The Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Nano diagnostics Workshop by Sabancı University Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces (EFSUN) was held at Sabanci University Cinema Hall on the 19th June.
The workshop was specifically designed for graduate students, post-docs, researchers, and experts from a broad range of industries, who are interested in Functional Surfaces and Interfaces and their applications. Prof. Zehra Sayers, Former President of Sabancı University and Prof. Fazilet Vardar, Director of Sabancı University Nanotechnology and Applications Center (SUNUM) dellivered the opening speeches.
Fazilet Vardar
The invited speakers, Prof. Hikmet Akkız and Prof. Emre Erdem gave inspirational talks.
Emre ErdemBest Paper Award
In addition, there were eight high quality interdisciplinary finalist presentations in the framework of ‘Best Paper Award Competition’ to recognize scientific papers of outstanding young scientists on Functional Surfaces and Interfaces from different disciplines.
The winners of the Best Paper Competition was determined by an interdisciplinary evaluation commitee consisting of jury members from different universities/institutions, who are well known and active scientists in the field:
1-Dr. Meltem Sezen, SUNUM
2-Dr. Funda Yağcı Acar, Koç University
3-Dr. Filiz Kuralay, Hacettepe University
4-Dr. Koray Balcıoğlu, TÜBİTAK MAM
The jury members carefully evaluated each article and presentation. Below are the winners of the Best Paper Award:
Winner-Yiğit Akkuş (Atomic Scale Interfacial Transport at an Extended Evaporating Meniscus)
1.Runner Up - Abdolali Khalili Sadaghiani (Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Characteristics of Inclined pHEMA-Coated Surfaces)
2.Runner Up - Müge Yücel (Hand-Held Volatilome Analyzer Based on Elastically Deformable Nanofibers)
People's Choice Award - Omid Mohammad Moradi (Strong Composition Dependence of Resistive Switching in Ba1-xSrxTiO3 Thin Films on Semiconducting Substrates and its Thermodynamic Analysis)