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The boats designed by Izmir University of Economics (IUE) with a slogan “2 yaka 5 dakika (2 shores in 5 minutes)”, will begin Istanbul Bosporus marine transportation in May. Interior designs of 14 double ended boats by IUE EKOTAM Design Research and Application Center for Dentur Avrasya are almost complete. The first boat will carry the passengers comfortably between Usküdar – Beşiktaş in 5 minutes. 

Lecturers of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Mathematics will be studying the features of a new module in invariant theory with a TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Project they developed. Asst. Prof. Dr. Uğur Madran and his Ph.D. student Deniz Erdemirci Erkuş prepared a project in order to develop a larger model that will include special cases not covered by the theory, and will bring a different point of view to the theory which will ease the coding theory used in wireless communication. The study, which is granted 61 thousand Turkish Liras by Mathematics, Physics Research Support Group within TUBITAK, will last for 18 months.

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An international joint symposium is organized on the theme, Accessibility for All in Passenger Boats, in collaboration with UCTEA Chamber of Naval Architects İzmir Branch, Dokuz Eylül University and İzmir University of Economics and by the support of İzmir Chamber of Commerce and IMEAK Turkish Chamber of Shipping İzmir Branch. The symposium aims at gathering researchers, local authorities, manufacturers and designers of marine sector, so creating a platform where the ideas are shared and will be realized in İzmir University of Economics Conference Hall on Friday, October 10, 2014.

Yacht design is being reshaped in the hands of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) students. Students of IUE Graduate School of Social Sciences-Yacht Design Master’s Program and IUE Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design learn about boat construction on-site and get ready for new generation of boats.

Students of Izmir University of Economics-Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yacht Design Graduate Program organized a technical trip to Antalya Free Zone and Setur Marina on March 22-23 along with the students of Department of Interior Architecture and Design.