Latest news from BilMech

We are pleased to inform you that the Virtual Open House will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2026, by the Graduate School of Engineering and Science at Bilkent University.

SPEAKER: Mehmet Kepenekci, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Bioinspired Nanostructured Surfaces: Mechanics, Optics, and Multifunctionality
Date: May 21, 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 13:30
Place: EA-101

SPEAKER Dr. Buğrahan Güner, Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University, Mechanical Engineering Department,USA

Interfacial Mechanics and Dynamics at the Nanoscale: Scanning Probe Microscopy Approaches across Functional Material Systems
Date: April 17, 2026 (Friday)
Time: 13:30
Place: Online (Zoom)

Speaker: Irmak Taylan Karpuzcu PhD Candidate, Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign, IL, USA

Kinetic Treatment of High-Speed Flows: Non-equilibrium, Thermochemistry and Stability Considerations
Date: March 6, 2026 (Friday)
Time: 13:30
Place: EA-101

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