Events
MIM Congress 2012 by The Society of Turkish American Architects, Engineers & Scientists
Program: (Tentative)
8:30-9:00 Registration & Refreshments
9:00-9:10 Welcoming Remarks, Ali Koçak Ph.D, President of MIM
9:10-9:30 Opening remarks, H.E. Namık Tan, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey
to USA
9:30-10:00 Aziz Sancar, MD, Ph.D, UNC School of Medicine, Distinguished
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
10:00-10:30 Banu Onaral, Ph.D, Drexel University, Professor and Director of
Bioengineering
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 Tuncel Yegulalp, Ph.D, Columbia University, Professor of Mining
Engineering
11:30-12:00 Mehmet Toner, Ph.D, Harvard Medical School, Professor of Surgery
12:00-1:30 Lunch Break
1:30-2:00 Ali N. Akansu, Ph.D., NJIT, Professor of Electrical & Computer
Engineering
2:00-2:30 Haydar Erdoğan, Ph.D. NJ Department of Environmental Protection
2:30-3:00 Orhun Muratoğlu, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Assoc. Professor of
Orthopedic Surgery
3:00-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-4:00 Utkan Demirci, Ph.D, Harvard Medical School, Asst. Professor of
Medicine
and Health Sciences & Technology
4:00-4:30 Değer Tunç, Ph.D. Researcher, Senior Manager at Johnson and Johnson,
Pfizer and Stryker Corporations (retired).