Rector Prof. Dr. Bülent Kent Meets with TEKNOFEST 2025 Participants Representing ADU

Aydın Adnan Menderes University (ADU) Rector Prof. Dr. Bülent Kent met with the university teams that represented ADU at TEKNOFEST 2025 on October 8, 2025.

Organized for the 12th time under the leadership of the Türkiye Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation) and the Ministry of Industry and Technology, TEKNOFEST 2025 hosted competitions in 58 main categories and 138 subcategories. Participants were awarded a total of 55 million TL in prizes and received over 85 million TL worth of material support.

The project co-developed by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Dinçer Bilgin, faculty member of the Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, and his PhD student Ayşegül Türkkol, won second place in the “3T in Oncology” category.

In addition, the ZADA Team, consisting of students from the Faculty of Engineering, achieved a significant success by ranking 4th among 90 teams in the Critical Design Report (CDR) category. Another ADU-supported team, Deniz Yıldızı 2025, proudly reached the finalist stage of the competition.

Rector Prof. Dr. Bülent Kent congratulated all the teams representing the university, expressing his pride in the students’ achievements in the field of technology.

The meeting concluded with the presentation of certificates of appreciation and a group photo session.