Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan, Acting Rector of Pamukkale University (PAU), was the guest of the "Zirvedekiler" column of the "Genç Vizyon" programme broadcast on Ülke TV. Participating in the broadcast via video conference, Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Kutluhan explained the successes achieved by PAU teams in TEKNOFEST competitions and gave important information about the new education model implemented after the pandemic.

This week, PAU Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan was a guest via teleconference in the "Summit Corner" of the "Young Vision" programme, which was broadcast live on Ülke TV, prepared and presented by Communication Expert İsmail Yolcu and attended by Educator-Author Süleyman Beledioğlu with his comments.
"The fact that our Hazar Rocket Team came first in both the high and medium altitude categories this year, following its first place last year, has given us great hope for the future."
In the programme, Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan briefly introduced Pamukkale University and evaluated TEKNOFEST 2020, whose finals were held in Gaziantep this year. Speaking about the success of the teams that achieved degrees by representing Pamukkale University in the best way, Prof. Dr. Kutluhan noted the following: "T3 Foundation is very important for the development of our country. I would like to congratulate Mr. Selçuk Bayraktar once again on this occasion. Pamukkale University took first place in last year's TEKNOFEST competitions. This year we participated with 24 teams and 13 of them competed in the finals. We have been with our student friends who participated in TEKNOFEST. We told them that we would give them all kinds of support and we did. As a result, we have achieved the desired results. TEKNOFEST will be remembered together with Pamukkale University. The fact that our Pamukkale University Hazar Rocket Team ranked first in the high altitude category last year and ranked first in both high and medium altitude categories this year has given us great hope for the future."

"The artificial ear produced by our Graphone Team could be a breakthrough in medicine in the future when ear diseases can be transferred to the experimental environment."
Regarding the Graphone Team, which won the first prize in the Biotechnology Innovation Idea Category at TEKNOFEST, Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan pointed out that the fact that they made an artificial ear from graphene material is an extremely important development on behalf of the medical world; He emphasised that in the future, ear diseases can be moved to the experimental environment and that this development can break new ground in medicine.
"The success achieved by our Atay Team is very important for us to be able to say that we are also present in both design and domestic production."

In his speech, Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Kutluhan made evaluations about the Atay Team, which came second in Turkey in the Efficiency Challenge Electric Vehicles Domestic Product Incentive Category organised within the scope of TEKNOFEST, and pointed out that the success achieved in order to say that we are also present in both design and domestic production is very important. He emphasised the importance of the car being completely domestic production. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan, who also reminded the incentives of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on domestic automobiles, wished that the car produced will be able to be used in the future. He once again congratulated the Atay Team for the award they received in the field of design. In addition, Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan once again congratulated the advisors and members of the teams that competed in TEKNOFEST, competed in the finals and won awards through the programme.
In the programme, Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan stated that Pamukkale University contributes to the development of Denizli and the country in many fields such as tourism, culture, sports, industry and technology with the mission and vision it has undertaken and that they strive to increase these contributions day by day, and that Pamukkale University Sports Centre has world-class facilities that have hosted international competitions. He emphasised that the job opportunities after graduation attract the attention of the students due to the opportunities of the region.
Deputy Rector Kutluhan supported the #birtablettebenden campaign for equal opportunities in education with a tablet donation.

In the continuation of the programme, Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan, who also mentioned the educational opportunities of Pamukkale University, said: "Education is the most important issue for all of us. Our future depends on education. Universities were closed in March due to the global epidemic (pandemic). We, both students and their teachers, made an accounting of education. At the end of this accounting, we decided that education should go beyond the classical teacher education. In fact, education is the student's lesson, the student's exam and the student's responsibility. When we conducted a survey among students about whether a course is understood or not, 70 per cent of university students said that they study to pass the course. In fact, the course should be studied to be understood. At this point, when we think about what we can do, we are currently doing distance education and we wanted to check whether the necessary infrastructure is ready for the student. We have 52 thousand 900 students. We reached our students. One thousand 310 of these students stated that they did not have access to distance education, and 621 of them stated that they did not have a tablet or computer. The rest of the students said that their internet quota was not enough. We need to reach these students. We want to deliver tablets to students as soon as possible. I personally want to give one tablet as a gift."
Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kutluhan underlined that the courses are taught differently from the classical method. In our system, the course materials are uploaded to the system in advance, and our students prepare for the subject according to these materials before the live lesson, so that they can discuss the lesson with the lecturer in the live lesson and direct their questions to our lecturers. This situation makes a significant contribution to the understanding and application of the subject in the course.