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TASSA
2013
INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS
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ABOUT
Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association
(TASSA) is an independent, non-profit and non-political organization
established in June 2004 in Washington, DC. READ MORE
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Editorial
Team
M.Sena
Sahin Editor
Tuğba Güntay Managing
Director
Hasan Ayaz Vice
President,
Web Committee Chair
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TASSA participates "Congress
for Turkish Scientists Living Abroad" Meeting
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On July 4-5, 2013, the Scientific and Technological Research
Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) held the "2nd Congress for
Turkish Scientists Living Abroad" meeting in İstanbul,
Turkey. Around 130 scientists, who have marked their fields with
notable works and patents, discussed four main issues:
"Technology Transfer", "Education",
"Health" and "Energy", to determine concrete
steps to take in these areas. They shared their experiences with some
70 representatives from Turkey's public and private sectors and
universities to make the country an international center of
attraction in the field of science and technology.
TASSA attended to "2nd Congress for Turkish Scientists Living
Abroad" meeting with the following representatives: Dr. Banu
Onaral (Drexel University), Dr. Candan Tamerler (University of
Washington), Dr. Aydoğan Özcan (UCLA), Dr. Selim Ünlü (Boston
University), Dr. Kenan Gundogdu (NCSU), Dr. Ahmet Yukleyen
(University of Mississippi), Dr. Seyda Ertekin (MIT), Dr. Nilay
Papila (Ozyegin University), Dr. Hayat Onyuksel (UIC), Dr.Murat Gunel (Yale) and
Dr. Turgut Gur (Stanford).Full Story
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Mehmet Toner Accepts Annual WCPP Recognition Award
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Bulent Basol Receives the Top Solar Inventor Award
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 "The
movement towards a clean energy future demands the hard work and
ingenuity of our scientists and engineers - people who spend their days
imagining and creating solutions for our most pressing energy needs.
As the holiday season approaches, we would like to take the time to
recognize some of the top renewable energy inventors of 2012. The top
solar inventor of 2012 is Bulent Basol. Basol claims his fame from
his work on high-efficiency thin film solar cells, in particular,
low-cost electrodeposition methods for CIGS solar cells." Full Story
Reference:
Cleantech PatentEdge Data. (2012, December 11). Holiday roundup: Top
biofuels, solar, and wind power inventors of 2012 - see more at.
Retrieved from http://www.cleantechpatentedge.com/2012/12/holiday-roundup-top-biofuels-solar-and-wind-power-inventors-of-2012/
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Turgay Ertekin, Erdal Ozkan, Tayfun Babadagli, and
Gokhan Coskuner are the SPE 2013 International Award Receipients
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Turgay
Ertekin
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"The SPE Board of Directors approved the 2013 International
Award recipients at their recent meeting in Calgary, Canada. The
winners were chosen from a pool of first-rate candidates. Seventeen
international award committees recommended these winners to the board
because of their outstanding and significant technical, professional,
and service contributions to SPE and the petroleum industry. SPE
President Egbert Imomoh will present the awards to the winners at the
Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in New Orleans.
Please join SPE in congratulating the 2013 SPE International Award
recipients." Full Story
Reference:
SPE Notes. (2013, July 11). Congratulations to the 2013 international
award winners. Retrieved from http://www.spe.org/notes/2013/07/congratulations-to-the-2013-international-award-winners/
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Aydogan Ozcan Speaks at Milken Institute Global
Conference 2013
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 "The Milken Institute Global
Conference is an annual event where experts across fields from
medicine to economics are invited to discuss the advancements that
have been made in the present and the challenges that will be faced
by generations ahead.
On the last day of the 2013 Conference, a panel of
scientists including Dr. David Baltimore (a Nobel Laureate in
Medicine and former President of the California Institute of
Technology), Dr. Francis Collins (the Director of the National Institute
of Health), and Dr. Aydogan Ozcan (Associate Professor in
Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering at UCLA) spoke about their
inspiration to become involved in science and some of the great
achievements that they played a role in enacting." Full Story
Reference: Ucla
Engineering. (2013). Professor aydogan ozcan speaks at milken
institute global conference 2013. Retrieved from http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/news/news-archive/2013/professor-aydogan-ozcan-speaks-at-milken-institute-global-conference-2013
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Metin Sitti Discusses Medical Micro-Robotics at World
Science Festival
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"Carnegie Mellon University's Metin Sitti showcased
one of his latest creations - a pill-sized capsule robot capable of
performing tissue biopsies and dispensing drugs inside a human - at
the 2013 World Science Festival June 10 in New York City.
"It was a wonderful opportunity to meet and
chat with top-notch scientists, artists, journalists, politicians and
most importantly the public at this event," said Sitti, a
professor of mechanical engineering and head of CMU's NanoRobotics
Lab.
The World Science Festival, sponsored by the Science
Festival Foundation since 2008, is designed to help the general
public better understand science and the many research implications
for the future." Full Story
Reference:Carnigie
Mellon Engineering. (2013). Metin sitti discusses medical
micro-robotics at world science festival. Retrieved from http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/feature/2013/06_25_sitti_world_science_festival.html
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Batuhan Osmanoglu receives the F.G. Walton Smith Prize
in Marine Geology & Geophysics
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 "The University of Miami (UM)
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is one of the
world's premier marine and atmospheric research institutions. The
Annual School-wide Awards Ceremony is where graduate students are
presented with awards recognizing their scholarly achievement and
fellowships to help further their education at the Rosenstiel
School.
Held
on Friday, May 3 in the F. G. Walton Smith Commons on Virginia Key,
the 2013 ceremony was attended by Dr. Roni Avissar, dean of the
Rosenstiel School and Grosell, and dozens of students and faculty.
The following outstanding students were honored: F.G. Walton Smith
Prize Dr. Bhatuan Osmanoglu (Marine Geology & Geophysics)" Full Story
Reference:
The University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science. (2013, May 08). Um rosenstiel school hosts
annual student awards ceremony. Retrieved from http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/news-events/press-releases/2013/um-rosenstiel-school-hosts-annual-student-awards-ceremony
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Haluk
Unal
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Dear Friends of TASSA,
What a month June was! As everyone was looking
forward to the start of the Summer of 2013, we were all hit and
shaken by the events of Gezi Park. The TASSA Board and Executive
Committee members were alarmed by the treatment of the demonstrators
at the Gezi Park issue. We sent a statement to our mailing list,
expressing our concerns about the excessive use of force against the
demonstrators. The statement was sent with good intentions; with the
only goal of supporting freedom of expression in our motherland. Our
concern was, and still is, treatment of peaceful demonstrators. We
are hoping that our position will contribute to progress of democracy
and sustainable economic development in Turkey. Full Story
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Crossing the Bridge
by
Dr. Nilay Papila
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New
TUBITAK Calls for e-Books and
e-Courses
TUBITAK Science and Society Department has launched two new
programs to create and publish web-based high quality educational
materials in Turkish and hence to improve the quality of
undergraduate education in Turkey:
TUBITAK 5001-Call for e-Books
TUBITAK 5002-Call for e-Courses.Full Story
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Young
Scientist
of
the Month
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Ertugrul
Cubukcu
"I came to the US in 2003 as a graduate student
after receiving MS and BS degrees in Physics from Bilkent University.
I joined the research group of Federico Capasso at Harvard University
for my graduate research. I received my PhD in Applied Physics from
Harvard in 2008.
After a brief period as a postdoctoral researcher in the mechanical
engineering department at the University of California, Berkeley, I
joined University
of Pennsylvania in 2011 as an assistant professor of material science
and engineering.
Currently, at Penn I am leading a group of about 10 researchers
consisting of graduate, undergraduate, and postdoctoral trainees.
Broadly speaking, our research lies within the field of
nanophotonics. More specifically, we are engineering nanostructures
that have unique optical properties to achieve novel functionality in
various different research directions extending from nanoscalephotonic
circuits to highly specific and sensitive optoelectronic biomolecular
sensors."Full Story
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A
Conversation with
Dr.
Hayat Onyuksel
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Could you please give us a brief
summary of your background?
I have received my Pharmacy (BSc) degree from Ankara University, Ph.D
degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from London University, and I did
my post-doctoral studies at the University of Michigan, College of
Pharmacy. Prior to my current affiliation at the University of
Illinois at Chicago, College of pharmacy, I worked as a faculty
member at the Ankara University, School of Pharmacy more than 6
years. Full Story
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