. Prof. Dr. Mutlu Kurban.
ACADEMICIAN/GRADUATE CATEGORY
3rd place: Murat Sever from Bartın University in the Electrical-Electronics Thematic Area with his project titled 'Communication (Training) Kit - HaKi'.
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE/GRADUATE CATEGORY
1st: Fatma Gizem Zincir from Hatay Mustafa Kemal University with her project titled Plastic Additive Material or Bioplastic Material (Granule) Production Method from Waste Cotton Stalk (Bush) - (PLASTICVERSUS) from Green Technologies Thematic Area.
2nd: Tuğçe Ersoy from Özyeğin University in the Thematic Area of Medical Technologies with her project titled 'Sensory pre and post-feedback balance analysis, rehabilitation and support robotic platform system'.
3rd place: Salih Yalçın from Abdullah Gül University in the Computer Thematic field with his project titled 'Artificial Intelligence Supported Blood Analysis Software Assisting PhD in Diagnosis'.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT CATEGORY
1st: Talat Toprak from Bartın University with his project titled 'Immunological Studies of Probiotic Based Oral Rotavirus Vaccine with Recombinant Lactobacillus GG Host Expressing Pathogenic Rotavirus Antigen' from Medical Technologies Thematic Area.
2nd: Şiyar Şen from Izmir Bakırçay University in the Thematic Area of Medical Technologies with his project titled '3D Tissue Scaffold Production, Polymer Coating and Sterilization: Development of a Hybrid Medical Device Based on SLE' by Şiyar Şen.
3rd place: Şehnaz Can from Marmara University with her project 'DEGBag Bags' from the Green Technologies Thematic area.
WASTE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
In the "Waste Management" category organized within the scope of the competition, Zahit Alüminyum won the first place with its project titled "Aluminum Hydroxide Recovery from Waste Sludge Generated in Anodic Oxidation Baths and Transformation into Commercial Raw Material/Product".
In the Sustainable Innovation Category, Güney Çelik won first place with its project titled "Regulation of Grain Structure by Controlled Tempering with Electroshock System after End Welding in Pre-stressed Concrete Reinforcement Production", in the Energy Efficiency Category, BOSSA won first place with its project titled "Sustainable Process and Recipe Studies in Coloring of Fabrics", and in the Water Management Category, Palmiye Tekstil won first place with its project titled "Sustainability in Textile Industry and Waste Water Recycling Plant Application: Recycle, Reclaim" in the Water Management category.
