SERVICE TO NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

I. University-Wide Service

Member, University Planning Council, 2005-2006

President, Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA), 2004-2005

Member, Committee on Funding Priorities, 2004-2005

Graduate School Welcome Session organizing committee formed by William Purnell, 2004

Vice President for Student Affairs, GPSA, 2003-2004

Member, Student Center Governing Board, 2003-2004

Vice President for Media and Membership, GPSA, 2002-2003

Member, Vice President for Student Affairs (Dr. Karen Rigg) Advisory Board, 2002-2003

I.a) Honors

- Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at NU, 2004

- Invited to NU President’s Dinner for Student Leaders 2003, 2004, 2005

- Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars induction for contribution to international academic activities during service in GPSA, 2003

- Elected as “Who’s Who” campus leader and included in “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges”, 2003

I.b) Activities - Academic

- Provost Evaluation Committee: Represented graduate view, 2005

- Outstanding Graduate Student Awards: Proposed to implement graduate student awards and organized the GPSA executive board to work with the Provost’s Office, Center for Effective University Teaching and Division of Cooperative Education in realization of the awards, 2004-2005

- President’s Forum and Provost’s Forum: Organized, publicized and ran successfully the 2005 President’s Forum, where 80-90 graduates in addition to University administration were present to voice graduate issues. Introduced the NU President. Ran the Fall 2004 Provost’s Forum, introduced the NU Provost. Helped with the organization and publicizing of the Forums from 2002 to 2004.

- Student Judicial Hearing Board: Recommended GPSA senator, Philip D’Agati, a PhD candidate in Political Science, to the Office of the Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution to represent graduate viewpoint on graduate cases on this board, 2005

- Academic Affairs: Met with Provost Abdelal, Vice Provost Falcon, and previous Vice Provosts John Cipolla and Ron Hedlund as the leader or part of the GPSA executive board to discuss graduate issues such as graduate assistant payment schedules, health insurance coverage for graduate assistants, graduate stipends, and common activity periods for graduates, 2002-2005

- Student Affairs: Met periodically with Vice President for Student Affairs, Ed Klotzbier, and the previous Vice President Karen Rigg, to bring to attention graduate student issues at NU such as limited graduate housing, recreational fee, parking fee, health insurance costs, customer services, graduate activities on campus, and graduate involvement, 2002-2005

- Graduate Student Groups: Worked to increase the number college based, interdisciplinary, or cultural graduate student groups at NU campus as the GPSA Vice President for Student Affairs and GPSA President, 2003-2005. The number of active graduate student groups increased from six to twenty during 2003-2004.

- Undergraduate-Graduate Student Common Issues: Worked with the undergraduate student government, SGA, to pass legislation on general student issues such as:

§ Use of SSN as student ID numbers, 2004-2005

§ NU student health insurance costs and coverage, 2002-2004

- Graduate Admissions: Worked with William Purnell, Director of Graduate Admissions Office:

§ Helped with the Graduate Schools Open House’s for registration, etc, Oct. 2004-Jan. 2005

§ Represented graduate students at the Graduate Schools Open House’s, 2002-2004

§ Addressed prospective students at the Graduate Information Sessions 2002-2004

(June 30 and Aug. 10, 2004)

- NU Libraries: Met with Edward Warro, Dean of Libraries, together with the GPSA executive board to form two-way communication and convey graduate feedback on issues such as library holdings, online system, search software, and electronic reminder, 2002-2004

§ Found graduate students to work at the Library during the winter break extended hours upon a quick request from the Library and Vice Provost Sridhar, Dec. 2004

- Committee on Funding Priorities Presentation: Presented graduate student view on funding priorities on Nov.12, 2004

- Graduate Welcome Session: Worked in the committee formed by William Purnell, Director of Graduate Admissions Office, in setting up the first Graduate Welcome Session, summer 2004

§ Addressed new graduate students with a power point presentation on Sept. 7, 2004

- CSU Fullerton Grad Tour - Mc Nair Scholars Program: Addressed Mc Nair Scholars representing NU graduate students at the breakfast with Vice Provost Falcon and some Graduate Directors, Jun. 16, 2004

- College Orientations: Addressed new graduate students at college orientations, 2002-2004

- Habitat for Learning: Attended the meeting with the university directors, August 27, 2003.

- Vice President for Student Affairs Search Committee: Attended the presentations of the candidates to replace Dr. Karen T. Rigg and conveyed evaluations through GPSA president, summer 2003

- Office of Affirmative Action and Diversity: Worked with this office to inform other cultural graduate groups, such as the Chinese Student Group, about this office and its programs such as the Diversity Grant Program, 2002-2003

- New Faculty Orientation: Made a presentation and answered questions regarding graduate student life at NU, Sept. 12, 2002

I.c) Activities – Multicultural and Social

- International Tangos of 1960’s: Made the introduction speech and performed in this event organized by the GPSA. NU Provost, faculty, staff and graduate students as well as NU neighborhood attended the event. Fall 2004

- Graduate Summer Social, Acoustic Guitar Concert: Organized this event featuring Scott Damgaard and Bilgehan Tuncer, at the open terrace of Egan 340 with funding from the GML, GEB and GPSA and support from Graduate School of Engineering. July 2004

- Jazz in January: Worked with Bilge Yilmaz, GPSA Vice President for Administration and Programs 2003-2004 to organize this Turkish-American Fusion of the Jazz Genre. Jan. 31, 200

- Turkish Classical and Folk Music Event at NU: Organized and performed in this cultural music event at NU with funding from the NU Diversity Grant Program-Academic year 2002-03 and GPSA with support from the NU Turkish Student Association and NU International Student Association. Cambridge Society for Classical Turkish Music is a group of 15 musicians. Spring 2003

- Graduate Social at Connor-Larkins: Organized this networking event with Moshaida Sultana, GPSA Vice President for Multicultural and Social Affairs 2002-2003, with funding from GPSA. More than hundred graduate students attended. Spring 2003

II. Interdisciplinary Service

Founding President, Graduate Materials Links (GML), 2004-2005

Founding President, Materials Research Society Student Chapter at NU, 2004-2005

Founding President, Materials Information Society/The Minerals, Metals, Materials Society (ASM International/TMS) Joint Student Chapter at NU, 2004

President, Materials Advantage Student Chapter (ASM International/TMS/ACerS) at NU, 2005

II.a) Activities

- Materials Evening Event: Organized a poster session-dinner-speaker event for graduate students with support from Prof. Mabrouk of the Chemistry Department. Invited students and faculty from BU, BC and MIT. Event was sponsored by the GML and Materials Student Chapters

- Special Seminars: Organized special seminars in different fields of Materials. Invited or urged graduate students and faculty to invite many special speakers in areas ranging from fundamental Materials processing to Biotechnology and Nanotechnology to give seminars at NU funded by GML and Materials student chapters, ASM/TMS/ACerS joint student chapter and MRS student chapter.

- GML Inauguration Social: Organized and ran the GML Inauguration Social, where more than seventy graduate students, faculty and directors attended. Addressed the audience, announced the new materials student chapters. College deans, associate deans, directors of materials institutes, faculty from different departments spoke on the importance of Materials and interdisciplinary research, Apr. 8, 2004

- Graduate Materials Links Student Group: Formed this graduate student group to enhance communication and flow of information amongst Materials faculty and students located in different colleges, departments or labs at NU, basically to be the link, as well as, to act as an umbrella society for the Materials student chapters. 2003-2004

- Materials Student Chapters: Established two-way communication with the ASM International, TMS and MRS to organize and form the student chapters at NU.

Maintained the ASM/TMS joint student chapter and transformed it into a Material Advantage Chapter, a joint ASM/TMS/ACerS program.

Represented NU and talked at the student chapter meetings held during TMS 2005 Annual meeting and MRS 2004 Fall meeting

- Membership to Nationwide Materials Organizations: Increased NU student representation to ASM, TMS, AcerS and MRS by enrolling students in the student chapters and providing free membership to more than thirty graduate students with funding from donations, organizations and GPSA, 2003-2005

III. Service to College of Engineering (COE)

COE Representative, GPSA graduate general assembly/senate, 2000-2005

Initiator and board member, Graduate Engineering Bridges (GEB), 2003-2004

III.a) Activities:

- Fall Orientations: Addressed graduate students at the Graduate School of Engineering Fall Orientations in 2002, 2003, 2004

- Executive board member, GEB: Supported and worked in organizing many activities including meetings with the COE Dean Soyster and Associate Dean Yener to voice graduate concerns in COE, as well as other events including a musical social. 2003-2004

- Initiator, Graduate Engineering Bridges (GEB): Worked with Graduate School of Engineering to originate the College of Engineering based Graduate Engineering Bridges, a graduate engineering student group, and encouraged students to join it. Met with Graduate School of Engineering Director Dr. Yaman Yener and Associate Director Steve Gibson in determining graduate student needs in the COE. Prepared emails, flyers, information sessions, organized the elections and helped the new executive board with the inauguration social. Summer 2003

- COE graduate student issues: Met with the Dean Soyster and Associate Dean Yener as part of a group of COE graduate students to bring to attention and discuss issues such as the need for a graduate lounge, and the number of graduate assistants, 2004

IV. Service to Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) Department

Teaching Assistant, 2002-2006

Member, Department-Chair-Search Graduate Recommendation Committee, 2004

Research Assistant, 2000-2002

IV.a) Activities

- MRS Video Archive: Contacted MRS to receive six lecture videos on different aspects of Materials science and engineering. Contacted the MIE department for archiving the videos and making them available to faculty and students. Organized the Materials Video Series, 2005

- Funding for Conference Travel: Contacted TMS headquarters through the Material Advantage student chapter to supply travel funding for MIE department graduate students willing to make presentations at the TMS 2005 Annual meeting, 2005

- Teaching Assistant: Worked as the teaching assistant for the MIM 1250 Engineering Mechanics and MIM 1240, MIMU 340 Introduction to Materials Science courses.

Taught Introduction to Materials Science laboratories for eight semesters to more than five hundred students, 2002-2006.

Sat on the Center for Effective University Teaching (CEUT) Teaching Assistant Leadership board, 2004-2005

- Department-Chair-Search Graduate Recommendation: Sat on the graduate student committee, met with the candidates and wrote evaluations, 2004

- Research: Gave lab tours to prospective graduate students during Graduate Open Houses.

Conducted research on modeling dendritic growth during rapid solidification in binary alloys in the Advanced Materials Processing Lab in MIE, 2002-2006

Researched on the synthesis and application of carbon nanotubes and nanofibers and searched for heat transfer problems in molecular electronics applications in the Thermofluids Lab, 2000-2002