Kültür Point

Ezgi Topçu, The President of IEEE IKU RAS and 3rd year student of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, won the "IEEE TRS RAS Outstanding Member Award'22" at the "IEEE TRS RAS AWARDS 22" held for the first time this year. We congratulate our student on this award received as a result of her outstanding work within the club of which she has been a member for the last 3 years.

The "Traditional Baked Pasta Day", which was made a tradition by the Kültür College Alumni Association but could not be held for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was held on Sunday, July 3rd. Our graduates, teachers and administrators who missed each other showed great interest in the event.

One of the IEEE IKU Club TEKNOFEST teams, IKU Red Wings won the right to compete in the final for the second time. The team, which has represented our university as a finalist at TEKNOFEST 2021, will fiercely compete for the leading degrees this year.

Istanbul Kültür University 2022 Graduation Ball was hosted by Portaxe Baltalimanı on Friday, July 1st. The ball, which was held with the participation of our Board of Trustees & President of IKUMED Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver and IKUMED Board Members, continued with the DJ performance of Emrah Karaduman. IKU Graduation Ball ended with the after party.

The IEEE IKU Club continues to put its stamp on the TEKNOFEST 2022 Medium Altitude Rocket Competition. After our LUPUS Rocket Team, which competed as a finalist at TEKNOFEST 2021, the newly established Astra Rocket Team with its brand new and dynamic staff managed to become a finalist at TEKNOFEST 2022 with a score of 922.5 out of 1055.

Astra Rocket Team is a Finalist with a High Score

IEEE IKU Club, which started its activities in 2012, has been an active club for about 10 years. Robotic and Automation Society (RAS), one of the IEEE IKU Club committees, maintains its place at the top with its technology breakthroughs for more than two years.

Closing of the "IKU Graduate Mentoring Program" carried out by the Student Life, Career and Alumni Counseling Unit (Kültür Point) of Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) in the 2021-2022 Academic Year, on Monday, June 20, at 20.00 via Microsoft Teams was done online. At the end of the program, which was completed with 16 mentors and 16 mentees, participation certificates were presented to the participants.

KUASAR Team, one of the IKU IEEE Club teams, deserved to be a finalist in the TEKNOFEST'22 "Technology for the Benefit of Humanity" classification with the "K-Rod Smart Walking Stick" project, which aims to minimize the problems experienced by visually impaired individuals in their daily lives and to enable these individuals to return to their social lives, by passing all report stages.

We wish success to our team, which is also a TEKNOFEST'21 finalist, in the final process.

Attracting attention among the Asimov Technology Club projects that were showcased on "10 May Engineers' Day", IKU Autonom is appearing for the first time this year in the Robotaxi-Full Scale Autonomous Vehicle Competition. Our team, which completed the first reporting stage as the fifth, is competing for the rank. Our team, which can solve mechanical parts quickly, also shows great success in electrical and software parts.

Doğa Kurtyiğit, Vice President of Student Life, Career and Alumni Counseling Unit, participated in the Erasmus+ KA171 Staff Activity Program at the International Institute for Higher Education in Morocco (IIHEM) University in Morocco between 30 May and 3 June 2022.

Kurtyiğit, who presented her work as Professional Career Coordinator, Student Life and Clubs Coordinator and Alumni Relations Development Coordinator in the presentation she made for the program, informed the students about their career development after graduation and answered their questions.