Rice University Turkish Student Association
Cafer published an article in Science in November 09, 2006 issue. Their
main contribution is cleansing arsenic from water in a cheap way. Here
is a newspaper article about them.
"Cheap
nano knowhow cleans arsenic from water" Guardian Unlimited, UK -
Contaminated water that causes illness and fatal poisoning among
millions of people worldwide has been made safe to drink using tiny particles
created by ...
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Here are the new officers: Esen Erdemir (president), Ibrahim Ergen (vice president), Sinan Erteme l(treasurer).
We have 5 new Turkish students this year (3 in Economics, 1 in Mechanical Engineering, 1 exchange)
The Robert Lowry Patten awards, funded by an endowment, are intended to honor graduate students who might not otherwise have been honored for their service and achievements on behalf of graduate students
We had our annual Turkish night (March 8th, Wednesday) in Grand Hall with traditional Turkish food and dessert. We enjoyed the night with 350 people and with the excellent performance of Turkish folk group. Photos
Here are the new officers: Kadim Tasdemir (president), Esen Erdemir (vice president), Ali Ihsan Goker (treasurer).
We have 7 new Turkish students this year. Gunes Avci (Psychology), Tolga Kokturk (Mechanical Eng.), Sinan Ertemel (Economics), Lerzan Celikkanat (ECE), Nur Seda Kokturk (Economics), Levent Kutlu (Economics)
Rice’s 2005 Presidential Award for Mentoring has been awarded to mechanical engineering’s Yildiz Bayazitoglu, a pioneer among women engineers who has gained national acclaim for her support of students, particularly young women.More
We had our annual Turkish night (March 22 Tuesday ) in Grand Hall with traditional Turkish food and dessert. We enjoyed the night with 400 people and with the excellent performance of Turkish folk group. Photos
Few of this year’s teaching award recipients would credit a president of a country from the 1920s for their success, but Yildiz Bayazitoglu, this year’s recipient of the Julia Mile Chance Prize for Excellence in Teaching, does. Bayazitoglu said Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who founded the republic of Turkey in 1923, changed the culture of the county,more...
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