ODTU Teknokent, incorporating not
\nonly more than 92 companies dealing
\nwith R&D in the defence sector, but
\nalso several research centers and
\nlaboratories, has clustered those
\ncompanies under the name of Teknokent
\nDefence Industry Cluster (TSSK), by
\nthe year 2010. Those companies, who
\ncomplete and provide added value to
\neach other, have the vertical expertise
\nto develop products in defence, aviation
\nand security sectors.
\nODTU Teknokent Defence Industry
\nCluster – (TSSK), with the mission
\nof enhancing the vital and critical
\nneeds of Turkish Armed Forces, by
\nnative defence companies, within the
\nframe of research and development
\noriented cooperation with universities,
\nand producing technology for the
\ninternational market within the scope
\nof research and development oriented
\ncooperation between universities and
\nother companies, is promoting the
\ninternationalization activities of its
\ncompanies as well as transferring their
\naccumulation to the other sectors.
\nTeknokent Defence Industry Cluster
\n\u2013 TSSK, established in May, 2010,
\naccording to this beforementioned
\nmission, has promoted almost 92
\ncompanies who are settled in ODTU
\nTeknopark and have been shareholders
\nsince its establishment, with a diverse
\nrange of education and consultancy
\nservices, regulations made for facility
\nsecurity clearances, cooperation days
\nresulting with successful collaborations
\nand participation to industry-specific
\ninternational fairs.
\nAs of February, 2012, pursuant
\nto the relevant communique of The
\nMinistry of Economy, number 2010\/8,
\n\u201cODTU Teknokent Defence Industry
\nCluster International Competitiveness
\nDevelopmement\u201d project has begun with
\nthe participation of 19 companies who
\nare comprised under TSSK.
\nWithin the context of the project,
\namongst what is being done in order
\nto increase the export capacities and
\nthe expertise of our companies and
\nsupport their clustering activities to
\nimprove their competitiveness in the
\ninternational market, hosting trade
\ndelegations under the auspices of
\nSSM, making international delegation
\nvisits and participating at fairs can be
\ncounted as well as providing training
\nand consultancy services for the
\ncompanies within the project. By means
\nof cooperation with SSM, within this
\nproject, it is possible to make market
\nsurveys, international delegation visits
\nand hosting trade delegations in Turkey.
\nAs being one of the most important
\ncastles of the defence sector, TSSK
\nwill support up to 50 companies in
\nthe international arena, by means of
\nincreasing their recognition and their
\nexport rate in the international market.
\nAs to make a comparison between
\nTeknokent Defence Industry Cluster
\n(TSSK) with its European counterparts
\nand write a report about TSSK\u2019s present
\nstate, the experts who are authorized
\nin Turkey have been directed by
\nEuropean Secretariat Cluster Analysis
\n(ESCA), visited Teknopark Management
\nCompany and labeled TSSK with
\n\u201cbronze label\u201d after making case studies
\nabout the cluster and its activities. The
\ndesired benefit of this benchmarking
\nis to provide a strategic partnership
\nwith a European cluster, by applying
\n\u201cEuropean Strategic Cluster Partnership
\n(ESCP)\u201d programme, which has been
\nstarted as part of the European Union.
\nWith the establishment of Defence
\nSector Research and Technology
\nDevelopment Zone (SATGEB) in ODTU
\nTeknopark, prime contractor companies
\nlike Aselsan, Havelsan and TAI are also
\nprovided to have their R&D unites in
\nSATGEB.
\nTSSK is made up of prime contractor,
\nsmall and medium sized companies,
\nwhich provide a variety of engineering
\nservices like; manned and unmanned
\nvehicles, advanced materials, KBRN
\ntechnologies, protective tools and
\nmaterials technologies, human-machine
\ninterface, cryptography, coding and
\nencryption, electronic intelligence
\nsystems, modelling and simulation,
\nsimulation systems, communication,
\nelectronic and information systems,
\nsensors and electronic systems,
\ndatalink technologies, test, calibration,
\nmodelling and maintenance services.
\nThe propulsive force of the cluster is
\nthe R&D projects, which are carried out
\nwith the synergy between university,
\nindustry and the research done. 2196
\nR&D personnel are being employed by
\nthe member companies of the cluster
\n(TSSK) and as of now, almost 400 active
\nR&D projects are being carried out in
\nthe defence sector. At the end of year
\n2013, the turnover and the export rates
\nof TSSK are more than 500.000,000 TL
\nand 235.000,000 respectively.
\nIn recent years, there has been a
\ngreat contribution of Teknokent Defence
\nIndustry Cluster companies\u2019, to many
\nprojects which have been actualized
\nin the defence sector. To illustrate; for
\nTurkey\u2019s first medium altitude unmanned
\nair vehicle \u2013 ANKA, first advanced attack
\nand tactical reconnaissance helicopter
\n\u2013 ATAK, first modern tank \u2013ALTAY, first
\nnational ship \u2013 M\u0130LGEM and for first
\nhigh resolution remote sensing satellite
\n\u2013 G\u00d6KT\u00dcRK 2, the software, hardware
\nand systems used are all designed by
\nthe member companies of TSSK.
\nOn the other hand, in order to
\nmaintain the university-industry
\ncollaboration in defence sector, there
\nbegan a programme called \u201cResearcher
\nTraining Programme for Defence
\nIndustry (SAYP)\u201d in 2011, between The
\nUndersecretariat for Defence Industries
\nof Turkey with ODTU and Aselsan,
\nRoketsan, Tusa\u015f, FNSS, Milsoft and
\nHavelsan, for the students who are
\nworking in defence sectorcompanies
\nand making graduate studies at the
\nMiddle East Technical University at the
\nsame time.
\nWithin the context of this programme,
\nthe future or ongoing graduate studies
\nof thestudents\/researchers who are<\/p>\n
of the system can be cheap and small
\njust like a chip. ODTU MEMS Facility
\nhas a 6000m2 closed area, 1000m2 of
\nwhich is 100-1000 class and 300m2
\nof the same facility is 10000 class
\nspecial clean rooms. The capability of
\nwaferprocessing, which are 4,6 and 8
\ninches in diameters, is present in the
\nclean rooms with the accuracy of 0.35
\nlithography.
\n\u2022 Uncooled infrared detectors
\nfor night vision, precise MEMS
\naccelometers and tachometersfor smart
\nmissiles and stabilization processes,
\nRF MEMS devices (switches, phase
\nshifters, antennas etc.) for high
\nperformance communication systems,
\nBio MEMS sensors for early detection
\nof health, MEMS energy generators
\nfor portable electronic systems and
\nultrasonic sensors for health sector
\nare constituting the activity area of
\nthe center. The center is working
\ninteractively with the defence, health,
\nautomotive and white goods sectors.
\nWith thestandard production processes,
\nproduction ismade for the companies.
\nResearchers are given trainings about
\nclean room usage and microelectronic
\nand MEMS design and production
\nprocesses. Assigning a significant
\nsuccess since its establishment, MEMS
\nis continuing with the goal of becoming
\na pioneer in its field.
\nMETU B\u0130OMATEN
\n(Biomaterials and
\nTissue Engineering
\nExcellence Center)
\nAs a result of the project applications
\nwith the support of DPT in the year
\n2010, \u201cBiomaterials and Tissue
\nEngineering Excellence Center\u201d is
\nestablished as well as a research and
\nan application center, which carries
\nthe same name with METU senate
\nand the Council of Higher Education.
\nThe centers, which are named as
\n\u201cBIOMATEN\u201d in short, are planned
\nto undertake the complementary
\nfunctions of each other. Amongst the
\nshareholders of the research and
\napplication center, the faculty members
\nof the Biological Sciences, Chemical,
\nMechanical, Metallurgical and Materials
\nEngineering, Engineering Sciences and
\nBiotechnology Departments and GATA,
\nOSTIM Medical Cluster, Health Industry
\nEmployers\u2019 Association who are giving
\nconsultancy services to the center can
\nbe counted.
\nThe center of excellence which
\nis supported by DPT, has a broader
\nbase of researchers, is incorporating
\nresearchers from Hacettepe, Yeditepe,
\nKocaeli, \u0130T\u00dc, \u00c7ukurova and Ac\u0131badem
\nUniversities as well as its members from
\nODTU. Also, faculty members of the
\ninternationally known universities like
\nHarvard, MIT, Drexel and Tufts (USA),
\nJohannes Gutenberg (Germany),
\nMontpellier (France) and London
\n(England) are giving consultancy to
\nthe center. Furthermore, Biomaterials
\nand Tissue Engineering Association,
\nfounded in 2008, as one of the civil
\nsociety organizations, is giving support
\nto the center.
\nThe objectives of BIOMATEN are
\nto; become a national and international
\nreference and consultation point, build
\nknow-how transfer mechanisms to
\nuniversity students and researchers,
\nto institutions within the decision and
\nsupport mechanisms of the government
\nand also to medical sector employees,
\nas well as supporting the medical sector
\nby means of the production of value
\nadded products and take the necessary
\nprocedures for the characterization and
\ncertification for medical products.
\nOver the next three years,
\nBIOMATEN is aiming to see its first
\nproducts being conducted in clinical
\ntesting and come onto the market, and
\nit will play an important role in the field of
\nmedical products for the potential of our
\ncountry to lead in the right way.
\nMETU G\u00dcNAM (METU Solar
\nEnergy Research Center)
\nG\u00dcNAM, is an excellence center
\nfounded with the aim of developing the
\nphotovoltaic technology, making the
\nproduction of solar cells domestically
\nand researching the industry applicable
\nproduction methods. The center was
\nofficially established in the beginning of
\n2009 with the support provided by the
\nMinistry of Development. Clean room
\ninstallation and necessary equipment
\ninfrastructure were mostly completed
\nbetween the years 2009 and 2010,
\nand the first solar cell prototype was
\nmanufactured. G\u00dcNAM has a clean
\narea of 150 m2 which consists of 1000
\nand 10000 classes. It also continues
\nits studies in coating and metallization
\nlaboratories. The main purpose of the
\ncenter is to develop products about solar
\ncell technologies, compete worldwide
\nand share the results with the industrial
\ninstitutions, as to contribute the
\ndevelopment of our country. G\u00dcNAM,
\nboth in Turkey and its surroundings, is
\nthe only center to make the production in
\nthe industrial size and quality, amongst
\nits counterparts. The aim of the center
\nis not to make commercial applications,
\nis to perform special application
\nprojects. Currently, developing existing
\nphotovoltaic technologies locally,
\nincreasing productivity, improving
\nproduction techniques applicable to
\nthe industry and in interaction with
\nsectors like materials industry, crystal
\nmanufacturing industry, glass industry,
\nsolar panel production industry, coating
\nindustry, R&D services are given.
\nSome considerable studies of the
\ncenter are; silicon based solar cells,
\nthin film solar cells, polymer based
\nsolar cells, dye sensitized solar cells
\nand nanotechnology applications in
\nsolar cells. And to illustrate some of its
\nexample projects; construction of a solar
\ncell prototype in industrial standards
\nfrom polycrtstalline silicon wafers which
\nare 156x156mm in size, production
\nof a thin film solar cell which is made
\nof amorphous silicon, the research
\nand development of dyesensitized
\ncells, nanowire applications in solar
\ncells and Turkey\u2019s first academic
\nlevel conference, the Photovoltaic
\nConference (SolarTR-1) can be
\ncounted. In GUNAM, the electrical
\ncharacterization of semi conductors
\n\u2013 used in photovoltaic technologies,
\ntheir optical characterization and also
\nperformance measurements of solar
\ncells can be made. Furthermore, by
\nconducting mutual projects between
\nthe center and the private sector, \u201cknowhow\u201d
\ntransfer and quality measurements
\nof different solar cells can be made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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