Hasan Kalyoncu University (HKU) achieved significant success at TEKNOFEST 2026 with technology and engineering projects developed by its students, concluding the event with a total of six awards and podium finishes. HKU teams secured one first-place and two third-place finishes, as well as the TUSAŞ Special Award, Best Team Award and Most Original Robot Award.
HKU’s award-winning teams received their prizes at the award ceremony held at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport as part of TEKNOFEST Southeast. The HKU TEKNOGARAJ Viento Team, which won first place in the International Fixed-Wing UAV Competition and received the TUSAŞ Special Award; the HKU TEKNOGARAJ MERGENİYE Team, which placed third in the Unmanned Underwater Systems Competition; and the HKU TEKNOGARAJ Meftun-u Roket Team, which secured third place in the Underwater Rocket Competition, received their awards from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
At TEKNOFEST 2026, the HKU TEKNOGARAJ Skyrise Rocket Team received the Best Team Award, while the HKU TEKNOGARAJ TITANCORE Team won the Most Original Robot Award, adding further honours to HKU’s achievements at TEKNOFEST.
TEKNOFEST Spirit Lives on Across Our Campus
HKU Rector Prof. Dr Gül Rengin Küçükerdoğan said, “The achievements of our students at TEKNOFEST 2026 are a great source of pride for us. It is particularly gratifying that our Viento Team repeated its 2025 success by once again winning first place and the TUSAŞ Special Award this year, becoming champions for the second consecutive year. These achievements, spanning unmanned underwater systems, rocket technologies, UAVs and robotic systems, demonstrate our students’ capacity to create, develop and innovate. I would like to thank Mr Cemal Kalyoncu, President of the Gaziantep Education and Service Foundation, and Mr Haluk Kalyoncu, Chairman of our Board of Trustees, for their continued and strong support for our university. We will continue to keep the spirit of TEKNOFEST alive on our campus and support our students throughout their technology development journeys,” she said.
