TASSA Newsletter The Bridge - Volume7, Spring 2018

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TASSA18TASSA'18 CONFERENCE   

 
JUNE 2-3, 2018 BOSTON, MA

TASSA'18 Conference will be held on June 2-3, 2018 in Boston, MA at the Boston University. The conference chair will be Dr. Selim Ünlü PhD, Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the co-chair will be Nese Lortlar Ünlü, MD Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University.  
 
TASSA'18 Conference theme is "Disruptive Ideas and Technologies". 
 
TASSA conferences bring a very large number of Turkish-American Scientists together and also provide a networking opportunity for future collaborations.

TASSA team welcomes all Turkish-American Scientists and Scholars to the conference

To be a conference sponsor, please visit the website at the link http://www.tassausa.org/Sponsorship 
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RegisterFor registration information follow  this link .

ConferenceFor conference program follow  this link.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERSDiaspora
Guvenen Kenan Sahin

Dr. Kenan Sahin is the founder/ President of TIAX LLC and also its Chief Technology Officer. He is also the founder and the interim President of CAMX Power which formerly was a division of TIAX LLC and in May 2014 became a separate company.

Yellowbox Hasan Mandal

Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal was born in Eskisehir in 1965. He was schooled at Yunusemre Primary School, Atatürk Secondary School and Engine Vocational High School. Professor Mandal received his bachelor's degree from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering from Middle East Technical University as an honour student in 1987, and his Ph.D degree from Newcastle University, the United Kingdom in 1992.

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INVITED SPEAKERS
CubismDaron Acemoglu

Daron Acemoglu is the Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the Economic Growth Program of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research.

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CubismYalcin Ayasli

Dr. Yalcin Ayasli, Chairman of TCA, received the Macedonia Friendship Award of United Macedonia Diaspora (UMD) at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Skopje in the presence of His Excellency Gjorge Ivanov, President of Macedonia. 

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CubismCharles DeLisi

Charles DeLisi is the Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering at Boston University, and also served as Dean of the College of Engineering from 1990 to 2000. Prior to moving to Boston University, he was Professor and Chair of Biomathematical Sciences and Professor of Molecular Biology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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Dr. Kenneth R. Lutchen, is Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He received his B.S. from the University of Virginia and Ph.D from Case Western Reserve University. He has published over 135 peer-reviewed journal articles.

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Orhun K. Muratoglu, Ph.D., is the Director of the Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory and Director of the Technology Implementation Research Center (TIRC) at Massachusetts General Hospital, Alan Gerry Scholar at Mass General, and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. 

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ATTENDING UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS FROM TURKEY
Cubism
Canan Aykut Bingol (Yeditepe)
Tunc Bozbura (Bahcesehir)
Sondan Durakanoglu Feyiz (Kadir Has)
Esra Gencturk (Ozyegin)
Umran Inan (Koc)
Mustafa Versan Kok (ODTU)
Can Simga-Mugan (Izmir University of Economics)
Haluk Ozen (Hacettepe)
Mehmed Ozkan (Bogazici)
Zehra Sayers (Sabanci)
Yildirim Uctug (Atilim)
Ibrahim Uslan (Gazi)

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MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol

Grammy-nominated composer and CMES Harvard University fellow (2013-15) Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol made his Carnegie Hall debut in April 2016 premiering his commissioned piece Harabat/The Intoxicated with the American Composers Orchestra.

 

Hasan Yener

Dr. Yener received his Bachelor of Music degree in voice/opera, from Dokuz Eylul University State Conservatory in 1989. After graduation, he conducted studies on vocal mechanism and singing voice at Speech and Hearing Clinic at Aegean University Medical School, in Izmir.

 

Yesim Alkaya Yener

Yesim Alkaya Yener's musical talent was discovered at an early age while she studied piano at the State Conservatory of Ankara and she won the right to continue her education on the status for "Specially Talented and Gifted Children." She received her Bachelor Degree at the age of 18, after which she went to the U.S. for advanced studies in Piano.
 

Meeting Location

TASSA 2018 Conference will be held at Boston University. The meeting location is George Sherman Union (GSU).
 
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Accommodations

Booking your travel arrangements early saves you money. Please make your hotel and travel arrangements without delay!  
 
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Transportation

Boston University campus is located in Boston city in Massachusetts, which is served by Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).  
 
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Poster Presentations

The biennial conference of TASSA (Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association) has the broad objective to establish a forum and create a dynamic platform for American, Turkish and Turkish-American scientists and scholars to explore and develop science, innovation and collaboration bridges.
 

Job Fair

In order to attend the job fair, please contact: selim@bu.edu or nese.lortlar@gmail.com
 

 

TASSA 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

Please click the link for the last TASSA annual report.
 

 
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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.