Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

I have received several awards that reflect my work in social innovation, technology, and engineering. On December 5, 2024, I was honored with the Social Innovation and Technology Award from Sabancı University after being selected from 242 social impact projects; the award was presented by Sabancı University Vice President Cem Güneri.

I was awarded a full-ride scholarship for the Sabancı University Pre-College Program (2025), and invited as a panelist on International Volunteer Day to share insights on my social innovation projects and their impact. 
I received the Hereby Award at The American College of Sofia Fission 2024, held on April 12–13, 2024. 
At the FIRST® Robotics Competition Bosphorus Regional, held on March 8–10, 2024, I earned the Engineering Inspiration Award, which allowed me to participate in the FIRST® Robotics World Championship in Houston, TX from April 17–22, 2024, and to meet FIRST® President Dean Kamen and discuss robotics and engineering. 
On July 26, 2023, during the University of Oxford Oxbridge Academic Program, I was awarded the Engineering Prize for Outstanding Performance for my projects, class participation, and my final project, “Digital Counter Device with RFID Task Cards,” being recognized as the top student in Engineering—a distinction given to only one student per term. On May 9, 2023, I won the Apple WWDC Swift Student Challenge for my app, “6-Dot Brick,” which was published on the App Store; this achievement came with various gifts from Apple, including a one-year scholarship for the Apple Developer Program, the opportunity to attend the Apple Event from June 5 to June 10 with access to product launches, training sessions, and developer versions, as well as one-on-one mentoring from Apple experts. 
In the 15th National Research Project Competition organized by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) on September 1–2, 2021, I was awarded first place in the Technological Design category among 15,674 submissions for my project “Smart Faucet System Based on Internet of Things.” 
In March 2021, I received the Best Design Award at the Coding My Game Competition at Bilfen School for my Scratch-based game, “Mathematical Proofs without Words, with LEGO®,” selected from 267 submissions. 
Earlier, in February 2018, I received the Rising Star Award at the First Lego League, İzmir Regional.

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