Students achieved a significant success at TEKNOFEST 2025, which was organized for the 13th time this year under the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the T3 Foundation. The students from our university made both the KTÜN family and our country proud by winning a total of 12 awards in different categories.

 

SUCCESS, A TRADITION AT TEKNOFEST

 

At TEKNOFEST, Türkiye's largest technology festival, our students made a name for themselves this year, as in previous years, with their achievements in many categories. Our students' projects stood out with their innovative ideas, original designs developed with domestic and national resources, and strong team spirit.

 

The RACLAB Community, which continues its work under the consultancy of our faculty member Prof. Dr. Akif Durdu from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, achieved significant rankings in the TEKNOFEST competitions.

 

In the Unmanned Underwater Systems category, the RACLAB Kapsül Nova team won the First Place Award and the Best Team Spirit Award.

 

In the Robotaxi Passenger Autonomous Vehicle Competition - Ready Vehicle Category, the RACLAB Kapsül SIGUN team won the Second Place Award and the Most Original Software Award.

 

In the Digital Technologies in Industry category, the Honorable Mention Third Place Award was given to the RACLAB Kapsül Faal team.

 

In the International Unmanned Aerial Vehicles category, the RACLAB Kapsül Tulpar’s team achieved the Third Place Award and the Consultant Third Place Award.

 

In the Unmanned Marine Vehicle Competition, the Kapsül RACLAB Ezel team won the Seventh Place Performance Award.

 

The awards won by individual students and different teams were also listed as follows:

 

The First Place Award in the Pardus Bug Hunting and Suggestion Competition / Cyber Security (Bug Hunting) category was given to KTÜN student Serhat Yapıcı.

 

The First Place Award in the Artificial Intelligence Film Competition - University and Above Category went to the TEK AI Team.

 

In the Underwater Rocket Competition, the Kapsül Blue Roket Team won the Most Original Design Award.

 

In the Secure Satellite Communication category, the Kapsül Signal Guard Team, which also included our student, won the Third Place Award.

 

“LYRA” ELECTRIC VEHICLE LEAVES ITS MARK ON THE FESTIVAL

 

One of the standout projects this year was the "Lyra" electric vehicle, developed by the ANKA Technical Community. Lyra, which was designed entirely with painstaking effort, domestic, and national resources, attracted great interest from festival visitors.

 

Lyra, which drew attention with its environmentally friendly technologies and original design, received widespread coverage not only at TEKNOFEST but also in the national press. This success once again demonstrated the contribution of KTÜN students to Türkiye's "National Technology Initiative" vision.

 

OUR RECTOR WAS TOGETHER WITH THE STUDENTS

 

Konya Technical University Rector Prof. Dr. Osman Nuri Çelik did not leave the students alone throughout the festival. Rector Çelik visited the stand, took photos with the students, received information about the projects, and took a souvenir photo. In this way, the KTÜN stand gained an atmosphere that reflected both success and the university spirit.

 

Other university rectors, especially the President of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar, also visited the KTÜN stand, examined the students' projects closely, wished them success, and took souvenir photos.

 

Our Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Deveci, Rector's Advisor Prof. Dr. Bayram Akdemir, Prof. Dr. Akif Durdu, Prof. Dr. Nurettin Çetinkaya, Prof. Dr. Erol Pehlivan, Technology Transfer Office Manager Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yıldırım, TEKNOFEST Coordinator Res. Assist. Muhammet Mustafa Tozlu, Res. Assist. Hafiza Esra Özdeniz, Res. Assist. Enes Özdeniz and Lecturer Dr. Celalettin Ergene also supported the projects and shared the excitement of our students by being with them.

 

MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM OUR RECTOR

 

Our Rector Prof. Dr. Osman Nuri Çelik expressed his pride in the success achieved by the students with the following words, "We are proud of our students who won a total of 12 awards in different categories at TEKNOFEST 2025, and our valuable consulting faculty members who guided them. Our university's youth are making valuable contributions to our country's technology vision with their perseverance and hard work. I sincerely congratulate all our students who put forth projects that shape the future with domestic and national technologies, and I wish them continued and increasing success. Our goal is to ensure that our youth, who are raised in the light of science and technology, achieve greater success on national and international platforms."

 

A record participation was achieved at the 5-day festival this year, with over 565 thousand teams and 1.1 million competitors. TEKNOFEST Istanbul became a platform where young people demonstrated their vision for developing domestic and national technologies in the strongest possible way. The teams received more than 85 million TL in support, and the ranking projects won over 65 million TL in total awards. Material support of 75 million TL was provided to the competitors, encouraging the participation of young people in technology production.

 

We thank all our academic and administrative staff, consulting faculty members, the TEKNOFEST coordinator, and all the units that supported the projects for their efforts in this great success. Our students' determination, creativity, and commitment to producing domestic-national technology have made our university and our country proud. As the KTÜN family, we sincerely congratulate everyone who contributed to this success, and we hope to achieve new successes under the leadership of our youth in the future.

 

 

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