Students

Abdul Razzak Zamzom
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Urban and architectural policies that help to merge the refugees positively in the hosting societies
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters - MBA, Manchester Business School
Entrepreneurship on International Scale

Aslıhan Yılmaz
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: social innovation, social design, interdisciplinary approaches in design education, museum and exhibition design
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters - Industrial Design, MSGSÜ
Process Management in Fair Stand Design
Bachelors - Industrial Design, MSGSÜ

Arzu Aras
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Research and development in health, innovation
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors - Chemical Engineering, ITU

Burak Sakallıoğlu
Master's Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: CGI, vfx, virtual and augmented reality, user-centered design
Masters - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors - Electronic Engineering, Özyeğin University
Game Based Learning Application

Doğanberk Demir
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Crafts, Cultural Design, Design History, Identity in Design, Design Semiotics
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (onogoing)
Masters - Product Design, Ecole Cantonal d'Art Lausanne
Existing Around Existing: Space & Systems
Bachelors - Industrial Design, ITU

Duygu Nazlıbilek

Ekin Gizem Özçınar
Master's Student; Architecture (with Thesis)
Research Interests:
Masters - Mimarlık, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors -

Elif Akarlılar

Ehsan Yazdanpanah
Master's Student; Architecture (with Thesis)
Research Interests:
Masters - Architecture, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors -

Emek Barış

Gürkan Mıhçı
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Interaction Design, Education Technologies, Sound Landscape
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters - Visual Arts and Visual Design, Sabancı University
Bachelors - Graphic Design, Bilkent University

Hatiye Garip
Masters Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Graphic design, data visualization, visual narratives and storytelling
Masters – Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors – Visual Communication Design, İstanbul Bilgi University

Işıl Döneray
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Digital Humanities, Ethical & Critical Approaches to Technology, Information Visualization (esp. networks), Graphic Design & Typography, Critical Design
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters - Communication Design, Işık University
Designing Reading Tree Books for 4-5 years old children in Turkey
Bachelors - Graphic Design, Mimar Sinan University

İpek Yeginsu
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Aesthetics, art theory, Postmodern philosophy, new media art, museum studies, exhibition design, curatorial studies, contemporary art, photography, video and art collection management
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters - Anatolian Civilizations and Cultural Heritage Management, Koç University
Theangela Figurines in 4th Century and Hellenistic Caria: History of Aegean Costume in Comparative Perspective
Bachelors - International Relations, Koç University

İrem Bayraktar
Masters Student; Architecture (with Thesis)
Research Interests:
Masters - Architecture, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors -

Meltem Işık
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Design education, visual perception, Gestalt theory, face recognition, construction of memory
PhD – Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters – Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design, Sabancı University
Aynı nehirde bir daha
Bachelors – Graphic Design, Bilkent University
Foundation – Jewellery Design, Fashion Institute of Technology

Mine Paşamehmetoğlu
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: cognitive psychology, perception mechanisms, eye movements
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters- Media and Visual Studies, Bilkent University & Communication and Information Sciences, Tilburg University
Masters - Cinema and Television, Kadir Has University
Bachelors - Communication and Design, Bilkent University

Muhammad Kabir Balarabe
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Architechtural Space Studies; Culture and Space Studies; Informal Urbanism; Social Movements and Space Appropriation
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (devam ediyor.)
Masters - Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University
Evaluating User needs in the design of Public Libraries: Integrating Cyber Community.
Bachelors - Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University
Evaluating the effects of ‘other religious activities’ in Mosque design: A case study of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Central Mosque.

Murat Oğuz
Masters Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Animation, data visualization, visual communication, visual discourse, typography, semiotics
Masters – Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors – Visual Communication Design, Bahçeşehir University

Onur Yurtsever
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Boundary objects in finance and investment, financial service and solutions design, user experience improvement
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters - Finance and Investment, University of Exeter
Masters - Capital Markets, Marmara University
Bachelors - Political Science and Public Administration, METU

Oylum Aksal
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters - Management, Bahçeşehir University
Color marketing, color management value creation with colors
Masters - MBA, Çankaya University
Marketing Report for Toblerone Company
Bachelors - Industrial Engineering, Çankaya University

Pelin Günay
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: User Experience Research, Behavioural Design, Relation Between Product and Space Environment, Design for Community, Interactive Public Spaces
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors - Industrial Design and Technology with Professional Practice, Brunel University

Utku Yıldırım
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: cultural studies, game studies, game narrative design, sociolinguistics, fandom studies
PhD – Design, Society and Technology, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Masters – Critical and Cultural Studies, Boğaziçi University
Fans by Proxy: Cross-cultural Media Fandom in Turkey
Bachelors – American Culture and Literature, Bilkent University

Yasemin Yıldırım
Masters Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: interaction design, communication design of embodied interfaces, multidisciplinary design studies and interaction design education.
Masters - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors - Communication Design, Yıldız Technical University
yasemin.yildirim@ozyegin.edu.tr

Yeşim Eröktem
PhD Student; Design, Technology and Society
Research Interests: Current status and the future of design enterprise in Turkey and on global scale, the designer-production relationship and local - global production mechanisms
PhD - Design, Technology and Society, Özyeğin University (onogoing)
Masters - Product Design, Ecole Cantonal d'Art Lausanne
Bachelors - Industrial Design, ITU

Zaharaddeen Ahmed
Masters Student; Architecture (with Thesis)
Research Interests:
Masters - Architecture, Özyeğin University (ongoing)
Bachelors -