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TASSA Newsletter The Bridge - Volume 5, Issue 4,
September/October 2016
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TASSA NEWS
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TASSA re-elects Prof. Haluk Unal as President
Prof. 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.Under his presidency three TASSA
conferences were held in 2012, 2014, and 2016. In addition, TASSA has
undertaken many activities to bridge scientists in Turkey and the
United States.Haluk Unal is a Professor of Finance at Smith School of
Business at University of Maryland. Read More...Read More...
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Elections
for Four Directors of the TASSA Board
As it is stated in the TASSA Bylaws, TASSA needs to hold
elections for filling the positions of four (4) directors of the
TASSA Board, whose terms are completed. We are inviting you to
nominate distinguished candidates for the next TASSA Board Directors.
Read More...
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TASSA '16 Conference Videos are released
TASSA
'16 Conference videos are released. Professor Aziz Sancar and Kenan
Sahin were the key speakers of this year's conference. Their keynote
speech videos can be found at these links:
Aziz
Sancar Keynote Speech
Kenan
Sahin Keynote Speech
All the links to the other conference speaker videos can be found on TASSA's website.
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TURKISH SCIENCE DIASPORA NEWS
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Erkin
Seker named 2016 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Young
Innovator
Erkin
Seker Assistant Professor in the UC Davis Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, has been named a 2016 Cellular and
Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Young Innovator by The Biomedical
Engineering Society (BMES). Şeker was one of 12 researchers to
receive the honor.
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 PhD
Student Mustafa Unal wins 2 Prestigious awards
Mustafa
Unal, a doctoral candidate in mechanical and aerospace
engineering, was selected to receive the prestigious Federation
of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) Student
Award and also the Osteoarthritis Young Investigator Award at the
46th International Sun Valley Workshop on Musculoskeletal Biology. Read More...
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NEWS
FROM TURKEY
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TUBITAK 2016 Science, Special and Promotional Awardees
List is Announced
TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research
Council of Turkey) has announced the 2016 awardees for the Science,
Special and Promotional awards. Read More...
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Natureindex.com
Publishes Research Output in Turkey
Natureindex.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%.
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Turkey's
output of Earth and environment science papers is growing - according
to NatureIndex.com
To geologists 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. Between 2012 and 2015, this contribution rose from a weighted
fractional count of 4.13 to 6.8.
Read More...
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EXPERT PERSPECTIVE
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Ergun
Akleman on Construction of Large Shapes with Laser Cutting
3D-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. Moreover, it is almost impossible
to construct large shapes using 3D printers.
Read More
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GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES
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Call
for Essays: The Sakip Sabanci International Research Award 2017
 The
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. This year, essays on "Europeans with Legacies from
Turkey in Everyday Life" are welcome, until Monday, January 16th, 2017.
Read More...
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Nominate female PhD students to receive P.E.O. Scholar
Awards 2016-2017
P.E.O. Scholar Awards are one-time, competitive, merit-based awards
for women of the United States and Canada who are
pursuing a doctoral level degree at an accredited college or
university. In addition to recognizing and encouraging excellence in
higher education, these awards provide partial support for study and
research for women who will make significant contributions in their
varied fields of endeavor. Priority is given to women who are well
established in their programs, study or research. Read More...
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YOUNG SCIENTISTS OF THE MONTH
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In every issue of The Bridge, we highlight a young
scholar profile from our diaspora. These accomplished and early
career individuals demonstrate the potential of next generation
Turkish-American scientists and scholars. We have two young
scholars in this issue:
EMRAH TURGUT
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Cornell University
Read
Emrah's interview
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2016 TASSA CONFERENCE SPONSORS
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TASSA INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS
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TASSA's mission is to promote
educational, scientific and technological cooperation between the USA
and Turkey and to facilitate the advancement of science in Turkey and
the USA through scientific exchange, educational programs and
increased networking.
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