'''<div><span style="font-sizecolor:mediumrgb(0, 0, 0);">Sevim Aktas</span>'''[[File:Sevimaktas.jpg|thumb|Sevimaktas.jpg]]</span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'''<span style="font-size: large;">Sevim Aktas</span><br/>Advanced Technology Student'''<br/>'''University''' '''of Twente, The Netherlands'''</span>
'''[http://www.linkedin.com/in/sevimaktas <span style="color:#696969;">Sevim Aktas</span>]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">is a University Innovation Fellow and student at the University of Twente, The the Netherlands'''. She has a German-Turkish-Dutch background. </span>
Sevim Aktas is a University Innovation Fellow and student at the University of Twente<span style="color: rgb(105, the Netherlands. Sevims mission is to show that students achievements go beyond their expectations. As an Advanced Technology student105, an engineer of multiple disciplines, and the president of UT MUN, the University's Model United Nations, she wants to be an example of her mission.105);"> Her core believes are: </span>
She is a multilingual and multicultural woman*<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">Internationalisation </span>*<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, speaking English105);">Sustainability (SDGs)</span>*<span style="color: rgb(105, German105, Turkish 105);">Activism and Dutch.Potential of students</span>*<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">Equality</span>
2017/18 she initiated UT MUN together with 2 of her fellow students, has been Head of Driving Strategy and Race Coordinator of the University's Hydrogen race vehicle, Green Team Twente, that each year is participating in the Shell Eco-Marathon. At the same time, she is part of the educational committee of her study, organising student panel meetings to give them the opportunity to give feedback on education.
<br/>This year, her goal is to inspire and raise awareness about sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. Besides, the integration of internationals is a big topic for her.
[https<span style="color://www.utodayrgb(105, 105, 105);">Sevim wants to show that students achievements go beyond their expectations.nl/spotlight/64523/a-day-in-the-life-of-sevim-aktas https://www.utoday.nl/spotlight/64523/a-day-in-the-life-of-sevim-akta][https://www.utoday.nl/spotlight/64523</a-day-in-the-life-of-sevim-aktas s]span>
<span style= Related Links "color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'''Background'''</span><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">''' ''' </span>
<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">2016 - Initiator and Co-Manager, </span>[https://su.utwente.nl/en/ut-mun/ <span style="color:#696969;">UT MUN</span>]<br/><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">2016 - Head of Driving Strategy and Race Coordinator, </span>[University of https://www.greenteamtwente.nl/ <span style="color:#696969;">Green Team Twente]</span>]
<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">2017 - University Innovation Fellow <br/>2017 - Organisor, </span>[http://globalgoalsjam.org/enschede <span style="color:#696969;">Global Goals Jam</span>]<br/><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">2017 - Student Member, </span>[University of Twente Student Prioritieshttps://www.utwente.nl/at/organisation/OKC-AT/ <span style="color:#696969;">OKC Advanced Technology</span>]<br/><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">2017 - DreamTeam Member, </span>[https://www.utwente.nl/en/designlab/ <span style="color:#696969;">DesignLab</span>]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> </span>
Fall 2017<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">2018 - Coordinator, </span>[http://utwente.nl/livingsmartcampus <span style="color:#696969;">Living Smart Campus University of Twente</span>]
'''Sevim Aktas'''<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">2019 - Candidate for UReka, </span>[http://www.ureka.utwente.nl <span style="color:#696969;">University Council</span>]
[[Rianne Hagen]]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">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. <br/>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. <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. 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. Besides, the UIF team is cooperating with local institutions, like the local municipality, and the startup incubator ''Novel-T ''to provide input from a student perspective. Therby, the overall goal is to benefit students. Since January 2018 she started working on the university's living lab programme, the '''Living Smart Campus'''. This is a platform that facilitates students, staff, and professionals to work together <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">on innovative projects that make society smarter and at the same time raise controversion socio-technological dilemmas. Those can then 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>
[[Wim Kamerman]]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"><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>
[[Titus Venverloo]]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'''Media & Press'''</span>
<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">2017</span><br/>[https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/schuettorferin-studiert-im-ausland-vor-der-haustuer-186463.html <span style="color:#696969;">Schüttorferin </span><span style="color:#696969;">studiert</span><span style= "color:#696969;"> </span><span style="color:#696969;">im</span><span style="color:#696969;"> Ausland </span><span style="color:#696969;">vor</span><span style="color:#696969;"> der Haustür</span>]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - Grafschafter Nachrichten, March</span><br/>[https://www.utoday.nl/news/63770/Want_to_be_a_member_of_the_UN__ <span style="color:#696969;">Want to be a member of the UN?</span>]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - UToday, February </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</span>]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - UToday, May </span><br/>[https://www.utoday.nl/green-team-twente/64170/green-team-twente-wins <span style="color:#696969;">Green Team Twente wins!</span>]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - UToday, May </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: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - UToday, July </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''Fall 2016''' </span>]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - UToday, September </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: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - UToday, September </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: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - Twente, October </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: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - UToday, October </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: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - University of Twente, October </span>
<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);">2018</span><br/>[[Marjanne Luinstra|Marjanne Luinstra]] [[David Goedicke|David Goedicke]] [[Jos https://www.utwente.nl/nieuws/!/2018/2/328695/studentgedreven-werkbezoek-onderwijsminister-van 't Hof|Jos van 't Hof]] [[Arian Hohmann|Arian Hohmann]] -engelshoven-aan-universiteit-twente?code=dae6225f <span style="color:#696969;">Studentgedreven </span><span style="color:#696969;">werkbezoek</span><span style= '''Spring 2017''' "color:#696969;">Onderwijsminister van Engelshoven </span><span style==== [[Elisabeth "color:#696969;">aan de Vijlder|Elisabeth de VijlderUniversiteit Twente</span>]] <span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> (Education Minister in student-driven working visit to Univerisity of Twente) - University of Twente, February </span><br/>[[Lennart van de Velde|Lennart van de Veldehttps://ocw.atavist.com/een-dag-in-oost <span style="color:#696969;">Een dag in Oost</span>]] <span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> (One day in the East) - MinOCW, March </span><br/>[[Mélanie Droogleever Fortuyn|Mélanie Droogleever Fortuynhttps://medium.com/datafication-of-experience/comest-workshop-ethics-of-iot-cb6f4c2f44cf <span style="color:#696969;">COMEST workshop Ethics of IoT</span>]] <span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - Medium, March </span><br/>[[Sarah Roediger|Sarah Roedigerhttps://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;">new</span><span style="color:#696969;">phase of Living Smart Campus</span>]]<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);"> - UToday, March </span>[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]</div>