Volume 11, Number 31

26 May 2005

Bilkent Professor Wins Service Award for Traffic Safety Work

Prof. İhsan Sabuncuoğlu of the Department of Industrial Engineering, who has been serving as the head of the university's Traffic Committee since 1996, has received the Rotary "National Service in a Profession" award. Prof. Sabuncuoğlu received the award for his outstanding work from 2002-2004 on a project organized by the Rotary Club to promote community traffic safety in Turkey.

The goal of the project, which was piloted on Çayyolu and in Ümitköy, was to create an awareness of traffic rules in order to prevent accidents. Prof. Sabuncuoğlu stated that he used the experience that he had gained at Bilkent in developing the Rotary project. "Bilkent has become the leader in establishing a traffic model for Turkey," he noted, adding, "I hope that further progress will be made in this area in the future."