BİLGİ Mechatronics Engineering Students achieved the Second Prize at TEKNOFEST 2025

Under the supervision of faculty member Yeşim Öniz, PhD, Head of BİLGİ Mechatronics Engineering Department, the TURAN Team — consisting of BİLGİ Mechatronics Engineering students Yunus Emre Demirel, Muhammed Murat Akar, and Zeynep Bengüsu Müra, together with Hasan Emin Tütüncü, a graduate of Istanbul Aydın University’s Aviation Technology Department — achieved the second prize in the Vocational Skills Competition – Industrial Automation and Programmable Systems category at TEKNOFEST 2025.

The team successfully completed all three stages of the competition: the preliminary exam, the online semifinal, and the final stage held at Atatürk Airport. In the final, the participants were required to complete a given task both in software and physically within 90 minutes. Ranking second among the 13 finalist teams, the TURAN Team was awarded a medal, a cash prize, and a finalist participation certificate.