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Ph.D. candidate, Chemical Physics
Interdisciplinary Program,
Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI), Kent State University, Kent, Ohio |
2001-present |
Finished all required course work and
passed candidacy exam
- Conducting research in Dr. John West’s
lab on the following topics:
o Flexible Displays
o Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals
Ph. D. Program, Department of
Chemistry,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey |
1999-2001 |
- Took all graduate
courses related with polymer chemistry
M.Sc. in Chemistry,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey |
1996-1999 |
- M.Sc. Dissertation: Solution Properties
of Poly(dimethyl siloxane) and Ternary Phase Diagram of Poly(g-stearyl,a-L,glutamate)
/ Poly(dimethyl siloxane) / Tetrahydrofuran System, Supervisor:
Prof. Zuhal Küçükyavuz
B.Sc. in Chemistry,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey |
1991-1996 |
Research Assistant, Liquid Crystal
Institute,
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio |
2001-present |
Teaching Assistant, Physical Chemistry Laboratory,
Middle East Technical University,Ankara, Turkey |
1996-2001 |
Summer Intern,
Lokman Hekim Medicine Factory, Istanbul, Turkey.
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June-August 1995 |
Research project with Prof. Paul Russo,
Dept. of Chemistry, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
June-August 1999 |
Undergraduate Research with Prof. Zuhal
Küçükyavuz,
Dept. of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, Turkey
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January-May 1996 |
Ebru Aylin Büyüktanir. Zuhal Küçükyavuz
(2000). "Solution Properties of Poly (dimethyl
siloxane)." Journal
of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol. 38, 2678-2686.
Sarah
Schmidtke, Paul Russo, Javier Nakamatsu, Ebru Buyuktanir, Bilge Turfan,
and Elena Temyanko (2000). "Thermoreversible
Gelation of Isotropic and Liquid Crystalline Solutions of ‘Sticky’ Rodlike
Polymer." Macromolecules 33 (12), 4427-4432.
 - Darmstat-METU Summer School, Turkey, 1996.
- KIMYA-98, 12th National Chemistry Congress, Trakya University EDIRNE,
Turkey, September 7-14, 1998.
- POLY Millennial 2000, December
9-13, 2000, Hawaii. GP54: “Solution Properties
of poly (dimethyl siloxane).” E.A. Buyuktanir, Z. Kucukyavuz.
- Polychar World Forum on Polymer Applications and Theory, Polychar-9,
University of North Texas, Denton, USA, January 9-12, 2001. Program and Book
of Abstracts, P-42; "Characterization of PDMS in Solution" Ebru Aylin
Büyüktanir and Zuhal Küçükyavuz.
| Light Scattering Photometer |
Optical Microscopy |
| FT-IR Spectroscopy |
UV-VIS Spectroscopy
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| Differential Refractometer |
Viscosity Measurements |
| Gel Permeation Chromatography/LS |
FPR (Fluorescence Photobleaching Recovery) |
| Optical characterization methods |
PDLC cell fabrication, LCI |
| Cleanroom techniques,LCI |
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Microsoft
Office Tools |
Mathematica |
Matlab |
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Adope Photoshop |
ChemDraw |
Corel Graphics |
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Member, International Liquid Crystal Society; Member, Turkish American
Society of Northern Ohio
Turkish (native of Turkey) and English.
An avid painter, I have shown my original artwork in the following
exhibitions:
- “The International Women
Painters’ Exhibition”
Cankaya Municipality Contemporary Art Center, Ankara, Turkey.
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30 May 1999 |
- Middle East Technical University exhibitions,
Ankara, Turkey.
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1995 to 1999 |
References available upon request.
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