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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Dear Friends
of TASSA,
I am sure
everyone is looking forward to summer plans as the 2012-2013 academic
year winds down. At TASSA we are looking forward to our inaugural
symposium to be held during Fall 2013, which will showcase the power
of Turkish women scholars and scientists. We have assembled an
impressive group of people who volunteered to be on the program
committee. You can find more information on TASSA-WISE (women in
science and engineering) in this issue of The Bridge. I am sure this
symposium will prove to be another successful gathering of TASSA
friends.
Prof. Haluk Ünal
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CROSSING THE
BRIDGE
by Nilay Papila Ph.D.
TUBITAK-NSF BILATERAL
COOPERATION PROGRAM
As
longstanding and close allies, Turkey and the US have signed a
number of scientific cooperation agreements in the past.
In this issue, we are sharing the most recent framework
agreement at the governmental level via our article regarding to
the "Turkey- US Science and Technology Cooperation
Meeting", which was held last month in Ankara, Turkey.
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YOUNG SCIENTIST
OF THE MONTH
Utkan Demirci, Ph.D.
"We have
great minds that are living in the US and in Turkey. I think success
in science is not necessarily only limited to being successful in
classes or being smart. Research and perseverance towards innovation
is a challenging path that requires training and the right kind of
culture and attitude on top of academic success. Many success
young minds have to realize early on that they need to breathe
the culture and live the microenvironment of innovation to be able to
develop that skill set to set them into a trajectory that will lead
to future great discoveries."
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A Conversation with
Dr. Feryal Ozel
Dr. Ozel does fascinating work in neutron stars,
black holes, and cosmology. In this conversation she shares with us
the origins of her interest in astrophysics and explains her research
interests.
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TASSA 2013
INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS
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Become a member or renew your membership
Take advantage of member search
feature to find scientists working in your field.
Please visit
Membership/
Member Services on our website to become a member or to renew your
membership.
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TASSA
participates in the USA-TR Joint Science and Technology Committee
Meeting
On April 3-4th, the United States and Turkey
held their first high-level science and technology cooperation
meeting in Ankara, Turkey. As a result of outstanding efforts
led by delegates from both countries, the meeting was very
successful in defining the ways to build up bridges to advance
science, technology and education objectives under the 2010
U.S.-Turkey Science and Technology Agreement.
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TASSA met
US Science Envoy
US Science Envoy Dr.
Susan Hockfield met with Turkish American Scientist and Scholars
Association (TASSA) representatives in Washington DC on Fri, April
26, before making her first official visit to Turkey on May 13-17.
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TASSA-
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Symposium
We
are excited to announce that TASSA`s 1st Women in Science and
Engineering (WISE) symposium will take place in Robert H. Smith
School of Business, Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland,
College Park in fall, 2013. Within a short period, we are delighted
to follow the progress achieved by program and organizing
committees.
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Prof.
Mehmet Toner's work featured in TIMES Magazine
"... An oncologist Dr. Haber, has similarly
partnered with Massachusetts General biomedical engineer Mehmet
Toner to lead an SU2C-backed team that has designed and built a
smart chip device to trap circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in a blood
sample. Many tumors release cells into the bloodstream; if a CTC
finds purchase in another organ and starts to grow, that is
metastasis. The breakaway cells are not easy to spot - there are a
billion blood cells for every one of them - but detecting their
presence is critical to stopping their spread."
Excerpt taken from the Cover Story of Times Magazine
on 04/01/2013.
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Turkish scientist Dr. Seyda Ertekin takes part in an
award winning project
A team of
applied mathematicians and computer scientists won the Innovative
Applications in Analytics Award from the INFORMS organization for
the project, "Analytics for Power Grid Distribution
Reliability in New York City." The project is directed from
MIT and conducted in conjunction with researchers from MIT,
Columbia University and Con Edison, NYC's power company. Dr. Seyda
Ertekin, who joined MIT in 2010, is part of the MIT team.
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TASSA
Participated at
the 33rd Annual ATAA Conference
Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA)
successfully organized 33rd Annual Conference and 2013 Turkish
American National Leadership Convention on April 25-27, 2013 in
Washington DC. Conference program featured many high level talks on
US-Turkish relations.
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The Bridge
Editorial Team:
Aylin Sağay Editor
Tuğba Güntay Managing Director
Hasan Ayaz Vice President,
Web Committee Chair
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Contact TASSA
Please submit news and announcements that you would like to be
included in the future issues of The Bridge by sending
an email to ed@tassausa.org
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