The “ZAFER” team, led by Sarvan Aziz, Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology of Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU), Doctor of Philosophy in National Security and Military Sciences, has won the “TUSAŞ Lift Up 2025 Industry-Oriented Graduation Project - Graduate Projects” competition announced by the Turkish Aviation and Space Industry Company (TUSAŞ) within the framework of the 2025-2026 academic year.

The “ZAFER” team, represented by a total of 5 students from AzTU, will carry out the project work on the topic of “Optimization of polishing parameters of bevel gears”. The industrial consultant of the project, which is implemented with the support of TUSAŞ, is Bahadir Kartal.

The captain of the “ZAFER” team is Rufat Dadashzadeh, a 4th-year student in Instrument Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy, and the team members are Aysel Muradova, Nasib Abdullayev, Fatima Mahmudova and Narmin Karimli.

It should be noted that teams consisting of students of Azerbaijan Technical University have been participating in this competition since the 2023/2024 academic year. AzTU's cooperation with TUSAŞ has been established since 2022. The "TUSAŞ Lift Up Industry-Oriented Graduation Project - Graduate Projects" competition provides the participation of AzTU undergraduate engineering students by forming teams.

The coordination of the project work is carried out by AzTU's School of Lifelong Learning.