Gelisim News

IGU won the Bluesky Awards once again

Bluesky Awards, one of the significant awards of the aviation industry, announced the 2022 winners. Winning the "Aircraft Engineering Department of the Year" and "Aviation Green Innovation Project of the Year" awards, Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) added a new one to its achievements in the aviation field.

Bluesky Awards, the organization of aviation awards, announced the results of 2022, in which it evaluates institutions and organizations that aim to raise the standards of product and service offerings in the aviation industry. Istanbul Gelisim University, which was deemed worthy of 4 awards by the Bluesky Awards in 2021, won both the "Aviation Green Innovation Project of the Year" award with its "Bio-Based Jet Fuel Production by Transesterification of Nettle Seed" project and the "Aeronautical Engineering Department of the Year" award this year.

THEY BRING SUSTAINABILITY TO AVIATION

Air transport and travel, vital in a globalized world, connect people and businesses across continents. The issue of global climate change, which has become more prominent recently, has focused attention on the CO2 emission volumes of aircraft. The project titled "Bio-Based Jet Fuel Production by Transesterification of Nettle Seed", in which Asst. Prof. Dr. Sinem Gürkan Aydın is the project manager, and the project team includes Asst. Prof. Dr. Arzu Özgen and Oktay Polat, will contribute to the targets of reducing emissions against global problems.

IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO GOALS REDUCING EMISSIONS AGAINST GLOBAL PROBLEM

Asst. Prof. Dr. Sinem Gürkan Aydın stated the following: “Aviation is expected to need approximately 450-500 million tons of sustainable aviation fuel by 2050. Greenhouse gases produced from the fuels used in flights negatively affect global climate change when released into the atmosphere. Aviation is likely to need around 450-500 million tons of sustainable aviation fuel per year by 2050. This can be achieved with strong sustainability criteria. Jet fuels produced using renewable bio-based are important for the aviation industry. In our project, we made biojet fuel, which is produced using nettle seed oil, a sustainable resource, a candidate product for development and commercialization.”

The winners of the "Aviation Achievement Awards" and "Aviation Project Awards" will receive the Bluesky Awards on November 26.

Please click here to see Bluesky Awards 2022 winners.