Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association

ARCELIK launches a new program:
"A Ticket For Your Future"

Arcelik initiates an enthusing program called "A Ticket for Your Future" which aims to meet successful Turkish students who study abroad. The program allows to keep students updated on the latest Arcelik developments, and support them on their projects as well as providing an opportunity to work with Arcelik. One of the biggest supporters of the project, Prof.Dr. Arzu Karabay Korkmaz, emphasizes the project as an idealist scholar who returned to Turkey after 10 years of education in US. She knows the importance of giving back and how our country needs well-educated students abroad.

Arcelik aims to invite Turkish students at senior and master levels on abroad to the "A Ticket for Your Future" program in the summer of 2018 in which all the expenses will be covered by Arcelik. The goal is to ensure the sustainability of this program for coming years and increase the social benefit for our country by working with more and more Turkish students year by year.

The qualified students have to study one of these departments that Mechanical Engineering, Electric/ Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Food Engineering, Textile Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Material Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Engineering and so on.

If you are studying at Engineering school or any technology related field, we would like to encourage you to apply the program. This is the chance for contributing Turkey's innovation and creative projects as well as make an impact in your career path. Please visit the website http://www.aticketforyourfuture.com/ for more details. The deadline is extended until April 15th, 2018.

http://www.aticketforyourfuture.com/

Yurt dışında mühendislik veya teknoloji alanlarında eğitim görüyor, Türkiye’nin inovasyon ve yaratıcılık potansiyeline katkıda bulunmak istiyorsan seni “A Ticket for Your Future” programına davet ediyoruz!

A Ticket for Your Future

http://www.tassausa.org/Annual-Conferences/2018

WE ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE!

We are on hunger strike on Saturday, May 13th, 2017, to raise awareness for 2 academicians, Nuriye Gulmen and Semih Ozakca, who unduly lost their jobs due to restrictions on freedom of speech in Turkey and are on hunger strike since then. They passed the 60 day threshold, which is critical.

This is a call to support life over death, and freedom of speech.

TASSA Website | Newsroom The Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) would like to express its disappointment and deep concern about the Executive Order (Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorists Entry into the United States) signed by President Trump on January 27, 2017. This Executive Order is spe...

Two Turkish-American Scientists are the recipients of the Presidential Early-Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

http://www.tassausa.org/Newsroom/item/2374/Two-Turkish-American-Scientists-are-the-recipients-of-the-Presidential-Early-Career-Awards-for-Scientists-and-Engineers-PECASE

TASSA Website | Newsroom It is our pleasure to inform you that two Turkish-American Scientists are the recipients of the Presidential Early-Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) which is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering. President Obama announced the name of...

TASSA Held Elections for the Four Board Directors

TASSA 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. Huseyin Abut and Murat Gunel did not run for another term. The following individuals were nominated by the nomination committee, chaired by Ayse Imrohoroglu.

Ercan Alp
Aydogan Ozcan
Candan Tamerler
Mehmet Toner

Read More: http://www.tassausa.org/Newsroom/item/2349/TASSA-Held-Elections-for-the-Four-Board-Directors

REGARDING THE RESIGNATION OF DEANS
IN TURKISH HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

TASSA Board of Directors is very concerned about the events surrounding the Turkish Universities and the resignations of the Deans. These are very unusual times and conditions for Turkey; however, we are deeply worried about the long-term adverse impact that recent events might have on higher education, academic freedom, and scientific advancement in Turkey.
The Council of Higher Education has issued a press release to explain the necessity of the drastic steps that were taken:

http://www.yok.gov.tr/web/guest/regarding-the-resignation-of-deans-in-turkish-higher-education-system

We hope that normalcy is achieved very soon and that the Deans are reinstated as the press release underscores.
We also urge the leaders of Turkey to seize this opportunity to elevate democracy and
academic freedom in Turkey.

TASSA Board of Directors

Regarding The Resignation Of Deans In Turkish Higher Education System - Yükseköğretim Kurulu Due to the unfair criticism of international public statements regarding the imposed resignation of 1577 university deans, we have noticed that a statement is needed to clarify misunderstandings.

Aziz Sancar, introduced by Gökhan Hotamışligil, addressed members of the Turkish American scientific diaspora at the 2016 TASSA Conference

Young Scholar Awards given to 9 brilliant scientists at the TASSA 2016 Conference. Congratulations to all!

Future is now. Alper Bozkurt hacks the brains of cockroaches, and turns them into remotely controlled biobotic organisms. He was chosen among the Popular Science Brilliant 10.

Well-deserved Professor Bozkurt, congratulations!


http://www.tassausa.org/Newsroom/item/2204/Alper-Bozkurt-Named-to-Popular-Sciences-Brilliant-10

TASSA Website | Newsroom Alper Bozkurt, from North Carolina State University has been named as one of "Brilliant 10" by the Popular Science Magazine. Currently working as an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, Dr. Bozkurt's research focuses on the Internet of Bion…

"As any young Turk, I grew up playing soccer on the streets and continued playing in intramural competitions as a graduate student and faculty member." He is a 'Distinguished Professor of Engineering with primary appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.' Read Professor Selim Ünlü's story, his research areas, and how his life in Turkey shaped who he is today:

http://www.tassausa.org/Newsroom/item/2207/Introduction-of-the-Board-Members-Selim-Ünlü

TASSA Website | Newsroom On behalf of the editorial team of TASSA, we are pleased to introduce the members of our Board of Directors, who have agreed to graciously share their thoughts on TASSA and its activities, as well as information about themselves with our readership. In this issue we feature Selim Ünlü, Professor of…

He was just 34 years old when he assumed the "Chief of Neurovascular Surgery Program" position at Yale University. Yale Cancer Center's Murat Günel, Professor of Surgery, has recently been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. His career is a true inspiration for all. Murat Günel

He has "clinical expertise in neurosurgery focuses on treating complex brain aneurysms and vascular malformations, as well as brain tumors." Check out the TASSA article about Murat Günel's election at the National Academy of Medicine.

TASSA Website | Newsroom Yale Cancer Center's Dr. Murat Gunel, Nixdorff-German Professor and chair, department of neurosurgery, and professor of neurobiology and genetics, Yale School of Medicine; and chief, department of neurosurgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Handan Acar deals with biomaterial engineering for immunobiology applications, and she shared her secrets for success: "Having an aims list! This is the most important habit I have. It’s not been too long that I ’ve acquired it, but its effect on my success is enormous already. It is very easy, just write them! Have a word document. Write what you want to do in short, medium and long-terms. "

Check out TASSA's interview with Handan Acar to be inspired:

TASSA Website | Newsroom

Analyzing the mechanical properties of skin to detect skin cancer - why not? Canan Dagdeviren, MIT 35 under 35, is the very first Turkish to be appointed as a “Junior Fellow” at Harvard University.

Forbes also acknowledged Ms. Dağdelen as one of the “30 Yound Scientists Under 30.” She was the winner of the TASSA Young Scholar Award in 2014.

Read more about what Canan's work for some inspiration:

http://www.tassausa.org/Newsroom/item/2193/Canan-Dağdeviren-develops-a-device-to-facilitate-skin-cancer-diagnosis

TASSA Website | Newsroom 2015 MIT Technology Review announced Canan Dağdelen, an exceptional female Turkish scholar, as an “Innovator Under 35.” Since 1999, the MIT Technology Review has awarded numerous innovators, ranging from Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder of Facebook, to Helen Greiner, the cofounder of iRobot. Canan Dağdev…

Did you ever see those people in Black Sea, communicating complex sentences by whistling in Turkish? Onur Gürtürkün realized the research potential in whistled Turkish, and recently explored what whistled Turkish says about the neural structure.

And he challenged the asymmetrical view of the brain structure. Recently, his research has been featured in the New Yorker.

Click here to learn more about the successful Turkish-German neuroscientist:

http://www.tassausa.org/Newsroom/item/2192/What-the-research-on-Whistled-Turkish-says-about-the-neural-structure

TASSA Website | Newsroom Every language has its own peculiarities, and according to a recent research, the Turkish language is unique in the way brain is used during Turkish whistling.

It takes seeing whether a patient heals or worsens, or the time for a cell to grow, to understand if cells are dying - or basically, cancerous.

Gözde Durmuş (30), Turkish female scientist in Stanford, invented a simple method for this assessment, leading to her acknowledgement as one of the 35 Innovators Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review. Congratulations Gözde!

TASSA Website | Newsroom It takes seeing whether a patient heals or worsens, or the time for a cell to grow, to understand if cells are dying, or basically cancerous. Gözde Durmuş (30), Turkish female scientist in Stanford, invented a simple method for this assessment, leading to her acknowledgement as one of the 35 Innovat…

Many know the success of 3 Turkish females in the 2015 MIT Under 35, yet Zakir Durumeric was the 4th to be featured this year in the list.

By inventing the ZMap scanning system, he probes every online computer in a couple of minutes. “It’s kind of scary,” he says as he mentions the abudance of sensitive information online. Check out TASSA's interview to learn more about his studies in online security:

TASSA Website | Newsroom Zakir Durumeric, the son of a Turkish mathematician, Oguz Durumeric, is amazed to discover that people place pretty much everything online, from ATM machines, bank safes, all the way to even control systems of nuclear plants. Durumeric finds it hard to believe how common these unsafe online practi…

Turkish and American citizen Aziz Sancar has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry:

"Aziz Sancar has mapped nucleotide excision repair, the mechanism that cells use to repair UV damage to DNA. People born with defects in this repair system will develop skin cancer if they are exposed to sunlight. The cell also utilises nucleotide excision repair to correct defects caused by mutagenic substances, among other things."

American and Turkish citizen Aziz Sancar 1/3 in Chemistry The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Aziz Sancar has mapped nucleotide excision repair, the mechanism that cells use to repair UV damage to DNA. People born with defects in this repair system will develop skin cancer if they are exposed to sunlight. The cell also utilises nucleotide excision repair to correct defects caused by mutagenic substances, among other things.

TASSA proudly announces the remarkable success of three Turkish women scientists and innovators who are among MIT's "35 Innovators under 35."

This year, MIT featured 3 Turkish-women, and a Turkish-American Ph.D. student in their prestigious "35 Innovators under 35" list. As TASSA, we sincerely congratulate them and look forward for their future success.

35 Innovators Under 35 | 2015 | MIT Technology Review Our 15th annual celebration of people who are driving the next generation of technological breakthroughs.

1500 students from Turkey will be granted scholarships to 67 countries in 511 research areas:

Yükseköğretim ve Yurtdışı Eğitim Genel Müdürlüğü Yükseköğretim ve Yurtdışı Eğitim Genel Müdürlüğü

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