Bilkent Faculty Receive 2025 BAGEP Awards

April 8, 2025 Written by ttoweb

Five Bilkent faculty members have received the Distinguished Young Scientist (BAGEP) awards for 2025. The awards are given by the Science Academy Association (Bilim Akademisi), established in 2011 “to promote, practice and uphold the principles of scientific merit, freedom and integrity.” The objective of the BAGEP program is to recognize highly promising young scientists and assist them in furthering their investigations.
The Bilkent awardees are: Asst. Prof. Ahmet Alperen Günay (Department of Mechanical Engineering and UNAM), Asst. Prof. Yaghoub Heydarzade (Department of Mathematics), Assoc. Prof. Özlem Karsu (Department of Industrial Engineering), Asst. Prof. James Kinkaid (Department of Philosophy), Asst. Prof. Erdinç Tatar (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and UNAM).

BAGEP 2025 Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 26, at Özyeğin University

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