Gelisim News

Thousands of young people from primary school to graduate levels will be able to apply to TEKNOFEST 2021 (Aviation, Space and Technology Festival) Technology Competitions, which will be held in 34 different categories to realize their dreams, until February 28. ‘Reminding that the Gelisim Rocket Team participated in the first competition with a team of 6 students from the Mechatronics Engineering Department, Abdülkadir Gayretli, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Istanbul Gelişim University, said: “We were among the first 49 teams among 570 teams in general scoring and were among the teams that were awarded the right to shoot. We succeeded in being the 13th among 34 low-altitude teams, with 4 out of 5 labels in the field of shooting.”
 
“RESULTS ARE SUCCESSFUL”
 
Emphasizing that the work was expanded in 2020 and they formed 3 different teams, Gayretli said: “We participated in the competition with 3 different teams in 1.500, 3 thousand and 10 thousand meters different altitude rocket categories with the participation of students from Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Electrical-Electronics Engineering Departments. “The Kuzgun Rocket Team”, which is our 1,500 meters altitude team, qualified for the second stage. Our 3 thousand meters altitude team "Alaca Rocket Team" ranked 18th among 313 teams in the Preliminary Design Report. The 10 thousand meters altitude "Pegasus Rocket Team", which only the competitors of the team that made it to the finals in the previous year, can participate, became 9th among 22 teams and all three teams achieved very successful results in scoring.”
 
“OUR GOAL IS TO TRAIN ENGINEERS FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY”
 
Stressing that students from the Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering Departments will also be included in the "Gelisim Rocket Team" in 2021, Gayretli said: “This year, we will participate in the Teknofest Rocket competition as two teams in the 3 thousand meters altitude category. As a university, we aim to train pioneering engineers who can be employed in organizations such as Aselsan and Roketsan, leaders of the Turkish defense industry that reverse brain drain, and will produce projects with these organizations.”