Türkiye’s first prosthetic arm was developed at Koç University.
Release Date 2017-09-21 15:00
Science & TechnologyKU researchers Prof. İsmail Lazoğlu and Mr. Sarmad Shams developed a prosthetic arm for Mr. Ömer Çakar, a Koç University staff member. Professor İsmail Lazoğlu of our Mechanical Engineering program and his doctoral student Sarmad Shams from the Biomedical Engineering program were able to develop first Turkish prosthesis arm using mostly domestic components. The project was developed within the PhD work of Mr. Shams supervised by Professor Lazoğlu at KU Manufacturing and Automation Research Center (MARC).
The INFORMS Success of Industrial Engineering Society
Industrial Engineering Society is the ‘cum laude’ recipient of the 2017 INFORMS Student Chapter distinctions. KU Informs Student Chapter is also the only student chapter among the awardees that is outside of North America. Congratulations to the society and their advisor Professor Metin Türkay.