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Outstanding Achievement from AYBÜ Software Engineering Students: Final 18 in TUSAŞ LIFT UP Program

  • 10 July 2026
  • 22:37
LiftUp programı sanayi odaklı bitirme projeleri konferans afişi. Üniversitemizin AzSonra ekibi, 14.07.2026'da saat 10.20'de konferanslarını yapacaktır.
Students from the Department of Software Engineering at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University (AYBÜ) have achieved a historic milestone in the LIFT UP Industry-Oriented Graduation Projects Program, organized by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ).  The innovative research project titled "Explainable Artificial Intelligence-Based Anomaly Detection in Satellite Telemetry Data," developed by our students Bekir Berk YILDIRIM, Yaren DİNÇ, Mert ÖZDEMİR, and Abdulmajeed Fathi Abdulmajeed ALREMALI of the AzSonra team under the academic supervision of our Department Chair, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilal ARSLAN, successfully advanced through a highly competitive evaluation process and was selected among the top 18 projects out of 359 distinguished submissions from across Türkiye. 
This remarkable accomplishment, achieved during the inaugural graduation period of our department, underscores the academic excellence, dedication, and research vision of AYBÜ. By developing cutting-edge AI-driven solutions tailored for complex aerospace engineering datasets, our project team has proudly demonstrated the high standards of technical innovation fostered within our department.

Online Project Presentation & Invitation to Attend
Our project team will officially present their comprehensive technical results to the TUSAŞ evaluation committee. We cordially invite our faculty members, students, and technology enthusiasts to witness this presentation online and support our team.

Date: Tuesday, July 14th
Registration & Live Stream Link

LIFT UP 2025–2026 SEASON. PROGRAM SCHEDULE: Opening speeches: 09.00 – 09.25: Dr. Mehmet DEMİROĞLU, TUSAŞ General Manager; 09.25 – 09.50: Prof. Dr. Hakan KARATAŞ, Vice President of the Defense Industry Agency of the Republic of Türkiye; 09.50 – 10.05: Prof. Dr. Muzaffer ŞEKER, President of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). COMPUTER ENGINEERING 10.05 – 10.20: Selçuk University, RACLAB team, GPS-free Positioning with Landforms and Visual Data: An Alternative Navigation Approach for Autonomous Systems. Team: Academic Advisor - Prof. Dr. Akif DURDU, Industry Advisor - İsmail Ferdi ALACA, Team Leader - Furkan YEŞİLDAĞ, Student - Uğur ÖZBİBERCİ. 10.20 – 10.35: TED University, codenGe team, Center of Gravity Detection, Information, and Balancing System in Aircraft. Team: Academic Advisor - Prof. Dr. Hakkı Gökhan ILIK, Industry Advisor - Abdulkadir NAZLI, Team Leader - Sude İPEKCİ, Students; Yasin ANBER, Elif Sude MEMİŞ, Selin GÖÇ. 10.35 – 10.50: Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, AzSonra team, Anomaly Detection in Satellite Telemetry Data Using an Explainable Artificial Intelligence Approach. Team: Academic Advisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilal ARSLAN, Industry Advisor - Abdullah Nuri SOMUNCUOĞLU, Team Leader - Bekir Berk YILDIRIM, Students; Yaren DİNÇ, Mert ÖZDEMİR, Abdulmajeed ALREMALİ.MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 10.50 – 11.05: KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY, KUDES Team, Analysis of the Fixture Entering the Furnace with the Aircraft Part during the Heat Treatment Stress Relieving Process. Team: Academic Advisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah Kantaroğlu, Industry Advisor - Sefiye Buse Arslan, Team Leader - Recep Demirci, Students; Emre Şen, Umut Çoban, Yasin İmamoğlu. 11.05 – 11.20: İHSAN DOĞRAMACI BİLKENT UNIVERSITY, BilMech Team, Development of Flight Control System Software for a Model Helicopter. Team: Academic Advisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yıldıray Yıldız, Industry Advisor - Ahmet Kara, Team Leader - Tunç Akay, Students; Ege Özbülbül, Erinç Ada Ceylan. 11.20 – 11.35: KARADENİZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, KTÜ Split-S Team, Functional Design of Additive Manufacturing-Assisted Customizable Core Patterns in Sandwich Structures and Their Application to 5th Generation Aircraft. Team: Academic Advisor - Prof. Dr. Hasan Gedikli, Industry Advisor - Yakup Seçkin Koç, Team Leader - Samet Akar, Students; Nurullah Canbolat, Kutay Eren, İsmet Öztürk. 11.35 – 11.45: INDUSTRY ADVISORS PANEL; Yasemin Can, Nurbanu Işık Delibalta. 11.45 – 11.55: QUIZ SHOW. 11.55 – 12.10: Rector's Speech - Prof. Dr. Mehmet Naci İNCİ, Rector of Boğaziçi University. 12.10 – 12.25: Rector's Speech - Prof. Dr. Hacı Ali MANTAR, Rector of Gebze Technical University. 12.25 – 12.40: Speech - Prof. Dr. Erol ÖZVAR, President of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 12.40 – 12.55: İSKENDERUN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, STOKES Team, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) Design for Radar Cross-Section Reduction in Aviation Applications. Team: Academic Advisor - Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Belen, Industry Advisor - Hasan Kıyık, Team Leader - Fikret Derya Tüzüntürk, Students; Furkan Başkır, Kenan Gümüş, Evren Songur. 12.55 – 13.10: MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN UNIVERSITY, Axtro Team, Design and Development of an Image and Sensor-Based Smart Toolbox Tracking System. Team: Academic Advisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış Ethem Süzek, Industry Advisor - Ahmet Erdem Temizer, Team Leader - Zafer Uysal, Students; İbrahim Yörük, İlay Karaduman. 13.10 – 13.25: KARADENİZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, 3Faz Team, Design and Production of a Potting Application Robot. Team: Academic Advisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Şinasi Ayaş, Industry Advisor - Mahmut Tolga Karakaş, Team Leader - Melike Erol, Students; Merve Erol, Eda Abdioğlu. 13.25 – 14.10: BREAK. AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 14.10 – 14.25: GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, STARCOUSTIC Team, Comparison of Sound Damping Performance of Additively Manufacturable Acoustic Panels with Different Cell Topologies (Lattice and TPMS) Using Finite Element Method. Team: Academic Advisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Usta, Industry Advisor - Alimurtaza Rutci, Team Leader - Atiye Yumuk, Students; Yasin Çıl, Selçuk Işık, Abdullah Bakar. 14.25 – 14.40: NECMETTİN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY, GÖKTUĞ Team, Investigation of Ballistic Resistance of Fiber-Metal Composite Structures and Optimization Studies for Improvement. Team: Academic Advisor - Prof. Dr. Mesut Uyaner, Industry Advisor - Uğur Doğan, Team Leader - Adil Fatih İlhan, Students; Kaan Berkay Arslan, Alperen Kömürcügil, Faruk Nom, Esra Altınbaş. 14.40 – 14.55: YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Pusula Yıldız Team, Flap-Controlled Gust Load Alleviation System Development for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Team: Academic Advisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erkin Dingmen, Industry Advisor - Akın Ateş, Team Leader - Kübra Selin Yılmaz, Students; Barış Ağaçık, Berk Deniz Kürkçü. 14.55 – 15.20: Speech - SURPRISE GUEST. 15.20 – 15.35: Speech - Prof. Dr. Atilla DOĞAN, Executive Vice President of Engineering at TUSAŞ. 15.35 – 15.45: QUIZ SHOW PART 2. 15.45 – 16.00: Speech - Dr. Hakan AYDEMİR, Director of R&D and Advanced Technologies at TUSAŞ. 16.00 – 16.10: INDUSTRY ADVISORS PANEL; Mahmut Tolga Karakaş, Alimurtaza Rutci.INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 16.10 - 16.25: ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY, Optimization Team, Loading-Symptom Analysis Simulation for the Defense Industry (Digital Twin Approach). Team: Academic Advisor - Prof. Dr. Birol Elevli, Industry Advisor - Muhammed İlkay Uzuner, Team Leader - Hazel Güney, Students; Sibel Şahin, Lerzan Bengisu Tiftik, Zeynep Çiftçi. 16.25 - 16.40: KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY, Kalkan Team, Creating a Requirement Set Within the Scope of Bird Strike Specific Risk Analysis. Team: Academic Advisor - Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Fırat İnal, Industry Advisor - Yağmur Yener, Team Leader - Şevval Mayda, Student - Nida Hayal Sevim. 16.40 - 16.55: ERCİYES UNIVERSITY, TURNA Team, Efficiency Improvement through Optimization in Surface Treatment Plants. Team: Academic Advisor - Prof. Dr. Sinem Kulluk, Industry Advisor - Elif Sezer Aktaş, Team Leader - Ahmet Şahin Karakaya, Students; Hatice Uçal, İrem Arslan, Sinem Nur Atlı. METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING 16.55 - 17.10: ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, ÜLKÜ Team, Development of Kapton-Based Flexible Motion-Sensing Sensors. Team: Academic Advisor - Prof. Dr. M. Kürşat Kazmanlı, Industry Advisor - Betül Yıldırım Budak, Team Leader - Elif Sinem Yıldırım, Students; Zeynep Topçu, Zümra Nur Tetik, Sudenur Taşdemir. 17.10 - 17.25: ANKARA UNIVERSITY, AeroChE Team, Development of Thermochromic Thin Film Coatings. Team: Academic Advisor - Prof. Dr. Bülent Akay, Industry Advisor - Seda Sürücü, Team Leader - Doğukan DEMİR, Students; Ayça Azın, Bilge Nur Özekmekçi. 17.25 - 17.40: GAZİ UNIVERSITY, JetCeramiX Team, Production of Self-Healing TiO2/ZrO2/Y2O3 Doped Ceramic Matrix Composites for Use in the Defense Industry. Team: Academic Advisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Birce Pekmezci Karaman, Industry Advisor - Ayça Özkan Keleş, Team Leader - Murathan Canbey Bağlamaç, Students; İrem Çetinbik, Sanem Şimşek, İrem Nur Şıngar. 17.40 - 17.55: Closing speech - Dr. Süleyman Demir, University Relations Manager at TUSAŞ. Closing.