2016 News
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TASSA Held Elections for the Four Board DirectorsTASSA held elections for four Board members whose terms expired in 2016. Huseyin Abut, Murat Gunel, Aydogan Ozcan and Mehmet Toner completed their terms as the Board of Directors. full story |
TASSA re-elects Prof. Haluk Unal as PresidentProf. Haluk Unal is re-elected by the Board of Directors for a second four-year term. 2016-2020 will be his last term in office according to TASSA bylaws. full story |
Erkin Seker named 2016 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Young InnovatorErkin Şeker, assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a 2016 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Young Innovator. full story |
Engineering PhD student Mustafa Unal wins 2 prestigious awardsEngineering PhD student Mustafa Unal wins 2 prestigious awards. One is the FACSS Student award, the other is the Young Innovator award from the Orthopaedic Research Society. full story |
TUBITAK 2016 Science, Special and Promotional Awardees ListTUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) has announced the 2016 awardees for the Science, Speical and Promotional awards. full story |
Natureindex.com Publishes Research Output in TurkeyNatureindex.com publishes Turkey's research output during the period July 1 2015 - June 30 2016. According to the report Physical Sciences papers hold the majority with 26.4%, followed by Chemistry 22.6%. full story |
Turkey's Output of Earth and Environment Science papers is growing - according to NatureIndex.comTo Earth and environmental scientists, Turkey has particular appeal. “Turkey has everything in terms of geological structures,” says geologist, Bora Uzel, whose work analysing ancient movements in the Anatolian landscape has helped increase the country's contribution to Earth and environmental journals in the index. full story |
Ergun Akleman on Construction of Large Shapes with Laser Cutting3D-printing has become very popular now. There are many inexpensive printers available in the market. Maker spaces are built in many cities to design and print interesting shapes. Unfortunately, despite this hype, it still requires a significant amount of expertise to design and construct interesting shapes. full story |
Call for Essays: The Sakip Sabanci International Research Award 2017The Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards are given each year in the field of social sciences, in honor of the late Sakıp Sabancı, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University. full story |
Nominate female PhD students to receive P.E.O. Scholar AwardsThe P.E.O. Scholar Awards program, established in 1991, provides educational awards for women who are pursuing a doctoral level degree at an accredited college or university. full story |
Young Scientist of the Month: Emrah TurgutI am Emrah Turgut, working as a third-year postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on chiral magnetic materials. full story |
Young Scientist of the Month: Zeynep Madak ErdoganIt was the third year of middle school when I heard about the Molecular Biology and Genetics department in Bilkent University and the studies on cancer that were going on in the department. full story |
9th Winter Workshop in Economics held in IstanbulThis year marks the the ninth year of the Winter Workshop in Economics held in Istanbul, Turkey full story |