This year, over 600 thousand people and more than 150 thousand team applications were received from Turkey and 107 countries in 40 categories and 99 sub-categories for the competitions within the scope of TEKNOFEST. Among these applications, Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) made 23 student teams finalists in technology competitions, 9 of which won awards. OMÜ academicians, on the other hand, managed to receive the patent award for 7 out of 10 inventions at the Istanbul International Invention Fair (ISIF) organized within TEKNOFEST. In addition, the winner of the TEKNOFEST Short Film Competition was Yasir Yıldırım, a student of the Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema.

Rector Prof. Dr. Yavuz Ünal hosted the teams that achieved a degree in TEKNOFEST Black Sea and presented their certificates of appreciation.

Rector Ünal was accompanied by Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Cengiz Batuk, Prof. Dr. Selim Eren, Prof. Dr. Sevim Alışır, Prof. Dr. Mahmut Başoğlu, and Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Dr. İdris Varıcı, and Members of the Senate during the ceremony held in the Rectorate Senate Hall.

The program ended with Rector Ünal and University Senate Members taking souvenir photos with the teams that won degrees.

Awards We Won at TEKNOFEST Black Sea

In technology competitions, Team Uçan Araç won the Flying Car Competition Most Original Software Award among 362 teams, Genetic Reprogrammers Team won the Biotechnology Innovation Competition Best Presentation Award among 3 thousand 592 teams, OMU-TAR Team won the Agricultural Unmanned Land Vehicle Second Prize among 445 teams, OMU Tanyeli Team won the Roketsan Vertical Landing Third Prize among 108 teams, LOTUS UAV Team won the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Second Place Award, Team Esinti won the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Honorable Mention Award, and Team OMU Saturn won the Model Satellite Best Presentation Award.

OMU won the First Prize with Defence Tech Team and the Incentive Award with Prof. Dr. Selim Ceyhan) among 583 teams in the area of Defense Space Aviation in TUBITAK 2242 Student Project Competitions.

OMU Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio, Television and Cinema student Yasir Yıldırım won the Teknofest Short Film Competition with his short film "Crimson Raven."

In addition, at ISIF'22, organized within the scope of Teknofest, Ondokuz Mayıs University won 7 awards, including 1 WPO prestige award, one gold, two silver, and three bronze medals.