TASSA completes its reorganization

TASSA completes the forming of the Executive Committee, Standing Committees, and the Technical Groups. Numerous valuable scientists and scholars have agreed enthusiastically to work for TASSA. Thanks to all! Such strong support allows TASSA to take on more challenging projects that can have meaningful contribution to collaborative research and teaching between Turkey and the U.S.A.

Full list of the organization and selected members to each committee and groups are as follows.

TASSA ADMINISTRATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President and Chairman of the Board

3.5-Years Term

Haluk Ü nal, Professor, Department of Finance, University of Maryland

Board Members

4-Years Term

Hüseyin Abut, Professor, Emeritus Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University

Murat Günel, Nixdorff-German Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Genetics and of Neurobiology, Yale Neurosurgery, Yale University

Aydoğan Özcan, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA

Mehmet Toner, Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery (Biomedical Engineering), and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard University

2-Years Term

Turgay Ertekin, Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State University

Orhan Gürbüz, Director, Tobolski Watkins Engineering Inc. & Gurbuz Consulting

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland

Füsun Özgüner, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Vice Presidents

Hasan Ayaz, Assistant Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University

Levent Güntay, Financial Economist, Division of Insurance and Research, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Nilay Papila, Project Development Consultant

Candan Tamerler, Research Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington

Managing Director

Tuğba Güntay, Managing Director, Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association

Treasurer

Refik Soyer, Professor, Department of Decision Sciences, The George Washington University

Editor

Aylin Sagay, Director of Administration & Finances, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University

STANDING COMMITTEES

Membership

Hasan Ayaz, Assistant Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University

Sümer Can, Electrical Engineer, Integrated Circuit Design Diodes, Inc.

Levent Güntay, Financial Economist, Division of Insurance and Research, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Nilay Papila, Project Development Consultant

Candan Tamerler, Research Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington

Rules

Timur Edib, Lawyer, Timur Edib Law Office

Ferhat Esen, Infrastructure-Energy Finance Specialist, Middle East North Africa Energy&Transport, The World Bank

Tuğba Güntay, Managing Director, Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association

Daver Kahvecioğlu, Senior Research Associate, IMPAQ International, LLC

Public Relations

Gizem Dönmez, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University

Şeyda Ertekin, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science / MIT Sloan School of Management, MIT

Nilay Papila, Project Development Consultant

Burhaneddin Sandıkçı, Assistant Professor, Booth School of Business, Operations Management, University of Chicago

Relationship w Turkey

Hasan Ayaz, Assistant Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University

Turgut Gür, Consulting Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Daver Kahvecioğlu, Senior Research Associate, IMPAQ International, LLC

Ümit Özgüner, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University

Nilay Papila, Project Development Consultant

Candan Tamerler, Research Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington

Bülent Yavuz, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Nanostellar, Inc.

Finance

Turan G. Bali, Robert S. Parker Chair Professor of Business Administration, Finance Department, Georgetown University

Işıl Erel, Assistant Professor, Finance Department, The Ohio State University

Ferhat Esen, Infrastructure-Energy Finance Specialist, Middle East North Africa Energy&Transport, The World Bank

Pınar Güvenir, Accountant Cagal and Associates, LLC

Levent Güntay, Financial Economist, Division of Insurance and Research, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Refik Soyer, Professor, Department of Decision Sciences, The George Washington University

Murat Tarımcılar, Professor, Department of Decision Sciences, The George Washington University

Web

Murat Aksoy, Research Associate, Department of Radiology, Stanford University

Hasan Ayaz, Assistant Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University

Yalçın Sert, Enterprise Content Strategist, Customs and Border Protection

Senay Solak, Assistant Professor, Department of Operations and Information Management, University of Massachussets, Amherst

TECHNICAL GROUPS

Health and Biomedical Sciences

Hatice Altuğ, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University

Gizem Dönmez, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University

Bahri Karaçay, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa

Nilgün Tümer, Professor, Department of Plant Biology & Pathology, Rutgers University

Natural Sciences

Bülent Akgün, Instrument Scientist, Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Ertuğrul Taciroglu, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA

Serap Erdal, Associate Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

Batuhan Osmanoğlu, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Social Sciences and Art & Humanities

Ayse Imrohoroğlu, Professor, Department of Finance & Business Economics, University of Southern California

Hülya Eraslan, Associate Professor, Deparment of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

Çağlar Özden, Senior Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank

Ahmet Yükleyen, Croft Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Mississippi

Engineering and Applied Sciences

Ertuğrul Çubukcu, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Pennsylvania

Şeyda Ertekin, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science / MIT Sloan School of Management, MIT

Metin Sitti, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Selim Ünlü, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University

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