TASSA Newsletter The Bridge - Volume 10, Summer 2019


In This Issue:

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TASSA Board Elects the Next Chairman and President
 
TASSA board has voted to elect Professor Candan Tamerler as the next Chairman of the Board and President of TASSA for the 2020-2024 term. Professor Tamerler served TASSA as the vice president and board member since 2002 .

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TASSA 2020 CONFERENCE
Save the Date!

TASSA 2020 Conference will be held at
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA on 
March 28-29, 2020.

Please click the link below to see TASSA 2018 Annual Report.  TASSA_News1
 

TURKISH SCIENCE DIASPORA Diaspora
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Daron Acemoglu named MIT Institute Professor
 
E conomist Daron Acemoglu, whose far-ranging research agenda has produced influential studies about government, innovation, labor, and globalization, has been named Institute Professor, MIT's highest faculty honor .

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The First-of-a-kind Research Center in the World

It has been known for a years that abnormal protein clumps in the heart lead to a specific disease called "cardiac amyloidosis". However, more recently, the same protein clumps have been found in the brains of seniors with Alzheimer's disease.


TurkishNews3 Hayat Onyuksel is selected as an AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2019
 
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Prof. Hayat Onyuksel to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer.

NewsFromTurkey
NEWS FROM TURKEY
NewsFromTurkey2 Medical Nail for Femur Fractures is Developed by Turkish Doctors

Turkey's first domestic medical nails to be used in the treatment of femur bone fractures which significantly shortening the surgery process as well as recovery time has produced by a group of Turkish scientists from Dokuz Eylul University.

NewsFromTurkey3 Octocopter Named Drone is Designed by Bursa Technical University

Designed by Bursa Technical University (BTU) students, an eight-engine, propeller-driven drone called an "octocopter", capable of carrying up to 15 kilograms of cargo, with a half-hour flight time and a 10-kilometer range is set to represent Turkey.

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'Sultans of Turkiye' Won a Prestigious Robotics Award in Houston

On April 20, 2019, the robotics team of the Darrussafaka High school traveled to the United States to attend the FIRST Robotics Competition in Houston, Texas, and won an international engineering award.

NewsFromTurkey4 Turkish Students Received 3 Gold and 2 Silver Medals in the European Physics Olympiad

European Physics Olympiad is an annual contest for high school students from across Europe as well as other countries.

NewsFromTurkey5 Research Outputs of Turkey

Istanbul Technical University placed number 1 university based on all research outputs of Turkey published between 1 February 2018 - 31 January 2019 which are tracked by the Nature Index.

Expert
ADVANCES IN SCIENCE 
 

Gene therapy uses harmless viruses to introduce genetic material into cells. The goal is to treat diseases by correcting abnormal genes or producing a beneficial protein: a concept researchers have been working on since 1990s.
ExpertOpinion
EXPERT OPINION
 

GA space filling shape is a cellular structure whose replicas together can fill all of space watertight, i.e. without having any voids between them, or equivalently, it is a cellular structure that can be used to generate a tessellation of space.
YoungScientist
YOUNG SCHOLAR OF THE MONTH

In every issue of our newsletter, we highlight a young scholar profile from our diaspora. These outstanding early-career researchers demonstrate the potential of next generation of TASSA. This month, we are proud to present, Ahmet Coskun, who is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory School of Medicine.  You can read his interview from the below link.
 
cartoonSCIENCE CARTOONS


In every issue of The Bridge, we include science cartoons by Ergun Akleman. 
 

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