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<span style="color:#000000;">[http://www.linkedin.com/in/sevimaktas <b><span style="font-size:medium;">Sevim Aktas</span></b>][[File:Sevimaktas.jpg|thumb]]</span>
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<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:larger;">[http://www.linkedin.com/in/sevimaktas <b><span style="font-size:medium;">Sevim Aktas</span></b>]</span>[[File:Sevimaktas.jpg|thumb|Sevimaktas.jpg]]</span>
  
<span style="color:#000000;">'''Advanced Technology Student'''</span>
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<span style="color:#000000;">'''Advanced Technology Student<br/>'''</span>'''University'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'''of Twente, The Netherlands'''</span>
 
 
<span style="color:#000000;">'''University'''&nbsp;<span style="color:#000000;">'''of Twente, The Netherlands'''</span></span>
 
  
 
<span style="color:#696969;">Sevim Aktas is a University Innovation Fellow and student at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She has a German-Turkish-Dutch background.&nbsp;</span>
 
<span style="color:#696969;">Sevim Aktas is a University Innovation Fellow and student at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She has a German-Turkish-Dutch background.&nbsp;</span>
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<span style="color:#696969;">Sevim wants to show that students achievements go beyond their expectations.</span>
 
<span style="color:#696969;">Sevim wants to show that students achievements go beyond their expectations.</span>
  
<span style="color:#696969;">'''Background&nbsp;'''&nbsp;</span>
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<span style="color:#000000;">'''Background'''</span><span style="color:#696969;">'''&nbsp;'''&nbsp;</span>
  
<span style="color:#696969;">2016 - Initiator and Co-Manager, </span>[https://su.utwente.nl/en/ut-mun/ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;UT MUN&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<span style="color:#696969;"><br/>2016 - Head of Driving Strategy and Race Coordinator,&nbsp;</span>[https://www.greenteamtwente.nl/ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;Green Team Twente&lt;/span&gt;</span>]
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<span style="color:#696969;">2016 - Initiator and Co-Manager, </span>[https://su.utwente.nl/en/ut-mun/ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;UT MUN&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<br/><span style="color:#696969;">2016 - Head of Driving Strategy and Race Coordinator,&nbsp;</span>[https://www.greenteamtwente.nl/ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;Green Team Twente&lt;/span&gt;</span>]
  
<span style="color:#696969;">2017 - University Innovation Fellow&nbsp;<br/>2017 - Organisor,</span>[http://globalgoalsjam.org/enschede <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;Global Goals Jam&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<span style="color:#696969;"><br/>2017 - Student Member,</span>[https://www.utwente.nl/at/organisation/OKC-AT/ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;OKC Advanced Technology&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<span style="color:#696969;"><br/>2017 - DreamTeam Member,</span>[https://www.utwente.nl/en/designlab/ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;DesignLab&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;</span>
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<span style="color:#696969;">2017 - University Innovation Fellow&nbsp;<br/>2017 - Organisor,</span>[http://globalgoalsjam.org/enschede <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;Global Goals Jam&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<br/><span style="color:#696969;">2017 - Student Member,</span>[https://www.utwente.nl/at/organisation/OKC-AT/ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;OKC Advanced Technology&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<br/><span style="color:#696969;">2017 - DreamTeam Member,</span>[https://www.utwente.nl/en/designlab/ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;DesignLab&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;</span>
  
 
<span style="color:#696969;">2018 - Coordinator, </span>[http://utwente.nl/livingsmartcampus <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;Living Smart Campus University of Twente&lt;/span&gt;</span>]
 
<span style="color:#696969;">2018 - Coordinator, </span>[http://utwente.nl/livingsmartcampus <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;Living Smart Campus University of Twente&lt;/span&gt;</span>]
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<span style="color:#696969;">2019 - Candidate for UReka, </span>[http://www.ureka.utwente.nl <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;University Council&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
 
<span style="color:#696969;">2019 - Candidate for UReka, </span>[http://www.ureka.utwente.nl <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;span style="color:#696969;"&gt;University Council&lt;/span&gt;</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
  
<span style="color:#696969;">2017 she initiated '''UT MUN''''', '''''University of Twente Model United Nations''''','' together with 2 of her fellow students. With a team of&nbsp;40 students, a simulation of the UN conferences was organized for around 100 delegates. Engineering and behavioral science students have been stimulated to debate about pressing High Tech Human Touch topics.&nbsp;<br/>Besides, she has a been part of a student engineering team, '''Green Team&nbsp;Twente''', building a&nbsp;Hydrogen&nbsp;car. May&nbsp;2017 they&nbsp;participated&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Shell Eco-Marathon in&nbsp;London and won the&nbsp;European Championship with a consumption of 860 km/l of Hydrogen. As&nbsp;''Head of Driving Strategy'' and ''Race Coordinator'', she was responsible for data acquisition, testings, driving strategy, and coordination during the race.&nbsp;<br/><br/>Summer 2017 she joined the Dream Team, the student team running the design-thinking space, the '''DesignLab'''. Here, students, staff, and professionals are stimulated to work together to design for society by means of science. At the same time, she is part of the educational committee of her study programme '''OKC''', organizing student panel meetings to give them the opportunity of providing feedback for quality education.&nbsp;September 2017 she organized the '''Global Goals Jam''', a brainstorming event that takes place in 20 different location. all over the world with the goal to find solutions to three preselected ''Sustainable Development Goals''. November 2017 she was launched as a '''University Innovation Fellow''' and is pursuing topics related to Entrepreneurship and keeping talent in the region. Together with UIF, the local municipality, and the startup incubator Novel-T, surveys and interviews are conducted. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">The final results will be presented to the City Council and Twente Top to act on regional opportunities and threats.&nbsp;</span>Since January 2018 she started working on the university's&nbsp;living lab programme, the '''Living Smart Campus Programme'''. This is a platform facilitates students, staff and </span><span style="color:#696969;">professionals</span><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">to</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">work together on innovative projects that make society smarter and at the same time raise controversion socio-technological dilemmas that can be then evaluated in this research environment. Together with the Scientific Director of the Digital Society Institute and the Managing Director of the DesignLab, the programme was brought to its next level with new features and a new structure.</span></span>
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<span style="color:#696969;">2017 she initiated '''UT MUN''''', '''''University of Twente Model United Nations''''','' together with 2 of her fellow students. With a team of&nbsp;40 students, a simulation of the UN conferences was organized for around 100 delegates. Engineering and behavioral science students have been stimulated to debate about pressing High Tech Human Touch topics.&nbsp;<br/>Besides, she has a been part of a student engineering team, '''Green Team&nbsp;Twente''', building a&nbsp;Hydrogen&nbsp;car. May&nbsp;2017 they&nbsp;participated&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Shell Eco-Marathon in&nbsp;London and won the&nbsp;European Championship with a consumption of 860 km/l of Hydrogen. As&nbsp;''Head of Driving Strategy'' and ''Race Coordinator'', she was responsible for data acquisition, testings, driving strategy, and coordination during the race.&nbsp;<br/><br/>Summer 2017 she joined the Dream Team, the student team running the design-thinking space, the '''DesignLab'''. Here, students, staff, and professionals are stimulated to work together to design for society by means of science. At the same time, she is part of the educational committee of her study programme '''OKC''', organizing student panel meetings to give them the opportunity of providing feedback for quality education.&nbsp;September 2017 she organized the '''Global Goals Jam''', a brainstorming event that takes place in 20 different location. all over the world with the goal to find solutions to three preselected ''Sustainable Development Goals''. November 2017 she was launched as a '''University Innovation Fellow''' and is pursuing topics related to Entrepreneurship and keeping talent in the region. Together with UIF, the local municipality, and the startup incubator Novel-T, surveys and interviews are conducted. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">The final results will be presented to the City Council and Twente Top to act on regional opportunities and threats.&nbsp;</span>Since January 2018 she started working on the university's&nbsp;living lab programme, the '''Living Smart Campus Programme'''. This is a platform facilitates students, staff, and professionals to work<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">together on innovative projects that make society smarter and at the same time raise controversion socio-technological dilemmas that can be then evaluated in this research environment. Together with the Scientific Director of the Digital Society Institute and the Managing Director of the DesignLab, the programme was brought to its next level with new features and a new structure.</span></span>
  
 
<span style="color:#696969;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">At the moment, she is candidating for the '''University Council '''to represent the voice of students on topics like equal rights for internationals and activism. Furthermore, h</span>er goal is to inspire and raise awareness about sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.</span>
 
<span style="color:#696969;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">At the moment, she is candidating for the '''University Council '''to represent the voice of students on topics like equal rights for internationals and activism. Furthermore, h</span>er goal is to inspire and raise awareness about sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.</span>
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<span style="color:#696969;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'''Media & Press'''</span></span>
 
<span style="color:#696969;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'''Media & Press'''</span></span>
  
<span style="color:#696969;">'''2017'''<br/></span>[https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;br /&gt;Schüttorferin</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">studiert</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">im</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">Ausland</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">vor</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">der</span><span style="color:#696969;">Haustür</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">- Grafschafter Nachrichten, March<br/>&nbsp;</span>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/63770/Want_to_be_a_member_of_the_UN__ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;br /&gt;Want to be a member of the UN?</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;- UToday, February&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://www.utoday.nl/green-team-twente/64142/green-team-on-the-way-to-london <span style="color:#696969;">Green Team: On the way to London #1</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;- UToday, May&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://www.utoday.nl/green-team-twente/64170/green-team-twente-wins <span style="color:#696969;">Green Team Twente wins</span>][https://www.utoday.nl/green-team-twente/64170/green-team-twente-wins <span style="color:#696969;">!&nbsp;&nbsp;- UToday</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;- UToday, May&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/64316/ut-students-applying-for-fellows-programme <span style="color:#696969;">UT students applying for Fellows Programme</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;- UToday, July&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/64452/global-goals-jam-think-big-start-small <span style="color:#696969;">Global Goals Jam: 'Think big, start small'</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;-&nbsp;UToday, September&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://www.utoday.nl/spotlight/64523/a-day-in-the-life-of-sevim-aktas <span style="color:#696969;">A day in the life of Sevim Aktas</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;-&nbsp;UToday, September&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://www.twente.com/twenty-twente/twente-science-night/ <span style="color:#696969;">Twente Science Night: World of Tomorrow</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">- Twente, October&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/64608/new-university-innovation-fellows-introduce-themselves <span style="color:#696969;">New University Innovation Fellows introduce themselves</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;-&nbsp;UToday, October&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://www.utwente.nl/en/news/!/2017/10/266921/four-students-named-university-innovation-fellows <span style="color:#696969;">Four students named University Innovation Fellows</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">, University of Twente, October&nbsp;</span>
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<span style="color:#696969;">'''2017'''</span><br/>[https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;br /&gt;Schüttorferin</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">studiert</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">im</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">Ausland</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">vor</span>][https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">der</span><span style="color:#696969;">Haustür</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">- Grafschafter Nachrichten, March<br/>&nbsp;</span>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/63770/Want_to_be_a_member_of_the_UN__ <span style="color:#696969;">&lt;br /&gt;Want to be a member of the UN?</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;- UToday, February&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://www.utoday.nl/green-team-twente/64142/green-team-on-the-way-to-london <span style="color:#696969;">Green Team: On the way to London #1</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;- UToday, May&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://www.utoday.nl/green-team-twente/64170/green-team-twente-wins <span style="color:#696969;">Green Team Twente wins</span>][https://www.utoday.nl/green-team-twente/64170/green-team-twente-wins <span style="color:#696969;">!&nbsp;&nbsp;- UToday</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;- UToday, May&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/64316/ut-students-applying-for-fellows-programme <span style="color:#696969;">UT students applying for Fellows Programme</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;- UToday, July&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/64452/global-goals-jam-think-big-start-small <span style="color:#696969;">Global Goals Jam: 'Think big, start small'</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;-&nbsp;UToday, September&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://www.utoday.nl/spotlight/64523/a-day-in-the-life-of-sevim-aktas <span style="color:#696969;">A day in the life of Sevim Aktas</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;-&nbsp;UToday, September&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://www.twente.com/twenty-twente/twente-science-night/ <span style="color:#696969;">Twente Science Night: World of Tomorrow</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">- Twente, October&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/64608/new-university-innovation-fellows-introduce-themselves <span style="color:#696969;">New University Innovation Fellows introduce themselves</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;-&nbsp;UToday, October&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://www.utwente.nl/en/news/!/2017/10/266921/four-students-named-university-innovation-fellows <span style="color:#696969;">Four students named University Innovation Fellows</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">, University of Twente, October&nbsp;</span>
  
<span style="color:#696969;">'''2018'''<br/></span>[https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">Studentgedreven</span>][https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">werkbezoek</span>][https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">Onderwijsminister van Engelshoven</span>][https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">aan</span>][https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">de</span><span style="color:#696969;">Universiteit Twente</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;(Education Minister in student-driven working visit to Univerisity of Twente) - University of Twente, February&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://ocw.atavist.com/een-dag-in-oost <span style="color:#696969;">Een dag in Oost</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;(One day in the East) - MinOCW, March&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://medium.com/datafication-of-experience/comest-workshop-ethics-of-iot-cb6f4c2f44cf <span style="color:#696969;">COMEST workshop Ethics of IoT&nbsp;</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">- Medium, March&nbsp;<br/></span>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/65260/creathon-new-phase-of-living-smart-campus <span style="color:#696969;">Creathon</span><span style="color:#696969;">: </span><span style="color:#696969;">newphase</span><span style="color:#696969;">of Living Smart Campus</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;-&nbsp;UToday, March&nbsp;</span>
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<span style="color:#696969;">'''2018'''</span><br/>[https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">Studentgedreven</span>][https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">werkbezoek</span>][https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">Onderwijsminister van Engelshoven</span>][https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">aan</span>][https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van-engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">de</span><span style="color:#696969;">Universiteit Twente</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;(Education Minister in student-driven working visit to Univerisity of Twente) - University of Twente, February&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://ocw.atavist.com/een-dag-in-oost <span style="color:#696969;">Een dag in Oost</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;(One day in the East) - MinOCW, March&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://medium.com/datafication-of-experience/comest-workshop-ethics-of-iot-cb6f4c2f44cf <span style="color:#696969;">COMEST workshop Ethics of IoT&nbsp;</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">- Medium, March&nbsp;</span><br/>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/65260/creathon-new-phase-of-living-smart-campus <span style="color:#696969;">Creathon</span><span style="color:#696969;">: </span><span style="color:#696969;">newphase</span><span style="color:#696969;">of Living Smart Campus</span>]<span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;-&nbsp;UToday, March&nbsp;</span>

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Sevim Aktas
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Advanced Technology Student
University of Twente, The Netherlands

Sevim Aktas is a University Innovation Fellow and student at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She has a German-Turkish-Dutch background. 

 Her core believes are: 

  • Internationalisation 
  • Sustainability (SDGs)
  • Activism and Potential of students
  • Equality

Sevim wants to show that students achievements go beyond their expectations.

Background  

2016 - Initiator and Co-Manager, <span style="color:#696969;">UT MUN</span>
2016 - Head of Driving Strategy and Race Coordinator, <span style="color:#696969;">Green Team Twente</span>

2017 - University Innovation Fellow 
2017 - Organisor,
<span style="color:#696969;">Global Goals Jam</span>
2017 - Student Member,<span style="color:#696969;">OKC Advanced Technology</span>
2017 - DreamTeam Member,<span style="color:#696969;">DesignLab</span> 

2018 - Coordinator, <span style="color:#696969;">Living Smart Campus University of Twente</span>

2019 - Candidate for UReka, <span style="color:#696969;">University Council</span>  

2017 she initiated UT MUN, University of Twente Model United Nations, together with 2 of her fellow students. With a team of 40 students, a simulation of the UN conferences was organized for around 100 delegates. Engineering and behavioral science students have been stimulated to debate about pressing High Tech Human Touch topics. 
Besides, she has a been part of a student engineering team, Green Team Twente, building a Hydrogen car. May 2017 they participated in the Shell Eco-Marathon in London and won the European Championship with a consumption of 860 km/l of Hydrogen. As Head of Driving Strategy and Race Coordinator, she was responsible for data acquisition, testings, driving strategy, and coordination during the race. 

Summer 2017 she joined the Dream Team, the student team running the design-thinking space, the DesignLab. Here, students, staff, and professionals are stimulated to work together to design for society by means of science. At the same time, she is part of the educational committee of her study programme OKC, organizing student panel meetings to give them the opportunity of providing feedback for quality education. September 2017 she organized the Global Goals Jam, a brainstorming event that takes place in 20 different location. all over the world with the goal to find solutions to three preselected Sustainable Development Goals. November 2017 she was launched as a University Innovation Fellow and is pursuing topics related to Entrepreneurship and keeping talent in the region. Together with UIF, the local municipality, and the startup incubator Novel-T, surveys and interviews are conducted. The final results will be presented to the City Council and Twente Top to act on regional opportunities and threats. Since January 2018 she started working on the university's living lab programme, the Living Smart Campus Programme. This is a platform facilitates students, staff, and professionals to worktogether on innovative projects that make society smarter and at the same time raise controversion socio-technological dilemmas that can be then evaluated in this research environment. Together with the Scientific Director of the Digital Society Institute and the Managing Director of the DesignLab, the programme was brought to its next level with new features and a new structure.

At the moment, she is candidating for the University Council to represent the voice of students on topics like equal rights for internationals and activism. Furthermore, her goal is to inspire and raise awareness about sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.

Media & Press

2017
<br />SchüttorferinstudiertimAuslandvorderHaustür- Grafschafter Nachrichten, March
 
<br />Want to be a member of the UN? - UToday, February 
Green Team: On the way to London #1 - UToday, May 
Green Team Twente wins!  - UToday - UToday, May 
UT students applying for Fellows Programme - UToday, July 
Global Goals Jam: 'Think big, start small' - UToday, September 
A day in the life of Sevim Aktas - UToday, September 
Twente Science Night: World of Tomorrow- Twente, October 
New University Innovation Fellows introduce themselves - UToday, October 
Four students named University Innovation Fellows, University of Twente, October 

2018
StudentgedrevenwerkbezoekOnderwijsminister van EngelshovenaandeUniversiteit Twente (Education Minister in student-driven working visit to Univerisity of Twente) - University of Twente, February 
Een dag in Oost (One day in the East) - MinOCW, March 
COMEST workshop Ethics of IoT - Medium, March 
Creathon: newphaseof Living Smart Campus - UToday, March