- Gürsel Sönmez Research Award,2018
- 2017 TUBITAK 2214-A International Research Fellowship Program for PhD Students. Visiting PhD student in University of Victoria, BC, Canada January 2017- January 2018.
- 2016 TUBITAK 2224-A Travel Grant for attending international conference organized by Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), Orlando, FL,USA
- 2015 Tubitak Entrepreneurship and Innovativeness Competition on the 9th of October, Çağatay Yılmaz and Çağdaş Akalın won 1st place in the technology category with their project titled, ” In-situ structural health monitoring of composite materials with embedded fiber optic sensors (Gömülü Optik Sensörler ile Kompozit Malzemelerin Yapısal Sağlıklarının Sürekli İncelenmesi),”
- 2015 Yıldız Project Competition On the 25th of May 2015, Cagatay Yilmaz and Erdem Akay won 3rd place with their project titled, “In-situ structural health monitoring of composite materials with embedded fiber optic sensors,”