Latest news from BilMech

Success of Our Department’s Students in the Defense Industry-Focused Idea4Defence Competition

Speaker: Evren Samur, Assoc. Prof., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

Innovative Robotic Systems for Societal Impact
Date: January 16, 2026 (Friday)
Time: 13:30
Place: EA-101

Speaker: Doğanay Şirintuna

Research Fellow
Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction Laboratory
Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy
Young Researchers in Mechanical Engineering
Title: Adaptive Coordination and Control for Physical Human-Robot Cooperative Tasks
Date: January 9, 2026
Time: 13:30
Place: EA-101

Best Poster Award in Mechanical Engineering Department Poster Session!

Can Ünen received the best poster award in Mechanical Engineering Department poster session.

IEEE RAS GLOBAL SOFT ROBOTICS-DAY 2025

Bilkent Miniature Robotics Lab will be hosting the Türkiye Local Hub of the First IEEE RAS Global Soft Robotics Day on 5 December 2025 at Bilkent University

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yıldıray Yıldız

Yildiray Yildiz delivered a plenary lecture at IFAC HMS'25 in Beijing, China.

Speaker: Mehmet Kepenekci

Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
Young Researchers in Mechanical Engineering
Title: Mechanics of bioinspired nanostructures: Toward mechanically robust antireflective surface
Date: December 12, 2025
Time: 14:30
Place: Online

Speaker: Anıl Alan

Postdoctoral Researcher
Delft Center for Systems and Control at TU Delft, Netherlands
Young Researchers in Mechanical Engineering
Title: How Connectivity Can Transform Efficiency and Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
Date: December 5, 2025
Time: 13:30
Place: Online

Speaker: Mehmet Akif Şahin

PhD Candidate, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Young Researchers in Mechanical Engineering
Title: Dynamic Microfluidic Architectures: From Precision Flow Control to Programmable Soft Material Fabrication
Date: November 21, 2025
Time: 13:30
Place: EA-101

Speaker: Lei LIU

Young Researchers in Mechanical Engineering
Title: Multi-scale Modelling of Advanced Engineering Materials: From Understanding Microphysics to Enriched Continuum Description
Date: November 7, 2025
Time: Friday 13:30
Place: online

Bilkent University hosts Dr. Mert Gülçür for a research visit

Speaker: Ibrahim Güven

Title: Weather Encounter Damage on Aerospace Structures at Hypersonic Conditions
Date: October 10, 2025
Time: Friday 13:30
Place: EA-101