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Organized by the Turkish Technology Team Foundation and T.R. Ministry of Industry and Technology, TEKNOFEST was held for the fifth time this year as a grand organization with 130 companies participating, including 101 stakeholders and sponsors. The "Technology Competitions" designed to support the projects of thousands of young people working in these fields with the aim of increasing the interest of young people in the production and development of national technology, were organized this year in 40 main competitions and 99 different categories.

The KUASAR Team, which is a member of the IEEE Club and made up of the students of our university participating in the world's largest Aviation, Space and Technology Festival’s competition in the category of "Barrier-Free Living Technologies" in the Black Sea of ​​TEKNOFEST, which will be held in Samsun between August 30 – September 4, 2022, will participate in the K-ROD Smart Walking Stick Project. They exhibited their work in the final stage of the competition, which was held in Trabzon between 5 -7 August 2022 and passed the jury’s assessment successfully.

To the competitions partaking in “TEKNOFEST Aerospace and Technology Festival,” which is held under the leadership of Turkish Technology Team Foundation and TR Ministry of Industry and Technology, and with the support of Türkiye’s leading technology companies, public institutions, media organizations and universities, more than 149 thousand teams and more than 500 thousand competitors applied this year.

IEEE IKU Club KUASAR Team is a finalist in the TEKNOFEST'22 under the category of "Technology for the Benefit of Humanity" with their "K-Rod Smart Walking Stick" project, which aims to minimize the hardships experienced by visually impaired individuals in daily life and to enable these individuals to return to their social lives.

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.