Our Research Assistant Handan Palak Successfully Completed Her Research at Cornell University with the Support of TÜBİTAK 2214-A Scholarship

by Nurşah Çağlar | Oct 13, 2024
Our Research Assistant, Handan Palak, who is pursuing her doctoral studies, has been awarded a Research Scholarship and has conducted her scientific work at Cornell University in the United States, in the Fiber Science department, for one year in 2024.

Our research assistant, Handan Palak, who is currently pursuing her doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Burçak Karagüzel Kayaoğlu, a faculty member at our institution, has been awarded the TÜBİTAK 2214-A Doctoral Research Fellowship. She earned this recognition for her project titled “Development and Characterization of Cellulose Nanocrystal (CNC) Loaded Polylactic Acid (PLA)/Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) Biodegradable Nanocomposite Films by Electrospinning and Solution Casting Methods.” As part of this fellowship, she conducted her scientific research in the Fiber Science Department at Cornell University in the United States under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tamer Uyar for one year in 2024.

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İTÜ Faculty of Textile Technologies and Design

Textile Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) is the first and the single one offering textile engineering education in Istanbul, and also comes first among the top textile engineering schools in Turkey. Its history could be traced back to 1955; the year in which the textile division was established in the body of Mechanical Engineering. The school gained its current name and independent status in 1983. Therefore, it is obvious that the Textile Engineering Department is fairly new compared to the history of İTÜ stretching back to 240 years.

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ITU Textile Engineering Undergraduate Program is an accredited program by ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC), www.abet.org, (Criteria: General Criteria Only (EAC)). For further information on accrediation of ITU Textile Engineering Undergraduate Program, please visit the following link: https://tekstil.itu.edu.tr/en/education/accreditation/abet