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Turkish and Japanese industrial design students are working on restructuring of Mount Fuji Airport located in Shizuoka, Japan. Turkish and Japanese design students, who came together for the fifth time this year as part of the collaboration between Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Shizuoka University of Art, and Culture, Japan, are learning about Japanese and Asian cuisine culture also.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) hosted FEBS - Federation of European Biochemical Societies’ “FEBS Workshop on Molecular Life Sciences Education: Training Tomorrow’s Scientists”.

As the countdown for new school year started, the parents and students find themselves on a shopping spree. Many items including stationary to school uniforms are on the shopping list of students. While parents try to find high quality, affordable products, the experts strongly warn about the fabric of the uniforms to be sanitary and convenient. 

Bicycles, which are popular modes of sports and transportation, are becoming more functional. Efe Çukur, Graduate of Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), designed a foldable 4-wheeled mountain bike. Çukur stated that people, who did not feel safe with 2-wheeled bikes but wanted to enjoy the winding trails, would now be able to use his special design called, “Wolfstrike”. Çukur reported that his design also allowed attaching a child’s seat in front of the bike.  

Ancient cities are coming back to life in 3 dimensional virtual models. Ruins of monuments and buildings emerging from the depths of history reach the spectacular look of their era in virtual models in the hands of engineers of Izmir University of Economics. Students Onur Kaya, Mert Ertekin and Graduate Emre Mutlu of Department of Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), modelled the ancient city of Agora, Izmir under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Gazihan Alankuş. Interested parties will be able to view the ancient city with their smart phones and with 3D virtual reality glasses.

Natural Stones are being reshaped by design. Tuğçe Savran, Graduate of Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), created a new use for natural stones, which are commonly used in floor and wall tiles, by transforming them into three-dimensional shapes.  

Microalgae, which are microscopic algae, typically found in freshwater and marine systems, living in both the water column and sediment and are capable of performing photosynthesis, will be used in face moisturizers and in shrinking the cancerous cells. Scientists’ researches on microalgae will enable them to produce nanoparticles and conduct further research for their areas of use. 

Hagia Sophia, the Ancient City of Ephesus, Alhambra Opera Building in Izmir, fishing boats of Urla, all of which are considered cultural elements of Turkey, were displayed in Ireland. Angela Burns, Lecturer at Department of Fashion and Textile Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), expressed her feelings on the country, its culture, history and sight-seeing with illustrations from a foreigner’s perspective living in Turkey. Burns displayed her artwork at ‘Féile an Phobail’, Ireland's Biggest Community Arts Festival. Mayor Deirdre Hargey of Belfast also attended the festival where Burns displayed 12 artworks consisting of illustrations from Turkey and Ireland.  

Designers of Izmir University of Economics are designing the costumes and stage designs of theater plays in Germany. Jörn Fröhlich, Lecturer, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Fashion and Textile Design, and Cansu İncesu, graduate from the same department, reflect the marks of Turkish designers in German theaters with their costume and stage designs.

Nanoscale research are underway to tackle bacterial biofilms, which cause repeating ear and tooth infections, foodborne infections, and medical device-related infections. Asst. Prof. F. Pınar Gördesli Duatepe from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), will conduct a nanoscale research within TUBITAK’s 3501 career project in order to prevent bacteria build up and forming of biofilms. Asst. Prof. F. Pınar Gördesli Duatepe will study the levels of adsorption and their surface properties. So that, new ways of tackling the biofilms, which impose a great burden on health system worldwide due to their persistency and high-levels of antibiotic resistance, would be found.