Assist. Prof. Edip Seçkin and Assist. Prof. Erdal Coşkun from Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering Earthquake Damage Assessment and Evaluation Team, paid a visit the earthquake-effected region between 8-12 March 2023 with the IKU Rectorate entrusted mission of analysing and evaluating the aftermath of the earthquake that occurred in Kahramanmaraş and affected 11 provinces.

A patent was decided to grant by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office for the application titled "A Textile Product Containing Phase Change Material and Its Production Method", dated 25/09/2019, numbered 2019/14584 and referenced KULTUR/09, which is one of the outputs of the TÜBİTAK 1001 Project numbered 213M281 carried out by Assist. Prof. Dr. Nihal Sarıer from the Department of Civil Engineering.