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TEKNOFEST Efficiency Challenge General 5 articles
2025

TEKNOFEST Efficiency Challenge

YTU participated in the TEKNOFEST Electric Vehicle Competition (Efficiency Challenge) organised by TÜBİTAK from 4–31 August 2025. In this prestigious organization, where efficiency and sustainability-focused technologies competed, university teams demonstrated their engineering competencies and innovative design solutions. Domestic systems developed by YTU attracted attention with high performance and energy saving goals.

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Yıldız Energy Summit 2025 General 5 articles
2025

Yıldız Energy Summit 2025

The 'Yıldız Energy Summit 2025', which brought together different stakeholders in the energy sector at Yildiz Technical University, was successfully completed. The organisation, which addressed the transformation of energy along with the risks and opportunities inherent in this process from a broad perspective with the participation of sector representatives, contributed to strengthening university–industry collaboration. The 'Electric Vehicles and Battery Technologies' panel held within the ...

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III. Green Energy Summit Participation General 5 articles
2025

III. Green Energy Summit Participation

The CIGRE YTU Student Club participated in the 'III. Green Energy Summit' organized by the Energy Digitalisation Association (EDİDER). At the organisation bringing together representatives from the public, private sector, academia, and civil society, the concept of 'twin transformation', expressing the complementary aspects of green and digital transformation, was designated as the focal point. The summit addressed the foresight, speed, and efficiency capacity that digital technologies provid...

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“Different Approaches in Electrical Distribution Networks” Seminar General 5 articles
2025

“Different Approaches in Electrical Distribution Networks” Seminar

At the seminar titled “Different Approaches in Electrical Distribution Networks,” delivered by Ertuğrul Partal, a representative of Gdz Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş., current practices and emerging approaches in electrical distribution systems were discussed in detail. The seminar included comprehensive presentations on technical failures encountered in distribution networks, modern solution methodologies, sectoral transformation processes, and field experiences.

SDG 7 SDG 9

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Hydrogen Technologies Training and Sectoral Expertise Program General 5 articles
2025

Hydrogen Technologies Training and Sectoral Expertise Program

YTU HİDTEK (Hydrogen Technologies Club) initiated an academic training series in the field of hydrogen energy, described as the energy of the future. The lessons to be delivered by Prof. Dr. Aysel Kantürk Figen, a leading expert in the field, aim for participants to acquire technical equipment on hydrogen production, storage, and application technologies. The programme, to be carried out within YTU Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering on Davutpaşa Campus—aims both to provide acad...

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Hydrogen Training Series & Clean Energy Panel General 5 articles
2025

Hydrogen Training Series & Clean Energy Panel

YTU HİDTEK conducted the first session of its 'Hydrogen Training' series on 3 January 2025. At this training, organised exclusively for Yildiz Technical University students and graduates, Prof. Dr. Aysel Kantürk Figen and Asst. Prof. M. İberia Aydın addressed 'Hydrogen Technologies and Clean Energy' and 'Life Cycle in Hydrogen Technologies' in depth. The programme, where the technical infrastructure of sustainable energy systems and their environmental impacts were evaluated from a scientific...

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Sustainability Summit'24 Energy 5 articles
September 2025

Sustainability Summit'24

Organization of conferences, workshops, and summer schools on SDG-related themes to foster knowledge exchange and interdisciplinary dialogue YTU Sustainability Summit - The Sustainability Summit, organized by Yildiz Technical University, is a prestigious event aimed at raising awareness and gener...

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Sustainable Cities and Living Spaces Education 5 articles
September 2025

Sustainable Cities and Living Spaces

Sustainable Cities and Living Spaces" 4th National Student Cartoon Competition Yildiz Technical University (YTU) organizes the “Sustainable Cities and Living Spaces” 4th National Student Cartoon Competition, aimed at actively engaging students across the country in sustainability issues. The comp...

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YTU AESK Succeeds at 2024 Shell Eco-marathon Europe & Africa Competition Education 5 articles
October 2025

YTU AESK Succeeds at 2024 Shell Eco-marathon Europe & Africa Competition

As YTU AESK, we achieved great success in the 2024 Shell Eco-marathon Europe & Africa competition!We participated in the Shell Eco-marathon held in Nogaro, France, with our vehicle Vega in both the Battery-Electric and Autonomous Urban Concept categories. After successfully passing the technical ...

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Green Buildings and Sustainable Architecture Education 5 articles
October 2025

Green Buildings and Sustainable Architecture

Green Buildings and Sustainable Architecture On Saturday, November 9, 2024, at 11:00 AM, we hosted an insightful online training session with Aslı Arda, Sustainability Consultant at ERKE Design. During the session titled “Green Buildings and Sustainable Architecture,” participants learned about i...

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AESK Team (Alternative Energy Systems Club) Became Champions in the Electromobile Category Education 5 articles
October 2025

AESK Team (Alternative Energy Systems Club) Became Champions in the Electromobile Category

AESK Team (Alternative Energy Systems Club) achieved an outstanding success by becoming the champion in the Electromobile category at the 19th International Efficiency Challenge Electric Vehicle Competition, organized by TÜBİTAK MAM as part of TEKNOFEST 2024. Demonstrating remarkable engineering ...

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The “Focus on Energy: GREEN HYDROGEN” seminar Education 5 articles
October 2025

The “Focus on Energy: GREEN HYDROGEN” seminar

The “Focus on Energy: GREEN HYDROGEN” seminar was jointly organized by the EMO Istanbul Branch EMO Young Commission and Yıldız Technical University CIGRE Student Club, bringing together students, professionals, and experts interested in sustainable energy. Held on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Y...

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