Every year, the Middle East Technical University Parlar Foundation recognizes the achievements of scientists and scholars from a variety of fields for their exceptional research productivity, in honor of the late METU professor Mustafa Parlar.
This year, five Bilkent faculty members are recipients of METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation Awards.
Prof. Ekmel Özbay, director of NANOTAM and a member of the Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics, has received the Parlar Foundation Science Award.
Four Bilkent faculty members are recipients of Parlar Foundation Research Incentive Awards: UNAM Assoc. Prof. Seymur Jahangirov (National Nanotechnology Research Center and Materials Science and Nanotechnology), Asst. Prof. Çağın Ararat (Department of Indusrial Engineering), Asst. Prof. Emre Ozan Polat (Department of Physics) and Asst. Prof. Naci Saldı (Department of Mathematics).