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Istanbul Technical University

Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Mahyar Arefi	University of Cincinnati	Istanbul Technical University	Urban Planning	Turkey (Türkiye)	2006-2007	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Umit Yilmaz	Clemson University	Istanbul Technical University	General Studies	Turkey (Türkiye)	2006-2007	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ahmet Orgen	Auburn University	Istanbul Technical University	Architecture	Turkey (Türkiye)	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Joel Saylor	University of British Columbia	Istanbul Technical University	Geology	Turkey	2024-2025	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nihad Dukhan	University of Detroit Mercy	Istanbul Technical University	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Volkan Otugen	Polytechnic University of New York	Istanbul Technical University	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sonia Seeman	University of Texas at Austin	Istanbul Technical University	Music	Turkey (Türkiye)	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Neil Korostoff	Pennsylvania State University-University Park Campus	Istanbul Technical University		Turkey (Türkiye)	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Raymond Emrich	Lehigh University	Istanbul Technical University	Physics	Turkey (Türkiye)	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sanjit Mitra	University of California, Santa Barbara	Istanbul Technical University	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	1988-1989	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Hendricks	Colorado State University	Istanbul Technical University	Environmental Sciences	Turkey (Türkiye)	1986-1987	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Mustafa Ovecoglu	Istanbul Technical University	University of Idaho	Environmental Sciences	Turkey (Türkiye)	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ulgen Gulcat	Istanbul Technical University	Purdue University , Purdue University , Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	1991-1992	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ahmet Dervisoglu	Istanbul Technical University	University of California, Berkeley	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	1973-1974	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Erdal Panayirci	Istanbul Technical University	Michigan State University , Michigan State University , Michigan State University	Computer Science	Turkey (Türkiye)	1979-1980	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tarik Sabuncu	Istanbul Technical University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology , University of California, Berkeley	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	1979-1980	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Imre Orhon	Istanbul Technical University	Illinois Institute of Technology	Architecture	Turkey (Türkiye)	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nilgun Ozer	Istanbul Technical University	University of Florida	Physics	Turkey (Türkiye)	1989-1990	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Alaeddin Burak Irez	Istanbul Technical University	Carnegie Mellon University	Materials Science	Turkey	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Yonca Alkan Goksu	Istanbul Technical University	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chemistry	Turkey (Türkiye)	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Esma Sezer	Istanbul Technical University	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor , University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Chemistry	Turkey (Türkiye)	2000-2001	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Isik Kumbasar	Istanbul Technical University	American Museum of Natural History	Geology	Turkey (Türkiye)	1994-1995	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Serife Tantekin-Ersolmaz	Istanbul Technical University	University of Texas at Austin , University of Texas at Austin	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	1998-1999	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Yildirhan Oner	Istanbul Technical University	Texas A&M University - College Station , Texas A&M University - College Station	Physics	Turkey (Türkiye)	1999-2000	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Erdogan Yuzer	Istanbul Technical University	University of Wisconsin	Geology	Turkey (Türkiye)	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Bayram Yuksel	Istanbul Technical University	Clemson University	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Songul Ata	Istanbul Technical University	University of Texas at Austin	Music	Turkey (Türkiye)	2008-2009	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Abdullah Hilmi Lav	Istanbul Technical University	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	2008-2009	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Aral Okay	Istanbul Technical University	University of California, Santa Barbara	Geology	Turkey (Türkiye)	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nurasan Akin	Istanbul Technical University	University of Pennsylvania	Architecture	Turkey (Türkiye)	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mehmet Unal	Istanbul Technical University	Lehigh University , Lehigh University	Engineering	Turkey (Türkiye)	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program